The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-17

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pop wagon last night. but he failed to
break any records being unable to
manipulate the mechanism. He will
try it again when all the cars have
stopped running and the streets are
empty
An old darby furnished the chief
amusement at the police station last
night by playing an old time banjo
and singing old Southern songs. He
was 20 years old darby and served
as slave in the south. He told long
stories of his experiences in the south
and between stories he would bring
out the banjo and sing few songs.
After the old man had played before
the officers until midnight he went to
the JAIL and the prisoners kept him up
the rest of the night listening to his
stories and music. One of the prison.
ers said this morning: "If that old
darky had sung Home Sweet Home
again, believe 1 would have reform
ed and been different man."
Apropos the following statement from
Miss Nellie Woodie it looks as though
a little surplus freshness on the part of
trouble for the blue coat officer Fri
bance is one of the strongest men on
the department and his mistake is a
complete surprise to the officials:
account of my being rudely arrested by
Officer F'ribance. and led away in pub
lie, charged with the awful offense of
street walking and landed in the
city prison without an apparent cause
God knows 1 was not guilty; true, I
am a poor girl, only 10 years old and
there has never been a blot or stain
upon my character. and my experience
is, that it is hard for a moor girl to
keep her reputation up to the standard
on account of such men as officer Fri
bance. l was walking on the east side
of Kansas avenue with a gentleman
friend of our family, going to the show
at about 1880 p. m, and as we were
passing the postofice, the policeman
grabbed me and led me away to the
city prison, and there I was released
by Mrs. Thorpe, for want of any evil
dence to sustain the charge against
me- True my friend is a soldier and
was dressed in a uniform, but he has
always been kind and good to US, and
gentleman in every respect. do not
wish to criticise an officer for doing
his duty, but this man Fribance, being
new officer, in his overZealous efforts
to protect our city ordinances over
stepped the rules of decent society.
Please publish this statement for me.
MISS NELLIE WOODIE,
1904 North Kansas Avenue.
Some people get happy when they are
drunk and go sailing down Kansas ave
nue. on their joy skates. Others delight
in sitting in the middle of the sidewalk
and laying their head on a soft brick,
drop off to sleep. Again the police find
a species of drunkards who are not es-
pecially happy but their list of &C
quaintanceS grows to endless bounds
and they stop everyone they meet Shak-
ing hands and exchanging greetings
and family histories. None of the above
mentioned make trouble for the police.
Naturally, they are taken up and rush
ed to the station but their charge never
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But there are two other kinds of
tanks who are continually receiving
the attention of the police and the at
tention is far from being kindly one
drunks'' and the crazy DRINKS" The
former hunts for trouble at every step
and walks down the street claiming en-
phatically that he can whip every man
in sight. The latter loses his self-con-
troll and with his superhuman strength
always causes trouble wherever he goes.
Last night the police had good ex-
ample of the mad drunk" in the form
of VERNE Jones' Jones started OUT
down Kansas avenue with the state
ment that he could whip anybody in
sight, in spite of the fact that he could
see three men where there was but one
But poor VERNE took on too much ter
ritory when he made his rash state
ments and before the police could in
terfere he had three men of the shady
color beating him up unmerc1fully- EV-
cry time Jones gets drunk ne cOIIleS "
the police station with something miss
ing from his facial makeup and he
keeps his skin working overtime try
ing to make a covering Tor MS race.
His nose has grown loose from being
broken and his eyes have changed from
a hazel brown to a bloody black. Ten
dollars, his regular fine, was repeated.
The Topeka police court almost gain
ed a reputation as a divorce court this
morning when a young colored woman
by the name of Mrs. James Cling came
to the judge and tried to cause the ar
rest and get divorce proceedings for
her husband to whom she has been
welded but two months.
Thomas Thornton. II years old, was
arrested last night by Sergeant Ross
and officer F'ribance for trying to hang
his hat on the sides of the buildings
along Kansas avenue. He had exceeded
his liquor capacity.
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