The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-11
HAVE HOT Time.
County Attorney and Chief Ea-
ton i'm Mix-Up.
Almost Come to Blows This
Morning.
WESLEY HALE CASE.
Police Head Demanded Warrant
From County.
Refused and an Exciting Time
Followed.
WESLEY HALE CASE.

into an inf1ammatory outburSt and
blows seemed imminent when the two
principals met in the office of the clerk
of the district court this morning.
County Attorney Schenck denounced
the city police head as acting in bad
faith.
His voice rose with excited language
until court house officials and others
come running to crowd around the
belligerents. Chief of Police Eaton
heard him through with only an oc-
casional intervention and finally slipped
off the clerks stool, he occupied, and
departed.
Eaton had gone to the county attor-
ney to swear to a complaint for the ar
rest of Wesley Hale, the negro jointist,
who has figured extensively in the sem
sational war of officials. After wait
ing around the building to see Schenck
who was busy in the district court
room Eaton met him in the clerks Of
flee where there was already goodly
crowd.
Il came up to swear to that COM
plant for Hale,'' the chief announced
you said you would have it ready for
me this morning"
Give you a complaint? No, not
now. You can't get me to prosecute a
man just because he has turned you
up and because you are sore at him.
Ou re IlOI lIylIlS 70 cHIOICS Tic pIO-
hibitory law now What you want is
to get even with Hale"
II came up here to swear to that
complaint, you said I had refused to
swear to. You said you would have it
ready last night. You haven't got it
yet"
mo, and I'm not going to make one.
Do you think I'm going to prosecute
some one just because you have a
grudge against him?
L. Il To
the city Jail and keep him in there
awhile. You've got an eight months
sentence and a fine of 800 over him
now. Why don't you take him up, 1
would like to know?
It'll tell you why because you
promised to protect him. promised
him immunity from prosecution when
you got him to pay S100 and then
paroled him when he had been con-
yicted of eight counts, and now you
don't want to go back on your word
that openly. but come to me ard try
to get me to do it. You're either acting
in bad faith or else you are abso
lutely rotten"
promises of immunity and such
accusations are false" broke in
Chief Eaton.
zoe Reed. here. told me right
down there by the station. that you
had made promise to him fairly
anu SQdcii NAoI 1AnAC WAN sic% -
further prosecuted continued
Schenck.
Joe Reed was edging closer. 81
never told you any such thing. john,
he said 81 never said he promised
fairly and squarely not to bring up
the other charges. It is merely
conclusion drawn when a case Is dis
missed with costs or plea of guilty
placed on one count and others dis
missed. that the others will never be
,e- n for r,.1i inc
that's all. YOU
"You said just what I said you said,
Joe, and you can't get around it. You
said Eaton promised you squarely that
he would not prosecute Hale further
and would protect him. said Schenck
firing up.
Tell me then what you did with
those three barrels of beer you took
off of Hale's wagon continued
Schenck glaring at Eaton. You dis
missed the nuisance count against
him and had no right whatever to
keep his beer. What did you do with
it? You said ask Carl Lawson He
said he didn't know. We asked again
and you admitted you did not know.
1t is because he made an affidavit that
you stole his beer that you want him
arrested. You can't tell what became
of it,
'sThat beer never belonged to Hale"
broke in the chief leaning over the
Q6SK. nat Deer DGlOHSeu 10 JdIn0S
Scott out in the country. Yes out
in the country, and if it had not been
brought to town it would not have
been disturbed" (this to expose the
countys lack of diligence).
''Tell me- continued Schenck With
out hearing the reply, apparently, tell
rre where you got that harness you are
driving on your horse? You stole that
and not only are you corrupt, but a
. thief.
ssrT-1v
when the Kitty fund was robbed and
tell me who tore the page out of the
book showing the amount which was
in it and tell me who you sold the brass
beer pumps to? Tell me -.''
''Then you won't give me the COM
plaint?" squeezed in Eaton. "All right"
and he slipped off the stool for the
door.
Now go and tell your mayor, run
up and see Jackson, tell your governor
I refuse to prosecute liquor traffic,
shouted Schenck after MIN.
Now look here. Johr,'' again tried
Judge Reed. ct want to be fair in this
matter. I want to ex---
Go en- said Schenck. stand up for
the -- rotten chief. the contempti-
BILE cur
Then the crowd surged in. 1t had
held back while the attack was on and
now hurried to find what all the noise
was abount.
some OF IL was explained to lew.
For instance. the Hale complaint was
asked by the chief because, he says,
he has been accused of shielding him.
After the now well known paroling of
Hale at the police station when this
matter came up Schenck says Eaton
said not to arrest Hale because he
could give much information. Hence
Hale was not arrested when eight 9TH
ers were day before yesterday. Since
then, however, Hale has made an af-
fidavit which did great deal toward
the arrest of E. C. Russun, but he also