The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
TRAILED BY DOGS.
Sheriff WilkerSOn's Blood
Hounds Furnish Clue.
Put on Trail of Burglar Follow
1t on West Side.
STOP AT BRICK HOUSE
'OP AT BRICK HOUSE
Now Officers Are Looking fOI
Negro Visitor.
House of j. ID. Gardner Ran
sacked and PIunder Taken.


bloodhounds of the sheriff were take1
to the house this morning, into the
room where the jewelry was taker
from dresser, and given the scent
The dogs Immediately set up their bay.
ing and without any hesitancy ran of
across lots to the west, avoiding any
sidewalks or streets and then across
the fields to the old red castle on West
Sixth avenue where a negro named
Watts hves IN the basement and keeps
some fancy horses of DIR. Kasters ir
the barn for training. The dogs rar
directly up to the house and ther
around to the basement door in the
rear but there was no one at home.
There was no clue left last night as
the robbery was committed while the
family We're at church and no one saw
any one in the vicinity of the house
The dog clue therefore is the only one
showed to date. Still the police are
who was once arrested for a robbery
in Potwin, and who is a friend of
Watts More reason for the suspicion
against him is the fact that he has been
in the employ of Mr.. Gardner.
J. D. Gardner is a buyer for the
Wolff Packing Co. and Graham work
ed for him in that business. This
Watts is a stranger here but a cattle
man and horseman, is a friend OF era
ham probably from common interests.
The police patrol with Sergeant Ross,
Detective Hutton and Sheriff Wilkerson
drove out to the house on Sixth avenue
to get the man about noon but he had
not returned there yet and they came
in after waiting a couple of hours.
In the entrance to the basement or
the house is an old c1stern covered
with a platform for the bottom Of the
dummy waiter shaft which is used
house in 81 MINER. The old hole looked
a seemly place for the concealment or
pIunder, as did the bins of grain In
the barn but there were no search war
rants and nothing was done.
The plunder would make a large
bundle and included: One opal brooch,
/ opal ring, l ring with diamonds, long
chain with 1ocket engraved "A. q. e.,
braided bracelet, lady's Elgin watch.
sapphire stick pin, pair cuff buttons
engraved &C." pin and locket with
diamond. gold watch chain, set cut ear
drops and pin, gold pistol pencil, set
cut ear screws with small diamonds,
cameo bracelet, cameo necklace, bead
ed edge tablespoons. 7 knives and forks
engraved &C." pearl handled knives
and forks silver ferruled, Colonial
berry spoon gold bowl, 8 boulllon
spoons Georgian cold meat fork, .
teaspoons, bouillon spoons
Quad plate.
There was a great crowd gathered
at the home of F. Zandfton, at All
Tyler street last evening, but there
was no funeral. A former friend of
Mr.. Zanditon, n. KantrowitZ, who,
for the sum due him. started the
proceedings against the
Zanditon store, paid Sunday call to
his old friend and demanded that he
be paid all due unto him. Mr.. Zan-
diton refused and trouble ensued
wherein chairs and things were
mixed A crowd began to gather for
a closer view of the battle and the
TaRlxCnn GfTnnt
station soon arrived bringing several
officers. The fight, in which no
actual injury had been inflicted, was
stopped and Kantrowitz
seized.
But Mr.. Zanditon did not wish to
prosecute his assailant so he was re-
leased again. However, lnasmuch as
Kantrowitz had threatened to kill
zanditon should he not pay the
moneys right off, a peace warrant was
secured for Kantrowftz this morning,
which will tend to restrain his greed
until a time when all shall receive
their lawful proportion of the leavings
Of a fiourishing department store.
Two long drives to Pauline to catch
Wesley Snapp for disposing of some
under weight loads of hay in Topeka
have proven unsuccessful but the pO-
the country so the search viii con-
.inue. The offense sounds trivial but |
It has become to be practiced so regu- |
arly that it must be taken care of by !
he police. Not two weeks ago A |
Rothchilds. who weighs for the hay |
market and also sells coal, was ar |
rested for sending out a load of coal |
falsely weighed and fined $40 for the |
1ffense.
The hay of Snapp was sold through |
George Baker, who places. orders at j
he market, and he was first arrest |
ID, when it was learned that snapp |
Irove out Saturday but could not To-
,ate the man. This morning two Of |
icers drove to the farm near Pauline |
again. They met the wife who said |
hat her husband had left the state. |
From the storekeeper at Pauline 1t |
vas learned that a farmer friend had |
1een so kind as to inform Snapp that |
| state warrant had been issued for |
him and that the penitentiary stared |
him in the fact and that Snapp had |
lecided to get clear gone. But the /
,fficers doubt the story because the |
Snaps were planning to move to an
'ther farm today and the man must |
De in the neighborhood.
The first day of the new month began |
risky for the police court and the re- |
eipts led off with a 800 fine. w. E. |
White, father of H. E. White who was |
flowed to plead guilty to just one count |
f illegal liquor sales provided he could /
ct his father to return to the city and |
O likewise, has returned to the city as
romised by the son and this morning |
loaded to the charge of keeping a nuis-
nee and was fined $100 and sentenced /
G so days in the city prison. The de- |
now think they have the /
Ointists all trained pretty well. Since /
he last prosecution session when an /
ven dozen We're arrested and the first !
onvictions began, the jointists have i
cen very regular in their march before |
he police judge and plead to the one
cunt of maintaining a nuisance and |
mink they are doing well to escape SC
asilY.
Two colored men, Edward Barker aud /
leo. Fisher, were presented to the po- !