The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-13
POLICE JOTTINGS.
Fred Verify Confesscs to KIingaman
Drug store Robbery.


Fred Verify, one of the men who were
arrested by the police on the charge OF
robbing the cash drawer in the A. e.
Klingaman drug store on East Sixth ave
nueS has confessed. w. Maurer, who was
arrested in connection with the same df-
fair. has been released
Verify admitted to the police Monday
night that he robbed the store and eX-
onerated Maurer who was given his re-
lease. Verify does not explain how he
gained entrance to the store but it is
in the building before DR.. s. NJ. Shaeffe-
locked the doors at 10 o'clock Sunday
night. Verify claims that he was drunk
when he took the money out of the love-
part of the cash register.
Jake Reedy was arrested on a warrant
this morning which charges him with
committing an assault upon one Roy VIII
son. brother of A. P. Tone Wilson, j..
which the junior Mr. Wilson was given a
severe beating. He appeared before Judge
n. B. Arnold in police court Monday
afternoon and swore to complaint whiC h
resulted in the arrest of Reedy. The lat
ter is due to appear in police court this
afternoon to answer to the charge.
William Briggs was pronounced guilty
of maintaining liquor nuisance by
Judge N B. Arnold in police court Mon
day afternoon. He was sentenced to serve
thirty days in the city jail and to pay q
fine of 800. Briggs place at 234 Quincy
street was visited by the police Saturd AZ
number of empties were found. Sergeant
Lon Sauls led the raid and was accom-
panied by Detectives Frank Summers Otto
Anderson and others. Briggs will appeal
the case to the district court
Harry jackson and Andy Erricson were
arrested by Carl Lawson. a Santa Fe spe-
cial agent, Monday afternoon on TIE
charge of breaking the seals and robbin%i
five box cars Sunday night which were
standing on the tracks at the freight
house on Fourth and Adams street,.
Ericsson was released on this charge dur
ing the afternoon but is being held on an
other charge.
Bert Harris was arrested several hours
later on the same charge and Ferb Nc
Kee was arrested by Officers Sauls. Lind
say and Otto Anderson this morning.
1t is charged that the men broke open
the cars in the Santa Fe yards and stole
81 bottles of beer and twenty-four bottles
of this amount has been recovered. Carl
Lawson discovered the hiding place of the
beer and lay in wait for some one TO
come after it. He was rewarded with
success and grabbed Jackson and Eric
son. Erricson CLAIMED to have gone TO
the place with Jackson to buy some of the
wet goods. Jackson told him that he wss
and had planted the beer III
the railroad yards to prevent the poll e
from finding it
with the arrests of these men. jackson
has been identified as the man who at
tempted to sell case of eggs at the
Dibble grocery store in North Topeka
morning The Dibble people were
suspicious and called officer but Jack
son ran away before the officer re-
It has been discovered that two cases
of eggs were stolen out of the Union Pa
cific freight house Jackson agreed to
plead guilty to the charge of robbing the
Santa Fe cars If the Union Pacific charge
would be dropped but he has changed IS
mind and refuses to admit anything