The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18
GATHERING EN- IN
Chief Eaton Leads a Big Raid on
Joints.
Eight Places Visited and Dis
pensers in Jail.
HE FOUND THEN BUSY.
Evident That JOintists Are Not
Disheartened.
Old Offenders Are Among Those
Gathered In.

With eight more arrests made last
night the chief of Topeka police now
has an even dozen cases awaiting
prosecution for violating the prohibit
tory law and will go to Leavenworth
tomorrow to get a complete certified
copy of the United States revenue
stamps held in Topeka. These federal
licenses will prove a great weight of
evidence in the trials as they will work
two ways. If a jointist has one. then
it is quite sure that he has been selling
liquor and if he does not have one then
the liquor found in his possession will
pass him on to the hands Of the federal
license collector. 1t is the intention to
give the jointists all they are entitled
to and an exposure to the United States
license collector would help materially
in ridding the city of some of the low
down dives.
The eight new prisoners were cap
tured in a sally from the station last
night wherein the rapidity and success
of the maneuvers were marks of genius
in generalship.
The sortie into. the jungles was led
by the chief himself With Sergeant
Ross for aide and Detective Sauls ana
Patrolmen Wyatt, Wonderly, England,
Bryant and Mcguire as retalners. be
sides the ordinary armament OF the
police brigade the commander carried a
bundle of warrants which called Tor
the deliverence of ten people into the
hands of the law and the search OF
eight places of rendezvous or the
dissenters. Following carefully draWn
line of action with the purpose of cut
tine off any communication of attack
from one den to another Which is the.
custom among these old timers, every
place was reached before the alarm
could be given.
the chief and Ross stole upon the place
of Hutch Cave at 12F west Rallroau
street. while the North Topeka patrol
men Leach and Douglas were gwen the
pavement call and hurried in the direc-
ton of Frank Raynor's den at 413 west
Curtis street. The remainder of the at
tacking party were sent with all speed
in couples to enter their respective as
Signments and prevent any comInuIh-
cation.
At Hutch Caves men were found
drinking and the booze was seized ana
taken along without waiting for returns
from the Raynor place. Inc cnled tHen 4tn
Jumped clear to the furthermost OF the
beat where he and Ross Joined England
in a break into the hut of John Ewing
at 121 North Adams street. This is
colored gathering place and, many were
and fight for the exits upon the en-
trance of the officers but Ewing ana "a
bottles of Blatz beer were added TO the
beIned WYATT in a raid on the Bee" |
Adams house which is in the hands or
Ben Adams while Bee" is doing time
on a former conviction. This is at Soo
East Crane street and coloreo rel1-
devious. Ben was found there, but Ade
Floyd. a negro woman who has been
living in the place also and Sellng the |
booze, could not be found A number
of empty beer cases and hVe gatIons "
wine were found in, however. Ihen tne
aforesaid officers met with Bryant ana
Wonderly to call upon VIM. King VINO
was merely arrested for inVestlgaton;
Then Bryant and Wonderly fell
upon lube Jorden. colored. at 125
North Monroe, finding a number of
people drinking and hilarious and SIX
empty whisky jugs in corner, ad-
ding Jube to the list of prisoners
while Sauls and MCGUIRE went to the
mouse of Dick Heitman at Bis East
FTirst and the place of Pearl Horton
,oIored next door Heitman was ar
-ested in the possession of half
Iozen bottles of beer and some empty
cases. Pearl locked her celIar ooor
when the officers came but they got to
he room and found several bottles
If beer. Pearl was walked out into
he street to meet the rest or the
,rowd and the whole body OF otfcers
md captives started slowly for the
station.
Sauls Mcguire and Bryant now fell
,ack to visit and serve warrant
,pon VIM Briggs, a brother-ln-laW
# Dick Heitman, living at 112 North
Jefferson street. but some how the
,inship had gotten "a message across
he line and Briggs had gone, only to
,e found later and brought into the
tation with the rest,
While at the prison fixing up bonds
he gang had the pleasure to see
Douglass and Leach bringing in Frank
2aynor whom they had gone to get
vhen the chief took Hutch Cave Big
hings were expected of Frank for he i,
: the agent of the Goetz beer people.
lie had on hand one case of beer ,
nd an eight gallon keg, besides 5 u
allons of whisky, whisky glasses and
wo brass beer faucets. Mike Jacobs E
or whom there was a warrant, es-
aped from here.
Among the number, are old jointists +
f Topeka's open days who still are I
langing on selling a little when they
an. In many of the cases the small r
of beer and whisky on hand ;
eem to suggest a bootlegging busi- +
less.
The big raid last night was the out +
ONE of a long season of evidence a
athering and was delayed until the a
vidence should be sufficient to con-
let In every case there is enough 4
roof in the hands of the prosecuting T
ttorney to convict on as many as five .
cunts and the nuisance count for
ach one