The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-18
PatrOlman Penney Fills Role Of
Gay Deceiver.
foung Girl Attracted by His
Manly Beauty.
FEW "DRINKS" NOW.
New Liquor Law Seems to Be
Working Effectively.
Chief Eaton Is Satisfied With
Its Operation.

Chief Eaton is fortunate in having
secured the services of so handsome
man as Patrolman Frank Penney. Per-
rey is in plain clothes most of the time
ana last evening as he was standing
In front of the ten cent store viewing
the pretties in the window a young
maiden fair and sweet as the pink
candies on display, looked up at him
and smiled, then she spoke and drew
nearer and asked how he felt. Suppos-
ing she was a friend of his wife he
stood his ground but replied that she
must be mistaken in her man. "Oh,
man for me. Aren't you going my
! rWay ,, mot now he said, "Pm too
busy" Meet me at the city hall to-
night then will your" again he craw-
then tomorrow night at my home at
oil East Second street" she pleaded
and he finally gave in.
Last night he kept his date, carry
ing a warrant as a treat for his sweet
heart and behind him about a half block
tramped a whole squad of officers COM
posed of Sergeants Kinney and Ross
and Detectives Hutton and Wonderly.
Upon arriving at the house Penney was
let in the back way to visit in the
back parlor as the mistress of the
house was in the front parlor with
brakeman He had just sat down on
the bed when the rest Of the ofhcers
came in and arrested the whole bunch
of four. Mrs. Ward. the woman in
the front room, played i'll and was ex-
cused from leaving, but Ellie Rocks,
c. A. clearinghouse and Penney were
walked away under arrest. AS the
party reached an alley near Quincy
street Penney gave the gang the slip
and went home to bed. Ellie missed
him later and wanted tc know where
he had gone and the officers We're
forced to admit with tears in their
ewes that they had let him get away
as they passed an alley. Fife evident
~ wanted him to go her bond, which
duty was left to the brakeman but more
than that she wanted another look at
Ter handsome man. Mrs ward Will
be taken from her bed today and tried
With the others this evening. On, the
deception Of a handsome man!
The doors of the city prison again
stand wide open for the tenth day OF
the 81 since the drastic liquor law went
into effect and it can no longer be
considered a chance but fact that
LIQUOR can not be obtained in the city:
AS against the IS DRINKS of May and
the So of April there have been but
seven in the 10 days of June now pass
ed under the sealed lid. All but three
of these DRINKS have been imported
from Kansas City while Jamaica ginger
and Peruna have been responsible for
two of the remaining. Will Barrel is
the one trusty at the Jail and he has
pleasant time of idleness but for the
sweeping. There are no tin plates to
wash for host of drunk and disorder
" charges seldom does he have to
hitch the patrol. and the jail room re-
mains clean and unoccupied.
Arrests to the number of 1o6 have
been made already this month but
they have been for petty offenses such
as riding bicycles on the walks, let
ting chickens run at large, investiga-
lions of alleged street walkers, and in
sane persons and forgers who are i'm
mediately turned over to the state.
Chief Eaton in speaking of the pres
ent state of affairs at the prison said:
'sThere is no doubt of the effectiveness
of the new law and it is just what we
have needed all the time. No one can
Judge the success of the prohibition as
we can here at the station. Drunken
ness has been reduced more than 80
per cent and we have not had drunk
en- row or cutting or shooting scrape
since May Is. The decrease of crime
without liquor is marvellous. We can
scarcely keep our prison industries
moving There has been no one on
the rock pile for weeks and only one
OF two men at the asphalt plant"
Other officers at the station complain
OF the quietness and walk about for
their nerves while there, and the jailer
keeps from doing by playing on an
old mouth harp.
John Martiatos too Greek to talk
English, but knowing all the thousand
tongues of love laid in the city Jail
over night for captivating Mrs. Anna
Fink and paid a fine of $40 while
She laid overhead in the women
ward for a like cunning in the same
art which cost her IS. Petro
Katorvotovy who merely stood by