The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-16
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trains and in shops were being COM
piled with. During that week o'Neal
way society. He borrowed z clean
shirt and q razor from an inspector OF
freight cars in North Topeka He
whiled away the afternoon, In the
glory Of the clean shirt and the fresh
shave. telling yarns to q prominent
Union Pacific attorney, exchanging
thrilling "reminiscences OF the Boer
war and Boxer rebellion for the prtvt-
lege of smoking good cigars and rest
ing his feet on the expensive furni-
ture Of a New England building office.
CAught Archie Baird.
He earned q kindly look from tho girl
who pounds the keys in the Union Pa
c1dc telegraph office for his complt-
ments upon the excellent Office man
agement apparent there. and he
the cheeks Of Assistant Superintend-
ent Archie Baird when. after a half
day spent in touring the Santa Fe
shops. he paid tribute to the high
standard Of efficiency and general evil
dences Of good management to be OBJ
served on every hand in that estab-
lishment. Under the guidance Of w. B.
Collfnson. chief clerk to the general
manager Of Topeka's own Santa Fee.
Mr.. O'Nea1 inspected every department
OF the general offices and lavished COM
pliments wherever. he found an ear
time. according to the reports of De-
tective Gaines. Inspector" O'Neal
failed to return either the shirt or the
razor, to say nothing Of five dollar
bill or two. A certain inattention to
detail caused him to postpone the pay
ment Of a board bill at a North Topeka
eating house to which he was intro
duced by some of his new found friends.
I'VE. have traced O'Nears path
back to Lawrence, where he So
journed for a time.'' said Fred Rob-
ertson, United States district attor-
ney, who filed the complaint under
which the inspector was transmitted
charge this afternoon. 'It has been
shown that he spent some little time
there before coming to Topeka and
that his plan Of operations was much
the same, being circumscribed only
by the fact that the class of railroad
ranked less important than they do
here. In Lawrence he made friends
on every side and borrowed sums Of
money and obtained credit for his
meals with ease upon his representa-
tions Of federal employment. He did
took whatever he could get through
kind words.
For . Limo Of Credit.
Apparently he reached Topeka
with the idea establishing a line
of credit that would be worth work
ing. He began in a modest way On
the North Side but he quickly trans
ferred his endeavors to the offices on
the south side OF the river. He scat
tered sunshine and pleasant conversa-
ton everywhere he went, making IN
appearance which left no room COR
questioning his own assurance Of his
official capacity. With a commend
able industry he cultivated the &C.
Quaiutance Of the most prominent
railroad men in town and they
showed him all the courtesies that
the importance Of his official repre-
sensations could have demanded. It
was the irregularity Of his minor OPP
erations in North Topeka that got
him into trouble
O'Neal admitted, says Detective
Gaines. that his representations were
fabricated, but pointed out that his
operations were of harmless sort
and that he could not possibly get
over thirty days" AS a matter Of
fact the penalty for the impersonation
of a federal officer may be as much as
or both, according to the judgment of
the court. This Is the third case to
come to the attention OF the federal
authorities in a month. Two man
were arrested 4. Olathe three weeks
ago after attempting to obtain money
on representation OF being govern
ment agents. . -. rs