The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-22
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POLICE OSsIR.


walter Burger, charged with steal
ing $50 worth of clothing from the
Union Pacific Railroad company, was
bound over to the district court for
trial today ard committed to the
county Jail in default of $1,000 bond.
Anna Day and John Barnes, ne
groes. charged with holding up and
robbing B. r. Fletcher, an employe
OF the Santa Fe hospital, of $25 on
September l. were bound over to the
district court for trial today after a
preliminary hearing before Judge
Paul Heinz in the city court. They
were committed to the county jail in
default of $1,000 bond each.
George Robinson, negro, Of 1407
North Jefferson street,-was bound
ever to the district court for trial to-
day on charge of co%mfttfng a stat
utory crime against Irene Haley, a
16-year-old negro girl. He was COM
mitted to Jail in default of $500 bond.
Alleging that he abandoned her
May 20, 1921, Virgil G. Doggett today
filed a petition in the district court
asking a divorce from Ivan G. Dog
gett and the restoration of her maiden
name, Virgil Allemong. They were
married August II, 1917.
Mrs. Pearl Parkinson, 400 East
Sixth avenue, was granted q divorce
from E1wood Parkinson in the district
court Thursday afternoon and restored
to her maiden name, Pearl Glenn.
She was given judgment against Park
inson for $500 alimony and $75 at
torney fees. She charged that Park
inson had struck and choked her and
threatened to kill her. and that one
time was compelled to call the police
to protect her. They were married in
March, 1921. II
Jacob Barrfentos, Mexican detective,
living at $40 Ash street, was fast
asleep this morning when his sister
in-law, Mrs. Manuel Sanchez, knocked
exeited1ys on his door. awake up!'
she exclaimed. There has been a
murder in our house." The sound of
her .sobs added to the terror that
seized Jake" as he rolled out of bed.
IF you are nearer dressed than L am"
he said to his wife, 'go to a phone and
call the station" Hurriedly pulling
on his trousers he rushed to his sister
in-laws apartment and found her
weeping almost Historically. "Oh,
my poor kitty" she sobbed in Span
ish. "She has been chQked to death.
Your little stepson, he tied a string
around, her neck last night and now
she's clicked to death" ''Wait,
Iespousa,' called Barrientos. running
after his wife. 'Wait. DO not call
the station. The boys, they would
give me the laugh"
J. L. Higgins. 1894 Lincoln street,
reported to the police Thursday night
the theft of his Harley-Davidson
motorcycle from his home.
A state warrant was issued this
morning by County Attorney Veale
for A Oldham, who with his brother,
~ al Ia -
morning by Capt. Jesse Hill and De-
tectiVe Charles Holman on a charge
of stealing automobile tires. The
complaint was sworn to by Theodore
Strickland, who identified one of the
tires found in the possession of the
brothers as his own. officers said. The
Oldharns are still in jail.
A suit to collect $4,000 from the
Security Benefit association was filed
liam H., Hazel c. and John F. Van
Dyke, brothers and sister of Mary L.
Crawford, who died in Pocatello, Ida.
in January, 1914. The plaintiffs
claim that they only recently discov-
cred that MRS. Crawford was a MEM
Der of the association, in good stand
ing, and that she carried a $4,000 in
surance policy. They assert that she
was divorced from her husband, Earl
Crawford, but that she named no
OLner beneficiary ana I1aC they arc
therefore entitled to the insurance.
Deputy sheriffs and police officers
who went to 1907 North Jefferson
street about 1 o'clock this morning
to arrest Augustin Hidalgo and Ma
tilda Chavez on the charge of living
together as man and wife, were forced
to break down t.le doors to gain an
entrance, 1t was said. The MeXicans
were arrested and taken to the county
jail:
Mrs. Hazel c. Humphreys was
granted a divorce from Rene. D.
Humphreys in the district court
Thursday and restored to her maiden
name, Hazel Collins. -
James Hannaford and Andrew John
son. charged with stealing from a
railroad car, were sentenced in the
district court today to serve an in
determinate sentence in the state re-
fOrmatory at Hutchinson.
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