The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-22

last night, hoping to meet a friend
who was coming on the train and TAX
ing care of a sick wife at home, Will
liam Rearden, a nervous young man
with an Alice blue cravat told the po-
lice judge this morning that he car
ried the home made slug found on
him not knowing that he was doing a
wrong in the sight OF the law.
But a complication of discoveries
about his connections led the judge
to fine him $25. Officer Wonderly
found him walking along First street
last night drunk as an earl and upon
found a slug in his pocket.
Asked his occupation by the judge
this morning he answered that he had
none now, but had just come here
place to his liking last summer. BE
long to the leisure class, eh?'' asked
the judge. But no, he merely spend
ing what he saved last summer living
at 124 Madison, where he said that
his wife was sick unto dying and that
he had to meet a friend at the depot,
who said he would be in about $3.50,
but who did not come on time, so he
walked back and forth from his i'll
wife to the depot until the late hour
when he was arrested.
But just then Officer Wonderly in
terfered to stop the tears for the sick
wife. This man was living with Mrs.
Steadman down there and the wo-
man he said was his wife gave the
name of Reed. He does not have the
house, but merely has a room there"
| Now that was all the information
needed by the judge and the chief
and many others to dry the tears
away for Mrs. Steadman has been
| charged with keeping disorderly
house several times and Alice Reed, a
! II year old girl under probation of
the probate judge to decide whether
! he shall send her to the Industrial
school at Beloit is known by the Of
| ficer to have nearly died last night
| down on Madison. when the small re-
| lief afforded by hot water bottles was
the only aid possible. Thep oor girl
just can't behave 1t seems, and a
drunken lover may be the cause of her
| shipment to Beloit.
Things were getting exceedingly
warm down at Caleb Jackson's house
| in darkest Africa last night and so to
cool his fever a little the old negro
| kicked his stove full of fire out into
| the street, which attracted the atten-
ton of Patrolmen WonderIy and
Mead because it's election was accom-
panied by many fire brands from his
woman and the boots of four drunken
Indians.
The officers found Caleb in a fran
tic state of mind and the Indians piled
up on bed grunting and laughing
and yelling at the top of their voices
in happy state of absolute drunken
ness.
AT the trial this morning each of
the Indians swore he got his whisky
of another Indian who went on to Ok
lahoma although they were brought
in separately and tangled up very
badly in their remarks, one thing thew
stuck to that was as to the place
they got their wishky. A jolly lot of
! Indians they were. Pete Jackson, Ad-
olson Leshliot, Isiah Miller and oliver
| Marshall and they all laughed heartily
| when Caleb Jackson was brought in
and the officer told about the stove in
fact they rather enjoyed the whole
| procedure laughing all the while in a
great reservation laugh made for the
open air.
Caleb rents rooms to Indians when
| they come down from their reserva-
ton to the temptations of civilization
and the suspicion is that he sells them
the liquor and then coaches them
carefully as to where they got it. if
] arrested. But Caleb has been around