The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

lice judge this morning as the men who
stole the coal from the Rock Island rail-
road. OF all the petty thieving at the
yards that of coal stealing is one of the
and Special Agent Martin of the Rock
Island were watching for Irregularities
Saturday night and followed two sus-
piciOus looking negroes down the yards.
The men entered a car of coal and the
officers came upon them. mo, sab,
judge" they said this morning, 1--WE
done stole no coal, we just got in that
car, but we might of took some cause
sidered black enough to equal the crime
so the judge fined them SIS each.
Dan Atkinson, who has been there
before and hated to go again SO much
so that when he was arrested Satur-
day night for being drunk on the ave-
nue., undertook to punch a policeman's
face. But policemen are all six feet
high, and Dan looked, when brought
before the court this morning, like he
had been hit with a catapult. His face
was all on one side and both eyes
were black and sad. Still he begged
leniency as he was in the notion of
going to work, but was persuaded not
to fight the police by fine of 500.
The very small end of the Ringing
circus which has been wintering in
Topeka mostly in the police station
Ed Bennett, who served out his last
fine Saturday noon was re-arrested in
the evening trying to put on a parade.
Ed when the circus starts out will
have an eight horse team and the hip
popotamus wagon. Ed looks somewhat
as if he had occasionally been called
upon to play the wild man with the
parrot head, but yet he never did
anything worst than marry Cleo and
give her the name which made her
famous, for Cleo Bennett is widely
known, though that is not the fault of
the name. Yet more alas. Ed is busy
getting a divorce from Cleo, but can
not keep out of jail.
The monthly report of the police de-
partment for February records 203 ar
rests, 1892 current fines; $153.7O back
fines; $4,000 fines worked out; and
the salaries for the month 2,149.15.
The ire of the big chief is up and that
dates this time and all their accomplices
for it is not in accordance with the city
ordinances to tack their photos on the
telephone and telegraph poles of the
hence any candidate or en-
ploye caught pasting or tacking up these
words, get on the bill boards and do not
strive to decorate the phone poles.
Detective Hutton has returned to duty
after three weeks furIough, the result
tbe dPTh Tnbas gss Tad dP6r P6 fhf
in kicking down the door, cut the calf of
his leg open to the bone, which is several |
inches. DR.. Mitchell dug out several
pieces of glass at the time and since has
dressed it every day, healing it from the
bottom out. Hutton can now walk with |
little difficulty and now word to the wise |
IS forthcoming.
Mr.. Hutton will be remembered as the |
cop with the motorcycle by a half dozen |
autoists who were taken note of out Sixth |
street one day and who all were fined $25
each. His absence has been marked and |
the autos have been keeping the speedway |
pretty hot but now the pop pop cop is |
out again and his favorite diversion is fol- |
lowing in the lea of Il speeding auto.
A number of special police will be sta !
toned at the various polling places to |
feet dead line. The primary law has made |
he primaries as strict the. elections |
though the game is politics.