| Show MOB DESTROYS SALOONS Eaid is Made on the Holton Bolton Kansas Kasa Joints Topeka Kan Feb Hoit Holton n Ian Kan an was pursed purged pu of its i joints today The purging pu n process pes s B c pU he by a band of at least leat 1009 1000 10 citizens who took the de law lw into their own hands lands Three joints were put pitt out ut of busi business busin business ness n and a Holton Holt tea I Is a dry town for forthe forte forthe the te first frt time in fifteen ft years yer The of Holton Rolton held T o a meeting last lat night and id decided dete that U the joints must be b closed cl at once one 11 afternoon at 3 they met at the Methodist church and alter after aler prayer pryer and speaking they tey started out to do their work There Ter were about abut 3 persons person at the church but it i soon sn became ame known u what wan wu going on and an soon the main mIn street of o the city iva w was crowded with eager accomplished people anxious to see se the work There were a number of officers in inthe inthe Inthe the crowd and ad they ti led Je the way to te t first joint which wAk was wan kept ket by a woman by the name of Hicks on OI the th south muth southside side of the Ve public square This has ha ha for years been bee bea one of the mo mot most t notorious places of the city The rn crowd broke broke in inthe tie the de 41 doors and took toek tok out all the te liquor emptying it into the streets They The then broke up alt all the fixtures in true Mrs Nation Naton style not leaving lea a whole thing ting hat at could cul be used use in ih the joint bust busi business bus ness fleas ne The proprietress of the joint tried tIe to t leave leve but the crowd refused jint to tf let lt her r on Their Knees len the demolition of ot the Hicks joint jt was wa complete the te crowd started to do rio to the same thing with Wt the other joints joh t of the city The proprietors of or these thes joints joints by working very hard bard har managed lo to 10 turn out all aU their liquor by the time the th crowd crow reached their places of ot business and nearly had the fixtures moved out out They hey pleaded earnestly eanest to be b to keep the fixtures and arni promised tm nn n their oaths oats never again to sell sl a drop of liquor r in Holton Holon One of the be t 8 a I man maz ma by the name of Anderson And got down don on his knees knee and supplicated the crowd not to destroy detry his hi fixtures as It would ruin him financially and he promised promise to have them tem out o oZ r town in an hour The citizens decided decide to give the re remaining mining a few ew hours te within r which to o leave the city cit Lawyers newspaper men and busi bust business busine bustness ness ne men me helped help to swell the crowd After the Ne smashing had h been be completed comple ed e the crowd went to the Methodist M church and had hod h a thanksgiving ser sor servie service vie vice Xh Tonight a meeting was wa held in Hol ton and ac a a vigilance committee was wa or organized to see that a joint join never again would have hae a 8 chance ehn to do business there ter the members mem r of o the th committee say sy that the first joint that starts there ther wl will be b immediately smashed and md the owner oner of it i banished from rm the cRy city Members of the mot moti mo say sy they accomplished pushed in two fo o hours Jur what wh the tie officers have years not lieen able to do d ii il fifteen Topeka Topeka Situation All Ail principal saloons lons of Topeka are closed clo at t a late hour tonight and have been since early this afternoon The saloon sn men mel are ar rooting resting on en their arms waiting to see s what wha the th next net move moye of the e temperance people will i be Attorney General Godard Goar tonight ap appointed appointed pointed Judge Juc Redden Reden as S assistant at attorney attorney t torney general gner for this county to t en enforce enforce force fore the prohibitory law It I Is under understood understood stood sto that the aggressive campaign will vilI wi be b started at once Judge Judg Redden had charge of o the defense or Jessie JesIe Jesle Morn Morri Morrison Morr son in I the te recent reent Edor murder mure trial Mrs Kr Nation Nain will wil be back in Topeka Thursday Whether she will wi do any ay joint jint smashing immediately or not depends on circumstances She will wi leave lev Chicago Wednesday night Im Immediately immediately mediately ly after her lecture lect re there Her present lecture leture tour is for the purpose of raising funds to light t th many suits which have been started sta rtH against a her heras heras heras as a result reul of he h numerous joint smashing expeditions There will H be b a great mass meeting of men in the auditorium Sunday after afternoon at ter noon non to consider the best t methods of getting rid of the joints in the city Representative Lawrence today toda in introduced introduced n tro c a bill bi to legalize leg joint smash I lug Ing making it a defense i to show shw that tt the property destroyed was wa used in the Ue operation tion of a a joint The I was advanced to t its ite It second s nd read ing InK A motion moton to rush it I to the third t ird reading reanS on 01 an emergency ency was ws defeated by br a vote of 37 3 to 26 6 j |
