The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-16
POLICE COPPINCS.
Wichita Baseball Players Regis
tered on Docket.
Found Drinking Booze in a Dis.
orderly House.
OTHERS WE'RE EOHNR
OTHERS WERE FOUND
Well Known Topeka Men Caught
in the Raid.
Other Sensations Cleaned From
Police Records.

| Mary Chesney, an underworld deni-
zen of some twenty years past, broke
into the Iimelight again last night
this is her first appearance in the
Western League circuit-but it was
one of greatest coming out parties
in the history of the police records.
In a raid Saturday night the police
succeeded in picking Up with Mary a
number of well known characters
among them Second Baseman Hughes
of the Wichita baseball team and also
two men who have been the pride of
the Peerless Princess for so long, were
found with booze on all sides of them
and Mary Chesney as a prominent
feature.
one of the funny things about the
Hughes affair is that the second base
man has been married but a short
time. 1t is said in local baseball cir
cIes that he gets two letters a day
from his wife Taylor was at one
Beacon and the dope on him states
that he has a bad ease in Wichita
at present and is to be married in a
short time. Prospects for matrimonial
troubles are also bright for this visit
ing Jobber.
raid are too numerous to mention For
instance there was William LawIess,
=
bell a druggist, who is also known over
the city; DR.. c. NJ. Hammond, local
physician; Frank Crane, son of d.
o. Crane. The others were j. J.
Black, a labOrer, and William Basel,
a Iaborer.
To finish up the game and make
the errors into hits-our own honor
able Dick Cooley went bond for the
whole outfit and they are being tried
before the police Judge this evening.
Another Interesting feature of the
capture was the fact that Mary Ches-
ney gave her age as 90. But the force
at the police station are wise old owls
and with a little slip of the pencil
was substituted for the 2. Sergeant
Ross has been with the force for 90
years and Mary Chesney was about
the first woman he arrested She was
considered an "old timer" at that time
Chief Eaton said this morning that
Mary was about the only member of
the original gang left in the city. She
is old enough to know better, being at
least fifty summer and winters, but
she persists in keeping Up the practice
and the police persist in catching her
at it. Her place for the present is at
on two charges-keepin and main
tanning a disorderly house and keeping
and maintaining nuisance. Lots of
booze was found in the place and the
fine will be heavy
The officers who made the arrest
were Chief Eaton, Sergeant Kenney.
Hutton. Palmer, Lawson, Penney and
Wonderley.
This evening at the court room there
are thirty cases to come up before
Judge Urmy. For a hot suffocating
day like this the ordeal will be most
trying one and an attempt will be
made to install electric fans in the
room. The court room is small and
hot without having it filled with per-
spring and angry friends of those who
have fallen by the wayside-
when the old cats away then the
mice like to play"-and this was
more than true Sunday night at the
home of Willie Long. 426 Madison
street Now Willie is only 19 years
old and not long ago his folks de-
cided to take little vacation. They
left Willie at home to "'tend to the
house and Willie has been doing it
ever since. But the trouble is that he
has been at home too much.
Last week he has been having a
number of his friends come to the
house for a little house party" The
house party" was alright but when
it came time for the "slumber" at
traction, all OF the friends remained
and they didn't leave until morning.
This would all be according to law
if it wasn't for the fact that half of