The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-11
POLICE JOTTINCS.
Officers Disturb a Fl0urishing
Crap Game.
Was Running in TennesseetOwn
House Sunday Morning.
PLAYERS ALL FINED.
One Gets S25 and the Rest $40
Each.
Santa Fe Employee in Jail for
Buying an OVercOat.

After waiting a week for the ripening
process of time the police plucked full
blown game of craps at the house of A
B. Williamson, 1902 Lincoln street, Ten
nesseetown, at Ills O'Clock Sunday
morning officers have suspected that
a game has been in operation in the
place at least every Saturday night ana
as the hour of II drew near Saturday
night, a little posse composed of Ser
geant Ross, Summers, Walkers, Brown
Mead and Hopkins invaded the Tennes-
see quarter came upon the mouse OF
the darkened windows, attacked the
rear door, broke it down, nabbed the
nine swarthy bone rollers and tumbled
them into the wagon before they knew
the game was over without losing
one.
A. B. Williamson was booked as the
keeper, Frank Cowdry, Audrey Gentry,
H. Starnes. ]. Williams. Will Thornton,
Henry Sims, James Donley, and Robert
Edwards were the lads found in
Williamson came to this morning and
pleaded guilty, drawing the fine of $50
Donley likewise owned up and was as
sessed $40 The others viii have their
say this evening. Donley, as he report
ed it this morning. said that he had
just been going home that night ana
was passing the place when he heard
the alIuring strains of a goodN rag jig
gle from the piano in that mouse ana
it held his music loving soul spell
bound. He approached the door led by
the Irresistible Pan and finally found
himself within where the boys We're
seen to be playing a little with the
bones. Just then the police arrived ana
the enchantment was broken. A MAORI
ty of the boys complained that they had
just gotten there when the officers put
ted in. They all denied until today that
they had gathered there to shoot craps.
They claimed that they had just con-
vened at the congenial home OF A b: 10
indulge in a few bottles of beer to make
them sleep sweetly. But the ofhcers got
to the scene just in time to find them
grouped, after their evening rambles
around their old acquaintances, Little
joe and big Dick"
Leslie Keever. a Santa F'e employe,
who has been boarding at 202 Crane
street, was held in the city prison since
Saturday night under investigation for
obtaining goods under false pretences
and today county warrants were issued
for him. Keever's home is in Indiana
and his father has been writing for him
to come home until he had decided to
CO. But first he must have an over
coat, so he went to the Ridgley cloth
ing house, paid IS on a coat marked at
S145 left it to be fitted and gave his
address as something he has now Tor
gotten. Before he came back for the
coat Ridgley had investigated and
found that the address did not belong
to that name and had keever arrested
when he appeared. keeVer was AFRAID
they would not trust him if they knew
he was leaving town so he refrained
from giving his correct address as they
might learn that he had paid his board
and intended leaving town. He might
have known that it was worse to be
found false that to have paid his board,
but he did not. Keever swears he IN
tended to pay for the coat as soon as he
got home and that he had only enough
money to buy his ticket there. He has
worked for Frank Miller. Street Com