The Topeka state journal., 1908-10-19

back full of booze and filed their COM
plants. But Chief Eaton gave them
another chance to swell the city treas
ury and they were fined S.
Mabel Porter was arrested by Spec
ials Noe and C1emans last night for
being drunk and acting disorderly on
the streets. Mabel is the daughter of
| the famous Tide Porter who made
the police all kinds OF trouble for
years. Mabel promises to follow in
the footsteps of her mother and she
has started out in the right direction.
The police will not stand as much
from Mabel as they did from her
mother and she will be dealt with a
little more severely. When arrested
and taken to the station she fought
the officers continually and could
hardly be pushed into her cell.
Prisoners at the police station had
great time this morning. There
are number of prisoners who are
trusted to remain at large and do
work around the station. These men
are really tanftors and they work out
their fines In this way. Last night the
police captured number of bottles of
beer in a disorderly house and the
beer was placed in the passageway
just between the cells and the office.
When they went to get the wet goods
this morning to use at the trial nothing
! oners had reaped the spoils. 1t is a
happy place for prisoners when they
can get beer inside the station and
while under arrest. II this gets out
the number of arrests will be in
creased one hundred fold and the city
Jail will be altogether inadequate to
handle the prisoners. Sh-h. keep it
dark.
Three young men were brought be-
fnr ITr6r Cr,k,.
on the charge of being drunk. Two
of them admitted that they were
we'll filled when caught by the police
but the third man with his breath
smelling strongly of liquor declared
he had never touched a drop in his
life. He was fined ten dollars. 1t is
better to plead guilty whether you are
or not.
The police thought they had
cleaned Topeka of disorderly houses
but Sunday afternoon they received a
hint of something going on at 207
Adams street and they collected forces
and sneaked down. The first thing
they saw was a man with a dozen bot
ties of beer under his arms crossing
the street toward the house in ques-
ton. He was stopped and. made to
point out the beer while the officers
went into the place at 207 and there
they found their hearts desire. Jack
DOuSldS anu his wire, may DOuRIdS,
were there holding the cash drawer.
Lou Beehler was one of the employees
and the customers were w. E. Wright,
L. Sellars and Bruce Day. The
whole bunch were taken to the patrol
wagon and loaded in while the beer
which had been left in the charge of
Detective Hopkins was boosted in
with the owners.
This house has always had a bad
reputation but the police had heard
nothing definite lately and they
thought that the numerous raids had
scared them out. The Douglas man
and women have been engaged in this
business ever since their residence in
Topeka and the police have always
kept a close watch on them. When
the report came Sunday that the old
stand was open the officers made a
regular old time raid and no one es-
capped. The following officers made
the rout-Meade, Hopkins, Hutton,
Sauls and Summers.
"Jupe" Jordan who has been
popular booze selle~ among the In
dians was chased down Sunday by the
police and his place was searched.
He has been suspected and as the
raid fever was popular at the station
Sunday his place was visited. Jordan
was at home and no beer was found
either on his breath or on his
premises. In former times the po-
lice have been able to run down the
beer and liquors by beating down the
weeds and looking in the far corners
of the cellar of the Jordan place but
this time not thing was found.
Jordan claims he has reformed. This
always occurs when business is slack
and the police are near.
The Indians came to town in tribes
last Saturday and attended the foot
ball game. Although Haskell lost the
game to Washburn the Indians cele-
-brated just the same and six of them
were locked behind the bars. Two
oe them were boys and were caught
ont at Washburn during the game.
They had run away from the institu-
tfnH at Lawrence and after paving
their hnes they We're returned by the
superintendent today. The students
who went on spree were John Doe
and Raymond Childs. In the morn
ing they had hid their liquor behind
the fence on Washburn field, and
while the game was going on they
the ball. 1t happened that Chief
Eaton and several of the police de-
partment are football fiends and they
combined duty with pleasure and ar
rested the booze fighting students 1t
Is bad example for Haskell students
to set for the benefit of Washburn
students on College Hill. The police
are glad that Haskell did not win or
probably the whole band of rooters
would have invaded the hill.
The other four Indians arrested were
from the settlement at Horton. and
they came down to spend their regular
weeks end in the bottoms and see
the football game. They celebrated
before the game, after the game. and
then some. They are now celebrating
on the rock pile waiting for the god
to come down from Horton and paw
them out. He Will make his regular
weekly visit to the station today
An Indian who gave his name as
John Now-go- wah-tuck was arrested
at the Rock Island station Saturday
night for beating another of his tribe
over the head and bending his feather
One Indian claimed that Washburn
played all around the braves and the
other hollered for Haskell. Both were
from the settlement at Horton. They
were arrested for disturbing the