The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-15
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Police OSSlR.

Frank Schaffer and Hairy Hurley,
both Topeka men, were arrested
Thursday night by federal officers.
and booked at the city Jail for having
liquor in their possession and for boot
Logging.
Elmer Jackson. Lorine Jackson. his
wife, and Leila Dotson, all colored,
along with Pablo Esquinevel. Mexican,
were arraigned in the court of Topeka
this morning on charges of having
dope" in their possession, and of SELL
ing it. They pleaded hot guilty. Their
trial was set for September Is, and
each.
The police this morning discovered
an Oldsmobile roadster standing lone
ly and deserted in the middle of jack
son street. The license number on
the car, reference to the secretary of
states office showed, should have been
on an Overland touring ear belonging
to w. A. Adams, of Saffordville. Two
young men later showed up at the
police station and claimed that the
Oldsmobile had been removed from
where they left it Thursday night.
They said they had bought the car
with the license tag affixed to it, from
a third party near Saffordville.
There will be no session of the po-
lice court this afternoon on account
held on Tuesday of nextfweek.
Information has been filed with the
district court by Tinkham Veale,
county attorney, to the effect that
Charles H. Mccarthy, recently arrest
ed in an automobile in which liquor
was found. refused to answer the
questions Of the county attorney, dur
ing the course of the inquisition.
Mrs. Leona Royse, aged 23, arrested
Thursday afternoon by the police and
charged with petty larceny, has con-
feSsed to the theft of clothing and
money from the house where she was
rooming, police officers said today.
Mrs. Royse was released under 5000
bond and her trial set for Tuesday of
next week.
A neighborhood row resulted this
afternoon in the arrest of Mrs. Harry
Kruson, 544 Wilson avenue, charged
with assault. Mrs. Kruson, being
booked, inquired how she was to Sc
cure the arrest of the other woman"
put up $40 bond. and left the station.
The police did not know the name of
the complaining witness.
A. H. Bowman was arrested this
afternoon by the police, and charged
with being drunk.
Seven separate cases involving the
actions brought by the county to open
the Capital route, south of Topeka,
preparatory to paving it, are being
heard today by Judge James A. Nc
CIure and Judge George H. Whitcomb.
in the Shawnee district court. The al
legation Of the county is that the road,
which was established in 1871, is
legally a public road, and that fences
and in some cases houses which have
been constructed upon it by the de-
PENDANTS, are distractions in the pub
lie highway. The contracts for the
paving of the road have been let, and
r. H. Penhartz,-an engineer of the
United States bureau of roads, testi-
fled this morning that the paving can
lions are removed. He also testified
that it is the intention of the con-
tractors to start work as soon as the
suits are decided. The presentation
of evidence took up the entire day to-
day. There are ten cases in all to be
disposed OF, but only seven of them |
are being tried at the present time.
A Studebaker touring car, proceed
ing west on West Fifth street this |
afternoon, was struck by a heavy |
truck belonging to the McCleery-Dud- |
ley Lumber company, which drove out |
of the alley between Jackson and Van |
Buren, streets. The car is owned by |
Mabel Holmes, 1852 Lane street, who |
was driving, 1t was somewhat dam |
aged as to body and fender. No one |
was injured.