The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-29
The Three COopers Are Dis
charged by Judge Urmy.
Decided That the Evidence Was
Flimsy.
PLUMBERS ARRESTED.
Claimed They Had No Authority
to Dig.
Flood of Pictures of DeserterS
POurS In.

The three Coopers. Fred, Tom and
Will, and Sarah and Bessie Anderson
found in a house at 2S5 Jefferson street.
the early part of the week were all re-
leased by Judge Urmy of the police
court last evening. There was insult
6acient evidence to defame the house or
convict its inmates. The Cooper-An-
derson raid was the last of a series OF
nightly sorties from headquarters at
the beginning of which were several
heavy hauls for the treasury by way
of fines, but the last few have proven
barren of results and the 'foundins'
released
Two hard working Irishmen. Jim
mic and John, Jim Durkin, plumber,
and John Logan, his helper, had fallen
TO and had opened up good sized
ditch in the pursuit of their business
On front of the house at loio Fok street e.
when an officer, commonly known as
a cop" interfered and showed them
q warrant for their arrest issued on
the complaint of A. G. Keyes, who had
a grievance while they had no permit
and must answer the charge in the
evening session of the court
Henry Hargreaves. the cigar maker
and horse trader from the feed yard,
and Bill Mcclure, the Indian from the
City park were fined $40 each by the
police Judge for their OBTAINING DRINKS
which had interfered and led them
astray in their pursuit of happiness. A
SO drunk fine is the second stage IN
police court ethics. Plain DRINKS, up
DO the fourth time. are rated as the
first stage and are assessed 80 eacn,
after that the $40 class runs half
dozen sprees. Then the fine increases
in direct ratio to the numbers of DRINKS
until the class of Claude Moore is
reached where a little simple drunk
(which is the fortieth one detected by
the officers, is assessed $25.
To see the great pile of pictures and
descriptions of deserters from the army
arrive at the police headquarters al
most daily, the casual observer might
wonder what is going with the army.
OF course there are great
many men left in the army but there
are also several regiments, batteries,
and troops recently discharged over the
country. Only yesterday about 80 pic
lures came to the chief but this morn
ing again the mail contained the pic
lures and description of 1913 more which
is the largest consignment TO arrive
antact at the station. Usually the Pho
tos come in punches of five duplicates
TO be distributed. One of the local pa
trolmen makes it point to get one
of each deserter and has now collectea
enough to put two coats of paper on all
the walls of his house should he care
TO do so. which he won't.
Stories of the storm are numerous
and by no means all in as yet but the
notice department has the best with |
out waiting for full returns. Some Few |
hundred small buildings in the CITY
were doubtless blown over and to |
pieces by the wind last night and most |
of the losers took the loss stoically. |
Not so a certain party out on West |
Sixth. The phone at the station rang !
and Jailer Smith responded with a
loud, AS, what do you want, and
learned the sad tale that a roof had |
blown off and the snow and sleet was !
drifting in and an entire family dis
committed and couldn't he send out |
some detectives and patrolmen to |
sleuth around the neighborhood and |
ind and replace the lost treasure. go |
reply in mind, but choked back by |
the very audacity of the request.
WAY out east of the town some !
twenty blocks from Kansas avenue on !
Fourth street. a vicious cur ran |
amuck into crowd of school chill |
dren who were returning to their |
homes and bit the leg of one of them |
The mother of the child is provoked |
and will come to town to swear out a |
complaint with the police judge as !
soon as the weather permits.
The case of eggs stolen at the Rock |
Island depot from the U. s. Express |
Co, could not be traced by the city |
detectives on the scent furnished by |
the company officers or the eggs, and /
somebody with a good wheelbarrow |
is having better breakfasts than the |
man with an automobile.