The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-01
POLICE JOTTINGS.
Jungle Story Which Has Usual
Tragic Ending.
Judge Urmy Acts as the Chief
ExecutiOner.
A MOOTED QUESTION.
Bread Versus Coal Discussed by
Hard Fisted Men.
Arguments FOrceful Enough to
Get Them Into Court.

and scurried down into the jungles
to suuelch the roaring of wild males
and the shriller cries of a single
1emale-and her name was Maud.
It was daytime and the sun shone on
the jungles and huts of the African
shore. Generally at that time of the
day all is quite and restful in that
part of the country-the native lie
taking the opportunity to slumber in
peace in contemplation of a might
out" prowling through the glades. But
shades of night had not fallen and the
brilliant glare of the sun left no dark
ness around the dwelling of Maud.
Maud and two of her companions,
Sam. Donaldson and George Hill, are
white. but w. L. Justice is not so;
Maud in the days of another mogul
was a queen of her tribe and ruled
them very proftably, so say her CHIEF
advisors of that time, but evil days
came to Maud. She loved at last and
blood boiled. She took him for her
king and her kingdom slowly deserted
her until she abdicated her throne up
by the Copeland and under the new
rule of a new chief mogul took up
her abode meekly and in submission
in a humble dwelling down near the
yellow river, where no boats come
and the little pickaninnieS splash UNI
disturbed in the fever season.
Silently almost she has lived there
with her King Lawson, pining perhaps
for the rich days of plenty and visited
occasionally by her former supporters.
Little hope is left so long as the in
cumbent mogul maintains his present
laws 80 whatever is, is nothing much
IN the dwelling on the yellow river.
Still it seems there are some better
days and yesterday began to look like
one of them for one of the tried
friends came around with some
oysters and bottles he had caught by
diligent and patient watching and
x.I1 70 I'M q a
few but somebody tipped off the re-
newed jollity of Maud and the coppers
invaded the precincts, captured the
four disorderlies. and took them be-
fore the big chiefs court. They gave
their earrings and ivory beads as
sacred pledges to appear again and
were let go away for the day. An old
advisor named Reed was called upon
to tell the big chiefs sentencer that
they never did it and he has arranged
to do so this evening.
In a lively tilt as to which had the
right of way bread or coal. Jacob
Petri the baker, white, defended bread
and Louis Ransom, colored, fittingly
defended coal 1t all happened in front
of the grocery of D. A. Wise at the
corner of Tenth avenue and Washing
ton. and Mr.. Wise and others near are
expected to act as judges in the con-
test and give testimony when it comes
to trial.
Petri was delivering bread at the
Wise store when Ransom, driving a
load of coal for the Pottinger COM
pany. drove up behind the bread
wagon and shouted for Petri to get out
of the way. whereupon Petri replied to
wait a bit. Then another driver VINO
had come up behind Ransome yelled at
him to drive around the bread wagon,
that he had lots of room. but Ransome
feIt like removing the obstruction in
stead so started to lead the bakers
horse out into the street and the baker
obiected getting hit in the face and
threatened with great KNIFE pesldeS-
That Is one story.
The other side claims that Petri first
hit Ransome and then told him what
kind of a big black fellow he really
was. After the fight was stopped ana
All parties had dispersed Baker Petri
hurried to the police with his troubles
and secured a warrant for his assailant
who will be tried at the evening ses-
sion Of police court
March, 1909, has proved to be the
record breaking fine collecting month
experienced by the police department.
The current and back fines total 81
ara, 90 which is s., 20 more than coll
lected last month and $141365 more
than collected in March, 1908. The
back fines amounted to $1,072.15 and
the current fines to 81, 401.75. The num-
her Of arrests were 275 and the salary
roll was $2,1O7.5O. Prisoners worked
out 400 days.
Mike Shannon. Grinnell 'sS, has been
arrested even again for drunkenness.
He is fast becoming a senior in the
police court schooling also for he has
now reached the $40 class for a plain
drunk, being fined that sum this morn
ing It's awful, amt it, Mike?
The big chief sent card to his wife.
received this morning from Oakland,
california which states that he ar
Monday a m TnaS-
much as the chief left Tuesday the
23rd he did not make very good time.
II is quite likely that the little $50 re-
ward for the deserter from the navy
whom he was taking to San Francisco
will not cover the expenses of the trip
and then the same will cease to have
been pleasure trip. 1t seems that the
chief had some trouble about the
TRANSFORMATION which was to be fur
nished him. He secured his tickets
here over the Santa Fe and they were
furnished by the government but by
some mistake the chief came up against
a branch line where he had no trans
portation The deserter was to be de-
livered on board a training ship which
was somewhere else than within the
Golden Gate and the chief had to get
TO it The mistake seems to have been
made at the local ticket office but the
details will not be known until Mr..
Eaton returns.
Chief Eaton had expected to start
home by Saturday at the latest but did
not reach his destination until Tuesday
following. He was expected here this
morning when it was learned he just
got there The chief rather intended
the trip as one of pleasure and would
not have gone for his health and pay
ing for his meals and such.
Charged With Robbing Box Cars.
The trial of William Smith, alias
Hopkins the person charged with
burglarizing Rock Island merchandise
cars commenced in city court this
afternoon. This Smith-Hopkins is the
hobo who was captured by Special