The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-20
chief Kinney Files Wholesale INFORM
atoms Against eootIegsers and
Others This
Morning.
WILL LEAVE THE CITY
Woman Charged With Keeping House
Of Prostitution Agrees to
Leave the City for
Good.


The superior court room presented
a busy scene this morning. There
was plenty Of evidence OF the clean
ing up process that has been going on
since the new administration tooK OIL
Ace. Charges OF bootleggfng. gamo-
ling, and prostitution, on which
large number were arraigned, showed
that the police intend to leave no
air hole. in the I'D that has been
clamped on the city Several an
davits of search warrants In cases
where the police had reason to pc
lteve Intoxicating liquors were being
so,d ware also filed in the superior
court.
Two state informations were nled
against Lydia burlington. ono cnars-
ing her with maintaining nuisance
by maintaining a place at "a Soutn
Second street for the purpose OF pros
tttution, and the other charging her
with maintaining nuisance at the
same place in which Intoxicating
liquors were unlawfu.ly kept for use
and for sale. Nellie schier. WON
an who stayed at the burlington wom-
ans place, was charged in city In
formation with having no moral or
lawful means of support
Aorees to Leave Town.
The burlington woman waived ar
Iraignment and the court agreed TO
suspend her case in the event tnat
she leave the city by 900 p. m. Thurs
day. which will allow her time to
dispose OF her property. The Schter
woman pleaded guilty to the charge OF
vsxrancr and was fined 500, pay
ment of which was suspended in the
event that she leave the city at once
A state information was filed
against Owen Real charging him with
maintaining a nuisance by conducting
a place at 1927 South Fifth stIsst. u IL
lawfully Fept for use and sale Real
waived preliminary examination and
was bound over to the g-and Jury with
bond set at 1900 Real said later
tina. he would not have gotten into
trouble II it had not been for his
friends.
Charged With eootIessIns.
! William Burke was charged IN
state information with unlawfully
selling intoxicating liquors. to-wit:
Whiskey. Burke is said to have been
selling whiskey on South Fifth street.
He entered plea OF not guilty to
the charge and was placed under 500
bond to await trial.
A state information fled against
Luther Hardin and Shake Taylor,
both colored, charged them with keep
ing a gambling house at place at
905 Main street. Hardin and Taylor
both entered pleas OF not guilty
waived preliminary examination, and
were bound over to the grand jury
with bond set at 5000. Both gave
bond.
Stole IL Pairs Of shoes.
A state Information filed against
James Clarke charged him with the
theft of twelve pairs OF shoes, valued
at $3.50, which were the property OF
IHuiskamp Brothers aid we're in the
possession of the c. r. !. and P. rail
road company. A plea OF not guilty
was entered for Clarke and his bono
set at $3.50. Clarke Is rather small
elderly man, appearing to be near the
seventy mark. His preliminary ex
animation will probably be gfver
some time this week.
Lizzie Boles, a colored woman
Enlarged with being drunk and actins
in a disorderly manner. pleaded no
guilty to the charge and was placed
under bond OF 500. c. d. Farnes
worth was sentenced to thirty day
in the city jail on an information flet
L. against him by his wife. charging hin
with disturbing the peace, acting II
! disorderly manner, and assaultini
: her.
Nathan Mitchell denies that any o
the fighting which took place between
Fulton and Johnson occurrd in hi
place OF business as was reported II
B., The Gate City. The Gate City had t.
rely solely upon the reports Of tn
( belliserents as the police officers sen
I to Investigate had not made their re
ports IN time TO be used yesterda,
morning Fulton told the police tina
l. the fight was continued at Mitchell
Mr.. Mitchell makes the following
/, statement, giving his side of the ma,
, ter. and how he came to be mixed u
in the trouble:
Didn't any fight happen In m
: place. l was in bed, my wife and
= when young Johnson came to my doc
It and called me to let him in, tina
8 Richard Fulton was trying to cut hin
n and l got up like man would hav
1t done, without anything on and ran {
g the door to see what was the matte,
IWhen l got there, there stood Richar