The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-26
POLICE JOTTINCS.
Story of a Watch That Can't Be
Found.
One Railroad Man and His New
Found Friend.
MAN is NOW IN JAIL.
He Will Serve a Fine for Drunk
enneSS.
This in lien of Lack 0f Evidence
MAN is NOW IN JAIL.
This in Lieu of Lack of Evidence
on Other Charge.

Where in the hay Is a forty dollar
watch is the mystery which confronts
the police. who with pitchforks and
shovels spaded around for two hours in
a barn at ia Kansas avenue looking
for the watch stolen from John Casey,
presumably by a fellow railroad man
but whom he had never seen until yes
terday and who will be held in the city
prison on fine for drunkenness, i'm
posed this morning, until further in
vestigation can be made.
Casey happened along about the
Chesterfield in the morning when he
was approached by o. A. Kent who rec
ognized Casey as a railroad man and
himself being a railroader desired an
acquaintance and the two set off on
little reunion though they had never
seen each other before. The forenoon
passed bIithely enough until Casey
missed his timepiece, a gold watch for
which he had paid $40. The watch had
been simply unlocked from the chain
but when and how he could not say.
As soon as he missed it, he hurried to
the loan shop Of Robert Moody at 112
Kansas avenue where he expected it
would likely be pawned. The watch
was not there however but while in the
shop Kent wanted to go out TO the
he was gone Casey went out telling
Moody he would be back in a few min
utes so when Kent finally came in ne
was told to wait there for his pal. He
waited for a time, then went out. COM
ing back before Casey did and went
out to the barn again. The barn is on
the adjoining lot of Mrs White who
told the officers that she had seen
Kent digging in a corner of the barn.
When Kent re-entered the shop he met
his friend and they went out together. I
Later he returned and bracing up to
Mr.. Moody informed him that he had a
warrant for his arrest charging him
with stealing the watch from Casey
The police were informed the late addf-
ton TO their force and came down TO in
vestigate- At the station Kent gave
his name as T. A Clark
The police went TO the barn and dug
up the ground floor and turned the hay
all over expecting to find the watch
hidden there but no watch could be
found.
In police court this morning Kent
said that he was railroad man and
had come up from Mcfarland the
night before on the Rock Island Now
in the eyes of the police McF arIand Is
a bad place to have been, for gang OF
crooks congregate there between Sallies
into the brush for plunder and further
more he had not been at work since
In explaining his digging
in the barn and attempted arrest of
Moody, he said he just had a hunch /
that Moody had that watch and that he
thought he could ''bulldoze" him into
barn and dug there in the hope of
finding it. He had never seen the
watch at all he maintained. but had
been nearly drunk at the time they
went into the Moody shop and some
thing seemed TO tell him that Moody
had the watch, that was all
That Moody had not seen the watch
either can be testified to by travelling
man named Curtis who was in the shop
selling goods at the time
In the opinion of the court Kent
looked likely enough to be referred to
the county attorney but Casey did not
care TO bring such procedure against
a fellow railroad man when he was
not more sure of the charge so that
plan was abandoned.
But il would never do to waste so
much valuable time and let go so cas-
ly so Mr.. Kent was fined SO on a
charge of drunkenness and shown to
the rock pile as he had no money to
pay.
In the meantime further investfga-
lion will be made while Casey wears a
lOllar watch.
Harry z. White, the druggist who q,
pleaded guilty to one count in the re- :
cent liquor prosecutions was commit
ed to prison last night to serve his
thirty days. As a sad coincidence his :
great stock of liquors which made sew !
eral loads for the patrol wagon is to- |
lay being poured into the sewer at the
;ellar connection. Beer. port and
\ Thfskeys of blends heard and unheard
ire flowing into the yellow Kaw and
back to Kansas City whence they
ipruHg- A half dozen TRUSTEES are
implying the liquor as fast as they
an. watched by several guards, while
chief Eaton and Attorney Drenning
ook on with smiles of evident salts
action, or as Judge Joe Reed would
lave it: Togo stands grinning by as
TO say, see what I have done"
George ShOles and LOue Maze. two |
Id timers have come back to the pO-
ice court after short absence and in
-smUch as they are unable to produce
10 each for their t'toot" have been is :
ued passes by the court for a ten day
tay among the little rockies not il
the fact that that re-
ort is already filed to its capacity.
HE WILL IMPORT BLACK BIRDS.