The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-29
His Brother, the Victim, Plead.
ed fer Him.
JOE DRANK UP A FARM
And Then Absorbed Stock and
Mac hinery as Chaser.
Youthful Bandits Cauptured-
Lawrence Man Lost Wife.

| Joe Douglass, of Hiawatha, who was
arrested day before yesterday for horse
stealing, has been released. He had
stolen race horse from his brother,
Itraded it to a neighbor and rode to
Topeka where he again traded, coming
out of the deals with a watch and SIS.
| His brother came anxiously into the
police station pleading for his release
and declaring that he would not prose-
cute. He claimed his brother Joe was
| a good man but irresponsible when he
had his liquor on. Joe, he said, had
sold a good farm and drank it up, then
sold off his stock and machinery and
poured the proceeds Of that down his
throat as a chaser but was still a good
fellow.
The neighbor who traded for the race
horse knew the brothers and that the
horse did not belong to Joe so he told
the brother of the trade. The police
ing.
At the police station he made a writ
ten statement which he thought ought
tC excuse his brother. It follows:
To whom it may concern:
L. E. L. Douglass. being a brother of
Joe Douglass. who is at the present
time confined in the city Jail of the
city of Topeka on the charge of horse
stealing, said horse having been taken
from me. I don't want to prosecute
said Joe Douglass for said crime, hav-
ing arranged with all parties concern
ed to make restitution and to settle all
claims that are charged up to said
crime committed in Brown county,
Kan. (Signed(
E.. L. DOUGLASS.
Lawrence. Kansas.
Lost, 4 wife.
Chief of Polfce:-I am asking you to
locate my wife. She left home Septem-
Der IS and / hear she is in your city.
She is a small woman weighing about
50 and wearing a black princess dress
and tan colored slippers of the cloth
style. She has two gold rings and one
Mexican opal ring set with five stones.
Please take her into custody and wire
me at my expense.
Awaiting your reply, I am. yours re-
specially, ]. NJ. LANE.
901 Penn Street
Mrs. Lane has not yet been taken |
into custody. a
Three youthful colored boys of To-
peka Frank Level George Anderson |
and Frank Perry armed with shotguns.
attacked a baggage car OF Union Pa
cif1c train No. 106 at Menoken with the
purpose of stealing a ride and fought
with the train crew when discovered, |
Perry drawing a bead on Conductor |
Bergen, who charged them first. The |
train porter named Connors, in run
ming up, was kicked in the face by an
other of the boys.
The boys. of whom the oldest is 16 |
years, were finally put off and the train |
pulled out of the station. They had
been hunting in the neighborhood and
thought to duplicate the tricks they |
had heard about from the early days
when gun play was frequent.
Perry insists the gun was not loaded |
and that he did not point it directly at
the conductor but the boys had over
hundred shells and the said |
they had reason to fear the weapon.
Assistant superintendent Of the road
A. T. Palmer, was on the passenger
train. Arriving at Topeka he sent De-
tective Biggs up to Menoken to get the
amateur bandits.
Biggs caught the boys and took their
guns Then he telegraphed the police
here to come to the Union Pacific depot
with the patrol wagon to meet him
with three desperadoes whom he had
captured single handed. Chief Eaton
says he went over to meet the evening
train. expecting to get three world
known yegg men and had to laugh
when the kids were turned over.
All three have been on parole from
the Juvenile court for two years. They
were taken before Judge Schoch today
and a trial set for Saturday when their
parents can be present.
This is the first violation of their
paroles, the judge says, and he is unde-
cided whether or not to send them back
to the reform school.
The police report that in the last two
days at least fifteen wheels have been
stolen. A number of them
have been found by the police, others
have been ridden back and left where
they were taken by those who took
them. Those petty t1eivings come in a
bunch the officers say. Not many
are lost for more than a few
days but it has been some time since
any were taken or borrowed.
Differences arose between B. Doty
and E. D. Christman Of the employees
of the Jackson Coal company and a
fight ensued in which Christman must
have gotten the worst of it for Doty
was arrested for assault and fined SIS
In police court this morning.
"Who killed the mule?'' That is a
question perplexing the humane officer,
Rilmaurs King and the police. Mr..
King was telephoned last evening to
come and see a sick mule lying in Cen
-ra1 avenue, North Topeka. When he
got there the mule was dead, shot in
he head.