The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-05
OF These, 80 Criminal AZ Law
and "a Equity Suits.
PETRO PIERRE FACES CHARGES
He Was Arrested on Charge OF
a Plot To Kill Wilson.
Ohio Battles in Liquor Mess
Draft Dodgers Are Up.

One hundred and sixteen cases are
on the trial docket of the April term
of the United states district court
which convenes in Topeka April IA.
of these, 80 are criminal cases, AZ
are law cases, "a are equity cases and
are naturalization cases. The docket
will be called at ten o'clock in the
morning and unless otherwise disposed
of all the cases will be assigned for
trial. Several cases will also be up
for hearing by grand jury, among
the most important being the case of
Petro Pierre, who was arrested in
Illinois a few months ago on the
charge of plotting to kill President
Wilson.
Otho Battles, a Topeka man who
was indicted at Leavenworth, October
IL, 1916, charged with selling liquor
to soldiers, plead guilty a year later
and will probably be sentenced at this
term of court Raymond L. Berney,
Grover c. Haggard and others, in
dicted April 10, 1918, will be tried on
the charge of stealing from interstate
shipments Men who will be tried for
failure to register are: Charley Earl
and others, F. D. Black, Taylor Shep-
ard, Jack Kellar and Oscar Frank
johnson. Harry o. Banion will be
tried for evading the draft act.
Horace E. Hilton faces the charge
of misappropriating postal funds: Zeal
be tried for sending obscene literature
thru the mails. Using the malls to
defraud is the charge against John F.
Ullman.
There are seven espionage cases in
which the defendants are Edward
Froelich.. Joseph Froelich; Thomas
Rost, John w. Clark. Adolph A. F.
Flick and Joseph Lacey. Charles Wes-
son, who was indicted in January,
1918, will also be tried on this charge.
Paul Deneve, indicted May Is, 1917,
will be tried on the charge of trying
to eVade the selective service act.
awful Jim" to Be Tried.
James r. Laughlin, alias James
johnson, alias awful Jim was
scheduled to be tried on the charge
of contempt of court. 1t is alleged
that he beat up a street car con-
ductor during the Kansas City street
car strike after Judge Pollock had
issued the order enjoining the strikers
from interfering with the operation of
the cars. However, he recently plead
guilty, was fined $25 and sentenced to
serve five days in jail. Joe Walters
faces a contempt charge, also grow
ing out of the Kansas City strike.
Fred Williams and Joe Pete Sacto
are charged with selling liquor on an
Indian reservation. The Kansas City
Southern Railway company is charged
with violations of the quarantine act.
James wilson races a forgery CndTBS-
Among the law cases is that OF
| Irving Hill and others against the
General Fire Extinguisher company.
| 1t is said that the company equipped
| paper mill at Lawrence with fire
extinguishers, making certain guaran-
| tees. The mill caught fire, but the
! eXtinguishers are alleged to have
failed to work and the owners are
now seeking to reeover the value of
| the mill.
| NJ. Piowaty & Sons stored ten cars
of California onions with the Kansas
Ice & Storage company of Salina-
The onions spoiled and the owners are
! seeking $4,000 as their value.
L. Nj. Crawford a Defendant.
L. NJ. Crawford of Topeka, is the
defendant in a case in which John
S. Wright is seeking to recover pay
ment of two notes, one for $1,000 and
the other for $4,000, which it is claim
| cd were originally executed and de-
livered to the Cameograph company.
resides in Jackson county, Mo-.
| Rose Esther Williams asks 1000
damages from Dick Foil and others.
| She alleges that she was waitress in
| Foil's restaurant in Leavenworth and
that Foil and other men beat her and
| abused her.
Laura P. Robertson, administrative,
will seek to recover $4,000 from
| Christian H. Hunsinger, who is alleged
to have driven one of the motor cars
| involved in a collision in Lawrence, at
which time a relative of the plaintiff
| was killed.
Roscoe Showa1ter against the Pull
man company and Rosalia Mazzeffe
against the Kansas City Terminal
railway, and others, are cases in which
the plaintiffs are seeking to collect
! damage for nhrSOOa1 iniurieS.