The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-05
OURTtlousENcTEs
POLICE iossR.

Burglars Monday night entered the
White Eagle oil filling station at
Fourth. avenue and Quincy. street, by
prying open a window. They also
pried open several drawers, but OBJ
tanned only about 81 in pennies. They
did not modest a small safe, in which
the money had been placed. The po-
lice are inclined to believe it was the
work of amateurs.
Jose Macias, Mexican, was bound
over to the district court for trial after
a preliminary hearing before Judge
Paul Heinz in the city court this
morning on charge of committing a
statutory offense against Mariea Lo-
PEE, the 16-year-old girl who is
charged with the brutal murder of her
husband, Francisco Lopez. The girl
asserts that Macias also. shot Lopez.
but has changed her story several
times, according to officers. Wit
nesses this morning testified that Ma
cias worked nights and frequently Wis
tied the girl at her home, 204 Kline
street, while her husband was at work.
Judge George Whitcomb in the dis
trict court overruled the motion of
Mrs. Edith Glib, divorced wife of
Chas. A. Gibb,g to remove the custody
OIL their SUI hTS.
Jennie Beach. 812 Brooks avenue, to
Mrs. Gibbs parents, Mr.. and Mrs. I. A.
Lloyd. Mrs Glib asserted that her
husband and his second wife, Mrs.
May Bowman GLIB, had gotten posses
sion of the child and had beaten and
mistreated him. The allegations were
denied ---- s.t
John Cuff and Fred Johnson landed
in the city Jail Monday when they de-
cided to celebrate Labor day by inns
billing a quantity of liquor. They were
charged with being drunk and re-
leased on $40 bond each.
o. D. Booth, 1924 Lincoln street, re-
ported to the police the theft of his
Jupiter bicycle Sunday evening from
the Central Congregational Church.
Judge James A. Mcclure. of the
first division. of the district court, re-
turned today from a tflree-weeks va
cation trip thru Minnesota His cot
tage was at Alexandria, but he made
trips as far north as Alaska lake,
Border. The judge took the precau-
ton to take pictures of some of the
fish he caught. One snapshot shows
him holding string of fine bass and
pickerel in each band.
A handkerchief with the initial "S''
in one corner may be the clue upon
which will hinge the conviction or ac-
quittal of Hovey Sipes on a charge OF
stealing a Ford car from p, J. Wal
lenstine. farmer living near TecuInseh
last May. The preliminary hearing OF
Sipes was in~progress today in the cit !
court. Wallenstine said Sipes looked
at the Ford the day before. and that
one Friday night he was talking to
the young man at a Boosters club
meeting in Topeka. Wallenstine said
he started to roll a cigaret and that
Sipes asked permission to roll it for
him. The young man took out j
handkerchief and spread it across his
knees before starting to roll the Gig
aret. Wallenstinef said he then noticed
the initial 50. Sipes left the meet
ing early, and when Wallenstine went
to get his car an hour later it was
gone. Sometime later it was found
on a country road, stripped of every
thing movable, and the body burned
Nearby was found a white handker-
chief with the initial So IN one cor
neri Wallenstine. said. He, identified
the car as his own