The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
POLICE JOTTINGS,
Frank Grim, Santa Fe ShOpman,
Learns Something.
> Negro Convinced Him He Should
Have Better Job.
THEN GOT HIS MONEY.
Told Story to Officers But the
Man Had Vanished.
Guile of the Young Man From
Country Surprising.
THEN GOT HIS MONEY.

Frank Grim, a santa Fe recruit from
the tail uncut" was taught his tlrst les
son in metropolitan affairs Sunday
morning He gave a friendly negro
$3.50 to order him some aprons Wnlch
he would need when he took a postum
as cook OF Pullman car Whlch poS,
ton the colOred fellow was sure 10 Sc
cure for him. Still in ORDER TO protect
himself from fraud Grim made the ne
gro give him receipt Tor the InoHTS
and he is now carrying 1t around Iooh-
irg for the man who signed ms name
John Williams and left him telling MN
to go take a bath.
GTeener than the meadows Oh ms
grandfather's farm ten miles from DuI
lingame. where he has been at WORK
Grim. . years old. came TO the city
and secured employment in the santa |
Fe car shops last Wednesday at $1;9O
q day. Sunday morning he joined lne
throng and went to NinewOOd. But II
would be hard for the lad TO tfaVeI
\ ithout being noticed for his DERBY
hat rested heavily on his ears and MS
gait betclened the following OF the
cultivator in the corn rows.
No sooner had he set foot upon sol
Ia onderland at VinewoOd when TINS
negro, who had ridden behind him all
the way out engaged him in converse
ton. He seemed so jolly explained
Grim land he wanted to buy some /
lemonade for me, saying L might be
thirsty. We went up to the lemonade
stand but they were not selhng lemon
ade so we couldn't get any. Ihen
the negro secured his confidence learn
ed that he was getting $3.50 day
and told him that was too little Tor so
smart a man. Stating that he was a
cook on a Pullman car. the unknown
negro offered to get Grim a posltIon
Just like his and it would pay him $4O
a month and board would be free
This was interesting and although
Grim never cooked more shan a little
out on the farm when he patched Tor
q month as he confided to the repor-
ter, he jumped at the chance for so
excellent position in railrOadinS ana
the two started for the city about noon.
On the way in the negro showed Grim
his big white house out at the Lall park
way and Grim thought the fellow of
some importance and the cook s JOB
d very good one Then after getting or
the car at the transfer station they
went south and far down Kansas ave
nue. the negro went into several houses
asking Grim to wait outside. 1t was
then that the negro having visited sew
eral places seemed to make up his
mind just what kind of a proposition
to offer Grim for immediate delivery of
money.
he told me-" said the victim. that {
would nave to have some good aprons l
and he could get them for me but he ]
would have to have $50 to forward
with the order. OF course I thought {
he was all right. He stopped to talk
with everybody we met and was jolly (
with them all and everybody knew him.
gave him 81 because neither of us
could make the change to make the
other half. Then 1 said he would have {
TO give me a receipt for that cause
| wanted to prove that I gave him the J
money"
Then they went to another house and I
the negro brought out an old travelling {
mans grip and gave him telling him l
he wanted him to have a nice suit s
ase when he went to WOrk-then he {
"a alked away rather hUrriedly and Grim
began to reflect. Then Grim began to
run in the direction OF up town asking
everybody where the police station was
but the people came out of the houses
IS here he mad passed with his friend 7
and engaged him in conversation about
mis- mother and the farm until he had
Ost much valuable time in finding a
policeman.
Finally he broke into a run swinging q
he grip in desperate exertion The re- 7
% get out of the way, but Grim stop \
ped for further directions to the police
station and wouldn't wait for an in .
: rvicw but ran on struggling with his :
reW awkward grip. That was six blocks r
rom the station and the reporter caught n
1 car but Grim had beaten him there \
by a full block.
The officers looked in his grin. 1t
contained gallon can of varn:Sh which
s significant as it would suggest pol
shing up A can of tobacco and a
greasy rag completed the pretty sI1i+- {
MIN.
Just after he left me-" said Grim
something seemed to tell me I had
7one the wrong thing" r
Where co you staE?' ne was asked. q