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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS THURSDAY. JANUARY 28, 1913. it; r i i 1: .1 . if ) : 1 i t II; J--i ! Mil :' ! 1 ( nm local r.iAfi UZEROICTlIEHT 0.' ADSOi'l CHARGE Offlcr KH Arrests Bert J. Goff, Sooth Island, Wanted for Qaincy Job. IS TAKEN TO SPRINGFIELD C4fesS to a tasting In Burning Cp C. Cea ridn to 8 Cwra Insurance. FAY HAWES CAMP HOLDS ANNUAL INSTALLATION Fw Ha we camp No. 281, Royal Th tval pllr. la eoojuiwtioc w;th A. If v.arrt-i. Jr. dpitT fi-e mar j eal rf the of IUiaoi. mJ- a gmi ea'rh t-m)r !a fN pra cf ftert J. r f Sut-h Ho- I .land, who ta under Indte'wn'. a he rbaxjr of arviej at KvriasfMd. fr an rrin rommlff"! '0 tri ilv.f jf S-pt. Z. I'i-. I'll wben r or. fronted wi'S !trf ft tfiloT Mr. tuirin rr -K an-, 0?hr j j,.n. ,. f., finally rmf.f hi, f"i'll'r to 5prtnfl.H la r.:j;h ; , lo (.r, ,,Ar ;n th- , to Mr. ! at hT- he will t tn! i"S!rarli atd Chief Brmn. i !n to ron'"'.in Gr.fT .!ati that rr"f It n l'i-oru and t: a: tliv rn- to Srrir.rfi-id tosrerhrr. ThTe f.n lW "ii- j t:,y rr Hraiy. and -ral day !:: r J 1 41 yar f r act unmarried! G-off In th third man of rj r'.n -af r.re f' in p.. Via fc,m of II ( ' vard. QilDrr m of tr-. rase. Mr y rlt. I now itoinjc t m In t!5e Jo-1 Jt poif-nt:ary f'-r the act. an1 1'. II. Hrmir l now under arret a' i SprlBarnld K. f . I'tir. mnrr f th' pf-perty. la ar ttr1r r hravy kxsnd Cos's fi !-fir m rai-ied at 1 1 ;'". and h kad tt Ina if-il fr t.li imoun! of $!.". .rrird re to r'.nf'lon f f fi trT hirr.J ffn-tn fo Litrn hU .prrp.rfy in onl-r f" r;tlwt rho ltuuraff-'' fo th i!.-ht rf .-fi. ... 13!T. fh Tldnr. 'irn and pump h'n r wt on f.r- it th- arr Hard to Fire. "The nt-r!'ir if !!' r,m"n Iicf l.'ul! i nni' rurt.-d :. n.ahr. ir tirayi ami hdrdfd fl'jors. ali txririlx. an-! whr furaihit)K. lii h mad It hard ti t on flr ,N-i.thjjr llrov-rl th- !iU: in th iarn and f jrr-d In th iilami. Th m tta tif truck i.f tiinry rrponJ-d mm oalcklr alt the member of th cane ar.d thr lry eecpd. Tlie tarn, and jrjmp bouae mere -burned to the cround aad the rvaidence badly damared. Evldoc of araoa ere found and tbe atate ' marahal be lia an Inveatla-atlon of the ea. Six ,aa arritrd ahortly afterward, as ai Cox. and Brady a picked up eral mootha ajro ty the atatt authoiitjca. for looir t.ae the laird member of tbe party i not knon. until Six' w:f turned atate'f erldence. connect ing OoT ltl tbe crime. The a!hor- i'li hate ecurd neveral letters 'Joff: wrote to a friend in Iecatur undT t.it name f Bert Jam. !n which he re-j - - t A Ka in m.nm InalArr tiV ' ay;nr. Toi-t. too'. lok oaf. tor Vie j Neirhbora of America Installed offl a ito jeers at a meeting held last wight at Arrested by Kell. Math's hall. Mrs. Hada Carlson acted as fnsta.'linjr officer. After the busi ness session a short musical program m rendered, the rollowinr taking part: Miss Enlher Ma'.mrose. nolo; j Miss Hose Kinney, recitation: Mi;-s j Nelll Freeman and Miss Nellie Kul ( ler. piano solos. The yt follows: Oracle Mrs. Mary Cary. fast Oracle Mrs. F.lla Frazer Vice Oracle Mrs. Mary Coleman. Chancellor Mrs. Emma Sheeslry. Recorder Mrs. Arnes Simpson. Fteceircr Mrs. Ella Fuller. Marshal Mrs. Nettie .McKlnncy. Inner Sentinel Mrs. Kl!a Gutz we Her. Outer Sentinel Mrs. KHiti Cal a- RECORD OF BRAVE OFFICER PRAISED BY FORMER CHIEF Goff says that the game separated and that be never saw them again. He also claimed that he never received one penny for his part In the Job. Goff Is already Indicted on an arson charge at Springfield. The arrest of R. C. Cox in connec tion with the case at Q'.iincy cauged a big aensation at the time. Cox was one of tbe Influential men of the city and prominent in business and social circles. POLITICAL ADVERTISING. Phil Miller Gives Interesting Reminiscences of Chris tian Metsch. AN OFFICER WITHOUT FEAR ! Goff was arrMtrd yterda- a.'ter eoon by f!!rr ricic Kei; on the cor ner of Flftwnlh street and Second aren i Mr Tvsardus got wind some ime .-o that GcfT ld T-l'ie living u-r. afld am to I;o x I-id T'if- day. l. n th ! al i;tii'T.t:M ru'. to work on fh At f.rt fce d-t.i-d any fcnowId; of th cr'rr.e. ft.r.z ti had nv-r rn la rlnrfieid -r i)t ncy In Kit Discovers furder of Joseph Rosen field and Captures One of the Guilty Men. Cox. onr of li property batched In th rap.ta: city, was u r-cle Jl'x'i for his part j.r. pi !!". and ISrady I H plot in t Tn cae th J"t a a fail'ir tln-y ri to r : no m''ney. (JuJ toid n-rw tn thr- of thm left Pprinc- f-!r tot?ier on a n'ia train. Spt ".. f-jking with thorn a su:t ufe filled with itrr.. Never Were Paid. Th parly arr1-cl in y'lincy at 4:1.1 in ih aft-rnMn anj proct-eUed to a n '-a r t.ie 'Id Soldiers home, ii-rn titer in; d until ! ci'clock that eif-ninj:. Th Cox resilience a only a short ilihtjnm fnm the homo. I'-rady an to do th wcrk and h ""t flr to the tarn whi!.- Six and Oiff j Kp. a lookout. He adm'tted tlvat. Urady had .ome trotnle in setting nre to the house. When they heard the rlaneing of th ftr aon he stated That Ihey ran to th railroad yarrie. and lair t.c.n it out on a freipht. a i Thel"""- I lanagers Mrs. jonar.na nasn-r and Mrs. Mary Devine. Pianist Miss Nellie focmii. Physicians rrs. Klla Petrie. J. Y.. Sunders and V. D. Pnlvely. FIVE PAIR OF PHEASANTS ARE SENT INTO COUNTY Char!-s (. McConnell. Fred Jenkins and Alfred. Iirenrr and Medley terson of Milan have eai"h been pre sented a pair of Knglish pheasants by Kdgar F. Ol.son. a former Kock Island county hoy. who Is now cashier of the Franklin Trust and Savings lank i f Chicaco. The birds were secured by Mr. Oibon from the state game farm, which has been abandoned. The pheasants have arrived at Milan. When the time seems propitious they will be liberated in narby timber. Pheasants are protected by law in Il linois until 150. "The 'bravest policeman the city of Rock Uland ever had" was the tri bute which Phil Miller, former city marshal today paid to the memory of Christian Metsch. veteran officer whose funeral services were held this afternoon. "From 1S75 to 188.1 he was on the i force," continued Mr. Miller, while ' In his reminiscent mood, "'and cap- I tured some of the most noted crim!- ! nais in the history of the local de-i partment. ; "Standing about 5 feet 11 inches in j heighth and weighing about 21'0 pounds when in his prime, he was an j ideal officer. He did not Jinow the meaning of the word fear. He did j not depend upon nis revolver and like all capable officers, used it only in extreme cases. It was his good right fist that he often brought into play in handling the vicious and the toughs of this section had a hole some regard for his wallops. Rosenfield Murder. To the Voters J ' i y S i If (I I k, .-m, . - -- Of Rock Island Special Friday and Saturday Choice any fancy Boy's Suit, sizes 5 to 18, in all the season's nobby styles, regular val ues up to $7.50, at 95 "Perhaps the most remarkab'e work he did was In the capture of Bernard Ileeney, one of the murderers of Joseph Rosenfleid. a brother officer. who was killed about one o'clock on the morning of March 1-. I'm!!, at the corner of j Sixth avenue a'ul Kighteenth s-treet near a vacant lot where I'r. Eli j Bradford's house now stands. I ""About 1:30 on that morning Po licemen Metsch and Gorman met on Twentieth Mrcet near Major Connel-j ly s residence. They heard some one approaching along Sixth avenue and concealed themselves until the par ties came up. They saw four men and heard one of them say "I gave it to him.' "When the two officers came out into the street the men started to run, two going south on Twentieth street and the other two in opposite dire tions. Metsch started after the two anil succeeded in getting one of them, bringing him down with his cane. Gorman caught two of the men. only to have them get away. Finds Body. Tp to this time, Metsch did not know .for xvhat crime his man was wanted. As he took his prisoner past the corner at Sixth avenue and Eigh teenth street. Metsch noticed some- After due and timely consideration, and upon the personal advice of friends, (including many of our prominent citizens) I have decided to an nounce myself as a candidate for the office of city commissioner. The en couragement received from these gentlemen, together with those whom I have met, gives me good reason to believe I will be a contender in the race at the coming primaries and election. My platform will be one of honesty and efficiency. It is my candid opinion that our city should be governed on strictly business principles. From a successful business experience of twelve years in your city, to gether with the fact I claim it as my birthplace, this of itself should qualify me for the position desired. Being a property holder gives me further reason to ask your consid eration, as I hold the best interests of our city a t heart. I assure you of being under no obligations to any person or interests whatsoever. If elected it will be solely upon my merits. I seek no votes from those who expect compensation for favors shown me. My campaign will be free from slander or abuse so far as my friends or self are concerned. Should you deem me worthy of your support I will be indeed grateful to you for any assistance extended me from this date. Respectively, WM. M. BEAL. Primaries. Feb. 25. Election, April 6. 1600 Second Ave. Res., 1030 Twenty-first St. Two Day FRIDAY Boys' Mothers Take Advantage of this Sale. Special Clearance Sale and SATURDAY Only In the Big Daylight Section Bring the Boy in with You Special Friday and Saturday Choice of any fancy Boy's Suit, sizes 5 to 18, every one representing genuine $7.90 to $12.00 values, for - - Special Friday and Saturday HALF PRICE ..On.. Soys Overcoats and Balmacaans : 5 Coats for SI. 4 8 5 5 Coats for $2.93 I 50 Coats for S3. 25 7.0 Coats for - $3.95 II 00 Coats for $5.00 S12.(x Coau for . $6.00 Boys and Children's Sweaters 11.00 Children's Sweaters 5QC fl.!5 Boys Sweaters ggc 12.50 Boys Sweaters o 5 13.50 Boys' Sweaters $1.75 13.93 Boys' Sweaters $1.98 Boys Mackinaws (&iz 3 to 12) IJ.SS Mackinaws for IS 00 Mackinaw for $1.98 $2.50 Boys Winter Caps Any 50c Cap with Fur ear warmers 25c Prices Will Not Go So Low Again This Season w R0C1O ISLAHD An Opportunity That Comes Just Once I body lying in the road. Me asked Heen. i ey Jf it was one of the party. "o, that j is a policeman,' was the reply. The I officer investigated and found that I Kosenfle'.d had been terribly beaien I over the head, death ensuing in live i minutes. "After summoning aid. Metsch took his man to the citv jail where I Major C. W. Hawes, then marshal, I was summoned. Heeney confesses and implicated his brother Pat. Dublin I Jack Cavanaugh and Tom Jtoss, all ot J whom wrere soon arrested, except Koss who gave himself up to me I later. j "A burglar by the name of Paddock j was also caught by Metsch some time j later, for the robbery of the Peter I Fn'ey home. Paddock was picked up i by the officer before the latter even j knew he had committed a crime. A Clean Catch. "Metsch saw him coming from the yard at the Major Connelly home. He put him under arrest and at the sta ion it was found that he had broken into both the Fries and the Connelly residences. Major Connelly had been awakened by the prowler and when lie showed signs of figiit. the yegg lired and the bullet went into the wall. Thoroughly alarmed Paddock j ui'si a nasty retreat and ran into twicer Metsch vvho ha.l that beat. Paddock was given eight years in Joliet for the Fries job but after he j had been there six months b"oke out. i Jle was later retaptured. It had been ! the plan to have him tried tor the Lonuelly theft as well but the idea was not carried out. "In 1880 when I was city marshal, P. I a. Cable called me up one night and told me his home had been bi;f glarlzed. He said that some one had set ofT the burglar alarm in the base ment by lifting a window and offered the suggestion that who ever had at tempted to crawl into the window must have cobwebs and dust on their hats. Cobwebs Evidence. -By the time I arrived at the sta- which Jiad been used to pry open the indow. "Mr. Cable asked me if I objected to him making OtTiier Metsch a little gift 'and when I said no. handed him $,"". He also gave Metsch $2,1 and all his coal for that winter, when the officer discovered where the chisel had been -eciirert. Schmidt is Fooled. "In the early days there was a Ger man in the city by the name of Schmidt, who ran a produce mar ket in a little shack on Third avenue between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets. He had caused the police de- j partment a great deal of trouble and word came one day he was on a ram page again in the vicinity of Milan iind was enroute to this city, threaten ing to shoot up all the natives. I put Metsch on the case and when the terrible Schmidt went to his store with a big revolver in his hand he found the officer waiting for him. " 'Sav Schmidt, give me your gun jUick.' shouted Metsch. 'There are robbers in your store.' and the as tonished Schmidt meekly handed over his weapon, whereupon the wily sleuth took him to the station. Aggressive Tactics. "Several times Metsch was called before police committees of the city arid threatened with discharge from the force, because of his agressiveness. On one occasion Parker Wyman, a well known horseman, coming through the C. R. I. & P. yards late at night was hailed bv Metsch. Wyman was ordered to tac his hands cut of his pockets and when he refused to do so. a fight ensued in which the offi cer came out without a scratch. Wv- nan, bad'y beaten up. preferred eharges against him but at the hear ing it was shown that Wvman had a revolver in his pocket and under! the circumstances the order of the i officer was not unreasonable. j ranged by the committee In charge. Owing to the lack of room, the com mittee have bee'n obliged to limit the number of friends a member may in vite and all who attend must bo pro vided with guest cards and present them at the door. Grove Xo. 27 is planning to give a private masquerade some time during the coming month at their own hall and each member will be allowed to invite two friends. At the Tuesday evening meeting Mrs. Anna Lee and Mrs. Goldie Moore were elected dele gates and Mrs. Elsie Larrance and Mrs. Clara Fells, alternates, to the Head Grove convention to be held in Peoria 'ii April. The local Grove will have three representatives at the con vention. Mrs. Anna Downs being one PLOW BOYS WIN FROM R. I. CLUB Tailends Rally and Win Last Game of the Series Colts Take Three Straight. STANDING OF TEAMS. W. U PC Klove Colts 34 IT .w: it. i. Plow 2ft -'.' .f,.;; C. & S 23 2S .4.-.1 it. I. Club is ;!j of the grand managers of grove. the head OFFICERS OF ERiCKSON LODGE IM FIRST REPORT Members of John Erickson 7odge No. 2S:J. Order of Vasa. held a meeting lust night at their lodge rooms. The sec retary and other officers made a re port that was encouraging to the members. This lodge has been organ ized but one. year but has made much progress in that time. A number of visittirs from ?.Ioline attended the session. WEDNESDAY NIGHTCLUB ENJOYS SPREAD AT HARMS The Rock Island Plow team of the Commercial league won two straight games from t'.ie club quintet a', ti e club alleys last night. Sanford rolled the high single game of 212. At th St. Julien alloys the Cubs took three straight from Clemann A- Sa!?manns team. The furniture men donated th third game and the Colts rolled it out for averages. The scores: Rock Island Plow. Swanson 10 Grove i Volkmati 17: Johnson 132 Thorns 10', V, ! 1 mi 1 Vi 1.-.7 U'l 1M 1 1; 1 12 A banijuet was enjoyed last night at the Hotel Harms by members of the Wednesday Night club of Daven port. Covers for 12 were laid in the banquet room. Preceding the spread a bowling contest was held. This club is composed of 12 young men of Dav enport, wiio meet and bowl every Wed nesdxy night at the Harms' ailevs. Totals "2 Rock Island Club. Xormoyle i.;i, Hampton l.M BiiFsett 17 Sanford 17', I farms 11 Sharpe 1 Vi 17-212 ..- ... , 1 o. I llI.TT V'lHTVH-JiTJt llllli lilt u uui ui unacrt. ii mi ; asfieu : . , ... , ,, xpreau w I Jtion. Otlker Metsch was there with a member of the committee. ''Because he would not takP his Kickets out. of his hands" was the backhanded reply Metsch gave him. "Metsch was a terror to the small lads of the city. In those days no curfew laws were needed. The fhlldren feared Metsch and when night came they kept off the streets. Metsch was bravery itself. He never flinched. He faced any situation without question, doing his full duty as an officer, as he saw it. He did not care for praise but went about bis work In a practical matter-of-fact way. regardless of what neonle I ras paid for in this manner. UCAL LODGE TO CONFER THE INITIATORY DEGREE i Dr. Kin'jry . F. Erickscn B'H Warren H. Erirktoii A. Vis-riech Klove's Celts. i7; n;;i i .". t 171 . . . 1 ' Total- Clemann & Salzmann. thought of him. It will be a !nnjr ! time before Rock Island again has as efficient and couraceoi-s an officer as the man who was buried today." Funeral Services. The funeral of Mr. Metsch was (two men. On j,j8 beat, he had heard' aneinoon at 1' o'clock trom I two revolver shots coming from thel ,a'e honi' 1'5"1 t'hand a halt Cable home, when the daughter Lucy ' avrm,e- 1pv- J- Kolf had charge J had heard the men in the basement ! .f 'h services. Interment was lv and lred out the window to frishten 1 "'""""w cemetery. them. Metsch made it his habit to .,. , stop every man in his district whom : WOODMEN OF THE W0RL D he did not recognize. Actinc unon ! Dl AM AM CMTr-n-r i m i-.i- I his plan. , soon ran into two stran- j ' "n ClUtcniMIWMtW gers and he immediately took them ,t meeting l,eM Ti-at i- ! to the station. . ... r. ' " . e. J ,e' "''ay evening J. i'j amp iNo. ia. w, O. . ana Grove .No. 27. W. C. four can- The initiatory degree will be con ferred upon five candidates by I." cal lodge No. 60S, I. O. O. F.. at a meet ing to be held this evening at Odd Fellows hall. After the degree work the members will enjoy a program pre pared by the entertainment commit tee, in w hich some surprises are prom ised for the evening. A large attend ance is looked for. An unexpected fii-h Attention Members. joyed by some or t:, Members of Kudora Re-!,ck..!. l,,,;;8!"'! -ne of the M Taher IV.i Steinhauer 1 72 Salzmann 14; Clemann l"i Jensen 12'.' Totals 'It I i I ;l dinner v. a '' German tronp suriaii lakes in No. 73 are reonesre.l to meet Wrtai. Mst Prus.sia recently. The Ku-:ia afternoon at 2 p. m. to attend the fu. ; batteries were shelling the Genua :i neral of deceased Brother Dale, from ' Potion. Many of their shells ilrnp the Metiiodist church. Pod '"to the lake, where they explod- LOLA McLEAX td "'d stunned or killed great Hum- (Adv. Noble Grand. I 1)ers f,f I'erch and pike. They -use ' the surface and were collected by tile All the new s all the time Tho Argus, r: tives in boats. "The first thing I noticed was that uuin prisoner Had cobwebs on tbeir d:.l.-K w.r oh .-.. .... r- , cap. IsUKgested when rn,e were ; anU six w ere faUiateU bv GrovNo i .. P... in the cells that they leave'.. 7. Sever! applications for memberi -at and hats behind, whirl, ! ship were received by both order?. On ' they did. I noticed on of the men i lvi.i,. . iru . .. i . . ' ""'"i nw vamp anu urovei try to sip aomethlng under ta0 stoj will entertain their members and! ami after they were locked up I in- friends at the Odd Fellows' hall an ! icttga.ru aud found It to be u cliUel. excellent program Uaviug ueeu " ar- Why Wait? No Reason Say We Why carry along winter's incurring debts? You probably have many places to pay and can do justice to none. Put them in ore place. See us for what you need. Loans on furniture, pianos and live stock up to $100.00. Paymeits weekly or monthly, as your in coms permits. Phone R. I. 253. Reliable Loan Co. 212 People's National Bank Bldg. EZZ Rock Island, III. nr.i . 'l Mm i ' K1 1