The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-09
FOUND IN Topeka
Greek With UnprOnOunceable
Name Is Arrested.
Mr.Eptlathics POlychrOnOpOulOs
Imports LabOrers.
HELD IN $4,000 BAIL.
Must Answer to Government
With His Brother.
Arrest Made on Union Pacific
by Marshal Flenniken.
HELD IN $4,000 BAIL.

Twisting his hat in both hands,
standing first on one foot and then an
other and looking in a peculiar manner
at the ceiling and the floor Epstathlcs
Polychronopoulos, a Greek a year from
the kingdom of Greece. stood before
United States Commissioner F. L.
Campbell this morning and had his
bond fixed at $1,000 to appear before
the grand jury of the federal court in
Kansas City at the next term.
Epstathics Polychronopoulos togeth
err with his brother whose name in part
Is Parayatis Polychronoulos have
been accused of importing laborers into
the United States under contract.
The charge is a serious one J. s
West assistant United States district
attorney, has in his possession a United
States commissioners warrant issued
by j. NJ. Nuckols. United States COM
missioner for the Western district of
Missouri. for the apprehension of the
above mentioned Greeks, whose names
take up too much space, charged by the
complain of A. A. Seraphic a govern
inent immigra ton agent, with having
in Kansas City, Missouri, August /,
1907. feloniously. knowingly and cor
ruptly conspired with PanayotiS At
hamasacopoulos, Paros Leventis, Geor-
gis Ahaamasacapae, Denetrios Papada-
poulos, Ioanis Tsingas violated section
A. act of congress February 20. 1904. to
prepay the transportation and to assist
and encourage the transportation and
migration of contract laborers into the
United States from the kingdom of
Greece on or about October l. 1907, and
the man who appeared before the
United states commissioner today met
the said above mentioned laborers,
securing them for employment on the
St. Louis & San Francisco railroad,
where they went to work and nave
been working for the past eighteen
months.
Epstathics Polychronopoulos was ar
rested by the United States mrashal of
Topeka out on the Union Pacific one
mile the other side of North Topeka.
He was with gang on the track at
this place and has been working for
some time. When arrested and told of
his offense he seemed to know what
was coming and walked very obedently
to the office in the federal building He
was brought before the United States
commissioner this morning but waived
arraignment and his bond was placed
at $4,000 to appear before the grand
fury at Kansas City. Friends of the
Greeks are expected from Kansas City
this afternoon to put up the bond. The
Greek asked that he get help from To-
peka Greeks but there are very few
business men of this nationality in To-
peka and it was impossible to get help
from this source.
A. A. Seraphic the government immi-
grafton inspector. was here with the
Greek this morning and he tells inter
esting facts about the work of this
gang. Epstathics and his brother Par
ayatis have been in this immigration
work for some time and they have real
lied fortune from it. Seraphc is a
Greek himself and as government Of
fetal he gets into vast amount of this
work unsupported. He said to a State
Journal reporter this morning:
This man Parayotis Polychrono-
pcuIos (and he pronounced the name
With easel has a partner in Kansas
City. Together they have made SIS, 00C
In the last two years by this Greek inn
portation. Not only this but there are
several other Greek labor agents in
Kansas City who are in collision with
the representatives of the railroad cor
porations to import laborers in viola.
tion of the national law. The money
these agents made was kept in a safety
deposit box at first but has been re.
moved since my entrance into the af,
fairs"
This capture today will help the
United States in killing this immigra;
ton work that has been going on 81
lorg In truth it is the keystone to
number of other gangs and they will
be routed out of the country