The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-02
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Sunday appeared to be an unfor-
tunate day TO" the drunk and dressed
up" Five men were lodged in the city
jail on drunk charges. They gave their
names as r. Hobart, alias ROLAND
Holbrook,a barber; John B. Dagan, no
occupation; Dick Cunningham. cement
worker Thomas McGill. machinist,
Peter Dagan, stone cutter.
Robert Pendleton, deputy sheriff,
and Detective Charles Holman, work
ing together Sunday evening, picked
up four Mexicans, one after another,
on East First street. The first three
men were charged with carrying con-
cealeds weapons and the fourth with
having about a quart of liquor in his
possession.
Madesta Terry, IS, one of five In
dian youths who escaped Sunday
morning from Haskell, was picked up
near the Santa Fe depot Sunday night
by Patrolman Tom Incredibly and
arrival of Haskell officers.
Mrs. Anna L. Shields was granted
divorce in the district court Saturday
from James M. Shields and awarded
the custody of their three minor chill
.dren. Shields was ordered to pay
SIS a month for their support for four
years. The case was Tiled early last
week but the court declared an emer-
gency in order that Mrs. Shields might
accept position as nurse at Conway
Springs, Kan. The Shields were mar
ried at Algiers, La, in July, 1908.
Jose Reyes, on trial in Judge James
McClure's division of the district court
on charge of holding up and robbing
Crescencio Romeriz of $50 and a gold
watch, didn't wait for the jury to de-
eide his fate today. Reyes failed to
appear in court this morning and an
investigation, according to officers.
developed that he has eloped with a
14year-old Mexican girl.
Thomas Irwin, arrested at the San
ia Fe depot by the police a few
months ago. after he was alleged to
have picked the pockets OF Judge w.
F. Wrightmire, of Cottonwood Falls,
proved to be a untrustworthy trusty
Rad NJ. Lee, his attorney, deposited
$50 with the clerk of the district court
as security for TWINS appearance on
Miller give him the privileges of a
trusty. By nightfall Saturday Irwin
had disappeared. Judge Lees $50. it
was stated, will go to cover the costs
of the case.
Tom Lannan, 313 West Fifth street,
was out on $50 bond today after being
arrested Saturday night by H. D. Rog-
ers, motorcycle policeman, on a charge
of reckless driving. Lannan is said &c
have ran his car into a baby buggy at
Fourth and Kansas avenues and then
speeded up without waiting to see
what damage he had done. The child
in the baby buggy belonging to Mr..
and Mrs. w. T. Cragg, 206 East
Fourth avenue. was thrown to the
pavement. but not seriously injured.
Lannan turned west on Fourth street
and was pursued by Rogers to Tyler
before he was overtaken. Lannan is
said also to have struck a car belong
ing to w. w. Medley eight miles west
of Topeka, earlier in the day.
A burglar who entered the room of
Mrs. w. 81. Stanley. 1906 Fillmore
street, early Sunday morning, jumped
thru a screen and fell fifteen feet to
the ground when Mrs. Stanley, think
ing he was her husband, spoke to him.
The real Mr.. Stanley. hearing his wife
call out, ran upstairs, but the burglar
had escaped. He failed to get away
with any valuab1es, however.
Morris Leanord, chief of police, has
returned from a two weeks vacation, the
first he has had in more than three
and one-half years. Subject to call
at all hours of the day during the
years he served as captain, and the
hard work he has done in his efforts
to reorganize the department since he
was appointed chief, was enough to
wear on the nerves of any man, and
the chief decided that a two weeks
rest would put him in better shape for