The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-09
PETROLEUM FREE. POLICE JOTTINCS.
The House Rescnds Two Familiar Indian
Action on Schedule pear n Court.
And Takes Off the Cent They Had
Ad Valorem Duty. From the Reservation.
NOTAX ON WOOD PULP ROUGH READY'S TRIAL
Tariff Barley Increased Might Guilty
60 Per Cent. But He Didn't
Barley Malt Is Also Treated in So Instead of 800 Given
the Same Manner. Fine of $780,
Two Familiar Indian Faces Ap-
pear in Court.
They Had just Come Down
From the Reservation.
ROUGH READY'S TRIAL
He Might Have Pleaded Guilty
But He Didn't.
So Instead of 800 He Is Given
Fine of $500.

Fine of $500.
Indian yells and "skee' bowls filled
the lobby of Eaton's inn last night as
two visitors from Mayetta were push
ed up to the desk for registry. One
was old long haired Bill Mcclure, a real
original whose Indian name is
Bluback, whose real name is even
worse than his yell.
Up on the reservation the red men
got their pay the other day and now
they have longing eyes for Topeka and
they congregate around the Rock Is
land depot and yards firing up on
poisoned alcohol preparing their run to
the Eaton station. Wonderly engineer
ed the double header. into the station
last night after hard pull on account
of Iocomotor ataxia which seized his
! train before they had gone block.
Both We're charged SIS for their lodg-
ing which neither could pay. Bill went
to work this morning making little
frocks out of big ones but Martins head
was still too big. to. move.
For stealing a pair of shoes which
the proprietor of the Boston store had
purchased for himself from the factory
a Mexican named Jose Rubic was ar
rested and fined $25 in police court this
morning. Jose and another Mexican
man asked to look at some shoes, and
while an overabundance of attention
was being bestowed upon him, Jose
picked up handy. pair Of shoes and
walked out to wait for his comrade
who soon followed without having
bought any footwear.
| Finding his shoes gone, the boss
quickly got a policeman on his track and
Ito the bull benz at the Eaton casino
| for an exhibition of sandstone tanning.
! The trial of Rough" Ready came off
last evening as per continuance. Be
fore the opening of the trial he was
given the privilege of pleading guilty
to one count, or 800 and 80 days
| Imprisonment. Like others who have
gone before, he thought, foolishly
enough, that the prosecution had moth
ing up their sleeve. In the absence
of Attorney Wilson. City Attorney
Dreaming conducted the prosecution and
Joe Reed the defense. But there was
no defense for the testimony Of about
against Rough which when reduced to
medicine by the judge was $500 and five
months in Jail.
That more weight and Judgment is
accredited the police court every day is
being shown in the method of the dis
trict court in the prosecutions of the
liquor cases appealed from the police
court. 1t has now become only mat
| ter of added costs to a convicted de-
PENDANT to carry his case higher The
only avenue for partial escape is the
plea of guilty on one count when that
is offered, for the chances are that the
police have the dope mixed pretty
strong. So long as the end is accom-
phshed, there is no especial ache for a
long prison term on the part Of the
officers The object Is to convince the
jointists that Topeka has gone dry and
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that condition.
| Rigby's slot machine hanging by
wire to an iron post was released
hammer and tongs in the slot. There
was dollar or so in the penny COM
partment and chewing gum in stock.
| The police suspect girls from the
skating. rink and if they see any of
| them chewing gum and buying soda
water today their clue will be con-
| sidered Sherlock Holmes perception
The "old curiosity shop at the
corner of Tenth and Kansas avenue
filled with every imaginable article of
old, old relics and leavings of other
generations and some near new stuff,
but all more or less just stuff, has be-
come the object of solicitation of the
sanitary commissioner, G. T. Mat
tingly.
The old shop has long been the
scene of quests for any old thing and
visitors often call just to walk around
through the great labyrinth of col
lections, but now the ceilings, floors,
walls, corners, and even the passage
ways have become congested and
| much junk has accumulated on the
walks and around the building until
it can hardly be reached at all.
| Whether 1t is feared the owner
John S. Rhodes. will some day be lost
and unable to find his way out or
whethers passersby are hindered in
passing is matter not explained,
| Rhodes to be served today requiring
him to answer for obstructing the
walks and alley with articles which
the law has the impudence to in
sinuate is common junk.
who has been visiting with the
restaurant keeper Wilson of this city.
upon awaking yesterday morning and
trying to shave, found his razor dull
so he dropped it into his pocket when
he went out expecting to take it to a
barber and have it honed-only he
forgot to go to the barber, instead,
falling in with brother mason, he
put on jag and when examined by
the jailer last night to what he was
! carrying besides the jag the razor was
found in the same pocket, and this
morning he was charged by the judge
with harbOring dangerous and deadly
animals-almost-bu his honor re-
membered it was weapon and not an
animal thereupon continuing the case
until the officer, Mr.. Brown who
made the arrest could be on hand to
4 tell what Mr.. Jones forgot.
I Another messenger. Roy A. Barrie,
was caught using the sidewalk for a
wheel path and is out on 81 bond
4 pending trial. A dollar isn't so much
but then the city needs it and side
walk doesn't sound like vehicle
track.
A check for $S5 on the Topeka Ma