The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-11
POLICE JOTTINCS.
"DOc" Stuart, One Member of
Gilmore Co., Disappears.
With Him Went Money and
JeWelry Collected Here.
TWO GIRLS THELOSERS
They Are Employed at the
Brunswick Hotel.
Officers Are Kept Busy With
Chicken Complaints.
TWO GIRLS THELOSERS

| An echo of the last Gilmore vista
| ton. Is it not awful. after all the un-
kind things the critics said about that
show to take another dig into it? The
company supporting the man was just
so-so at the time, now one is to be
pronounced a really very bad actor
Henry Shafer, who played the role of
Doc" Stuart, a collegy sort of guy, is
| a bad actor according to the wall of
two of the dining room girls at the
Hotel Brunswick, where he stayed in
| Topeka, for he returned here shortly
after leaving with the troupe and hung
around awhile only to disappear last
night with So and ring of Miss Laura
Sellers and $3.50 belonging to Miss
Gladys Coyner.
When Shafer came to Topeka with
| the Paul Gilmore troupe he was evil
IDENTIFY flush for every day, that is two
| days-he came Sunday to play Monday
night, he had a livery rig-and every
| day he had a girl which is to say he
moved about some. The only one of the
company to stay at the Brunswick. he
soon had it all his way. He was sleek
and fine hammered. he played with the
children about the rooms and was
friendly as could be. The two girls he
robbed were faVorites and he took them
driving and gave them theater tickets.
Then the show went on.
week ago, Mr.. Shafer drifted into
Topeka and registered at the same ho-
tel and he was welcomed as a gentle
man. He said he had left the troupe
out in Wyoming to meet another COM
pany here and would just stay here the
week out as he liked the place very
much. having been so well impressed
here before
Shafer renewed his associations with
seemingly for he toyed with their rings
and pockets until finally last night he
allowed the pocketbooks and a ring to
slip into his own pockets and directly
he was gone.
The police have been asked to try
to recover the goods. He is described
as man of medium height, black hair
and German brogue. One of his legs
is somewhat too short and higher
heel is intended to remedy the defect,
still he limps a little.
The proprietor of the hotel e. c.
ThraH, says: HE learned Shafer was
going to leave and collected all but So
of what was due. The actor always
treated everyone gentlemanly and my
wife was with the girls most of the time
he was with them and the theft was a
great surprise to us as he seemed a
very nice man. The girls do not want
to talk about the matter at all but have
probably learned never to have nothing
to do with an actor man.
Walking up the alley behind the
auditorium, Howard Blevins, a small
boy, saw a shining piece of gold pro-
truding from a refuse box near the
vestigating found it to be a Cameo
bracelet. Digging into the box re-
vealed another. The boy took them
home and his mother sent him to the
police station with his story. The
chief Immediately remembered that
two Cameo bracelets were in the list
of jewelry stolen from the Gardner
home recently and supposed he had
found them and clue to more. Mr..
Gardner was called to identify the
bracelets but said they were not those
taken from his house.
The chief and Sergeant Kenney
and searched further. No more
jewelry was found in the box nor in
its vicinity, however. The small boy
is held by the police while further in
vestigation is made as to his connec-
ton with the goods
1t is believed that the bracelets
were placed there some time ago and
that the snow and rain has just sun
ken the waste low enough for them
to appear above the surface.
At large-the historic and pastoral
hen. harmless and defenseless except
for a few claws and a pointed nose.
On the plains she keeps the wolf from
the settlers door and draws it to the
chicken houses, in the city she draws
the sneak thief to her coop and the
neighbor to his back door with shot
gun. And this last is the present
are prepossessing, she intrudes with
the best of Mace wherever the
scratching is good, unmindful of the
red rag she faunts in the neighbors
ewes and already this season several
of the daring invaders have been
ruthIessly shot down leaving no re-
course to the owner who did not know
the ordinance offered none; but more
than that-in the last week or so there
have been three men fined one dollar
each for not imprisoning their mems
behind wire gratingS and clipping
their wings.
But why should neighbors complain
when the fruit of the hen is so val
liable and she is perfectly willing TO
produce on his premises if only coaxed
a little A little soft straw in the cor
ner of the barn might pay well for the
few worms which could be found In
the back ward and now it is nearing
the season when the little brown men
viii hon onto any nest of the precious
fr,,it dOurishing what weapons She
has stick there until that fruit, II IL
he not lemons, bring forth the founda-
tton of a hennery easily appropriated.
Still a neighbor is neighbor and
the hen is a favorite topic for cross
fence debate and front room gossip
and apparently will not be foresworn,
bence in view of the several arrests
and paltry fines which the judge
tbreatens to enlarge upon hen holders
Won had best beware and keep the
fowl to hum
The police are watching for a color
ed man by the name of Arthur
Thonas. who has been working for
Jacob Hartman delivering feed. His
Dosition was not intended to warrant
the collecting of HartTnan's receipts