The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-20
|OURTHOUSENCTEs
AND
POLiCEGOSSR.

Plans are practically complete for
the ball game Saturday afternoon be-
tween the courthouse team and the
lawyers. Paul Edgar, assistant coun-
ty attorney, has announced that he
will stick to the courthouse side in
the coming battle. Il intend to play
with the lawyers" said Edgar, but
they sent a delegation to find out If
was going to throw the game to the
courthouse, and that made me mad. If
it hadn't been for the delegation, this
ball game would be a different story.
Evidently even thieves like variety.
Or perhaps it is because beggars can't
be choosers that there is such diff
ference in the kind of property stolen
in Topeka. Wednesday night for eX-
ample, DR.. c. B, Van Horn reported
the theft of a tire from his automobile
at Ninth and Jackson streets w. c.
Brown, 1920 Harrison street, reported
the theft of so feet of garden hose
A copper wash boiler was taken from
the home of Earl Karr, 1893 Law
renee street, while Charles E. Robbins
1876 Norton street, lost a Hamilton
watch.
Grace Gordon, 81, was arrested by
the police wednesday night when they
raided her home, 329 Quincy street
She was charged with having liquor in
her possession and with keeping and
maintaining a nuisance. w. w. KING,
negro, was also charged with having
Houor. c. z. Farrow and Frank
Spangler were booked as found in"
Earl Dspain, of Council Grove, was
sentenced to the state refOrmatory in
the district court wednesday after
noon. Dspain'S sentence, and that OF
Harold Dacey5 also OF Councll Grove
who is now serving time in the re-
| formatory, resulted from trip which
the two young men made to Topeka IN
! company with two Council Grove girls.
Anna Roper and Loney Brockelman,
more than a year ago. They obtained
rooms at the Chesterfield, where the
girls were captured by the police.
The youths escaped but afterwards
gave themselves up The girls We're
under age at the time OF the escapade.
They were also sentenced to the girls
| industrial school at Beloit.
Chester Hatton. negro. whose at.
| lection for Eva Lambert, queen OF
the bottoms" caused her downfall
4 and expulsion from the city, was SEN
fenced in the district court Wednes-
| day afternoon to serve not more than
five years in the state penitentiary for
selling a mortgaged automobile. The
Lambert woman has until August to
straighten up her fairs and leave
the city. according to the terms OF
parole granted by Judge Paul Heinz
after he had fined her 500 for mis-
conduct with Hatton.
Jesse e. Jackson tire man, was
finsd $50 by Judge s. L. Lashbrook
/ in police court as the result of a race
he ran on his motorcycle with Ollie
Roger, motorcycle policeman. Sunday
night. Roger started in pursuit of
I him at the Santa Fe depot. They
raced west on Fifth street and passed
/ the police station at ans estimated
speed of fifty miles an hour. Roger
/ caught him at Fifth and Topeka
| boulevard. Jackson testified that he
/ didn't recognize Roger as an officer.
| but thought he was a friend of his
who wanted to pass him. Fifty miles
an hour, $50 fine" said the Judge
A special deputy sheriffs commits
| sion. which he had carried for years,
/ did not prevent Jesse Critics. pro-
I prietor of a confectionery store at
\ 1120 East Seward avenue, from sell
ing cigarets. Government agents and
Robert Pendleton. deputy sheriff.
raided his place Wednesday afternoon
| and confiscated $50 worth of "fags''
and part of a quart of whisky. which
] Critics said he had purchased for his
own use.