The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-19

Of liberty as soon trs as 9e can sfin, see some
But Charles has an idea to business
also and always sells his thefts for a
nominal sum to pawn shops or sec
ond hand dealers. Wednesday saw
the arrest of S. ]. Bennett for buying
stolen goods and not making a record
for the police. A few tools including
a plane, a chisel, worth about $5 were
purchased by him for IS cents and the
police found it out. immediately
Chas Baker was arrested for in
vestigation and Bennett arrested for
buying the goods without making a. re-
port.
the corner of Kansas and Fourth ave
nueS where he met Robert Harpole.
Baker, supposedly, thought Harpole
had euueaIed on him about that theft
or some other and a wrangle ensued
in which Charley drew forth a pocket
knife and opened the blade and made
a death like summons to his antagon-
ist when officer England interfered
and saved the life of Harpole. The
thieving patient was walked back to
the police station and booked for as
sault with deadly weapons. OF course
he took it as a matter of fact and the
police are believing that he would
really like to go to teh penitentiary to
live.
Today a warrant was issued from
the district court for him and it is
likely that he will be sent to the pen
even though he does see fit to object
later on.
AS a coincidence, G. P. M. Herr,
a partner of Bennett in the second
hand store, was arrested to share in
the prosecution for not keeping rec
ords for the police. The two are sus-
pected by the officers to have been a
Shield for Bakers thieving for some
time. They will be tried April 3rd.
Another liquor prosecution will be
held in the police court soon because
Rough Ready could not leave town for
good as he promised to do after his
fight with the natives down in darkest
Africa. Rough was in an awful hurry
at the time to pay his little fine and flee.
But he did not go. He is a familiar
character to the police but his worst
days have past and they thought to
help him by permitting him to leave his
nuisance charge behind him. Now he
is arrested on the old charge but has
been released from the prison on $500
bond.
The clamp on the door of the gov
ernor's row. at the prison was found
to be cracked this morning and sus-
picion reverted to H. E. White, one of
the erstwhile inhabitants, and he will
be pushed on to the county Jail for he
has been doomed to further prosecution
by the county attorney who secured a
warrant LOT MN I1Il Will
nine counts of liquor traffic. Foolishly
allowing all the evidence in his case to
be heard in police court and then at
the last moment pleading guilty to one
count which would have been permitted
in the first place, attracted the atten-
ton of the county attorney so the case
wherein there is sufficient evidence to
convict on q large number OF counts
and his penalty for selling booze in his
drug store may have an indefinite con-
tinuance.
Dan Welliford, the old colored ex-
pressman, with a COW at home which
he insists will not be milked and there
by caused to suffer if he does not get
to 60 home and do the chores, and who
offers the same as a good excuse to be
released every time he is arrested
drunk-and the times are many-is
once more in the city prison and his
team stands refreshing itself at a
manger full of hay. Dan owes back
fines which he promised to hurry and
get paid but now comes in for another
$40 and the officers will not let him
go as formerly but offer him a job on
the rock pile which will pay one dollar
a day sure.