The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-16
IN THE COURTS.
Smoke" Williams Is in the
Tolls.
He Leads the Officers a Merry
Chase.
is CAUGHT AT LAST.
After Tw &c Escaping and BEING
Badly Beaten.
Other Items at the Courts Of
Justice.

Smoke Williams is bad man.
He has been arrested at the Santa
F'e depot on charge of stealing a
grip from a passenger coach and gave
the officer hard fight. He was final
ly taken to the station after he had
been beaten up pretty badly about the
head by the officers club. Bud Muir,
who came to Williams rescue during
the struggle on the depot platform,
was also taken to the station. AS soon
as the city physician had sewed up the
gashes in Williams head he ran out
of the jail and turning north on jack
son street was soon lost in the dark
ness. Detective Sauls gave chase and
oVerhauled the fugitive in the lumber
yard between Jackson and Van Buren,
street. While SauIs and his prisoner
were climbing the board fence out of
the lumber yard. Williams got loose
again and ran toward Harrison street.
SaulS overlook him again in an alley
and they had a fierce struggle there in
the darkness. The officer struck Will
liams repeatedly with his billy but
the latter got loose again and this time
made his escape. Williams was re-
home on East Tenth avenue. and will
have to face couple of pretty serious
charges.
A peculiar suit has been filed in the
district clerks office today by attorneys
for the A. L. Reed company, a New
York corporation, against the Nation
al Hotel company and A. T. Lucas, in
which the plaintiffs seek to recover
three sample trunks valued at $500
and $500 in damages They aIlege
that in September 1906, that these
three trunks were seized by Mr.. Lucas,
who was then sheriff of TINS county
on an attachment. That during the
litigation that followed the trunks
were left by the sheriff in the hands
of the National Hotel company and C.
L. Wood. That the court injunction
was dissolved by the court, and yet the
eX-sheriff and the National Hotel COM
pany have repeatedly refused to re-
turn the trunks to the plaintiffs. the
lawful owners of the same. The plain
tiffs ask $500 in damages for loss of
their property for nearly two years.
Frank Brown, hotel keeper over in
North Topeka, has been placed in the
county Jail on charge of assault an6
highway robbery. Albert Lloyd of Oak
latter alleges that Brown held him III
Sunday night at the point of a pisto
and robbed him of $14.50 and Their
struck him over the head with the
weapon, knocking him down and in
f1icting serious injury on his person
officer Wyatt arrested Brown at ar
early hour this morning and Lloyd
positively identified Brown as his as
sailant. The police turned their pris-
oner over to the county authorities on
warrant issued from Judge Simon's
court. 1t seems that there was a party
of five persons in a yard on Curtis
street in North Topeka drinking beer
together Sunday afternoon. Brown anc
Lloyd were of this party. Lloyd alleges
that the assault occurred in an ale,
1rfi &c CT 1,i1 l,<, l.:
way home.
Fred McClain and Harry Mitchell
two bad negroes, roughly entered &
restaurant at 113 West Eighth ave. and
bought a couple ofsandwiches.T They rails
ed a disturbance because the proprie
tor would not let them eat in his place
Both men were drunk. They paid 81
apiece in police court for those sand
witches.
"Seven come eleven The police
arrested seven vags over Sunday and