The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-03
POLICE COURT News.

Roy Rose, teamster in the employ Of
the G. c. Booher Moving Co.. was fined
IS in police court this morning for not
having license to drive his van. The
arrest was made by License Collector
Mattingly. Mr.. Booher. the employer.
mas appealed the case to the district
court. on information, he says. He
wants to know whether or not the own
er OF the teams or the drivers should
nave to pay the license. In the kind
ness OF his heart. he believes that 1t
would have been the duty of Mattingly
er declares that he will place the mat
ter into the hands of twelve jurymen
at the next term Of the district court.
H. s. Searle, q local Insurance agent,
was arrested Monday for exceeding the
speed limit and was fined s. in court
this morning.
Godfrey lbel, alias Avery. was ar
rested Monday by Police Officer Cook
ana Is charged with disorderly conduct
Steve Galialt is a Pole. Special Of
ficer Cowdrey Of the Santa Fe has
placed the Pole under arrest ON the
charge or trespassing on railroad prop
erty ana carrying dangerous weapons.
Simon Hawk has been arrested by
Police Officer Cook on the charge Of
petit larceny.
Adam Conrad and Jacob Shields were
arrested this morning on the charge OF
disorderly conduct.
Felix Burns. colored, was fined s. in
police court this morning for leaving
his horse united on Kansas avenue. It
Is q hard proposition for q man to drive
horse on Kansas avenue. If he wants
to go in store, and has no one with
him, where can he tie his steed. If the
man bitches the horse to the only kind
OF pole on the avenue, a white way
post, he Is straightway arrested. It
would be impossible to tie to the street
car posts in the center of the street,
although there Is no city ordinance
against it If the horse Is "a years old,
half blind. dOcile and gentle. and is left
united. an officer marches 1t to the city
prison. Then the poor old horse has to
stand in front of the station until his
master comes after him with a fine at
tached An automobile has no trouble
on Kansas avenue, but the old fash
toned horse il continually getting his
driver into trouble.
Police Judge George A. Huron is of
the opinion that one quart Of beer can
At any rate he 20 declared to Raw An
derson. arrested charged with drunk
enness, who declared that he had only
used a quart Of beer. In the opinion
OF the court, one quart of beer consti-
tuted drunkenness Evan mild and
polite stew can be obtained from
such intemperance, sayeth the judge,
and Anderson was fined SO. Through
his attorney. Herbert Jamison, he ap-
pealed to the district court. Huron
appears to construe the law to be that
1t il an offense to take a drink as well
as an onense to sell liquor or beer.
Police Omcer Ferguson fired several
shots at two negroes in the bottoms
Monday night, believing them to be
skunk" Wisdom and Sampson Porter.
He saw the two men playing cards at
the home Of Anna Wisdom, 124 North
Monroe street, and he went after them.
The two men ran and the officer fired
shot or two. 1t proved to be that
they were not the two men wanted.
Sampson is alleged to have nearly kill
ed killed Frank Bayless last winter
and Wisdom is also wanted by author
tiles. it is said. There is only one rea-
son that can be given by the ofiicers
as to why the two men ran away when
the officer approached. THE reason
Is, one policeman defined. that
nearly every resident of the bottoms
Is wanted for some small offense. They
all believe that the officers are after
them for something
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