The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-16
Officers Throw Out Drag Net
Once More.
Kansas Avenue Resort Is Raided
at Night.
OLDOFFENDERS THERE
Faces That Have Been Seen Be-
fore Chief Eaton.
Young Man Saved From HOrri-
BILE Death.
OLDOFFENDERS THERE

Times are strenuous for the old
timers of Topeka police court fame ana
every night the Topeka police force Is
recapturing those who persist in dis-
obeying the laws of the city and the
warnings of the chief
Last night about eleven O'Clock one
of the old time dlSorderly houses was
raided and the inmates, visitors and al
were taken to the station. NOT a per-
son ESCAPED The place in question Is
at 924 Kansas avenue on the second
floor It is kept by Laura Copeland
who was doing business at the same
old stand when Topeka first gained her
metropolitan reputation. Laura has
been before Judge Urmy enough times
to pay the salaries of the whole police
force and she has always produced the
money. She has long kept her quar-
tiers at 924 Kansas avenue in spite of
the fact that the police have raided the
place on the average of once a month
and the woman has always received the
fifty dollar fine. She seems to have no
fear of the police and continues her
house of bad reputation on the same
old scale. The only redeeming feature
of her place is the lack of Intoxicating
liquors. She always places a ban on
such things in the house. The victims
were Laura Copeland, Carrie Black
well Fred Collins, Louis Ransom and
J. Walker
After the prisoners had been taken
to the station and assigned to their
various cells another call came from
officers down on the Bottoms district
and the wagon filed with officers made
another disorderly house raid. This
place was, like the Copeland hangout,
an old timer den of shadowy reputa-
ton and on account of the lateness of
the hour only two were found here.
But these two were excellent captures.
Lima Dotson, who is considered the
Belle of the Bottoms and the busiest
woman in the district, was the keeAer.
Her partner was old Jim Gordan who
bears the reputation of being the
Cream of the Sewer in the Honey
combs. He has been arrested for every
charge in the books and his record
stands among the leaders who have
been connected with Chief Eaton's
crusades. The two stated that the Of
ficers had been a little too late, as the
crowd had just left.
The officers who took part in the two
raids were Sergeant Ross, Detectives
Summers and Hopkins and Officers
Wyatt, Mead, Griffin, F'ribance and
Bryant.
There is considerable joy at the po-
lice station this morning on account Of
the announcement given out by Ser
geant Kenney to the effect that he will
withdraw from the race for the posi-
ton of clerk at the city court Sergeant
Kenney has decided that he will get
along better at the ponce station ne
has been troubled with a sickness late
ly which takes a bad effect when too
much indoor work is necessary. With
his present position on the police force
he is able to be outdoors and in this
manner he fights successfully his
trouble Sergeant Kenney has not
been in the court clerk race very long
but he has a host of friends who have
been working for him and who had as
sured him the election. Sergeant Ken
ney is a valuable man on the police
force and his position would have been
hard to fill.