The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-20
POLICE JOTTINCS.
IL. w. Marchant Finds Himself
in Queer Predicament.
PaWned Wife's Suit Case With
out Notifying Her.
He WAS INDIGNANT.
OFFICER Then Arrested Him for
Disturbing the Peace.
Lime Street Family Row Refer.
red to Juvenile Court.

Because he pawned his wife,s suit
| case without advising her of the inten-
ton, T. w. Marchant was arrasted
last night as the suspected thief while
eating supper at restaurant where he
| created a disturbance for which he was
| nned So in police court this morning
Marchant is a tailor who has not had
work for couple of weeks. He lives
at $40 west Seventh street. Last night
| ne had not come home at supper time
ana the wife had just a short time be-
| fore found her suit case gone but did
not know he had it, instead she was
| certain some one had stolen it, Mar
chant had had a friend out to spend
the night several evenings ago she told
Patrolman Penney, who went out to
investigate, and during the evening he
mad borrowed a dollar from his guest.
1t was the theory of Mrs. Marchant
that the friend had called to collect
and finding no one about had taken the
grip as payment and urged that detec-
tives get busy on the trail of that
friend.
Penney, however, had a bunch that
he could find the grip in a pawn shop
and told her that likely the friend
would pawn it. But as soon as he got
to town. he looked for hubby, having
formed an idea that he needed the
money. Marchant was found eating
supper.
why don't you eat supper at home
with your wife?' asked the policeman.
IF 1 did she wouldn't let me come
back to town. was the reply.
Then Penney told him he wanted
him to go to the station for a few min
utes. Marchant got indignant and
fussy and insisted upon eating his
supper or else he wouldn't pay for it.
thereby bringing the proprietor of the
restaurant into the racket
When searched at the station the
pawn ticket for the suit case was found
in his pockets but not enough money
left to redeem it. Marchant was fined
five dollars on the disorderly charge by
Judge Urmy and again became indig-
nant. He says he will appeal the case
and already this morning had found
several witnesses who said that he had
not been disorderly in the restaurant.
He may even start proceedings against
the officer for false arrest.
War clouds are lowering over Lime
street and trouble is brewing in the
lilac shrubs. Most of the fighting is
expected to be done by the women of
the district because the men are too
tipsy to take any decisive direction
Miss Minnie Hickey, aged II, of 1922
Lime street Chat is the number the
opposition gave) and her mother is the
cause of the complaint. 1t is charged
Mrs. Emma Woody of TIA Lime street
and put her to the brick walk where
she took the count with hole torn in
her scalp while plaudits came from the
Hickey door.
Mrs Woody made the complaint this
morning leading the little girl by the
hand and exhibiting the wound. She
says this young Hickey vixen of the
neighborhood has been fighting for a
long time and she will have to stop it.
night" she said, II saw hob badly she
was hurt and I called right over to
Mrs. Hickey that that big girl of hers
had knocked my four-year-old daugh-
ter down and cut her head and she Just
yelled back from her doorway, oh,
why don't you keep your kid at home.
You're nothing but low down trash
anyway. Why don't that drunken sot
Of a husband of yours look after her"
Nov, PEARL" I says, there is no
use of you talkin' that way to me.
You know your husband drinks as
much as mine and I don't stand up
for him anyhow. You're liar says
she. Where is your man now-gone
up town to get drunk ? and If he has,
1 SAYS, he will meet yours Staggerin'
home 1 seen she would not promise
to make her girl behave. My little
girl had just run up to her Minnie
and put her arms around her waist in
a loving way for she always seems ia
want to love her and play with her.
when Minnie deliberately pushed the
poor little thing backwards onto the
pavement Now that is downright
meanness and 1 asked Sergeant Ross
what to do and he said did not need
to stand for any such thing"
The chief advised that she consult
the Juvenile officer the first thing and
Mrs Woody went out leading the
wounded little girl.
One old timer with the police is
about to pass away and leave the
town for good. nor go to any other to
trouble them. Robert Bradshaw, a
colored fellow with a record better
than many of the others of the
jungles, though still bad enough, was
picked up yesterday by officers
charged with having failed to pay an
old fine as promised. He was taken
to the station but seemed so far all in
that they would not lock him up for
fear he might die behind the bars. |
Consumption has slowly tugged at his
life strings until he is a complete
wreck. 1t is safe to say the police
would rather have to send a man to |
the penitentiary or ship him to some |
other locality for keeps than to have |
one die from the great white plague
while walking about town under their
occasional glance.