The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-27

| WANTED-Washing and ironing to do
| at home. 21O6 East 9th St
the court and the money has been left
with Jailer Smith Twenty-Five dol
lars per means over two hundred dol
lars in favor of the police work for
this month. Two of the pitchers OF The
dotted squares failed to appear at the
trial and they forfeited their bonds.
The trial was attended by crowd of
| friends and admiring enemies ana
when .the court was dismissed con-
gratulations were given like high
| school commencement exercise. In
truth some of the young gamblers will
receive high school congratulations If
they keep at it long enough.
Colonel w. L. Gordon made an
other of his interesting visits to the
police station this morning and he en-
tertained the whole office force for
over an hour telling them of his ex-
periences with former presidents and
would be presidents Col Gordon was
quite active in Washington affairs
many years ago and he is full of little
side lights on political candidates that
do not appear in the files of historical
| knowledge.
Mr.. Gordon told an interesting little
incident in connection with the love
affairs Of Henry Clay and Daniel Web
ster when they both were ambitious
to become president. Both Clay and
Webster loved the same girl and they
had a stiff fight over their evening en-
gagements with her.
One night Clay came to see the
young lady. Colonel Gordon was door
keeper at the home of this young
whole incident. 1t happened that
the young lady had mixed her dates
and both the politicians were due to
call on her the same evening. Clay
had been there for about half an hour
| when a knock was heard at the door.
Colonel Gordon answered the knock
and he recognized Webster himself.
He foresaw trouble and asking Mr..
Webster to wait in the hall a min
ute he rushed in the parlor and in
formed the double hearted girl of
her other arrival. She grew pale and
was about to faint from the thought
of the outcome of the meeting of the
| two men when Mr.. Gordon spied
ner of the room. Grabbing Clay by
| the coat tails he opened the trunk
! and doubled the long, lank politician
| into the small space
Webster was admitted to the parlor
and the conversation was normal
again when some one in the rear of
| the house yelled Fire" Webster
jumped out of his chair and was about
to grab the young lady around the
waist and save her when an awful
heard from the direction of the trunk
Webster dropped the girl and listen
ed
Hey. boys. save this trunk. save
this trunk" came the smothered cry
/ of the disappointed lover and the
trick was revealed. Colonel Gordon
says that the girl never entertained
the two men again.
certain w. C. Black is making the
rounds of the hotels in the western
part of the United States and making
| a business of stealing stray grips and
| suit cases which happen to lie idle
| in the hotel Hobbies. He always takes
these grips, boards a train out of the
city and when his room is searched
it is found that all he left behind him
| was empty travelling bags which were
| stolen at the last place visited. The
! Topeka police have been informed to
! look out for the man and the hotel
| Keepers are also given his description
The last theft was at Keokuk, Iowa
| where he made away with three grips
OF 1ewelry. He will find a reception
awaiting him if he alights on a To-
peka platform.
A woman who gave her name as
| Angelina Wilcox and who is really
| Mrs. Pink, was arrested last night for
running disorderly house at 1904
Kansas avenue. No one was found in
the house at the time but a man was
| arrested a half hour before who had
been there Angelina Ella Wheeler
| wilcox has never been to the station
before but she has been a strong can
didate for the position and last night
she succeeded. She will be tried this
| evening.
The horse and buggy found by the
police about three weeks ago was
claimed this morning by Harvey Ben
ton, a liveryyman. who conducts a
stable at 235 Monroe. Benton said he
had given the description of the
morse and buggy to an officer a long
| time ago and he wondered why he
| had heard nothing from the police
The liveryman came just in time as
| the outfit would have been advertised
for public auction in a few days
The police court is alive with stud
ents from the Washburn law school
! these days. The students have heard
OF the great advantage in listening to
the excellent judgeship ability dis
| played by Judge Urmy and they come
| In focks to listen to his line of work