The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-07
L. M. Crawford Installs AuxiIia'
ny Service.
Will Have Paid Deputy to Look
After His Buildings.
MADE A WATER HAUL.
Raid Is Made But No Gambling
Goods Found.
StOckman From Country Gets
Lost i'm Topeka.

"A new deputy policeman is the
innovation of Mr. Crawford. The
Crawford syndicate will institute in
Topeka the same watch system as it
has in st. Louis and is establishing it
in all towns where it is interested.
A watchman paid by Mr.. Crawford is
to patrol buildings and districts of the
Crawford syndicate and at the same
time serve the public as deputized
officer.
The Waterman will start at 9
o'clock in the Majestic theater bal
cony going up one side and down the
other, under the stage, then on top of
the stage where he will ring an
American District Telegraph alarm
box. The A. D. T. is to keep tab of
all rings and report to Mr.. Crawford.
From the Majestic theater the watch
man will go west to Kansas avenue,
down, the west side of the street in or
der to view the Crawford office build
ing, turn west on Seventh street to the
Grand opera house, goes through the
front to the rear of stage and ring
another box, view the entire house
from the stage, go under the stage
and out again down Sixth street up to
the office block, go through Zanditon's
store and ring an alarm in the base
ment. Then he will ring a box in the
rear of the store, patrol all the floors
in the building and ring from the
ceeds to the Crawford fats, circles the
Sixth avenue block comes back past
the postoffice, the Office block, and
back to the Majestic to await the
hour to start again on the same
round.
The round will be made every hour.
If the patrolman fails to report, or
ring in, at each box within two min
utes of the time set, such will be re-
ported next morning to Mr.. Crawford
by the A D. Il. company.
This is a new thing for Topeka
which the varied and scattered in
terests of the Crawfords has made
necessary for adequate protection. AS
a deputy policeman, the patrolman
will be instrumental in protecting the
public as we'll as private interests.
Seeming a gambling game in the
pool hall of Jim Huddleston on the
second floor of All Kansas avenue. a
warrant was issued yesterday by the
chief of police for the arrest of the
proprietor.
the place. Two attacked the rear and
two the front stair. But the rear door
was barred as of a fortress with a
huge iron bar. The noise and battering
by the officers made loud heraldry of
the approach so that by the time the
den was reached nothing but game
of cards was to be found. sNeverthe-
less the nineteen negroes-found there
were trooped to the station by the Of
ficers and investigated. No dice were
found on them and no evidence of a
game being discovered, the bunch
were dismissed. The police are Won
dering how Jim can pay his rent on
the income of two pool tables when
his patrons merely play cards. As the
great black cloud waited away the
detectives turned to each other with
smile. Gee, but that was a bum
steer.
Officer Wonderly found a stockman
who had just sold his cattle in Kan
sas City wandering about the streets
this morning asking where the sa-
tell him, but he had enough to last
for quite awhile. He was Philip
Joyce of Emmett somehow lost in To-
peka and trying to find the way home.
He was taken to the city prison to
sober up before completing his home
ward Journey. Luckily Phil had sent
the $1,000 he got for his cattle home
by check or he might have been poor
er as well wiser.
How he happened to get into To-
peka he can not tell. An almost en-
PITY whisky bottle tells the story to
those who understand. But this was
the strangest town to Phil. No sa-
looms anywhere and he did want to
get away. He will be guided to the
U. P. depot as soon as he is able to be
out However, this little kindness of
the police will probably cost him SIS.
Little Dan Reliford, who lives out in
Pierce's Addition when he can find it,
drove wildly about the streets last
night looking for it in evident distress.
Little Dan is a colored expressman who
works hard at his calling and last night
did not get started home until quite
late. He had his wagon piled high with
coal and hay and boxes for the COM
fort of his own, and the horse. A com
plant came to the police that the
wagon was obstructing the street at
Second and Western avenue. Several
officers hurried out but little Dan was
gone leaving his wagon and his over
coat on the seat. A search of the neigh
borhood failed to reveal Dan. However,
he soon came up with an overcoat on.
Where he got the second overcoat is
mystery The officers started him on
the way and told him to turn around,
as he wasn't pointed right. but Dan
couldn't turn instead he started north
and turned west at Fourteenth. going
to Clay then north again. When the
officers caught sight of him again he
was coming back down Clay with the
horse on the run and the boxes bounc-
ing. He turned at Tenth going at full
speed. The chase was too fast and
harmless to hold the officers longer and
thew returned. Dan did not know
where he was going but he was furi-
ousIy on the way. He had lost his
bearings and did not know north from