The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-18
POLICE COURT NEWS.

BY means Of = NV. Ed Mcdonald
and yellow BiIf' King escaped from
the city Jail last night. where they
were serving long terms for selling
HQuor.
Mcdonald and Kirx were placed in
tho basement cell at the prison last
week on order Of DR.. J. c. Mc0fll,
city physician. King was taken Ill in
the bull pen and the doctor advised
that he be placed below, away from
the other prisoners. Mcdonald was
delegated to be with King to attend
to him.
Last night, when the trusty served
the two men their suppers. they were
in an unusually happy mood. They
laughed and joked with him. That
was the last seen of them. This MORN
ing It was discovered that the cell was
empty and that two bars had been.
sawed or window. Mcdonald and
King had evidently received a steel
saw from someone and had been work
ing for several days. They climbed
out of the window, into the rock pile
yard and over the high wooden fence.
cell dedicated to Police George A.
Huron, who had sentenced the two
men. They remarked that they would
return to Topeka when. the elephants
roost in the trees
r Ed Mcdonald is a colored .bot-
toms" character and police officials
will not worry much il he departs
from Topeka never to return. He has
been constantly arrested and recently
received fine of $1,000 and a sem
tence of 800 days in Jail for bootleg
ging. yellow Bilr' King, another po-
lice court visitor, also received
heavy fine for the same offense.
Walter Woodward has been fined 81
in police court for smoking a cigar
cite. The arrest was made by Police
Officer Richards. So far today, neither
Richards nor Special Of7cer Reed
have arrested any minors for smok-
walk.
E. J. Mann has been arrested by
Detective Gon on the charge of as
sault
Frank Keith and H. s. Cunningham
were fined $40 apiece in police court
this morning for being drunk. They
were arrested last night by Officers
Gregg and Harmon.
A lady came into the police sta
ton this morning and asked If Town
Marshal Ross was in his office. She
appeared surprised to find that Mr..
Roes' title was chief of police instead
of town marshal
C. W. Bell was arrested Tuesday
by Police Onicers Maquire and Bryant
and fined 50 by Judge Huron for
smoking. r. A. Drake and Dewey
Gregg. one arrested by Richards. the
other by Reed, were also nRed IS on
the same charge.
Charles Carter was arrested last
night by Police Ohcer woodward and
is charged with carrying concealed
weapons and disturbing the peace. He
will be tried before Judge Huron
March FL.
George Frost. marshal Of the court
OF Topeka, arrested A. Patterson last
night for being drunk and he was
fined SO when turned over to the
police judge.
Gertie Brown. colored, was fined $25
in police court Tuesday afternoon for
being drunk and disorderly. II she
spend the remainder OF the month in
the city jail as the guest Of the po-
lice matron.
Jube Jordon, formerly we'll known
in the city Jail, has not appeared
is a coIored man and recently married
Alice Davidson In Kansas City. Per
haps," said one veteran patrolman this
morning, perhaps there's a reason. -
There have not been any more dem
tai robberies reported to the police
for some time. Last month there was
al, epidemic of gold teeth thieves and
ten or twelve dentist offices were en-
tered.
No one has yet been appointed to
fill the vacancy made by the reeigna-
ton of Frank Summers from the po-
lice force this week. Summers and
Omcer Anderson were suspended by
Mayor Cofran upon investigation of
charges of neglect of duty. Anderson
was placed on duty again last week
and Monday Summers resigned.
-
The old and revered belief that all
policemen are Irish has evidently
passed out Of use. Tuesday, ST. Pat
rick's day. there was little cause for
the belief. as broad shouldered Swedes
and co1ored men patrOled the beats as
usual Harmon, Mcguire and three Or
four others are said to be of Irish
descent.
State May Act. Too.
That the state will add to Badders'
present troubles is the impression of