The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-14

was made a trusty and assigned to
duties in this line. He didn't stay
long-just long enough to evade the
officers at the police station. He ran
away and returned to the house which
he and the young woman had been
sharing as home. He found Miss Will
liams sharing it alone. Miss Will
liams could not be located this morn
ing but if the information which was
reported to the police is correct he re-
venged himself. 1t was reported that
he beat her with his fist, kicked her,
blackened both her eyes and then told
was destined for parts unknown. The
police are looking for him.
OrvaI Williams is a friend of Dick
Johnson. the restaurant man who has
a contract for feeding the prisoners in
the city Jail at IL cents per. In the
absence of prisoners at the city prison,
Orva1 got drunk Thursday. Knowing
that he, as an employee of DICK john
sons. had not been required to carry
food to the city prison on account of
the absence of prisoners in that inS:1-
tuition, called at the police station ana
demanded that he be locked up. In
making the demands, he asserted that
it was not that he cared so much about
being in Jail but that he was tired OF
carrying food to the city Jail when
Dick Johnson was reaping the reward
and that he wanted to be locked up
carry meals to him for while he
was accommodated and Judge Arnold
hung a fine of IS on him in police
court this morning.
w. I. Jamison, the negro attorney
who is a familiar character in police
court has a lot of trouble. He APP
peared in court to represent Ida ana
Robert Bryant. Ida had been arrested
on the charge of disturbing the peace
rs 1o,- 1fr~I,1 nv the
ozone with vile epithets. He also repre-
scented Bob Bryant the alleged hubby
of Ida who had been arrested on the
charge of being drunk and disorderiy
and on a second count-that of petty
larceny. The trouble with the Bryants
was called to the attention of the police
about two weeks ago. Bob and Ida
had been living in perfect bliss at 125
North Monroe street until quarrel re-
suited in their seeking separate homes.
Ida bought some furniture, dishes and
other necessary household fixtures and
moved to a house in the same block
on Madison street. This made Robert
sore. He went to her home, broke up
her furniture, dishes and other Mixtures
In fact, he was so successful that the
inner works of the place resembled the
results of a full grown Kansas cyclone.
The police heard of the affair. They
located a sack filed with bottled beer
in the coal shed in the rear end of the
lot They conf1scated this and took 1t
to the police station after going by
the way of 125 North Monroe street
where they arrested Robert. Ida re-
turned home and found that her beer
had been taken. The loss of the beer
and the damage to her home caused
her to become peeved. She went to the
door of her next door neighbOrs and
filed the air with shouts. She called
the neighbor all kinds of names be-
cause she thought the neighbor had
tipped off the location of her fountain.
Robert was booked on the charge of
being drunk and disorder1y. He was
released on bond and then went to her
home, took some of her clothes and
was in the act of putting them up"
ir pawn shop when he was arrested
on a warrant which charged him with
petty larceny.
Ida appeared for trial Thursday and
was fined SIS on the charge of disturb
ing the peace. Robert did not appear
for trial and his attorney, Mr.. Jamison