The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-05
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The supreme court this morning de-
MED the appeal of Albert Hutchinson,
negro, who was convicted in the dis
trict court a few weeks ago on a
charge of chicken stealing. Hutch
inson will have to go to the peni-
Tertiary.
The trial of Thomas AIonzo, for
mer Mexican detective on the police
force after the suspension of Augustin
Alba, was begun this morning before
a jury in Judge James McClure's
court. Alonzo is charged with as
saulting Ventura Llmas, another Mex
lean, with intent to kill, during a
brawl at the home of Victor Cruz,
1913 Branner street, where a birthday
party was celebrating last March.
Llmas is said to have received serious
wounds from a large butcher knife
welded by Alonzo.
Mrs, Clara Stonebraker late We'd
nesday filed a petition in the district
court asking a divorce from Roy
Stonebraker, 1921 Quincy street,
charging him with failure to support
her. She alleges that while they were
living in Cincinnati, o., he was SEN
fenced to ninety days in jail for nom
support. Stonebraker recently pleaded
guilty in the district court to a charge
of assaulting Ray Tarbell, his neigh
Dor, but has not yet been sentenced.
The Stonebrakers were married in To-
ronto, Canada, October 2, 1918, and
moved to Topeka in December. 1918.
Clarence A. Doel Wednesday filed
suit in the district court for divorce
from Helen Doel, whom he charges
with cruelty. He alleges that she
humiliates him in the presence of
friends by addressing him in insult
ing language; that she once threw a
butcher knife at him, expressed the
wish that he was dead and has re-
fused to prepare his meals. They
were married at Kansas City, Septem-
Der 1, 1921. He asks that her maiden
name, Helen Barsley, be restored.
Alleging that he choked her and
threatened her with a revolver, Mrs.
Olive Miller today filed suit in the
district court for divorce from Obdiah
Miller, 113 Madison street, an en-
p1oye of the Santa F'e railroad. Mrs.
Miller claims her husband also asso-
ciates with other women, posing as a
single man. They were married Jan
uary 16, 1914.
Mrs. leila Carey Wednesday filed
suit in the district court for divorce
from Ed Carey, charging that he has
not contributed to her support since
their marriage August %. She asks
for 500 a month temporary alimony,
500 monthly permanent alimony and
500 attorneys fees The hearing on
the motion for alimony will be held
Saturday morning.
NJ. Witmark & Sons. New York nu.
sic publishers. today filed suit in the
federal court asking not less than
| $3.50 damages from Richard Liggett
proprietor of the Gene Gauntier the
alter on Quindaro boulevard in Kan
saS City Kan. The company alleges
that Liggett has used the song, That
Wonderful Mother or Mine" in his
theater without the consent of the
Witmark company, when holds the
copyright.
The jury empaneled to try Jesus
| Hurtado, Mexican, on a charge of
highway robbery in connection with
| the holdup of Crescencio Romirez.
/ failed to agree Wednesday evening
and was discharged.
| Mrs. Mike Boaiu, living about two
miles east Of Topeka between Seward
avenue and Fourth avenue. was
| brought into the probate court today
by Kate and Kilmaurs King, humane
agents, on a charge of peing a delin-
Quent. She is alleged to nave treated
| her five children with cruelty and
neglect. The Boaiu barn. together
with horse and buggy which it shell
tered, was destroyed by fire Wednes-
| day evening, it was said.
Believing his wife was the cause of
his arrest, John Glover, negro, assert
ed Wednesday that he would kill her
when he gets out of the penitentiary.
When deputy sheriffs went to Glover's
home, Twenty-fourth and Madison
streets, to arrest him Wednesday they
| found him barricaded in the house.
armed with a shotgun. However, he
dropped the gun and tried to hide