The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-03
The Passing of ''Buss" Cross Is
Chronieled.
Held at Kansas City for Murder
OF VIM. Gay.
BOTH OLD OFFENDERS,
Officers Not Sorry That Iney
VIII Trouble No More.
The Story Of Two Jolly Johns
and Their Troubles

Two Of the most vicious OF the pad
negroes Of the Topeka bottoms WINE
'.BussT Cross and VIII Gay have been
fostIed 70 their Just reward in Kan
sas City. Seldom II ever DO these VI
cious coIored nends meet any other than
violent end
Over some alteration slightly more
than a pretext which Is al ever nee
essary, between Buss Cross and Gay
in Kansas City. knives we're whipped
from pockets and Buss stabbed Gay 10
death For years Gay was as tough
negro as had ever been IN the city OF
Topeka and his fights and depredar1ous
kept ali negro districts asrlr ou- NOR
than q year ago Chief Eaton succeeo
ed IN getting rid OF Gay Tor good anu
he took up his stakes for Kansas CITY
Cross has qualified for the meanesL
OF the present lot and worse Se'5ra1
fold than Gay The past year ne mas
been mixed in a score OF 1gnLS. ana
gambling raids but professionally ne
is a purse suatcher and sneak ln1eL
and has been arrested and n1ed On
many instances in which he mad never
heSitated 10 use z slug Or kuI16 On rs
victims He left topeka but few
days ago with another OF the gang
named Watts and had probably gone
for good as he felt himself a supp1ng
INTO the case OF Euox and ProuCy VINO
srzrched q purse from Mrs Miller al
Sixth and Madison few weeks ago
and who are waiting trial IN the dis
trict court
He was arrafgued for assault with
intent TO Kill in Kansas City, but as
his victim died he viii be tried for muir
der and two negroes il q class Of daily
crime by themselves have been cIspoS-
ed Of. the one to the land OF burned
Ham and the other to Jefferson City
while up here al Topeka the police are
cougratuIating themselves on so great
a cleaning up Of the city a. the re-
movaI OF these two dark spots has
made
Two Jolly Johns and happy sons Of
rest" John Brown and John Lewis, 4
who fiatter themselves that they are
quite handy with the con talk" Ike
unto the Merry Nat stationed them /
selves down on Kansas avenue near
Peg Legs old spiked cider shop and
CALAMITY offered 20 escort every lady
who passed 10 her destination and did
accompany each q block or 50 OF IN
til she could get away That was fine
sport but they didn't make good so
they jumped onto q man and touched
him for 50 cents but did not get his
uaue
They were arrested for this onense By
Patroluau Brown but the county re-
fused warrants for highway robbery
as L Is better 70 take So cents from
one man than 800 expenses from the
county. hence the handy police court
handled the case as '-disorderIy con
duct 70 the women and found them
guilty to the degree Of SIS each They
minated as strong as they could that
they had been working On the dikes but
they could not make the superstition
stick and were reIegated TO the pile OF
rocks and hard nuts.
Archie and William Mcmillan aEed
Is and IS years respectively, who /
have already started q police record
were arrested again last evening for
burglary and larceny. The boys broke
into the store room at AT Kansas
avenue, Just vacated by the Arcade
cafe and broke out all the lead pine
and brass fixtures 70 sell as junk A
Daperhanger in the second story
heard the noise and teIephOned the
police. but when the police got there
the boys had disappeared Detective
Hutton located them later at the
Junk shop OF DyaI Bros. and took
hem TO the station where they await
he warrants OF the county as they are
but Of the Jurisdiction Of the police
Judge
The much "soused" and much ar
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