The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-17
POLICE JOTTINCS.
Chief EatOn's Little Walk That
Bore Fruit.
Pays Unexpected Visit to Store
of HI. A. Willis.
FINDS BAR IN THERE.
Also Several People Engaged in
Drinking.
''The Owls" Are Also Given a
Scare.

Chief of Police Eaton went out for a
little afternoon stroll. Now when the
chief takes a stroll there is no telling
just what he will step into for his ter
ritory is not bounded by limitations. He
had started last evening about O'Clock
for somewhere down east just to look
the city over when he noticed, in pass
ing, a considerable doing at the drug
store of Willis & Brown, 3O2 East
Fourth street. Hello, what is it?'' and
4 he walked right in and back to the rear
around a long extended screen unex-
pectedly joining a crowd of merry
makers at a temporary bar. Eight or
ten men were leisurely drinking look
ing rehectively at their images in the
dingy wallpaper behind the glassware
as they raised bottles and unconven-
tional receptacles in their faces.
Stop boys, l take it all" announced
the chief. well. who are you?" said
one, Il guess I paid for this and it is
mine, but he lowered his bottle. An
other had a wine glass half way to his
mouth, that never reached it's goal.
a half dozen bottles but was seized.
! Now you fellows all stand there in
row while call the patrol" and they
did. The patrol came with Detectives
| Summers and Hopkins who held the
prisoners While the chief drove hur-
riedly to the residence of Judge Urmy
and secured a search and seizure war
rant for H. A. Willis and J. L. Brown.
Then the two proprietors and their
stock of liquor We're loaded into the pa
troll and taken to the station. The Ii
quor invoiced as follows: Sc half pints
whisky, 15 quarts malt whisky, quart
uart full, a wine glass full, that was
detained in the hand of one of the men,
gallon whisky, a barrel of empty
whisky bottles, four % gallon empty
barrels.
entire stock was found in the wall un-
der a counter and reached only by
means of a trap door, the lines of which
were concealed from casual glance.
Willis has been in business there nearly
% years. For the last five years he has
carried no permit. and the men were
caught in the act of drinking so the
evidence is sufficient to convict them
sales counts and on the nuisance
charge. Besides the whisky, gallon
jug of "whitehorse' was found. "Oh,
no, you can't take that Mr.. Eaton
of Beronious and out of your jurisdic-
ton. Whatever that fs,''was the
purport of the answer. "It smells like
alcohol and I think l had better take
it." A wine glass full was poured out
for Mr.. Willis to taste and he then
pronounced it whitehorse. wondering
how he could have made the mistake.
Both of the men have furnished bond
is the same date on which the trial of |
H. E. White. will be held.
The little message that eleven kegs
of beer were seen going up the stair |
at 1O6 East Sixth street got into the |
police station last night which started |
the chief, Sergeant Ross and Officer
England on the scent. They reached |
before it was said a dozen drunks had |
come into the street and away into
the night. A pile of dead ones were
piled at the foot of the stair, but no
found. as the stair led merely into the
cigar store of George KIauer. whose
place was searched for the beer
Nothing could be found and just as
the officers were about to leave a door
was seen to lead out onto the roof of
a one story building in the rear. A
walk lead across thereof to the rear
door of the Owls club which is No.
and the officers peered into the rear
of the Owls rooms where could be
seen piles of the beer cases and much
drinking.
step back into the dark advised
ing to get into the Owls tonight and
to the door, the chief called to the
right glorious guide to let him through
the labyrinth of the great and nobly
soused order of Owls.
w nat IH6-tOW are you. are YOuI |
but the chief did not know the pass
word. Say, friend he substituted
I'm uD here in this tree a high |
limb and I can't jump off. Won't you
let me and my comrades descend to |
the ground by way of your stair?''
You are quite welcome, maybe, but
before he had turned around the Off
GERS had crowded the door. Enter"
said the keeper of the secrecy of the
rear gate. Exit" and quickly was the
alarm sounded when the visitors were
recognized. The faucet twister'' from
behind his shelf fairly flew out the |
front way trailing his coat and hat
and has probably applied for a job in
Kansas City by this time If he has not |
been delayed. What became of the
doorkeeper was not learned either but
squad of women sat in a drinking |,
room regardless of the disturbance
and were not moIested.
The officers proceeded through the |
chamber of the Owls and went their
way without finding any lodge room
or any other evidence of other than |
drinking den. /
through which all the cases and bar
rels come and over which the drunks
are disposed of with safety is the inn
portant and clever part of the find |
though it may lead to nothing from |
the police.
c. v stamey. liveryman, driving a
50, 500 horse to fine sleigh got up too
much speed and lost s5 to the city
I. Rothchilds. junk dealer. was fined
$25 this morning for operating a scales
without a license. He has been weigh L
ing hay for the hay market for some
time and was found to have no license /:
When notified as to when he would be
tried, he waited until yesterday and Il
then got the necessary document which |,
he tried to use for clearance but the
judge considered his offense greater for Il
his attempted explanation and the re- |;
suit was so large a fine.