The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22
TAYLOR ON TRIAL
Alleged COunterfeitsr Will Be
Given Hearing This Evening.
Will Be Confronted With Moulds
Seized by Officers.
MANY AS WITNESSES.
People Will Testify Concerning
Ownership of the Outfit.
Wesley Hale Proves He Didn't
Sell Liquor.
ANY AS WITNESSES.

Jim Taylor, arrested September II by
City Detectives Wonderly and FrihaEce
in possession of a counterfeitlng would
and materials for the making of dull
dollars, will be given hearing before
United States Commissioner F. L.
Campbell this evening.
The outfit found in his room will
likely be proven to be his own by the
fac1 that two sucn bolts were N the
clamps of the mould were found n the
trunk which he stated was his The
bottom Of the trunk. when examined,
was covered with plaster of paris, pre-
sumably shaken from the package in
his outfit.
The detectives, Mrs. Grant and Miss
Leona Lewis of the house where Taylor
roomed while working on the paving
gang on College avenue, Mrs. Carlisle
of the German hotel where the man
formerly lived, Joe Kioh, pal of 10y
lor who tipped his friend to the officers
and others have been subDoenaed TO
testify in the case.
Wesley Hale. arrested the 18th,
charged with maintaining a nuisance,
was discharged in police court last
evening. Hale maintains junk estab
lishment at the corner of Sixth avenue
and Jefferson street. From the ''squeel-
ings'' of several old topers the police
were of the opinion that he also KEPT
liquors hand
The noon raid of the Police discoy-
cred half dozen cases Of empty beer /
bottles and a big box containing ID
pintS of whisky and more empty bot |
ties were found At the time Hale 7oid |
the chief he had sure made a "waler |
haul" He claimed the bottles were all |
bought up by him to fill out broken |
cases which were then sold back to :he |
private booze which he must have I'M
der any circumstances.
No testimony could be obtained waI.h |
would do more than brand the place as
one of bad reputation. 1t was not
shown that he had sold liquor or that
persons had come there to drink. The
Judge, therefore, discharged the defend
ant.
OF the many cases reported during
the fair of fights between street car
conductors and obnoxious passengers,
the only one to come to trial was
that charge of assault against Con-
ductor ]. L. Senge of the North To-
peka line. His passenger gave him a
Canadian dime and insisted on rid
ing. The conductor finally kicked
him off. For this privilege he was
ined SIS and costs in police court.
Mike Ring has reported concerning
he payment of the fine of Joe Mat
hews, Waterman at the National no.
eel when Ring and Lawson White
ger were arrested for running a gam
bling den. Ring and Whiteker were
ined 800 each in police court and
Matthews was fined s25 for being
ound in the gambling place in the ho-
ell. Mike Ring was then taken to the I
district court and fined again, but
Nhiteker fled.
Ring has now told the clerk of the
curt of Topeka, Rad Lee, that he ]
aid the fines in the police court |
through lawyer who entered a plea I
f guilty for them. But he added that I
lie had been buncoed-and that he '
yould like to see Whiteker again. He
avs Whiteker has been in the state
number of times since the officers s
ave been looking for him with I
He was two weeks in EN- S
oria, a short time in Topeka and t
0ng time in Kansas City, he says. I
R. c. White, the man whom Tom
NTH, the burglar of the Wolf jewel
OK of watches to hold, has been re-
sased. The officers did not think at /.
he time that he was a guilty man :
nd gave little credence to the accu-
alton, but held him on investigation
D make sure. White was stranger, {
aving come to the city about the
me Smith did. He was also at the Z
,ock Island depot at the time Smith s
lated. He proved, however, that he
ras an actor of the Superba company | r
ow playing at Wichita and was mere T
waiting at the station for some :
lnds. He easily proved an alibi
-hich released him from any suspi- | c
ion of having been up town to enter L
ne store.
Linda Milen. the Gypsy fortune tell II,