The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-21
WGWV~D
Big Stock Of Liquor lis Destroy
ed Today.
An Echo Of a Fourth of July
Police Raid.
HELPED BY TRUSTEES
City Attorney Drenning Is Gen.
eral Supervisor.
There Is More Left in Chief
Eaton's Stronghold.

IN the cold half lighted cellar of the
CITY prison two TRUSTEES sadly poured a
S''ooO STOCK OF confiscated liquor into the
sewer while Chief Eaton, CITY Attor-
ney Drenning and Prosecuting Attor-
ney Wilson of the police court exultant-
ly hurried the execution of the sentence
today.
AT the dismissal of the appeal for
possession of the liquor after it had
oeen conf1scated in the police court,
Police Judge Urmy promptly issued
the order for the flushing of the sewer.
Attorney Dreaming arrived at the sta
ton to assist in the fulfillment of the
law and at quickly held meeting, the
exuItant attorney and the chief of po-
nee We're elected High Stopper Extrac-
tors and the two veteran boozers. Baker
ana jackson, TRUSTEES in the Jail were
made LoWly jug Inverters. That was
all the preliminary for a rush to the
cellar where the stock of the Chester
field pharmacy captured months ago is
slowly being consumed by the sewer.
Learning that the Chesterfield was
making ready for a big Fourth of July
rush. Chief Eaton led his braves on the
night of July 8 to the store surrounded
the building, and captured this invoice
Of liquors:
1917 cases of beer
AZ half gallons jugs whisky.
II gallon jugs whisky.
two gallon jugs whisky.
79 pint bottles whisky
262 half pint bottles whisky.
4 cases whisky.
Sc quart bottles whisky.
barrels whisky.
1 barrel gin.
1 gallon gin.
Al half mints gin.
quarts wine and brandy.
The quality of the stuff runs from
the dollar-five variety and the Chester
field special blend, labeled "a COM
pound" to the Three Star Hennessey
and other brands of cognac.
In vain the trusty despoilers tried to
leave just a little in some of the jugs
for after dinner use but the eye of the
chief is very discerning and a guard
was sent to see that not drop was
saved. The bottles and jugs are all be-
ing piled up as valuables but the valu-
able stock Of booze is made to run
waste from the specially constructed
recepticle in the prison cellar to feed the
fish in the Kaw and prompt out of
town gossips to remark that they saw
more booze in the capital city than
any place on earth. Though the empty
ing of jugs, barrels, and bottles began
of the confiscated LIQUOR will last all
day at the rate the feeding mouth per-
mits.
There will still be many barrels of
liquor, taken at other places, left in the
cellar for which no orders can be is
sued as the cases are still pending from
the appeals from decisions in the sum-
mer term of the police court.
In the September term there were
score of liquor and gambling cases ap-
pealed and already decided without one
cent of costs being assessed to the city,
which is a remarkable record.
A list of liquor cases appealed from
the police court and now dismissed from
the district court to pay the costs and
the sentence Of $1o0 fine and 80 days
on one or more counts follow: Peg Leg
McClafferty, George Dupree, Ben Jor-
den. Fritz Durein, Ed Mcdonald, John
Miller, Dick Johnson, Tom Stump,
Lucy Stevenson. The Kate Heitman
case wherein Kate was fined $25 and
Mary Evans $40 for keeping and being
found in a disorderly house, was dis
missed from the district court this
morning with $40 fines and costs upon
their pleas of guilty.
Andy Dupree convicted on two counts
for keeping a gambling house case was
dismissed in the district court with
costs which will make his penalty $3.50.
The case of Jim Jorden fined for being
found in a disorderly house was also
dismissed as were others, which leaves
the police cases for the last term all
squared up, much to the satisfaction of
the prosecuting attorney, the judge and
the chief.