The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
KNIGHTS LOSE OUT
Their Clothing Stolen While
They Were Giving Show.
Auditorium Dressing Rooms
Entered by Burglars.
CARRIED AWAY TROUSERS
One Man Loses Entire Suit of
Clothes.
Enough Were Left to Give Pa
rade Today.
CARRIED AWAY TROUSERS

er articles of clothing were stolen out
of the dressing room on the south
side of the auditorium "Wednesday
night, which belonged to the karnl-
val Knights. The articles were left
in the basement dressing room by the
members of the cast and the burglary
| evenings entertainment closed. A
number of letters, a memorandum
| book and a number of other articles
of this character have been found.
| The members of the minstrel troupe
| of the Karnival Knights removed their
street clothing and donned their stage
costumes. Their street clothing was
| left on chairs, hanging on nails and
| in other places in the dressing room
| in the basement and on the south SIDE
| of the building. J. E Wilson, one of
| the stage managers was in charge of
| the dressing room, but the artlcIeS
/ were taken when he was called out of
| the room to attend to some of his du-
| ties on the stage.
| The following is a list of the miss
| ing articles and the persons who own
| ed them:
| w. B. Haywood, AIS Harrison street,
| vest.
r. E. McGiffert, 1924 Topeka ave-
nue.. a coat.
Dana Parkhurst. coat and trousers.
| F. L. Robbins 1919 Van Buren,
street, pair trousers and pocket knife.
| Tom Powell, 1924 Taylor street, suit
of clothes, an overcoat, fifty cents in
money, pocket book, a pair of
| gloves and a silk handkerchief.
| Frank Selke, 424 Van Buren, street,
| pair of trousers.
Ray Locke, Topeka State Journal
suit of clothes and s. in money.
z. B. GustafsOn, suit of clothes, a
watch. and a Masonic fob.
The auditorium was in charge of
! Geo. w. Smith, janitor of the build
| ing and Chas. Overmyer, who is en-
| MI in Ohio -5aN
| by instruction from Commissioner E.
B. Stotts.
Overmyer and Smith took every
| precaution to protect the belongings
| of the members of the Karnival crew,
| but their duties required that they be
on duty in all parts of the building and
| could not spend their time in the
| dressing rooms. The burglary is sup
| gang of petty thieves which infest the
city and which has been giving the
| police considerable trouble for several
| months.
Mr.. Overmyer inspected the build
ing and especially the dressing rooms
| Thursday afternoon and again while
| the members of the cast were in the
| dressing rooms. He paid particular
| attention to see that the windows were
| fastened and cautioned the members
| of the cast to keep someone on guard
| to watch thir property as burglaries
| of this kind have occurred in the past.
| D. w 1lSOn INFORMED MT ONeTIySI
at that time that he was giving the
property considerable attention and
| that he would watch them and pre-
vent anything of the kind. Mr.. Wilson
was called out of the dressing room
to attend to stage duties and the arti-
| c1es were stolen while he was gone.
| Gave Good Show.
| The KarnivaI knights in parade at
the noon hour today presented a gay
| appearance bedecked in full minstrel
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hats and appropriate coats. The Santa
| Fe Apprentice band played lively
music. The costumes arrived this morn
ing.
| The show Thursday night in the Aud
itorium came up to advance notices
| Standing out as the strong feature
of the entertainment was the chorus
| work. There were also certain speci-
| alties that were particularly clever.
| Bob Tasker and Billy F'alkiner as
Mutt and Jeff in the grand finale were
| quite the sensation of the evening
Little Jeff with a long cigar protrud
ing from his mouth, and tilted at the
proper angle, looked up pathetically al
| Mutt and pleaded: BE reasonable
| Mutt be reasonable Mutt
Jim Doncyson, as one of the old
time black face exponders of wisdom
| and with huge book and great Cog
gles brought down the house as he
| made his stump speech entitled, 1.-The
| Chronoligal Amalagamation of the
| Bosphorus." The only criticism is that
the grafton was too long. That diff
| Guilty will be remedied tonight, how
ever.
George Godfrey Moore, 7. S. Morri-
son, Chester Grover, T. G. Kirkpat-
| rick, Sam Zimmerman, Tom Powell,
| H. ]. Brockman, j. E. Wilson, ''Pansy
| Flowers and Frank Sturges were
| among those who made good, but who
are not among those who have ap-
peared in minstrel roles OH previous
| occasions in Topeka.
| 1t would be impossible to mention all
OF the attractions that pleased The
| Haywood and Ernest Gastafson was
right up to snuff.
Among. the musical numbers rendered
in exceleln style were: I'm Going
Away While Going Is Good" by ]. B.
Doncyson and chorus; when I Was
T9w Hecty by Tom Pogell BaboSn
| Dana Parkhurst; Let Me Live and Die
in Dixie Land Irving snattinger;
Brockman; "Pansy Flowers J. E. Will
| son; Fishing T. S. Morrison: K. K.
Grand Opera sextette from Lucia :"
| body's Doing It., Lyle Anderson. AS in
terlocuter, Charles Mitchell carried out
his part TO perfection.
Credit should be given the Karnival
Knights organization for having produced
a. real stage effect in the auditorium-the
first time in the history of the hall. The
scenery and curtain deserve special men
ton. They were out of the ordinary. The
| attendance at the show was nearly 800.
| Tonight the glide for life by a myster-
ious Topeka inventor, which was not
made last night through the non-arrival
OF the equipment, will be given. The
Jokes will all be new tonight, and several
of the songs will be changed.
'I'd like to get Pippa Passes" she
said. approaching a clerk in one of the
| leading book stores. ct don't believe we've