The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-03
g SHOWN" THE TOWN
Says He MaryeIs That Such
Things Can Be.
Nevertheless He Is Greatly
Pleased With Trip.

The big chief has returned after a
Visit to kindred tribes in San Fran
cisco, Ogden, Salt Lake City and Dem
yer 1lled with renewed zeal to keep
Topeka the cleanest city on the map.
The bare facts learned by the chief
IN San Francisco would fill book
with red covers. ''If there was graft
ing under Mayor Schmitz, what is it
now" commented Chief Eaton today
prosecutor Heney, if he carries out
MS prosecutions. will have to make it
life work. Saturday night ]. w.
Burns. chief detective for Heney with
others were searching the offices of
the United Railroads general attorney
Tor evidence against the three detec-
tiVes who sold out to the railroads
and the department was greatly
stirred up over the affair." With the
guidance of a sergeant of detectives
Eaton was shown things about the
cosmopolitan city of San Francisco
which no other city in the country
would tolerate. How the evils are
permitted under the laws by the of
ticials is a mystery to a law abiding
citizen. Only two weeks two police
men were killed outright in the dives
of Terrific" street as Pacific street is
called-and little Topeka is as snow.
Chief Eaton is highly pleased with
the trip and proud that he was hon
ored with special U. S. tug from the
ship Intrepid in the bay. The chief
! immediate transportation to the train
ing ship with his prisoner because a
tug had come in for several sailors and
marines who came on the same train,
but once out there, he had no way to
return until the jovial Irish lieutenant
ordered off the special tug to convey
the honorable visitor back to the city.
From the Paramount hotel on Knob
Hill the chief looked out over the city
and but for blocks of resident dis
tricts not yet rebuilded there was no
evidence of the great earthquake and
| fire.
BY the kindness of passenger agents.
Mr.. Eaton had his transportation hon
ored over the Southern Pacific and
Rio Grande lines returning and visited
the police chiefs at Ogden Salt Lake,
and Denver. everywhere being received
most cordially. "In Salt Lake City,"
said the chief. "there is an ordinance
prohibiting faster speed than walk
for any vehicles at the intersection of
| the business streets. l think that such
| a provision is a very good thing and
| I would like to see it here"
Chief Eaton returned to Topeka last
evening to find great stack of mail
( to be answered which VIII keep him
| busy for a day or more.
| F. W. Watson, conceded by other
| autoists to be a speeder, and several
times hooked by the cops for strain
| ing his motor was arrested again
yesterday for exceeding the limit by
| the motor cop, Hutton, so brace al
| for another storm.
| Because Caleb johnson the com
| planning victim of an assault by John
Hoffman, crawf1shed or made other
arrangements after getting out war
| rant failing to appear for the prosecu-
ton. the defendant was dismissed.
Sam Johnson doing time for steal
ing a pitchfork. but whose time wa:
to be done by Monday. has been re
arrested and fined another s25 or 81
days, for stealing six dozen window
shades from John Rhodes about the
same time. officers Ross and sum
mers located the shades at the various
! second hand stores and they were
recovered several days ago but Sam
ought to remain in Jail to restrain hin
from further larceny, so the police
have arranged the matter with the
jailer.
The Indian, Albert Ross. who wa
so strong to help Caleb Jackson in hi
prosecution of Hoffman Friday ant
who promised to stay sober Ions
enough to do that service became dis
| gusted when the case was allowed t.
60 without trial and straightway go
drunk, running into the arms of Mr.
England who escorted him to his To
peka headquarters. Albert's classified
ton will likely be pushed up a motel
this evening as he has been in to-
| much of late.
c. E. Miller, a messenger for Ather
ton Bros, hurrying on an errand pro
PEELED his bike across the state hous