The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-07
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Fred simms. "a. was arrested this
morning by Chief Morris Leonard, |;
Capt. Jesse Hill and Detective Charles |
Holman, when twelve new automobile |
tires were found in a barn back of the |
house in which he has been staying
at 124 Van Buren, street Harry
Adams. also staying at the house. was
arrested and is being held for investi-
cation, but is not believed by the Of
ficers to have been implicated in the
theft of the tires. Adams asserted,
however, that Simms obtained the tires
by breaking into Union Pacific box
car. The tires were consigned from
Kansas City firm to a firm in Ellis,
Kan.
A state warrant was issued today by
County, Attorney Veale for Felix
Gdturrez, Mexican, who was arrested
Friday noon by Chief Leonard and
Detectives Charles Holman and Vic
Plants near the Rock Island depot,
when he drove up to a store to try to
sell 676 pairs of shoes and a large
quantity of gloves he had-stolen from
a Rock Island freight car Thursday
night near the Three Bridges. the
same officers, Friday afternoon found
about 100 more pairs of shoes, more
gloves and another box of soap in
tracks. Guturrez admits having stolen
them, officers said. He waived his
preliminary hearing this morning ana
was bound over to the district court
He was committed to the county jail
in default of $1,000 bond.
Oran Sauires and Paul Boyles were
arraigned in the city court this morn
ing on a state warrant charging them
| with stealing an automobile tire from
lou. ;o1y fir,crn haU
not guilty and were released on $500
! bonds signed by John Hoffman.
| John Swartz, clerk, IS; ]. Reser, %.
and Verne iNordstrum, clerk, IT, were
each fined SIS in police court Friday
| afternoon on charges of speeding j.
IA. Whaley, of the One-Minute lunch.
was fined $50 on a speeding charge.
1t isn't the initial cost of a still
that makes it expensive for a poor
man to own. 1t is the subsequent
fines that must be paid. Pedro Serna
| Mexican, 314 Ash street, discovered
serna was fined 800 and given the
privilege of paying the fine in In
| stallments of $40 month. He said
| he recently purchased the still for $11
in order to make his own whisky.
| Thomas Alonzo, Mexican, was ac-
quilted by a jury in Judge, James Nc
| Clure's division of the district court
this morning, where he was tried on
a charge of assaulting Ventura Llnlas
another Mexican, with intent to kill
during a brawl at the home of Victor
tCruz last March. Now County Attor-
ney Veale is jokingly telling this story
on Ed Rooney, attorney for the de-
tense: Just before the jury retired,
Judge Mcclure queried: But you
| haven't claimed self defense as the
| motive for the defendants action,
have you, Mr-Rooney?" ooh. yes"
replied Rooney, that Us just the point
| we have tried to Stress Shortly
afterward the jury returned a@verdict
of hot guilty.
Miss Millie Ansell. Miss Bernice>
Beyles and Miss Bessie Boughton,
teachers in the Topeka high school,
bad q narrow escape from serious in
Jury Thursday night when the coupe
driven by Miss Anseff went into
ditch on the Tecumseh road while the
young ladies were returning from
picnic at the home of Miss Grace FL
and Miss Boyles received a few cuts
but Miss Boughton escaped uninjured.
Andy Hawkins, a white man. who
with three negroes was charged with
stealing Ford sedan from F. G. Lari-
mer pleaded guilty in the. city court
today when the complaint was amend
ed to charge a misdemeanor, and was
fined $40 and costs.
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