The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-01
COST OF A KISS.
Judge Urmy Lays Down New
Rule.
Fines Maloney Who Kissed Mar
ried Woman $25.
HOLDS IT'S ASSAULT.
Might Have Been Different il
Woman We're Single.
Albert Hatfield, Husband, SwOre
to the Warrant.

To kiss, to fondle, to hug, or, in the
woman's expression, to "love" wom-
an constitutes an assault, according to
the ruling of Police Judge Urmy this
morning. William Maloney. a team
ster residing at SIC Jefferson street,
was fined s25 for having thus assault
ed Mrs. Emma Hatfield of 521 Jeffer-
son street.
When questioned after the case as
to whether or not the offense would
be as serious if committed against a
single woman Judge ,Urmy would not
declare himself
first he said. 1T might and might
not. And I would want to hear her
tell of the assault before fixing price
to be paid to the city for kissing UNI
married women
Mrs. Hatfield is the pretty young
wife of Albert Hatfield, a laborer en-
ployed by the Wolff Packing company.
The. alleged Flowing" occurred Satur-
day morning and yesterday Hatfield
Swore to a complaint charging assault
Mrs. Hatfield says she went to the
Maloney home Saturday to get a loaf
of bread. She says that when Ma
loney opened the door and saw her, he
seized her by the arm, pulled her into
the house an3 proceeded to kiss her,
hug her and show affection for her in
other ways. When she released her
self she returned to her home and
later told her husband what had oc-
Cured.
She also SAYS that two weeks ago
Ma1oney stopped at her house when
she had jus. finished baking some
pies and had eaten part of one OF
them. Her husband was not at home,
she says, and after eating the pie Ma
| Rugged her. He is also alleged to
have told Mrs. Hatfield that she was
the Sweetest little woman in the
block" Maloney denies having told
also. another occasion on which he
took her to his bosom more or less
against her will and she told the entire
story to her husband Saturday.
In asking for the. warrant Hatfield
said his wife was Teak, having only
recently returned from the hospital,
and that she was unable to repulse
Ma1oney when he insisted on flowing
| her. He. Hatfield, thought it was time
| the long continued assault On his wife's
| affections was stopped
| In police court this morning Maloney
did not deny having performed the part
| with which he was charged, but said ne
was only ''joshing' with the woman
He said he had kissed her and Rugged
her but that he didn't mean any
thing" Judge Urmy told him that the
kissing and hugging, or even the Josh
ing" constituted an assault and fined
| him $25.
Arthur Mcfarland, detective from
the Cleveland police force, left last
night with Alexander McMichael, the
/ alleged swindler, who is to be tried on
the charge of forgery in the Cleveland
| courts.
Joe Dwiggins, arrested Sunday night
for disturbing a religious meeting al
! the City Mission, 80 Kansas avenue
/ declared in police court yesterday after
noon that If his witness had only ap-
/ peared he would have proved his in
nocence. AS it was he did not testify
| for himself and was fined $40 and costs
| on the testimony of half dozen wit
nesses who declared he was drunk
when arrested, and that he had dis
turbed the meeting Sunday night.
| "Jim'' Johnson pleaded guilty to be-
| ing drunk in police court this morning
and asked the police to find $40 which
he claims was taken from him while
he was spreading pink paint over the
city. Lena Biggers is trying to pur-
| suade the police that she did not get the
money, but at noon had not succeeded.