The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
POLICE JOTTINGS.

When you swear out a complaint
charging some one with assault1ng you,
and you are served with writ from
Police Judge Urmy commanding you
to appear in police court do not go TO
Lawrence. Accept no substitutes but
go to police court at the time spec1f1ed
It's best and cheapest.
Blanche Randolph paid $40 lor the
above information. Blanche was as
saulted. She said she was and Ida
Hedrick said she did the assaulting- II
cost Ida so to do the assaulting and it
cost Blanche a like amount to square
things" with Judge Urmy.
Early last week the Randolph woman,
who is quite pretty, appeared IN police
court and told a story of how Ida He'd
rick. a lady friend of Jack Humason,
complaint and a warrant was issued for
the Hedrick woman. 1t later developed
that the Randolph woman was also a
friend of Humason.
The Hedrick woman appeared but the
complaining witness was not to be
found The case was continued from
day to day until finally Humason and
the Hedrick woman appeared in police
court and the woman pleaded guilty.
She was fined So Yesterday afternoon,
word having apparently gone out that
the matter had been settled, the Ran
dolph woman was seen on the street
for the first time this week She was
arrested and brought before Judge
Urmy on the charge of contempt OF
court.
She sought to explain her action by
telling the judge that on the day she
was to appear in police court she Just
had'' to take her little sister to Law
renee. The judge fined her SO for this
offense.
''Dick" MuIlis, who has done a term
or two in the penitentiary, and who IS
known as a bad man, is resting in the
oft mi this morning a result OF
drinking whisky with cumulative prop
critics and the fun" that goes with
that sort of thing. He was arrested
after a hard tussle last night at the
corner of Crane and Chandler streets
Mullis started to forcibly enter the
house at 225 Chandler street and. fall
ing in this, he terrified the nelghbor-
hood for time. When the ofhcers ar
rived he had crowd of 200 people IN
the street, all frightened, and was do
ing a stamp dance while he chanted OF
his prowesS He was armed with
large brick and blood was pouring out
of his nose, where. some one hdu
struck him during the melee. He put
up a valiant fight, but was arrested,
and this morning promised Judge
Urmy to leave town at once II the
Judge would please let him go. He
was told that as soon as he had
worked out his SO fine he would be
given the privilege of leaving town
His blackened eyes and bruised nose
tell of good work on part Of some
East slider before the police arrived
Mullis has done time in the peniten-
tiary for stealing gold cuff links off
one of the prisoners in the jail and an
other term for his part in the fight sew
eral years ago in which Carl Golf,
then policeman. was competed TO
shoot Mullis brother to avoid being
killed. He is bad man when drink
ing It las been several years since
he SHOWED here
| M c. Jones. passenger on the Santa
Fe motor on it's morning trip to Topeka
| furnished the officers a hard chase and
| the natives a fresh smell of burning salt
peter today when he broke and ran from
! Special Agent Radford of the Santa Fe
| Jones is charged with stealing hat checl1
| from the conductor, or rather trying TO
steal one. He was taken in charge by
| peka. On his way to the police station
he ran. Several officers gave chase and
! some noisy shooting was INDUCED IN.
| Jones was finally caught on West Fourth
street between Harrison and Van Buren,
streets, too exhausted to run further. he
! refuses to claim his grip which is said
to be filled with articles proving him a
| 1t is reported that serious charge VIII
| be lodged against him but Santa Fe OIL,
| Gals, who have the matter in charge, will
| not discuss the case further than to say
an investigation is being made.
| Homer Ellis formerly an employee of
| the Continental Creamery company, was
! beating a board bill of $11 at the Sixth
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