The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-14

| the smallers which slipped Slowly to-
ward the base of the shed.
Because W. NJ Smith, a colored Grip
pied cornet player. wanted to borrow
n1easely old buggy from his employer
to go to practice and was refused, he
set up great howl and has been ar
| rested for disturbing the peace of the
neighbors. Smith has an offer to go
on the road with an orchestra later on
and is very DESTROYS of getting his lip
well under cultivation before the hot
weather sets in hence, naturally, he
was quite wrathy when his practice
was fnterfered with. Still no officer
saw the disturbance but arrested the
man upon report. Smith conferred a
great favor upon the department when
ne offered to plead guilty instead of
waiting until the evening session when
the officer would be on hand He was
fined So which a friend paid for him
Five boys, all living in the vicinity
Of the corner of Clay and Fifth streets,
We're convened for a little after sup
per game of townball in the street,
last evening and all was well until the
pitcher saw a cop coming in the pass
gate. Then there seemed to be an I'M
easiness on the part of the home team.
They all promise to come to the police
station at o'clock this morning and
the big umpire went his way The
government and their names, Clarence
Boettche, Homer Anderson, Walter
Mayer, Ed johnson, James Clark Sc
cured for future reference. All were
released, but another offense and arrest
will demand a fine.
The poor police judge was threatened
with being transformed into a civil
court in spite of all his efforts to get
George Parker. and one Holman out
of the ROOM The two negroes are in
an awful stew over the guardianship
OF the old school house site on the
river in North Topeka Parker has
had the planting of the tract for four
years and proposes to continue to have
/ it as he insisted upon telling the Judge.
| But Holman has this year secured
| the right direct from the board of edu-
cation as he also insisted in telling.
Parker, however, preceded Holman to
/ the ground and had already planted
seven rows of onions when Holman ar
rived with sweet potato plants. Hol-
man broke the sad news TO his predec-
essor as lightly as possible and told him
he could have the seven rows already
planted but Parker would not listen
to anything whatever and volunteered
to shoot the new conner
Both men were telling their stories
excitedly and both refused to be COM
forted or to hush or to do anything as
advised. Finally they were pushed into
officers as the police department had
no dealings in property rights. Hall
an hour later Holman came back cry
ling and bawled q continual stream OF
the abuses he was receiving since his
advent into Topeka truck farming. The
. county officials had refused him any
assistance he cried and he wanted tc
1 know what to do. BY much persuasion
+ the judge got him still long enough &c
tell him to go see an attorney-and he
/ went
i Parker is a cripple but nonethelesz
/ opinionated. His Gripping was the re-
I suit of a policeman's bullet years ago
/ when Parker thought he could bea1
| gardening by theft. He is credited
i with being honest ever since and law
/ abiding though he now is accused Of
I Threatening to shoot Holman.
1 There is little doubt that the case
4 will end either in a lawsuit or a crimi-
/ nal trial