The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-11
S12 Welfare Cases Handled in
Shawnee County in Year.
Ranged From Cruelty to Cats to
Abandoned Children.
CHILDREN ARE THE SUFFERERS
Rank Near Animals in Treat
ment, Report Shows.
Sick and Infirm Persons Are
Treated by the Society.

Eight hundred ar1 twelve welfare
cases, ranging from abandoned babies
and cruelty to children to cruelty to
animals and abandoned cats, were
handled in Topeka and Shawnee coun-
ty during the year ended June so by
the Foster Humane society, for which
Kilmaurs King is agent in this city,
.-ceording to a report filed today by
King with the state board Of admin
istra n In addition to this volume
of work the society, thru King and his
sister, Miss Kate King, who is also
city welfare worker, and his brother,
T. Maxwell King. in scores of in
stances assisted the city, county and
state in Investigations and other wei
fare work.
The King report was filed with the
board of administration owing to the
fact that the society is given state aid
the only society of its kind the state
recognized as doing work officially in
direct harmony with state, city ana
county efforts. or receiving state i'd.
Give Relief to Infirm.
A1tho cruelty to animals played
big part in tie years work of the
society the report shows that 211
: cases of cruelty and neglect of chill
dren were investigated with the result
that most of the instances where mis-
treatment was found the cruelty has
been discontinued or the guilty par
/ ties brought to justice In ninety-four
instances sick and inffrm persons were
given relief, including food, shelter
clothing and medical treatment. In
three cases of drowning the Kings
were called with their emergency hos
pital wagon and drags
In 1IS cases where horses and mules
were being worked in an unfit condt-
ton, the condition was relieved until
! the animals were fit to work Fifteen
horses and mules found abandoned
were humaneIy destroyed
The headquarters Of the society n
/ Topeka Is located at the King resi-
( dence, 1017 North Quincy. The COM
mendabIe work for the betterment of
/ the welfare of both men and children
and animals is carried on from there
| Report In Full.
/ The report, as filed with the board
/ Of control, follows:
II cases of cruelty and neglect of children
were brought before the judge Of the juve-
nile court and condition of the children has
+ been greatly improved The IL cases in
{ volved IL Children OF these colored, L
/ Mexican girl
i 1 abandoned baby was brought before the
| court and adopted into good family
/ l case in police court Of a man arrested
fined 500.
] 3 cases in police court for cruelty to
horses and mules, of them fined SIC to
$50, one discharged.
| L case in court of Topeka of a man
He was given months in the COUNTY jail.
/ 3 cases in the court of Topeka, one child
| beating, one attack on a girl, one wife
/ desertion-
/ 5 cases of insanity were brought in pro-
bate court and sent to state hospital.
/ 1 case in the district court of cruelty to
| animals applied from the police court. Tie
defendant was found guilty.
] I'll cases OF cruelty and neglect OF chill
| dren have been Investigated and in most IF
/ those the cruelty has been discon tfnued and
the general conditions Of * the CHILDREN hays
"a cases Of sick and fnfirm persons were
| helped with food and medicine. In many
cases doctors were called, II Of those color
| ed. 10 Mexican.
pitfalls by orders of the county physician.
| ) cases Of drowning We were called with
our drags and appliances.
| 8 cases of accident on the streets received
first aid and were attended to until the
/ July 14-17 Governor Capper children pic.
/ gency wagon and first aid appliances to
help care for the 1900 children. We were
| assisted by nurses from Christ's hospital.
/ lis horses and mules which were being
| worked while in an unfit condition by
suspended from work until they were in
working condition
Is horses and. mules were found aban-
doned and humarely destroyed
J 46 horses and mules which were over
loaded were relieved
Il drivers were stopped from beating.
kicking and otherwise cruelty treating
horses and mules.
/ - horses and mules were ordered to be
rough shod to protect them from danger
during frosty weather.
- horses and mules were found hitched
outside for unreasonable time in stormy
weather: many of them during the night.
We're put in shelter
Is owners of horses were ordered to
blanket their horses while standing in cold
weather
/ Il owners of horses were requested to
loosen the check reins on their horses 50
as TO allow them TO carry their heads and
necks in Il natural position
81 old horses and mules, decrepit and
unfit for work, were humanely destroyed.
valuable horses that met with bad &C.
cidents on the streets had to be numanely
destroyed.
Il g drivers we're discharged by owners OF
animals when reported their cruelty to
Il cases Of neglect of cows we're looked
after
dogs run over on the streets were at
tended to by a veterinary, and cared for
till their owners came and looked after
them
; cases of cruelty to dogs were looked
after.
II cases of cruelty and abandoned cats
were looked aAer.
20 cases Of cruelty to chickens by over
crowding and -ying their legs IN punches
on sidewalk were stopped.
10 barns where horses and cows were
kept in during winter were ordered TO be
Cleaned and made weather proof.
We we're called 70 the Santa Fe stock
yards to look after 40 head Of horses and
mules, 81 being sick We called our veteri-
nary TO them
our eterinary we inspected 43 head re-
ported in bad condition.
With the sheriff we went to Valencia