The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-30
STOLEN GOODS
NOT RETURNED
BY THE POLICE?
Another Police Expose Is
Brought Out Today.
Warren Nj. Crosby Robbery
Creates a New Mystery.
ROTTEN SAYS COL. HAMILTON
Attorney So Characterizes Ar.
rest of Unfortunate Man.
Daylight Burglary Faces De-
mOraliZed Force Today.

Mysterious disappearance of stolen
goods recovered by the police and
failure of the police to arrest two men
charged with stealing $50 from an
other man are exposes today in the
police scandal These reports come
from persons absolutely unbiased in
the big row underway in the police
department.
The report of the disappearance of
stolen goods comes from the Warren
NJ. Crosby company. Goods valued at
from $40 to $40 were taken from the
store several weeks ago. They were
recovered by the police and positively
identified as the stolen goods by
clerks in the store. Later. employees
called at police headquarters for the
goods. They were told. it is said, that
the goods and up-to-date the goods
have not been delivered to the store
from where they were stolen.
Colonel Hamilton in Charge.
Col. Clad Hamilton. a prominent
Topeka attorney, angered at the al
legged unfair treatment by the police
OF J. A. Stevens, a comrade during the
Spanish-American war, went into po-
lice court for the first time in twenty
years to defend his comrade and air
his opinion of the police department.
Testimony introduced charged that
while Stevens was asleep and under
the influence of liquor o. NJ. Elliott,
a real estate man, and a negro robbed
Stevens of $3.50. The police arrested
Stevens and charged him with having
| liquor in his possession Elliott and
the negro were never arrested by the
police department, 1t is charged.
"Rotten," He Says.
That strikes me as being the rot
tenest kind of generalship," said Colo
mel Hamilton in police court. THE
idea of arresting a man for being
drunk and letting two fellows go who
had robbed him of $3.50"
| Police Judge Hugh MacFarland re-
| leased Stevens. Stevens went before
( tho county attorney later and de-
manded a warrant for the arrest of
| the two men. The warrant was issued
Sergeant Resigns.
! In the city hall today there was con-
siderable excitement over the reported
4 resignation of Segt. William Schlicter
/ the police officer, who maintained
! such close silence following a visit to
| the mayors home the night after the
| first expose of the police department
| Schlicter will neither deny or confirm
the rumor- 1t is understood, however
| that Tuesday he contemplated turning
at the lack of drastic action on the
! part of the mayor.
Schlicter was placed on the detec-
tive force at first. 1t is said he saw
many things that didn't look right and
reported them to the chief of police
That official in two short weeks tool
| Schlicter from the detective force
| where men see things and placed hin
| in police headquarters as desk ser
geant.
Daylight Burglary.
Reports of burglaries are like hen'i
Just how many there have been /!
problematical. The report of one no
volunteered to the police department
was received today.
1t was a daylight burglary at th'
home of c. H. Matthews. 715 BVchan
an street While Mrs. Matthews anC
daughter were sewing in a rear bed
room Tuesday afternoon, burglars
walked boldly in the front door. wen
upstairs in a front bedroom and stolt
a. gold watch. Efforts were made t
open the drawers of the dresser which
were locked