The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-26
POLICE JOTTINCS.
Bert Herrick Swears Out War
rant for BARRIERS.
Charges That They Made Eyes
at His Wife.
STOPPED WITH A GUN.
WrOnged Husband Held Up
While Rival Escaped.
Crap Shooters Given a Surprise
STOPPED WITH A GUN.
Crap Shooters Given a Surprise
by Detective Hopkins.

An irate husband and home protec-
tor came to the police this morning
carrying a load of trouble which he
sought to leave where he might never
see it again. It was Bert Herrick, an
employe at the Lindsay stables, Who
lives on Quincy street.
Quite often the wife of Herrick comes
up town in the afternoons and the near
way to Kansas avenue and the place
where her husband is employed is up
Fifth avenue. Many times, says Her
rick, as she passes the Fifth avenue
barber shop she is inSulted by the bar
bers there The husband has not want
ed to make fuss over it but Monday
afternoon one of the BARRIERS motioned
to her to come in and started to open
the door for her. That is too much
and barber must answer for his in
suit. Herrick was ready to fill out
warrant and swear to it on the spot
only he had forgotten the names, which
he went out to seek, and the warrant
will be ready to serve sometime this
evening.
The officers have as yet learned moth
ing of the two 14-year-old boys, Eddie
BIakeley and Walter Cramer, who
boarded the Kansas City train at the
Rock Island depot the afternoon of
January "a
The children of policemen are
nevertheless children. In a case of
children on the way from school tear
ing up the hedge of G. w. Merriam at
901 Buchanan street the children
named to require attention include
even the children of K. K. Pinkston.
The case of Chas. Rener who keeps
pool hall at 4O6 Kansas avenue for
maintaining a gambling house was dis
missed in police court last evening.
Some players in the hall had quar-
relied over side bet or something on
the game which attracted an officer.
The evidence was not sufficient to con-
Wet and they were acquitted. 1t was
clearly proved that Rener knew
nothing of the men playing pool for
money
A raid on the old hall at 400 Crane
street was made last night by Ser
geant Ross with officers Summers,
Hopkins, Walker, England. Pinkston,
Griffin. A careful search of the cellar
mysteries was made but no stock of
liquor or gambling devices were I'M
earthed, in fact, it appeared that the
party had convened merely for little
gossip
The hostess was Anna Arthur and
the men on hand We're Chas. Kins, |
Geo. Thompson, Edison williams, Vim.
King, Thomas Rauch, Claude Douglas, |
ChaS. King. This crowd with the band |
of officers filled the patrol wagon to
break the old rack down but they all |
landed and are safely awaiting trial |
Robert King who gave his name as |
Charles when booked last night was |
identified this morning as the man |
who owes an old fine since September |
but could not be located. He has
begun serving time without needing a |
new conviction.
A fireman and a farmer fell to shoot |
ing craps down by the river bank. Each |
had been broke several times, each time |
borrowing stakes from the other to get |
into the game again. Between acts they |
were wont to wander around the district |
saying things uncompltmentary to passerS |
by. Detective Hopkins, in plain clothes, |
offered to get into the game and they |
jumped at the chance of fresh money |
when he took them by the collars to the |
police station where they were fined so |
each this morning. Floyd mcclure is the
fireman when he fires and Bert Strum is |
the farmer when he farms.
Two hungry, penniless boys were picked |
up last night by a patrolman hanging |
weather eye out for a place to spend the |
night. They were Howard Cox and Guy |
to Oklahoma or the wild west. One of the |
boys had six dollars when they started on |
their journey but that has been exhausted |
and the boys, who are only sixteen years
old, could get no further and had slept two |
nights in the Rock Island yards in a box
car. They claim they are not runaways
released, so were sent on their way i'm
mediate1y.
Chas- GaIbreth, an old time character
with the police, is in the city jail, having
been taken in by the chief who found him
loafing around places of likely i'll fame
painter if he would, has been seen for the
last fortnight hanging about questionable