The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-09
Man Who Collected Money from
JOintists Hit Hard.
HE MUST PAY $1,000.
Frank Linski Acted MS the FL
nancial Agent.
JOintists Whe Paid Are Fined
$500 Each.

III T4lIsDuTS, hdn.s aIter the supreme
court had decreed that the city
should not accept money from them
in lieu of license fees, were fined
$500 each by the supreme court to-
day for contempt.
Frank Linski, the man who
gathered up the money and disbursed
it was fined $1,000. The police Judge
instead of from the city, was fined
800. The policemen were fined $50
each, and the fremen $25 each.
The distribution of the fines was
as follows:
Frank Lindski $1,000.
Adam Kazmierski, Peter Rarani,
w. S. Stroud, John Simon. Joseph
Valentine. John Welch, Pete Comis-
stroud. John Tangye. B. w. Brown.
W. H Conion, jointists,. $500 each.
J. E. Holden, police judge, 500.
S. M. Lawler. E. T. Carter, E. M.
King. J; E. Walker, J. J. Leemaster.
policemen, $50 each.
T. W. Howe. J. T. Atkinson, Marion
Robertson. Geo. White, VIM. Doss. F.
Q. Robinson, Peter Cordray, Walter
Stanf1ell, firemen, $25 each.
The court orders these men COM
mitted to the Shawnee county Jail
until the fines are paid.
Two years ago the attorney general
brought an custer suit against the
Wichita and Junction City to pro-
hibit them from accepting money
from jointists as license fees. The
supreme court issued the order.
The other cities, ostensibly at least,
respected the order of the supreme
court, but the jointists of Pittsburg
organized what they were pleased to
call a lodge. No one except Jointists
were admitted to membership in this
lodge. Frank Linski was its treas
urer and there were no other officers
SO far as known. Linskf as treasurer
of the lodge, collected $50 from each
jointist each month as dues.
This amount was the same as had
been formerly paid to the city as
license. Linski then went to the po-
,fe Judge the policemen aad fire.
salary claims of these city employees
He bought these assignments
without discount and then turned the
receipted assignments into the city
treasury and received no money for
The. city council made appropria-
tions to- pay the salaries of these
men. The attorney general brought
proceedings of contempt alleging
conspiracy to nullify the order of the
court. In the trial it was proved
that the lodge was organized and the
money collected and paid to avoid
the order of the court, to obtain
money from the jointists to pay the
city bills and to license these same
joints. The supreme court found the
conspfrators in contempt and as
sessed the fines noted above.
used by a jointist in carrying on his
Illegal trade in Kansas may lose that
if the jointist does not pay
the fines and costs assessed against
him when he is convicted of violating
the law. This was the decision of the
Kansas supreme court in g. suit of the
state against Thomas Karcher, from
Wilson county. Martin Peters, E. Nj.
DeMoss and N. c. Binford ran a joint
in Wilson county in a building owned
by Peters and Binford. De Moss was
the man arrested. convicted and fined
for running the joint. Afterward Pc
ters and Binford sold the place where
the join was running to Karcher.
Owing to the number of cases against
DeMoss an agreement was made by the
county officers whereby DeMoss paid
$3.50 as part of the costs and fines as
sessed against him. He paid the amount
and was later released on a pardon
from Ex-Governor Hoch. Then, as he
had refused to pay any more OF the
fines and costs assessed against him
the state brought suit to recover the
amount due from the property where
the joint had been operating The
court held that this was a proper pro-
ceeding and that the property where
Joint had been established was always
the amount of the fines and costs if
the convicted jointists did not pay the
bill.
The supreme court held in a decision
today that a railroad company was Ii
able for damages in the case of an
accident occurring by not having the
frog of the switch and guard rail block
ed. The case in question is that of
Bertha E. Imam against the Missouri
ETanklrS
ty, and the decision of the lower court
in favor the railroad company is re-
versed. William L. Imam, husband of
the plaintiff, was a brakeman in the
employ of the Missouri Pacific. In the
discharge of his duties at Pomona in
1907 Imam caught his foot in a switch
frog and was run over and killed by
the freight train upon which he was
working His widow brought suit for
$4,000, alleging that the railroad COM
pany knew of the dangerous condition
of the switch and that her husband
had not that knowledge, it being in the
night time that the accident which re-
suited in his death occurred The rail-
road company demurred to the suit and
this was sustained without further
trial Now the supreme court reversed
the action of the lower court in the de-
murrer and sent the case back to
Franklin county for trial.
John F. Hanson must go to the
Mcpherson county Jail or pay fine
of $25 for contempt of the probate
court of Mcpherson county. Hanson
is lawyer and was an 'torney in
an insanity case from Lindsborg. He
was called to testify in the probate
court in some matter relating to the
case. He declined to testify, on the
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