The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-17
POLICE JOTTINCS.
Ten Year Old Child Arrested
for Robbery.
Climbed Into a Window and Got
Clothing.
CAME ONCE TOO OFTEN
Officer Ready to Receive Her
Then.
Much of the Stolen Goods RecOv-
CAME ONCE TOO OFTEN
Much of the Stolen Goods Recov-
cred in Dilapidated Form.

Ten years old and stealing property
worth about fifty dollars. This is an
example of the tendency of the young
er generations of Topeka and the ex-
amples that will thrive until a curfew
law of some kind can be instituted in
the city.
Little Edna Smiley, a colored girl
living at 1405 Jackson street has been
arrested for stealing clothes and 9TH
err vaIuables from a house at 1909
Jackson street. The little girl enter
ed the bathroom window of the house
and opening a trunk, she took every
thing she could carry and dropping
out of the window she flew through
| the alley and made away with the
spoils. Not satisfied with only fifty
dollars worth of stolen property the
little child came back to the same
house the night after and was caught
in an attempt to climb in the same
window. Detective Sauls performed
little girl will appear before the court
this afternoon-to be severely lectur-
ed and warned with a reform school
sentence never to repeat her misde-
meanor.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Greader, who lives at
1911 Jackson street has been moving
to this new home from her old place
at 1909 Jackson. While she was
house her old home was robbed as
stated by the little colored girl Edna
Smiley. Mrs. Greader had left her
trunk full of clothes and jewelry in
the bathroom of the old home and
with apparent knowledge of the fact
the little child made away with the
property
Mrs. Greader did not know the theft
had been committed until last night
when she saw the little Smiley girl
trying to get into the bathroom WIN
dow. She ran out to ask the girl the
cause of her actions, but seeing her
first, Edna dropped to the ground and
Engaging her way down the alley she
was lost from view. Mrs. Greader in
formed the police and Detective Sauls
took in the situation at a glance and
getting a description of the wearing
apparel he watched for the appear
ance of such garments. This morning
the colored girl started on her way to
school all dressed up in a fine bright
red dress. The big detective recog-
nized the goods at once and calling
Mrs. Greader he proved his recogni-
ton. The two went to the girls home
and with a few bluffs and terrible
warnings the parents and relatives of
the little girl confessed that they had
the goods in the house and they gave
them up. They could hardly be recog-
nized as the women in the family had
ripped them and cut them in pieces
and many of the garments were being
made over for different members of
the family. The parents informed the
officers that the little girl had told
them that a woman moving to Cali
fornia had given the clothes to her
and she did not steal them. They con-
fessed that they had wondered at such
a valuable gift. Among the things
found in the possession of the Smiley
child was a gold cross and chain
which had been stolen from the trunk.
There being large number of things
in the house at the time of the rob-
berry Mrs. Greader does not know just
what has been stolen and it is prob
able that the girl. made a thorough
search of the house before she made
her escape.
Only sixteen days of the month
have passed but the jailers report al
most 800 collected for fines and back
fines. A large part of this increase is
due to the efforts of Chief Eaton in
cleaning up the back fines for the past
year and preparing to make the an
nual report of the police department
Six more men were arrested today for
being short on their fines.
After the streets had been cleared
and the street cars had been stopped
Chief of Police r. w. Eaton made the
initial trip of the trial motor cycle last
night. After the wine had been brok-
en- over her prov she slid from the
dock with apparent ease and with a
splash glided off into the deep blue
sea. Chief Eaton smashed the speed
limits to smithereens last evening and
came down Fifth street from Topeka
avenue at such a rate that after the
power had been shut off the little ma
chine coasted to the postoffice. Off
Ger Mead made the second trip on the