The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-05
POLICE OFFICERS DRUNK
ON DUTY CHARGE TODAY


ber. You were there"
George L. Weigant of the office
of Chief Gregg of the special agents
department of the Santa Fe gave the
testimony of the railroad that the
sugar charged given to the chief on
Christmas was bought from Fleming
& Wilson this city, after tracing by
the special agent.
Alba was the first witness placed On
the stand.
ing.
Tell what you told the commission
yesterday" the may, instructed him.
sBegin with the charge that stolen
sugar was given to Chief Hannah for
Christmas"
"Some one stole sugar from the
Santa Fe railroad" Alba said. Cock
Christmas day as a Christmas present
for Chief Hannah. 1 do not know
whether it was stolen sugar or not
Mayor: Were there any arrests
nader"
Alba: "Yes Two fellows were ar
rested, Wood and King, I think.
never paid much attention"
Mayor: do you remember who de-
livered the sugar to the station?"
Alba: Yes. Cockey Robinson and
Ed Wright"
wasson: what size was the sack
of sugar."
Alba: Don't know exactly. A big
sack"
Mayor: Regarding the charge that
the chief of police is protecting Grim
inals, what have you to say, Alba?"
Alba: II have called for warrants
many times. They pay no attention.
They disregard me. They let things
go. When prisoners are marked on
the books for investigation they are
released by the chief"
Mayor: What other charges have
you to bring against the chief of
police?'
Alba: Chief of Detectives Tresner
told US to keep everything away from
Frank Summers by order of the chief"
Names Places Not Investigated.
Among the names and addresses of
persons and places which Alba claimed
were not properly investigated, as set
forth in testimony, were:
L. c. Moore, said by Alba to be a ficti-
tious name because he was. a relative of
the chief of police, released after being
charged with stealing dice and with drunk
enness- No Investigation.
criminal, arrested by the mayor and.
charged with disorderly conduct and street
Walking. Marked for Investigation and re-
with only $3.50 bond, Alba said.
Drunk man arrested at Fourth and
Kansas Kansas with sco9Gl s. found on person
knocked off, Alba charged.
Mexican from Kansas City, who had
stated he could not get warrant for man.
Went to county attorney. The man was
allowed to go free after being charged
Donsciano Ruano, Italian whom Alba
claims Is carrying on regularly boot
logging business in Topeka.
Prouty. a bootlegger, an alleged boot
logger and dope seller arrested marked
Tor investigation, never prosecuted. Alba
sald that Prouty was now selling dope
and booze at First and Madison
Man Had Measles.
Chief Hannah interrupted the testi-
mony of Alba to say that the drunken
man who was released by the chief
after spending the night on the police
station floor. and having been seen by
the mayor. was sick with measles, and
that the whole family of the drunken
man was sick with measles. The man
mad come to town to get medicine, the
chief said, and that the fine for him
took all the money the man had.
Neighbors of the man, he said. had
asked for his release. He lives eighteen
or nineteen miles northeast of the CITY.
the chief said.
The chief declared that the samples
taken from the liquor from the raid
at 52S Sardou by Alba were not intoX-
icating. He denied also that the Rus
slams living at the place were intoxi-
Gated, but that the riot call answered
by Summers was because of wild
threats of the Russians to commit
murder because of the raid.
On resuming his testimony, Alba
also stated that the places at 3O7 KAN
sas avenue, log Kansas, Cockey Rob-
inson's place, a house conducted by
Leila Dotson and Mary Beasley at 316
and 318 East First street, and other
places should be investigated.
The testimony of Meagher concern
ing the drunken condition in which he
said he saw the police officers was as
follows:
MacFarland: DO you remember the
day when Sheriff Larimer was shot,
and what happened at the corner of
Fourth and Kansas avenue the day
after the sheriff was shot, or rather
the evening after?"
Tells of Drunken Officers.
Meagher: 'T saw three police Off
GERS intoxicated
MacFarland: who were they?"
Meagher: Maurice Leonard. Jess
Hill and Lieutenant Long"
Gated ?'
AT the corner of Fourth and Kan
sas avenue"
What were they doing?"
frying 20 take Maurice Leonard
upstairs"
Explain what you saw
"A colored porter called my atten-
uon to it. I went to the car and
round gun and flashlight 1t was
the police car. Leonard was at that
Tune part way up the stairs
What time ?"
Around IL o'clock"
Was Maurice Leonard so drunk
mat he could not get himself up
stairs?''
self"
What became of the car when they
got Leonard upstairs %
In about twenty minutes Lieutenant
Long came down and said he had to
! go to the west part of town where the
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