The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-19
ANA CLEANS OUT
Opeka's Underworld Nearly
DepOpulated Today.
inc Men and Women Are Sem
fenced to Prison.
lnM MIIpnEREP Tn THIEF
ROM MURDERER TO THIEF
very Degree of Crime Includ-
ed in Offenses.
early All of the Offenders To-
day Are Negroes.

Toneka's so-called underworld was
ard hit today by Judge Dana in the
arst division of the Shawnee county
Estriet court. One murderess. two
hurderers one statutory offender, TWO
hen convicted of assault with intent
3 kilr a burglar, a highwayman one
white SLAYER" all self confessed or
Onvicted by iuries, were sentencd TO
rison. Besides these one self con
essed forger was sentenced TO the
fenitentiary and paroled
] The cases were convictions during
ne fiye weeks of criminal trials dur
ng the January term. They were
Prosecuted by w. +. Atchison, Robert
D. Carver and Radcliffe Lee, of the
county attorneys office
Arthur Davenport, a "a year otu
White man, formerly an attendant at
he Topeka state hospital was sentenc-
ID to the reformatory. He was con-
fcted of a statutory crime against
~'helma Grant. 3 year old negro
sirl. A motion for new trial IN
his case was overruled.
Have you anything to say?' Judge
Dana addressed the defendant. Da-
fenport shook his head and fumbled
with his hat as the judge passed SEN
Fence,
Negress Shot White Husband.
Emma Baumgardner, convicted of
Granddaughter in the fourth degree was
Sentenced to the penitentiary. the
Baumgardner woman is colored. she
Shot her husband "a white man. AT
she trial she pleaded self defense.
Philip Brown, a negro boy, son or
Fannie Brown, who was today SEN
-enced to the penitentiary as white
SLAYER was sentenced to ten years
Sn the reformatory at Hutchinson
Young Brown shot and killed Ira
Gay, another negro. He was convicted
iof murder in the second degree by a
hurry. His defense at the trial was that
She shot Gay to keep him from killing
il1is mother with a butcher knife.
{ Chester Hill, a negro, was sentenced
to the reformatory- He was convicted
ION a charge of assault on Sadie Brown
with intent to kill.
Quarrel Over Suspenders.
! Jim (CannonbalD Williamson, con-
fvicted of murder in the second de-
sgree. was sentenced to the Lansing
spenitentiary for ten years. Williamson
WAS tried on a charge of shooting Jim
White, another negro. The quarrel
was over pair of gaudy suspenders-
Juan Hernandez, convicted of as
.sault with intent to CONT man.
slaughter, was sentenced to the penl-
Tertiary Hernandez is "A Mexican. He
shot and seriously wounded w. e.
! Cowdrey, a Rock Island special agent
during the latter part of last year:
Ed Delaney, convicted of burglary
and larceny in the night time. was SEN
fenced to the penitentiary following a
plea for clemency made to the judge
Delaney is known by the police as a
Z floater. He burglarized the restaurant
7 at 5O4 Kansas avenue.
Fannie Brown, a negress, was sen
fenced to the penitentiary following
conviction of keeping a disorderly
( house She was convicted under the
( Kansas white slave act.
r. r. Ginder, who pleaded guilty to
Z forgery with the Warren NJ. Crosby
I Dry Goods company as the intended
victim. was paroled. He has a sen
tence hanging over him. Fred Ellis
convicted of robbery was sentenced
the penitentiary. Ellis is a negro.