The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-05

Mr.. Arnold missed number of razorS,
and had detectives ready for them
when they came to turn in their sacks
at night. AS soon as they arrived they
were approached by the officers. With
out a word they took to their heels,
running west down the alley. One was
grabbed before getting a good start by
Detective Hopkins, one ran under
building, throwing his razors back into
a corner, and was caught by Summers,
the other was caught as he turned up
Jackson street by officer Pinkston.
Gathering them together, all the stolen
articles, consisting of three complete
safety razor outfits worth IS each and
so packages of extra blades worth 81
each.
Hollingsworth's home is at Lyndon.
He had been in Topeka a week and
had just secured a position with w. l.
Miller, the lumber man, and was to
work today.
Evans came to the city but two days
ago. His father is a farmer near Home
wood. He has been rooming at 5lS
Quincy and had just gotten a job TAX
ing care of 40 head of horses west of the
city for NJ F. Southwick. Profession
ally. Jim is a barber. From the popu-
lar knowledge of a BARRIERS regard for
a safety razor it is difficult to under
stand why he stole them unless it was
in self defense.
sam Foster has been in the city for
several weeks working for Jim Switzer.
a contractor. His home is in Usage
City.
Out of job for the time being these
boys had taken this distributing job to
tide them over. Seeing their chance
for easy gain yesterday they helped
themselves. but can not explain. 1t Is
the first offense for them all, they say,
and they are very very penitent, telling
OF the good things they will do if they
can only get out of this. People VINO
know the young men here vouch for
the good standing of their families
Jesse Stanton and Guy Perkins, two
youthful laborers, applied at the Bob
Pigg employment office last Monday
for work Bob was not there for he is
serving so days for selling booze. How
ever. his wife took a dollar each from
the boys and gave them cards of in
the Maxwell Contracting company, dig
ging a sewer at Seventeenth and Bu-
chanan. The company was having a
hard time keeping their old men busy.
The boys went back to get their
money and were sent out to $50 Jeffer-
son to chop some cord wood for Mr.
Spencer The wood had been cut up
two weeks before. Again calling at the
office at 504 Kansas Mrs. Pigg was not
to be found so they went to her resi-
dence PA Quincy, where they were in
formed that the company was sold out
to Grubbs & Snyder. Snyder had been
helping in the business before. The
newcomers could not return any money
taken by the old company but offered
to get employment for the boys if they
would wait long enough and for a
starter sent them over to the dixie
builders where they found men being
turned off.
City ordinances provide that an en-
ployment agent who does not get en-
pIoyment for his client within three
days after receiving his fee shall re-
turn the said fee or upon conviction
be liable to fine of from S. to $500 or
from 10 to 100 days in Jail, or both. In
this case there will be a difficulty be-
cause of the change of ownership, |
though the money has been. retained |
more than three days and no work has
been provided. The employment bust |
ness offer a good and much worked |
field for graft. Whether this is such is |
being Investigated today
]. F. Kenney. an Irish stonecutter, |
who cut into the city about six weeks !
for the sixth time. Every time he has |
been very much drunk. Jim has a !
foot which pains him some, |
1ouses it with dollar-fiVe by way of his |
IN and fined for being drunk. The doc
-ors tell him that bad whisky serves |
TO poison it more but Jim can not I'M
and says he is going to leave
our nice city.
Just after Earl Jones was dismissed |
With a SO fine for speeding an auto |
he other day, a little whisper went
around that one of these days the |
Judge would take to emphasizing more
,orcibly that We have an ordinance
hat eight miles an hour is the limit.
A few minutes later, F. w. Watson
vas brought in for exceeding the limit
md yesterday the prophecy came true.
watson was fined $25. The early SIS
ines failed to worry the drivers much,
hen the SO fine came into fashion.
Even that become trif1e to the auto
SITS. Now we will see what effect I
penalty of S25 will have on the 'reck-
ess rich"