The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23
JOTTINCS
Two PatterSOns. One Too Many
for JaiIer Hopkins.
E.. A. Wells Gets Black Eye
From Sunday SpOOners.

That another accident like the one
which resulted in the injury of Irvins
Castle on Eighth and Kansas avenue
| last Saturday, be averted, traffic po-
| Iicemen will be put in service on Kan
sas avenue at Sixth and Eighth streets
| and Kansas avenue Two arrests have
been made already for cutting cor
ners.'' The arrests were made Mon
| day afternoon and Chief of Police Nor
ris Jenkins announces that Joy riding
must stop.
| This pertains to horse drawn vehicles
as we'll as to automobiles and motor
| cyclists.
Charles Cowdry was arrested by Of
hcer Wonderly while driving an auto
mobile He pleaded guilty and was
fined So by Judge N. B. Arnold in po-
lice court this morning. v. d. Link,
who delivers oil to the Edison power
plant, was arrested while driving his
team. Both of these men cut corners
according to the officer. Link will APP
pear in court at $3.50 this afternoon to
answer to the charge.
o. ]. Rumsey was arrested Monday
afternoon and is charged with driving
an automobile recklessly and with vio-
lating the speed limits. 1t is alleged
that he drove through crowd
on Eighth street near Kansas avenue
at a wreckless speed. He will appear
in court to answer to the charge this
afternoon.
! E. A. Wells, deputy sheriff in Oakland
| is suffering with a black and injured
eye which was received in fight with
a man who gave his name as John
williams, last Sunday. Williams and
a young woman, with another couple,
walked across Wells farm which is
north of the Oakland Wooden mill.
They went toward the river and return
ed the same way. Upon their return
Wells reprimanded them for trespass-
ing on his property. They passed a
sign board which said: mo trespass-
ing" Mr.. Wells asked theinl if they
could read the sign and they said mo"
They asked him to read it for them and
when he started to do so, Williams hit
him in the eye. Wells arrested VIII
liams and started for the Office of Ben
Williams. the Justice of the peace.
when John Williams hit him again
After reaching the office of the JUS
tice of the peace, Justice Williams re-
fused to hold the man without COM
plant and released him. Wells went
to the office of E. r. Simon, the county
attorney, this morning to file a COM
attorney, this morning to file a COM
sons.
Patterson was arrested and Patter-
son wasn't. Patterson had a watch
and Patterson didn't J. L. Patter-
son was arrested Sunday night on the
charge of being drunk, and after get
ting sober was released. He left his
watch as security for his appearance
in court Another J. L. Patterson was
drunk and thought he was arrested,
but wasn't. He had been ordered off
the street by an officer, but after
SOLDERING up thought he had been ar
rested and went to the police station.
Jailer Al Hopkins, thinking it was the
man who had been arrested, turned
the watch over to the second Patter-
son after the latter had put up SIS as
bond. After he left the station,
Patterson No. 1 arrived and offered
So as the amount necessary to redeem
his watch. It was not until this time
that the mistake and the presence
of two J. L. Pattersons was discov-
cred. Mr.. Patterson No. 2 was finally
located and relieved of the watch and
it was returned to its owner.
The grocery store of J. E. Meade
& Co., at Oil Douthitt, was robbed
Monday night of cigars, tobacco,
candy and chewing gum to the
amount of about $40. The burglars
broke a window in the rear part of
the store which enabled them to I'M |
lock the window. They raised it and
climbed in. They opened the money
drawer. but Mr.. Meade had taken the |
contents home with him. The list of
stolen articles consisted of five or six
boxes of cigars, several pounds of
smoking tobacco, some candy and
chewing gum. 1t is believed to have |
been committed by boys who live in |
the neigh borhood.