The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-19
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I'll Weir street. in the Shawnee
county district court. for judgment
against the National Fire Insurance
Co. of Hartford, Conn. for $1,000.
The petition alleges that Sales had in
sured a barn and its contents for that
amount. with the company. and that
the barn was wholly destroyed by
| fire, with its contents, and that the
! insurance has not been paid. He also
asks $500 for attorneys fees.
Wendell Teal, who claims to be a
contractor from out of Topeka, was
| arrested this morning by Rock island
| officers for shooting on the right of
way of the Rock Island, anC carrying
a concealed weapon. Teal, it was
said at the sheriffs office, was firing
| his revolver on the right OF way, at
! what object has not been determined.
as Rock Island train No. "a was pull
! ing out AS a. result, the crew and
| passengers of the train became ex-
! cited, the train was stopped, and the
! special officers lIade the arrest.
The hearing of Several cases filed
| by Tinkham Veale. county attorney,
! for the purpose of compelling resi-
dents along the Capital highway south
| of Topeka, in the Pauline neighbor-
hood, to remove fences and other
property which obstructs the high
| way, has been set for hearing in the
A Pullman car standing in the
Santa Fe yards opposite the passen-'
ger station was entered and several
passengers robbed by a sneak thief,
about o'clock this morning. Santa
Fe special agents saw the man sneak
out of the car and pursued him,
shooting at him, but he escaped over
! fence, dropping several articles, in
Guiding a check book and a pocket
book, which he had taken from the
car. He looted three berths in the
car. according to the report to the po-
lice, taking clothing ana such other
articles as he could get his hands
! upon.
A man giving his name as John
Murphy was arrested by Detective E.
d. Gym and Police Driver Clarence
Bundy, in an alley near lower Kansas
avenue, just after he had received a
package of dope" this morning. The
officers took the man to the station,
where he was booked ror fnvestiga-
session. The officers failed to catch
the party who turned over the dope.
Three more suits, making six in all,
for the clearing of the Capital High
way, south. of Topeka, have been filed
in the district court against landhold-
ers in the Pauline neighborhood by
Tinkham Veale. county attorney. The
liam E. Strawn, H. P. Better and
scho:l district Nc. 70.
Mrs. Edith Moore was fined SIS in
police court Friday afternoon on the
charge of having exceeded the speed
limit in her motor car, and was pa
rolled on her promise not to violate the
traffic ordinances again.
Otto Semon, who signed complaints
against two striking Santa Fe shop
men, alleged to have beaten and
kicked him in a disturbance in one
of the city parks Tuesday night of this
week, was arrested the next day on
the counter-charge of having dis
turbed the peace of the men he
claimed attacked him. Semon did not
appear in police court Friday and his
$25 bond was forfeited. The strikers /,
whose arrests he caused pleaded not
guilty Wednesday when arraigned in |
the court of Topeka, and were re- |
leased on bonds for a later hearing.
Two men, said to be dope fiends, |
were arrested by the police about |
1880 o'clock this morning. and one of |
them attempted to escape from the /
officers after they had been taken to ,
the police station. He was overtaken
however. and returned to custody. The
total haul of "dopeheads" for today is
three, thus far.
Topeka lawyers are picnicking this
afternoon at the State Boys Industrial
school A program of sports and
games, including a baseball game be-
tween the laws own team and the
Bank of Topeka team, swimming and
other amusements, is on for the af-
ternoon.
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