The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-17

and ran do everything from shooting
craps to writing poetry-and he gets
about as much out of one as the other.
He is a good painter and has done
considerable expert work around the
city. He reads well, writes better and
can talk Shakespeare with any of the
prisoners-even If they don't talk it.
But as Charlie says-booze is eating
everything away. He is arrested the
day after he is released and his fines
grow larger every time. He never ex-
poets to do anything except work
around jails-and he doesn't care.
George Buckner is back again also.
IT Is funny how police characters re-
turn to the station time after time and
year after year and for the same OF
observation-disclosures. Buckner is get
ting rather old and he is peaceful
prisoner now. At one time. many
wears ago he was the hardest man In
Topeka to arrest. He would night IKE
a tiger and never came to the station
without a cut on the head from po-
liceman's club. The police learned to
pull their clubs on him as soon as he
was seen and they say that four good
new clubs have been broken over the
hard head of George Buckner. With
one exception he has always Deen ar
rested for being drunk. Then he was
caught fer highway ROBBERY ana ne
ont of it and ever after that he has
allowed drink to get the better OF him
and then he would fight-the police
men. Judge Urmy said this morning:
HE is a mighty hard customer and we
can't stop him from drinking. IL
make his fines heavier ne pays Iheln
lust the same and then comes back
again" He will plead guilty this after
noon.
Harvey Wheeler, the most notorious
iointest who ever stood behind the
bar in Topeka, made visit to the
police station today. He Is now liV-
farming for a living. He was SEN
fenced to the county jail, but on ac-
count of a bullet which had lodged
itself in his ear and threatened to
take his life he was pardoned by
Governor Hoch. When pardoned he
swore to the governor that he would
never break the law while the gov
ernor was in office and he has kept
his promise.
But wait until Governor Hoch gets
out of office" said the colored jointist
this morning. II have to have some
money, and the only way 1 can make
1t is to get some of the drug store
business. I might as we'll sell it as
the drug stores" And he acted as
though he meant it.
Wheeler caused quite a sensation at
the station this morning, when, in
the presence of Judge Urmy, Chief
Eaton and some of the other officers,
he declared that he had given over
$500 to the support of the Davis adj
ministration Wheeler claimed that
he had given 500 for the John
Schenck campaign for county attor-
ney. Wheeler told it in this way:
zone night Schenck came to my
place. and holding glass of whisky
up before the boys, he said: Here is
what we are getting now and here is
what we Will have when am elected
Well, we all thought that Schenck was
the man for US and I wrote out
check for 500 towards his campaign.
And what do you think that man
did-when he got the office I was
the first niger he prosecuted for SELL
ing liquor"
Wheeler claims that he has all the
receipts for the money he paid into
the campaign fund and his friends
are In the same fix. The police are in
clined to believe what Wheeler says
as he has always told the truth to
them in their experiences with him.
An Irishman was brought to the
police court this morning for swear
ing at policeman. When told that
1t was not becoming to an upholder
OF the law to swear at the protectors
OF the law the old nod carrier said:
Il don't give a d what YOU saw
1 have right to cuss an Irishman
and that cop was Irish When an
Irishman is being cussed he feels at
home. 1 don't believe there is a law
against cussing an Irishman."
He was released.
Sallie Jenkins and M. Artebridge
We're discharged this morning bv
Judge Urmy on account of lack OF
evidence against them The house
occupied by the Jenkins woman has
the reputation of being a disorderly
ara1r and the woman has been before
the court on similar charge. but the
matter could not be proved The fact
that Artebridge was her brother-in-
law gave him the right to be on friend
ly terms with Sallie and Judge IJrnv
decided that they would be given an
other chance to keep decent.
me police have found out that these
aneged thugs around the city are a
farce. After cross questioning the
three men who claimed thew were
siugged 1t has been found thew were
SIMPLY victims of that deadening IDOL
lar nVe' whisky which carries a man
10 nades and back and then drops him
with thump on the pavement. When
ever a man Is brought to the station
with MS race looking as thought he
nad been chasing rabbits on roller
skates ne Is considered a "dollar-f11rer -
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