The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-02
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Thomas Cook Careless About
His Board Bill.
Also Not Particular About Coats
He Took.
NOW HE'S IN JAIL.
md Marshal McGOEern Will
Take Him to st. Marys.
Plumber Is Found i'm Topeka
Pawn Shops.

10 The good looking man who struck
T St Marys about Two weeks ago with
an unlimited amount Of nerve and
+ pried himself into the sweet zraces o.
{ some Of the village bellies and a cloth
/ ing store, and then disappeared with
I some Illegal possessions, leaving the
I wfnsome Iasses much embarrassed. has
[ been located IN Topeka by Detectives
SauIS and Hutton and the city mar
shall James McCzOveru Of St Marvs.
I is in the city finishing UP his evidence
and viii take his man back 10 the
I court
Thomas Cook IS his most used name
though several others do special duty
When Thomas disap pearad, McGovern
sent his description along the line and
the local officers were on the lookout
for the man
McCTeerv. the Ium herman informed
/ the police last night that it would good
10 Investigate man he had heard
talking about St Marys up at 3Iz East
Eighth avenue The detectives went
there and inquired for the man and
found that he boarded there but room
ed in the house Of Mrs. Morehouse at
s04 East Eighth There they learned
he had gone to the show and they
waited at the Novelty and followed
him home called the TaudIady and
were introduced to the Mr. Cook
IN the ensuing conversation. Thomas
got nervous and wanted to go TO his
Boarding place 70 get his overcoat but
the officers went along as far as the
door and led their man to the Jail.
Tom had dropped into ST. Marys
and stopped at the best hotel where
also lived the manager Of the new
Miller Brothers clothing store. VeSt6r
vincent Tom said he was travelling
for a shoe house and Insisted upon
hanging around the clothing store He
was IN no way disagreeabler 50 he
opened boxes free Of charge and help
ed with goods ard other things which
he seemed anxious TO do Meanwhile
being 4 good dresser and not 50 bad
for looks he buzzed around little
with the buxom villagers Finally
after changing his name to Miller at
another boarding house he left town
on the Gath OF January with a good
new suit case full OF clothes from the
Miller store Likewise he left without
paying either OF hi5 board bills
One fur lined overc0at which he took
was claimed about a week ago at the
pawn shop Of E Scrfnopske & Son.
here in Topeka but that was all that
was found The disCriutiOn Of two
more overcoats stolen from the store
Is IN the hands Of the marshal and
are in the same shop but there are sew
eraI more with them. the whole bunch
OF which were sold there by one and
the same fellow. giving the name Of
Frank Durwtn and representing him.
self 70 be 4 travelling agent for a Chi
cago firm. The goods were bought IN
good faith and q check for $3.50 paid
for them The endorsements Of this
check with the name Dur
win is exactly Ike the writing
on z check which Cook had in his pos
session last night when searched All
the overcoats we're new and all had the
tags and makers marks torn out OF
them before sold TO the merchants
Though some OF the coats were not
missed It Is very probable that from q
large stack Of goods more than the
two are missing though not noticed at
first Inspection
Cook has admitted to the detectives
that he beat his board bills at St
Mays but denies having any connection
with the overcOats- In his possession
were two phony diamonds from the
NIidwinter on which he had tried TO
borrow $3.50 from the pawn broker, q
gold watch and chain and pawn tick
cts with the name Frank Durwin writ
ten q them
The clothier from St Mays has been
sent for to come down this evening TO
Identify his goods and Cook will be
dressed up for the occasion in 4 blue
serge suit which he had on at the time
ne visited the brokers in order that
they can Identify him and swear that
he IS the man wanted
Taken back he viii be tried for burg
larry and grand larceny as the goods
stolen viii sum Up IN value to more
than $50