The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-28
VIM. F. Karr Arrested for Nov
ing a House Is Fined.
Neglected the Formally of Sc
curing a License.
ONE OF OLD SCHOOL.
Advised Long Ago How He
Might Proceed.
But Judge Urmy Refused to
Consider the Advice.

The trial of William F. Kari. charged
| with moving houses without a license.
| which has been pending several DAYS.
| came before the police judge this morn
ing.
In moving a house from the west
part of North Topeka to a position on
East Fourth street south of the river.
Karr had found it eXpedient to remove
the railing of the Fourth street bridge
across the Shunganunga creek. A COM
plant was made and Karr arrested.
Investigation showed that the house
mover had no license. Neither had he
secured a permit from the city en-
gineer to move the house. Therefore
he was charged with three counts, TO
license, no permit, and destruction of
bridge Improvement.
But Mr.. Karr insisted that he had
learned house moving long enough ago
to know the kinks and stated that
Judge Elliott had instructed him per-
sOnaIly on the law governing the NOV
ing of houses twenty years ago. This,
however, did not satisfy the judge who
still asked for d license. That, Karr
defended by the statement that haul
ing houses about on wagons did not
require a license any more than haul
ing chicken cOopS and other smaller
crates so long as they were placed on
wagons. AS a matter of fact it would
seem that the only restriction that the
judge had advised Karr of was that
the house must be moved at night and
Karr had dragged the house across the
river in dead of night after II o'clock
The railing of the bridge which he re-
moved he intended to replace If only
the rasping people would give him
time, he said. The judge fined him SO
on one count and ordered him to repair
the bridge. Mr.. Kari paid the bill but
thinks he was made an example for
others.
Clarence Young, fined $25 for the
theft of watch and other things by
the police judge and given into i'm
prisonment until he paid it or worked
il out is at large. Clarence laid in the
Jail refusing to work until he was
made trusty a few days ago. Every
night he has been locked up-untl last
night Last night he did not return tol
be driven into the iron coop but seems
to have flown.
Claude Moore is in the Jail again.
It has been a long time since Claude |
attracted any special attention by
coming to the Jail for he has prac- |
tically made it his home. But last |
night he put on few antics which |
served to bring the night jailer out, |
aroused from his drowsy seat, and |
which brought the patrol driver |
pounding out in his night shirt.
Claude had tried in his stimulation /
% climb to freedom on the stove pipe |
which leads from the stove in the pen
I'D through the floor, through the next
DOM and out above. OF course there
S no room for a body to pass out
along with the pipe, but Claude's
-ision was limited and the old pipe
ooked like a mighty lucky tree to get
,ut of the horrible pit. He sprang
lpon the heavy trunk of his tree and
he stove doors came off and the
Hamper broke. Then he reached the
smaller fork and nimbly swung arms
md legs about the stove pipe. That
vas about all there was to it except
or the awful crash which followed,
Weakening other prisoners and officers
Who came running to find Claude
truggling to free himself from the
ieath grip of the huge weighty body
# the stove and the tentacles of
tove pipe.
Pearl Horton, committed to the city
prison for thirty days for selling
liquor and paroIed by Judge Urny
when she paid her fine of 500, is
gain committed to serve out her
ERIN as result of a violation of her
,arole several nights ago when she
vas arrested for stealing SO and
ined $25. Yet again she has been
oaroled by the kindly police Judge.