The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-28
POLICE JOTTINcS.
New Patrol Wagon Looks Like
Moving Van.
1t Is Used for the First Time
Last Night.
PATROLMEN GET MORE
May Reach "a" Classification
in Six Months.
This Also Means all Increase in
Salary.

This Also Means all Increase in
Salary.
The new police patrol wagon has at
| last been launched and Bobbie Palmer
| has a new wagon to play with. It was
given to him by the city to haul DRINKS
| and others in from the jungles and I'M
derbrush. T. ]. Lannan, whose shop is
but a little way from the station, fin
1shed the wagon last evening and Bob,
and help, pulled the monster cage to-
ward the prison barn which had SO
long housed the old brewery wagon
quite comfortably. Brave officers held
their breath. 1t looked as IL the barn
would be swallowed up by the wagon
But when the big wagon was swung
around and the two pushed together.
the shiney new patrol disappeared
With just the tip of the tongue in view
some careful measuring had been
done for the door slid shut just pass
ing the end the tongue, the wagon
measuring % feet over all and the old
parn just that wide from back wall to
door.
| Except for the scenes of Moses in
the Bull Rushes' on one side and 1.-The
Land of the Midnight Sum- on the
other which gives the vehicle a lion
cage in the circus parade appearance 1t
| IS thing of artistic beauty about the
size of moving van.
Indeed 1t Is sort of portable prison
Tor the heavy screened top locks with
door at the rear operated by lever at
the drivers seat which makes it pos
s1ble Tor him to cart prisoners about
without the aid of a policeman as in
the case of the open patrols Another
vantage point is that the cage is sup
pied with curtains so that when
prominent citizens" are arrested they
may be sheltered from the curious mob
Still another is that 1t will save ambu-
| lance hire as it is equipped with a fold
ing stretcher to carry injured, sick1y,
or soused persons Yet another is that
the roof sheds water.
Two runs were made last night. at
the first dash of the great black cage
the little old barn seemed to have been
slipped back off of it but the small
team ran along with it easily enough
Tor never having drawn a real wild
| mans" cage. 1t requires a real en-
gineer to drive it however, for its
height makes brakes. reins and nerves
imperative on the curves to prevent
topling.
It was reported that at the time of
the recent jewelry window robbery,
the merchant patrolman had gone
home at four o'clock, having finished
his nights watch. This is contradicted
Notice: In fairness to C. c. Smith
Merchant Patrolman, I wish to state
that / saw him on his beat at a. m.
the morning F. w. Swearingen's store
was robbed instead of at o'clock as
(Signed) IS. M. BROWN,
"Patrolman.''
| The new classification for patrolmen
which enables them to reach class "A"
| and a higher salary in six months hav-
| ing been adopted by the council goes
| into effect the coming pay day and
great deal of work is necessary to re-
arrange the pay roll. Patrolmen be-
ginning in class "C'' now reach class
| "B" in three months and class "A'' in
six months. The salaries are respec-
| lively $50, $50, $40 monthly.
Aside from the patrolmen's increased
| pay, the chief of police has been grant
! ed a raise to $500 a year and the po-
also enjoys an additional $40 to his
former salary of $40.
| For the present the salaries of the
detectives and sergeants remain at 5000
| a year.
| baseball team were working their arms
out over the river on Curtis street
| when apprehended by Officer James.
| They were George Boyer and Joseph
| FUN DSKy. bOIH piodQed uIlly anu
paid their dollars protesting that they
| did not know that the practice of the
| great national game would be pro-
hibited anywhere in the land.
| "Rah! Rail- Rahl Rahl Rah! Rah!
| Night SCHOOL, and two students, AL
| fred Won Langeden and Luther Bar
| Der swung onto their bikes at their
4 front gates and started for their col
| lege education. But they were halted
| oil, oct NV nf4Soa1-
| The lads appeared at police court
room this morning. pleaded guilty to
the petty charge of riding their bikes
| on the sidewalks, and both smilingly
pulled single silver dollars out of their
| pockets.
what are those for?" asked the
judge. Amt that our fine; that's
| what the policeman who caught as
| said it would cost?''
well, I'll let you off this time for
! that, boys, but understand that is the
least I can fine you, not the most
1t IS quite probable that the 2 y
| cents more per meal asked for by r.
meals will be granted. Mr.. Darby.
an ex-policeman, knows the prison
| game and tries to provide good food
for the prisoners at 10 cents a meal.
He has succeeded in giving satisfac-
ton to even the unruly, quarrelsome
| boarders, but 10 cents a plate is a
pretty tight price for a banquet dish
ed out and carried several blocks, so
to keep up the standard he asks for a
12R cents allowance.
Before the contract for the grub
was allotted to Darby about month
ago there was all kinds of doings in
| the 'fpen'' nearly every day, until
| finally the whole tribe threw their
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