The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05
A BUGABOO STORY
Woman Tells Police a Hair
Raising Tale of Trouble.
Negroes Held a Knife at Her
Throat.
FOUR MEN ARRESTED.
Officers Inclined to Take
Charges With Grain of Salt.
Father Tells of Struggle With
Inebriate Son.

according to the story told to the police
by Mrs. Bishop, a white woman, living
at 80 Saywell street, on the North side,
she had narrow escape from death and
her property from devastation last night
at the hands of Lewis Reliford, Roy Wat
son and Quinton Level. three negroes. 1t
was as exciting as the late Springfield
race war. with the negroes in the as
tendency this time
Mrs. Bishop declared that these three
negroes came to her house while drunk
and raised terrific disturbance, throwing
rocks at the house and shouting and ours
ing. She went out doors to ascertain
what all the trouble was about and these
oostreperous darkies, so she declares,
threatened her life and even went so far
as to handle her roughly, and one of them
placed knife blade on her throat while
another poised rock over her head. She
had them arrested on an assault and bat
terry charge, any way, and they are in
jail awaiting trial this evening. The DO
lice think the story. too exciting and
sides Mrs. Bishop, like Joan of Arc has
had visions of this kind before, where her
hfe was In peril at the hands of the
did not come up to her descriptions of the
trouble.
Judge, was my boy Tom in your court
this morning, and did you fine him?"
asked s. Magill, a Santa Fe machinist, of
Judge Urmy today. Upon being informed
plain drunk charge, the father said:
We'll, he will have to work it out this
time. 1 will not borrow the money to get
MIN out of any more scrapes. Judge, L
cannot understand why that boy has
turned out this way. He is 30 years old
and l have taught him the trade of
machinist, yet he is only burden instead
of help to me. For nearly fifty years
have worked hard at the forge hammer
ing iron have fashioned steel into
every conceivable shape, but I cannot
change my boys character. 1t is harder
mer. I was never arrested in my life nor
had any trouble with anybody. But
have to come here to police court in my
old age to look for my son. He won't
1t is whisky, judge, that has ruined my
boy If he would quit drinking l would
mortgage my house to get him out of
trouble, but as long as he sticks to the
anybody or anything help him. / guess
I'd better let him work it out, hadn't I?''
"A good dose of pick and shovel or
hammer and rock pile is what that boy
needs worse than anything else replied
Judge Urmy, who has judged humanity
on the morning after the night before
| for many years and found it wanting,
1.-The whisky jug will kick the beam OF
the scales every time against the best OF
| Them thoughtfully continued the judge
land would let the boy alone until he
| gets tired of the hard knocks received al
| the hands of his friend John Barleycorn.'
Three subjects of President Diaz, name
| ly, Vincengo Vetere, Angelo Francaviffa
arrested on charge of stealing hog from
a stock car in the Rock Island yards and
| butchering the animal, were released
from the city prison on recommendation
| are employed as laborers by the Rock
\ Island railway