The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
Wheel Thief Gives Officers a
Lively Struggle.
VIM. Barrett Is Finally Over
powered and Arrested.
EATON'S. NEW ORDER
Will Have Drivers of LIQUOR
Wagons Arrested.
Begins Campaign to Enforce
New Liquor Law.

In battle with the police last night
a wheel thief caught with the goods
! made desperate fight to escape and
had to be dubbed into submission. The
thief was William Barrett several
times arrested for forgery and other
crimes. The wheel stolen last night
belonged to a barber named st. John
at S15 Kansas avenue. Upon missing
the wheel and suspecting the man, St.
John Immediately telephoned the po-
lice. Chief Eaton and Detective Won
derby started in search of him and
found him trying to sell the wheel
farther down Kansas avenue. Denying
that he had stolen the wheel, he be-
city of few worthless cops, but went
to the station led by Wonderly, the
chief taking the wheel.
Good night was his farewell at
the walk in a zigzag behind trees and
scales. The empty handed officer jerk
ed out his gun, yelled stop" and shot
into the air several time, but Barrett
had sped down an alley west. Follow
ing as fast as he could the officer over
took his man after a chase of four
blocks in the yard of the Catholic
school between Jackson and Van Buren,
streets where Bgrrett turned at bay
and showed fight. Attempting to get
punches in the abdomen and neck,
which the irate detective countered by
a couple of quick raps on the head
with the gun he still held in his hand.
The scalp was broken from one of the
blows and blood trickled down the
mans ear and he got dizzy, letting his
hands fall to his sides to be led to the
station
The wheel is of sufficient value to
make a more serious charge than
petit larceny while fighting an officer
will further pave his way to the pen
if the police seek to send him there.
He is still in the Jail awaiting trial,
the city physician having dressed his
wound and bandaged his head into a
pillow.
Yes, certainly. if you see any of
those drivers bring them up. Bring
every one you can find. Bring them in
and book them for investigation if
you have reason to believe they are
distributing their BOOZE" said Chief
Eaton to a detective over the phone
this morning. And. that. indicates a
line of police activities for the next few
days.
Friday noon is the limit set for the
sale of liquor at the drug stores when
they will be expected to have cleaned
their stocks of anyt ia1rg.ay and
Peruna. After that. there will be no
chance whatever for the thirsty hot
summer overheated man-supposedly-
and it is the purpose of the police to see
that no more liquor is delivered to the
stores in an effort to aid them in hay
ing none on hand.
Already the high hand of the new
law has swept a number of the drug
stores out of existence. The Fifth Ave-
nue., the Curtis and others have quit,
the Chesterfield is Kidding itself of fix
lures as fast as possible. the Pope is
said by the police to be contemplate
ing cessation of business and wagon
loads of "empties' are being hauled
away from the Copeland County store,
indicating that the store is getting rid
of the liquor at a remarkable rate.
And yet the old topers stand about
looking wisely while these things go
on and listen undisturbed to the talk
about them in an attitude of well-we-
know hat-to-do-even-then complacen-
cy.
Mandy Bell. river side Jane and
Chief Cousin to MANDY Lane" was
brought sad-eyed into police control
last night following a complaint of
Page Hawkins that she had stolen
some clothes from him and charged
with larceny. Mandy is a pleasant,
unruff1ed little colored jane and not
at all reticent about telling her
troubles.
Brought into the sanctuary of
Judge Urmy this morning she was
IldlleQ Will ueIlSHl ny tie tKpcCtdnl
court loafers who have heard her be-
fore. Hello, Mandy, thought you
had left town. what's up now They
say you stole some clothes
mo, 1 haint stole no clos. Them
clos was give me and is goin' to
keep 'em. Page done han me them
clos for foolin'- with him. then he
wanted EN- back an 1 told him to
jes clean out. They was nothin'
anyhow but this old ragged scarf
an a oil dress. Do want a wit