The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-15

| with the Bowlus boys but a half hour
| later information brought to the sta
ton showed him to be more guilty
| than the others.
McGuire's eyes and the bridge of
| his nose are blackened and bloodshot
| but the nose was not broken. He is
| fair example of what mean gang
| will do and in the future officers will
not be SO afraid to swing their clubs
and perhaps flash a gun in the midst
| of a reform school brigade.
A male quartette serenaded bunch
| OF hens in an alley between Fourth and
Fifth streets yesterday without previ-
Gus practice but the result was remark
able for the entire neighborhood soon
surrounded the entertainment. 1t had
some of the embellishments of a boiler
makers ball for a boilermaker or two
were there and arrests followed. S. W.
Hill opened the performance, stepping
on the stage alone he sang something
to Ed johnson who came on from the
wings. Hill is a young artist in the
Junk business with high falsetto voice
which he acquired while travelling in
his wagon. johnson is an older man,
Merchants transfer driver, with
pleasant enough voice this morning but
which must have sounded awful in the
duet he began with Hill because he
sang the pathetic and sorrowful ditty
entitled, Don't boast to me of your
old stove, 1 hauled her about for sew
eral years when she was a kitchen
QUEEN They stepped aside for
change of makeup on their faces. Hill
had a great jaw planted on one side
of his face and Johnson fell down for
the application. Fred johnson taking
the fall for his cue entered abruptly
with ringing tenor. the tenor or winch
was the drowning of young Hills h1gh
junket. The attraction was drawing well
already, and when Geo. Hill, father or
the boy, a boilermaker. with heavy
bass tone, made his attack, the effect
i'll hut Iraf q
up because they all became SO tired and
certain of the audience who felt slight
ed telephoned the police. Warrants for
the arrest for the four were responded
to this morning in police court when
they were fined $40 each.
Claude Anderson, a bad negro from
Kansas City, was picked up by the OFF,
GERS yesterday for investigation. tie is
wanted in Kansas City for cutting an
other negro Saturday night in drunk
en- fight and will be returned there to-
day.
The sheriff of Hall county, Nebras-
ka. James Dunkel of Grand Island is
in Topeka trying to get his requisition
honored to take pair of vaudeville
actors which he found at Salina, back
to Grand Island where the 15-year-
old skirt singer of the pair was en-
ticed away from her home by the
clever comedian with the easy street
gag.
Entering the Rowley drug store
when the clerks were all out, George
Murray, a peddler by profession,
| bought small box of medicine from
Mr.. Rowley and watched him go be-
hind the prescription case. Then he
! proceeded to fill his pockets with
toilet articles and eight cans of smok-
| ing tobacco. Mr.. Rowley thought he
acted queer1y but did not miss any
he RI
later and asked about the tobacco
gone from the counter. Then they
started after the thief and caught up
with him Murray was dazed when
| the goods were found on him. He was
/ taken to the police station and push
| ed into the pen where he must have
gotten gay, for this morning when he
was brought out for trial his face was
| scratched up and one eye refused to
| let in light.
Murray defended his theft by the