The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-05
LOCAL SLAv WAR
Little Russia in Topeka All
Torn Up by Discussions.
Trouble Rivals That of Mon
tagues and Capulets.
YOUNG ROMEO is SHOT At
Instead of Taking Poison as in
the "1O-2O-3Ov Play.
He Carries His Troubles Over
to City Court.

Little Enthusiastically the most
peaceful of Topeka's foreign districts
is being torn by revolution, feuds
and internal troubles. Famous feuds
of the south as press ACCENTED by in
duStrlOuS nOveliStS, and strife of the
mother country of the settlement
Little Russia on the Kaw in North To-
peka is taking elements of each and
weaving them together. according to
county officials and members of the
Topeka police force.
The feuds are usually ended in
court and generally are the outgrowth
of trouble among the young people of
the settlement The latest trouble
with which the little village, with its
neat little houses and flower bedded
lawns, is witnessing was aired in the
court of Topeka before Judge Hugh
Fisher today and is between the house
of Schaab and the houses of Lam
brecht and Kloster with the younger
members of the families playing the
leading roles
Began Three Months Ago.
Trouble among the youth of the
families began about three months
ago, according to evidence in the court
of Topeka this morning, when Kath-
crime Dome, one of the prettieSt girls
of the village, turned Joe Schaab down
cold. Joe was infatuated with the
young woman, members of the set
Element say But the Smiles of Kath-
crime were not for Joe but for Peter
Lambert Constantine Kloster, a
friend of Lambrecht, and Adam Dome,
brother of the girl, ranged themselves
him. John Ripper, John Weiman and
Jacob Kahn rallied to the colorS of
their friend Joe.
A little more than two weeks ago
matters came to a crisis Lambrecht,
klOSter and Dome were returning
from a musical when someone began
to shoot. Several shots startled the
little village. The trio, claiming to
believe that the shots were for them,
appeared the next day in the county
attorneys office and told their trou-
bles to Rad Lee, deputy county at
torney.
Complaint Sworn Out.
The consultation ended with a COM
plant being sworn out for Wieman,
Schaab and Kahn, charging the de-
PENDANTS with threatening to do Klos-
ter, Dome and Lambrecht great bodily
harm, with Kloster as complaining
witness. The complaint was made by
the Lambrecht followers to invoke the
law to make Schaab and his followers
cease their alleged operations.
The case came to trial this morning.
tie Russia on the Xaw were present
and each had a story to tell on the
witness stand. A. j. Bolinger defend
ed the Schaah forces while Rad Lee
and J. NJ. Weisner represented the
prosecution. At noon today the case
was adjourned until o'clock this aft
ernOOn.
German and Russ. Mix.
Another German-Russian embroglio
came to light this morning in police
court before Judge r. n. Yates when
George Schmidt, booked as a Russian,
was arraigned before Judge Yates on
a charge of imbibing too much beer
and resisting an officer. Schmidt was
arrested Thursday evening.
Trouble in his case started Wednes-
day evening. Little Russia was cele-
brating a wedding. Schmidt, it seems,
was master of the key ceremonies.
Two members of the party decided
Schmidt should not be running things
so much to suit himself and started
something. Officer Jess Hill was
called into the neighborhood and ac-
cording to his story attempted to ar
rest Schmidt. Schmidt'S followers
rallied and Hill retreated for re-en-
forcements, with a bitten thumb and
a bruised body. Later he was thanked
by Detective Golf and Police Drivers
Porter and Richardson and made an
other invasion of the village. This
time Schmidt was arrested.
They Rushed the Keg.
In police court this morning
Schmidt pleaded not guilty to the
charges and told his side of the story
The party was just lining up to APP