The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13
HE ASKS JUSTICE.
Mayor Billiard Answers Criti-
cisms of Topeka's Police.
City Is Not Crime Ridden Chief
Executive Declares.
JENKINS, BEST CHIEF.
Present Head Force Doing His
Full Duty by People.
Attacks Are Made to Injure New
Administration.
JENKINS, BEST CHIEF.

ct want square deal. There is a
lot of stuff being published, about crime
il, this city. It's all done for a pur
pose-to injure the administration. Ell
fort are being made to have people be-
neve this city is full of crooks and
burglars. Every little petty larceny IS
printed with a view Of hurting the
mayor office and the chief of police.
When turing the last administration
every little item about the larceny OF
a shirt or other small articles was not
published, but since have been taken
into office nothing is allowed to pass
unnoticed."
This is the way Mayor Billiard re-
piled to the question, What do you
think about all the burglaries going
on in the city?'' which was put to
him this morning by a State Journal
man. why do you know, conInueo
his honor, leaning back in his chair,
this town is as free from CRIME as
any in the world. Serious crimes gre
unknown. Our people won't stand lot
criminals coming here. As for organ
lied criminal bands, the idea is JOKE;
An inspection of the police dockets Will
show that this city has no criminal ele-
rpent. OF course a few petty steannss
happen now and then. In regard 10 TINS
class of crime it must be rememnereu
that Topeka is no longer neck III
the woods-it's full grown city , 49,
ting bigger and better every day. flno
a city where the police are not ootn-
cred with petty criminals. 1t is I'M
Dossible Just because coat or some
article of little value is stolen is no
reason why Topeka should be held up
as crime ridden, This business of paint
ing the city in black colors as the nome
of crooks is a mighty bad thing. TO
reka wants more people. Do you thlhk
they are coming if they pick UP pa
per and see stories of crimes every
day? Certainly they are not
Topeka's Best Chief.
GAS 20 the police, want to say this:
The officers are doing their full duty:
They are devoting every minute OF
their tir.1f protecting life and property.
AS for Chief jenkins he's the best chder
Topeka ever had. He is filling his Of
fee with credit to both the CRY anu ~
himself He is doing The very best he
can with the limited force at his COM
mand. He is not sitting back giving
orders but is getting out and working
himself. The police can not be every
where at once. Some housebreak1ngs
are bound to take place. There would
be burglaries if we had thousand po-
licemen. AS far as these housebreak-
ings which have been reported are con-
cerned, the police arc trying TO run
down the guilty parties.
No Halo and Wings.
Some people want the world to
think that the defeat of the last adj
rlinistration was the signal for every
crook in the country to come to To-
peka and receive protection. Neither
Chief Jenkins nor myself has formed
any alliance with criminals. 1t appears
that ill certain quarters a united effort
is being made to strike at Chief Jen-
kins and myself at every opportunity,
in season and out of season. The same
Ieople who fought me in the campaign
are fighting me still. They never did
and never will give me justice. But
the people, the whole people, the work
ingrnen and the business men, men who
love a square deal, vindicated me III the
canpaign and will continue to do Sc.
This administration does not want a
halo or pair of wings, it wants and is
going to protect life and property, en-
force every law, treat all like and see
that every citizen, be he poor man or
millionaire, gets his just dues.