The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-10
O'Shaughnessey Later Given
Taste of Kangaroo Court.
THEN CRIES FOL HELP
John Ewing Disciplined for
Leading the Assault.
Clarence Young Stock of Liquor
Poured Into Sewer.

| For fragrant insult. almost
| fiendish in its enormity, John
| O'Shaughnessey, huckster. a recent
arrival in North Topeka. was this
morning fined $50 by Police Judge
| Urmy According to information the
police had. and the testimony intro
| duced at the trial. O'Shaughnessey
was last evening engaged in unloading
! cabbages from car standing on the
track on First street between Kan
! sas avenue and Quincy street. A
highly respectable lady, wife of a
tradesman Of the neighborhood., in
passing along the sidewalk on her
| way up town was hailed by the
huckster in a familiar presumption
| from the car door: "Hey, there, sis
| ter, don't you want to buy some cab
| bage, you, I mean, you there with the
| kangaroo shape" but the indignant
need to get sore about it, the brazen
| cabbage huckster continued. "come
on over here and buy some of these
| cabbages, they're fine nice heads. old
girl, come on up and look them over
| for yourself" Further suggestions,
insinuations are unprintable.
The woman tremblingly went on
| up the street, angry and frightened.
| AS soon as she could get word to her
husband that irate man started in i'm
huckster but he was gone. Then the
police were notified and warrant
was sworn for his arrest.
The police found O'Shaughnessey
! in North Topeka and took him to the
prison at near o'clock last night.
When the evidence was presented to
| the court this morning it was con-
sidered such bold and vicious occur
| renee that $50 was thought none to
| large fine.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty
! stating that he was drunk if any such
thing had happened but. he was not
charged with that by the officers who
got him. John O'Shaughnessey has a
family of his own which fact would
make the act of last evening seem
that of depraved character. The
place is down in the edge of the bot
toms and likely Johnnie supposed he
had to appear ION the spot" He has
no money and will have to work out
his fine on the rocks with plenty of
time to deliberate though he may ap-
peal if he is able to find security for
an appeal bond.
As q sequel, and in a measure a
punishment in the O'Shaughnessey
case, an episode occurred upon his
Introduction into the prison pen last
Ewing the gang of negroes locked
behind the bars received John
O'Shaughnessey with open arms and
then took him round and round, first
| laying him across table for the
spankers, then chucking him into a
bunk and sticking pins into him, then
bouncing him along the cement floor
| and punching his head, all for their
| great amusement until the old Irish
man yelled for the night jailer to lock
III e., 20 ha 1c
off of him. But before they let him
go they took his spare change and
presented him with black eye.
This case is not unlike many
| which come into the pen The po-
! colored, serving thirty days for main
| tanning a nuisance who starts the
| trouble. He has instituted a COM
| plete system of hazing newcomers.
When the officers are out of hearing,
| his gang give the victim kangaroo
court, turn him over the table for a
good blistering and if he has any
money they take it.
Victims are afraid to report for
| fear of the threatened maulings which
| will follow. Thus has John Ewing
whiled away his time. However. old
! Ireland reported this morning and
now Ewing is locked up in a cell by
himself with fingers itching for a
new neck.
The pop pop cop ran down a
| motor speeder Friday and invited
| him down to see Mr.. Urmy who had a
| little message for him. Harry Rus
| son was the man. He received the
message in good faith. The charges
| were $25 which were paid without a
murmur-while in the court room
! that's a good loser
| After hanging around the alley be-
| tween Fourth and Fifth streets all
day, VIM. Sweeney finally got the joy
| full jag he was looking for and con-
sequently berth in the Eaton Inn.
! Ten dollars was his BILL
Two more carpenter tool thieves,
| Ollie Baker and a man named
| the crook analysing station of the big
chief. A big tool chest was broken
| into in a barn over by the shops and
| the two aforesaid are suspected of
turning the trick. They were picked
up last night by officer Hutton.
The famous valuable Clarence
Young stock of liquors seized two
years ago and since confined in the
city prison were convicted. TRUSTEES
began pouring the vintage, brews and
Installations into the sewer and
worked until night. The stock was
| pouring will be in process again to-
I day The stock has been estimated
as worth $4,000. This is the last of
| the mammoth collection Chief Eaton
| has convicted in the last two years.