The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-09

could not resist the temptation of
questioning what would have hap
pened had he refused. Upon gaining
that information, he started for the
machine as a joke. He was promptly
intercepted by punches to the ear and
jaw. Then he landed a vicious right,
flooring his man. which operation was
repeated when Bill had again gained
his feet. This time Jenicke complain
ed of having lost a tooth and set out
for a warrant. They had weighed in
ra her unevenly matched, Shields
weighing $50 and Jenicke 10, but the
perfected form of Lester drew the war
rant.
Ben Jordan, a 7S-year-old negro SOL
dier and one of the old veteran joint
lists of Topeka is confined in the city
prison on commitment from the dis
trict court where his appeal from a
fine of 500 in police court for main
tanning a common nuisance was dis
missed with costs of $6.15. The po-
lice court costs were $3 A total of
$1OO.15 will hold the old man at labor
q long time unless his friends come to
his assistance.
The police department has been in
epocerY ana shon sbon az Tbird VINO nd r1ns faf
ferson, was not supplying his wife and
children with food and fuel. The latter
lives apart from the husband at 1918 North
Harrison street. Hewitt says the informa
tion given the police is wholly wrong as
necessary food and fuel; gives them
baskets of groceries several times week
money last Saturday He objects to any
charges of this kind and tells the police
with his family. living over the store him
self. he has kept them supplied with food
a and fuel and & money IE & He wishes & to say: hS,:
ways in her treatment of him, she need
expect little further assistance:
That Hewitt does support them is evil
denced by the fact that G. G. Coffman,
coal dealer on East Fourth street, showed
delivered at the home of Mrs Hewitt in
North TopekaS 4 a load of 500 pounds Vas oes
GyeT Was Soy e fnd as
much coal ought to cover the last cold
The meat cutter in the Lannan meat
market and grocery says that the little
girl of Mrs. Hewitt buys meat nearly
every day with money given her by Mr..
Hewitt.
R. D. Blaine, the real estate and loan
coming here from Leayepworth, says the
old man is a kind, honorable. and sober
old veteran and is entitled to all respect
About all the colored hotel porters in
the city assembled at the police court
Geo. Bradford gambling house case. From
the evidence George has operated a game
rear of the Gienwood hotel for a year al
least. On account of the arrangement OF
the room, and a partition with two doors.
the officers could never find any money
or dice when they got in though they
heard the rattle of dice from outside. But
last Sunday. Bradford borrowed IS from
Harry Bryan to open the game and after
wards would not pay it back. Harry got |
a warrant for both Bradford and for |
Chas. Turner. Turner, a, porter at the |
Throop, pleaded guilty and-xaS- fined $40.
Besides the testimony of Bryan, that of |
he entire porter and bell force of the |
Throop, who had been in games at the |
Slenwood pressing room, was strong /
against Bradford, who. it was proved, had !
taken take off, in every game they |
lad seen there Judge Urmy fined Brad |
ford $50 and costs. Bradford appeals
There was taken up and impounded in
he city pound of Topeka Nov. A, the fol- /
owing animal found running at large
contrary to the ordinances of said city, TO-
Wit: One grey horse weight about 800
Is hands high, II years old. Said
lnimal unless claimed. will be sold at
public auction for cash at the pound or
m the street Dec. II at 10 o'clock D. m.