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THK KOCK ISLAND ARGUS, SATURDAY, MAT. 8, 101.
BAND JURY ENDS
fROBE AND MAKES
A FINAL REPORT
ACCEPTS A CALL
TO BE HEAD OF
BROADWAY FLOCK
Rev. James Edgar Wilson of
Fon du Lac, Wis., Successor
to Dr. Marquis.
COMING ABOUT JUNE 1ST
Inches; accumulated deficiency since
January 1. 2.74 Inches.
Wind Prevailing direction, W.; to
tal movement. 6838 miles; average
hourly velocity, 9:5 miles; maximum
velocity for 5 minutes, 39 miles per
hour, from the southwest, on the 18th.
Weather Number of clear days, 7;
partly cloudy. 11; cloudy, 12; on which
.01 or more precipitation occurred, 6.
Percent possible, sunshine, 62.
OFFICERS CHICAGO CHAPTER.
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L ' ,.-. .until T - P AVftM VA l
ORIENTAL RUGS
From the Heart of the Orient. For Sale
at Reduced Prices
four Indictments Are Returned
Implicating O. L. Bruner
nd Lawrence M. Ma gill.
FAVORS NEW JAIL
FOR THE COUNTY
7 '.
'CONSPIRACY IS CHARGED
Farmer State' Attorney and Sheriff
Alleged to Have Planned to Get
Money From Prisoner.
Now Serving First Charge Since En
tering Ministry Begin Formal
ities of Transfer at Once.
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f" Lawrence M- Magill. embezzlement
and larceny, two charge.
Lawrence M. Magill and O. I. Bru
r bribery and conspiracy.
NOT TRUE BILLS.
0 L- Bruner. confidence game (7),
bribery (3. embezzlement (1).
Sjdd Little, assault with intent to
eommrt murder.
J. R. King, abduction.
' After establishing a record for the
Jerri ot tilrl(f th7 hore been ,T1 ses"
r.on. members of tho grand j'iry for
tie
January term or circuit coun
a final report to Judge it. .
Ousted ia circuit ccurt in-s Eiernmg
fi-0r.lr after 11 o'c.ock and were dis
missed with the thanks of the court.
Tie body has been :i: fusion smce the
first Monday in January and the grand
jiry for the May term will convene
B?xt Monday afternoon at - o'clock.
In tbe final rcior; returned by the
rtrrt body er f-.-tT :n:e bill, two
cf h.ca were a-au t former S'ate's
Attorney 1- M. Ma -ill. tharuinj; em
bedment and larony, and tbe other
two against Sheriff O. U Bruner and
Jlagill, cbarjiir-s conspiracy and oon
jpiracy and briber;-.
Forces Report.
In add'ion to tb tinal i f per'. un!"r
gpc;al Stato s Alt 'rn"y c:-or.u- W.
Wocd. IhTe as ai- riled a l:t f
l;acrrd till!", rerurtied une'er Spate's
Atpm-y y. V- Tii'm.iM'n. Tlurewere
15 ca."i in th- 11 of :hMn lins
isalast !feer.ff Hr. nr. It in ur.d- r
t'.ocd States A'tor;i'y K. K. Tho'.nie
oa yenerday arijfarrfl before th
grad jiry and in :.ted that the list
of indie nr-ms !ccori-d ibould lie uiak
public. tbreati.n:rs to go into p n
co-irt this rr.orcius and make affidavit j
tniirp rcir.g this infcriuatiou Diui he
f:t tbe r'ib'ic oueb: ti know. I
"Incbide'l in the lift are the p:roim
t cases I had aeaint Bruner." de-'
c'.aT-i State's Att trtiey Thomp.-on. ;
'However, th- j ;ry sa fit not to rf" ,
turn irii urns am i-nnreu j
Th.rA artt I c vs. n rf 'hTii StU'l"! charil- i
v I
Inc ccntso-nre m.-. t!ir-e tr;ier.
nd one embezzlement.'
O'ber n't tr .e ,X,
1-t"' :,'r'i', w:T!l a"',n,t ,.er,ain K.s, Mr-i:ne Bi,. k,HM
Fau.'. w?tn in'eM to coxuni.t rnurder. in
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tl'at be tnrew a nn-:I- at bis wife, i
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and aiam.-r J. R. Ine. ab.tiif on. j
Officials Conspired. !
The ir.d'cr iner.t bronchi a--a.:..-t Hr
ET a:id Maaill. charging conspiracy, ' j,o:i work which be is said to have
is tiie most sensational w.ikh the pre?- j d"ne, Magill Is allseed to have tlis
"t jury Las yet returned. The ;:!! j msed the information against Van-
chrgr-s the d-fndaats with planning
i
to rermit and assist a'l p:son3 charg-J
el with cr.nies a:id ("kn:. to escape
1 ro-ciition, for a reward in caes
where tbey could do so "without un
reasonable risk of detertioa." They
are charged wjfh planning to use ih
"prorefses f tiio ro'irts of Rotk Is
land county to oirain money and other
things of val.i" frc-m such persons as
Eight hereafter romtr.it crim's and to
cee tie courts ro cover up and conceal
their illegal act.."
Cits Instances.
Among th" instances ci-ed, in which
Jlaeiil and I!r;:n' r are charged w i'h
corruption i3 oSiciul life, are the fol
io b,g:
Nov. Is;. 1912. Marie Colberg. alias
3i3r:o I.avn.. cnvicted in county
curt ar: I er1-red to pay and
cos's, ai'owel to escape from county
Ja.I oti the payment f a promissory
note for t22 :h' to Rruner by Marie
and Georee E. Colberg.
Nor. ;;, 1912. fsrar Ren'on. bound
ever 'o tbe grand j'iry under a larceny
charge. jn-rrr.;''ed to ccape from conn-
The First Thing ,
Your savings should be placed in the
Bank first every payday. Too often,
there is nothing to save if you plan to
yavc what. remains from last pay-day.
Make a deposit here tonight. Bank
open from 7 to 8 o'clock.
Rock Island Savings Bank
Commercial
Savings and
Trust
Departments
Cor. ISth 5t and
Officers of TFayette chapter No. 2.
Royal Arch Maxonn, Chicago, who
made a f pedal pilfcrimase to this city
today to confer the Past and Most
Kxcellent Master deKrees on a class of
12 candidates, for Rock Island chap
ter No. IS. are: Kxcellent Hich Priest.
Klton C. ArniitaKe: KinR, Charles U.
Pavlicek; Scribe. William M. Keltic;
Treasurer. William A. Kichler; Sec-
ty jail. Maeill refusing to present
transcript in case to grand jury.
Nov. IS. 1912, Jacob Ohoutski, bound
over to grand j'iry, alleged to have se
cured freedom from county jail when
Philip IMngeldein paid Sheriff Bruner
$.". but in order to escape detection,
on Nov. ",o Hruner is Said to have rc-
f flirt, ffi the ninnpv
Nov. 17. ir12, information was sworn
out acainst Nelle Hill, charged with
keeping a house of ill-fame, but the
sheriff is alleged to have held capias
for :o days without serving same.
Sta-e's Attorney Magill later dismiss
ed the information.
N:v. I. 1912. an information was
sworn out against Maud Rush, charg
ing her with being disorderly, but
State's Attorney Masill refused to
prosecute the case and later dismiss
ed i:.
Information filed against Anthony
W. P.iliburg. charged with running a !
gaming house, was dismissed by Ma-j
cMl. althou-jh the former state's at-
i forney is alleeed "to have known Rill-
l ijr
was guilty of offense."
Slush Fund" Charged.
i Nov. 17. 1912, information was filed
acain
t Adolph Vander Reoke. charg-
;n)- 1,1m ju, attemjiting to de.'raud the
ieo) e s
power company by tatuper-
with a meter registering ciectric
-nrreif :ind nhile
the case was still
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, .,, ,'hav acted a. a go-between for the .ounty. It is recired that the office or
,,T" ' I . i.. r ,.....vUiiit(, attorney had been placeu on
... .. . j .
ers. and is said to have collertt-d a
. , ,
sl-ish funil of $1.. a month from each
. . ., .
of the j-alooii nwn for the privilege of
k e,,:;:g their plac es of bullies open
i-itn S'inUas. In cotisid-ration for the i
der 15'cke.
Nov. 2'. 1912. an information was
morn out against Harry Maawariiig.
charging him with running a disorder
ly house. He is said to have given
Hruner J.'.o and a diamond ring valued
at tJ'- for his escape from jail, but
that later in order to escape detec
tion. Hruner is said to have given the
rin back to Manw-aring.
Nov. 21. 1912, Arthur Ooodall. alias
Arthur Gladhall. Js alleged to have
paid Hruner $72 for his escape from
jail.
Nov. 21. 1912. Millie C. Maxson is al
! tied to have given Hruner $23 for the
release of Frank and Will Maxson from
county Jail. They were charged with
assault with a deadly weapon.
Nov. 2".. 1912. T. K. Stark, bound
over to tbe grand jury for obtaining
money under false pretenses. Is alleg
ed to have raid Bruner $2't for his
release from county Jail, Magill there
upon refusing to present the transcript
to tbe rrand Jury.
Embezzlement Charge
In two othr indictments, Mr. Magill
H. S. Cable, Pre a.
H. P. Hull, V.-Pr.
P. Greanawalt, V.-P.
W. G. Johnston, ACash.
A. J. Llndstrom, Cash.
I. J. Green, ACath.
3rd Av.
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retary. Andrew McXally; Chaplain,
Harry (Ironert: Captain of Hosts, Ar
thur K. Wallace; Principal Sojourner,
Charles M. Loescher; Royal Arch
Captain. E. H. HerzoK: Master Third
Veil. Thomas G. Kerwin; Master Sec
ond Veil, J. P.. Johnson; Master First
Veil. K. T. Wagner; Organist. Rich
ard R. Trench; Sentinel, Herman F.
Horuenian.
ABLE HIGH PRIEST
VISITING MASONS
U another of 12 from the '
a salary basis of f.l.M and was not
allowed to retail fees, but that the
former ' official appropriated the sums
above named It r his own use.
$100 for Liberty.
In ;he indictment brought against
Magill and Bruner. Alfred Tonda is
alleged to liave paid tbe sum of $100
to Bruner for his escape from jail. An
information was sworn out against
Tonda in county court, charging him
with operating a house of ill fame, in
that he rented rooms at the Commer
cial hotel. 21 Seventeenth, street, to
Arthur Lyons and Ida Bubinsky, for
immoral purposes. It is charged that
Magill and Hruner conspired to allow
his release from jail for the payment
of the above sum, and that thereupon
Magill dismissed the information.
Give Bail.
Bail for the defendants was fixed at
fl.O'iu for each defendant in each of
the four cases. They appeared in cir
cuit court this afternoon and were re
leased on their own recognizance by
Judge Olmsted.
POPCORN STAND
BACK IN AVENUE
Owners Give Bond and Will
Have Hearing Before Justice
Kuehl Tuesday.
Coin Brothers, owners of the con
fectionery at 1S27 Second avenue,
gave bond of $200 at a preliminary
hearing; late yesterday afternoon in
Justice Carl Kuehl's court charged
with a violation of th city ordinance
relative to display of merchandise on
the sidewalk.
The case wl'l be tried on its merits
Tuesday before Justice Kuehl. Com
missioner Robert R. Reynolds csused
the arrest of the members of the firm.
They were allowed to again place their
movable poicorn stand in Second ave
nue after the preliminary hearing.
RELEASE SAM FRYER
FROM JAIL ON BOND
Sam Fry"". second hand dealer, re
cently convicted of the crime of re
ceiving stolen property, was released
this afternoon from county Jail, on
bond of $2,060. furnished by J. J. Tax
ma and Cbaries Brady. The case is
being taken to the supreme court on
a writ of error.
(licensed TO WED jj
Relmer Ileln Davenport
Miss Emma I Meier Lyons, Iowa
Carl Rudolph Winkler Mollne
Emma Bertha Welland . . . Rock Island
y i a uin wnwwn
Li"i"-- 'L':.'---t..- - V.-. j
Elton C. Armitage.
la rkimpil with the embezzlement of ,
Rev. James Edgar Wilson of Fond
du Lac, Wis., has accepted the call to
the pastorate of Broadway Presbyter
ian church and will assume his duties
here the first Sunday in June. At a
meeting of the congregation of Broad
way Presbyterian church held last
Sunday and moderated by Rev. W. G.
Oglevee, a formal call was extended
to Rev. Mr. Wilson to become pastor
of the congregation, his acceptance be
ing received today.
A special meeting of the presbytery
to which Mr. Wilson belongs will be
called to pass on his resignation and
dissolve the pastoral relations exist
ing between him and the congregation
he is now serving. An adjourned,
meeting of tbe Rock River presbytery
w ill be held at Morrison. May 18, and
his letter will be received at that time
and the presbytery will formally ex
tend the call to Rev. Mr. Wilson to be
come pastor of Broadway. He will be
gin at once to prepare to remove to
this city and hopes to be able to as
sume charge of his duties by June.
Has Been Heard Here.'
Rev. Mr. Wilson has preaeheTl at
the local church on numerous oc
casions and has met with much fav
or. The charge he is at present fill
ing is the first since he entered the
ministry and be stands high in the
community in which I resides. He
is a man of high intelligence, efficient
and capable of filling the position made
vacant by Dr. W. S. Marquis who re
signed the pastorate last fall. He is a
young man. of about the same age as
was Dr. Marquis when he took charge
of Broadway church a quarter of a
century ago. of delishtful personality
and good address and an able preach
er and worker.
Broadway charge has been vacant
since the resignation of T)r. Marquis
last fall to accept the position as su
perintendent of the state missions, the
pulpit being filled In the interim with
supplies. The charge is one of the
largest and most influe.ncial in the city
and the call extended to Mr. Wilson is
a compliii'nt to his ability and ex
presses the confidence or the people
in his power to serve them as pastor.
Mr. Wilson is a man of family.
BOWLINlTCUP TO
H. D. WSNBIGLER
With Handicap of 775 He
Lands April Trophy at Rock
Island Club.
, . ix 11 ;.;Dlur unn the cud in the
11. i'. in 'i'
nril bowling tournament at the Rock
. M O Cl'll
Island ciub w ith a gross score ui
This closes the regular bowling sea
son till next fall, wnen in an p""
kis., ti. mnnthlv tournaments will
be resumed and continued throughout
the year.
Tbe cup for the Aprl! tournamem
.un.tH ht- Tresident W. A. ROB-
enfield. It was given for the highest
score in 15 games rolled during the
month. The handicaps were based ou
the showing made in the March tour
nament. Mr. Winbigler. on nis snow
ing in March, was given a handicap of
t-- ..hinh in the largest of any
entrant. He tumbled 2.0S5 pins and
thus beat out j. - "
. ,1 ora nnd who made the
nautm. -
best showing of any contestant outside
mi a" C
of the scratch men. 1 nese c v-. .
Johnson, w ho rolled 2.717, L. O. Swan
son, whose total was 2.69. Dr. C. W.
Mueller, 2,592, ana r. . iUuU6.
2,576.
ONE OF DRIEST
OF APRILS HERE
Month Nearly Two Inches Be
low Normal in Precipitation,
the Records Show.
The month of April added approxi
mately two inchea to the deficiency in
rainfall for the year. There have been
but four Aprils In the last 43 years
on which less rain has fallen. The
total for last month, according to the
summary presented by Observer J. M.
Sherier of the local United States
weather station, was .89 inches. This
summary gives the following data:
Temperature Highest, 83. on 20th;
lowest, 20, on 8th; greatest dally
range, 37. on 21st; least. 6. on the
20th: normal for this mouth, 60..;
i.Iompki this month for 43
years, 87. lowest. 14; average daily de
ficiency of this rointh as compared
.-ith normal. 0.2; accumulated excess
Tonnan 1 182.
Precipitation Total for this month.
0 89 inches: snowfall, trace; greatest.
precipitation in 24 hours, 0 35 inch, on
9iith- mow on ground at end of month.
0.0; normal for this month. 2.88
inches; deficiency of this month as
,nmn.ii with the normal. 1.99
Committee from Grand Jury De
clare Present Building Is
Wholly Inadequate.
That the conditions at the county
jail are unsanitary and that a new Jail
or a workhousee sbould be established,
is the opinion of the committee from
the gTand jury which Investigated the
coi'ity bastile.
The committee was composed of A.
C. Vander Vennet, Ben Nitz, Thomas
Boon an, Frank McConnell and W. M.
Terry and in its report state: "We find
the county jail In an unsanitary and
unsatisfactory condition, due largely to
the Inadequacy of the accommoda
tions. The ventilation is poor and the
building otherwise wholly insufficient
to supply the present needs of the
county.
"We endorse the report of the re
cent grand juries in demanding a new
jail or a new workhouse, adapted to
present conditions."
CLEANING A GUN;
IS SHOT IN HEAD
Raymond Fox, 513 Tenth
Street, Narrowly Escapes
Death in Accident.
Raymond Fox, 21 years of age, 513
Tenth street, is at St. Anthony's hos
pital in serious condition as the result
of being shot in the forehead by the
accidental discharge of a revolver he
was cleaning at 11:30 this morning.
Fox was tinkering w ith the revolver,
which had not been used for some
time, and was cleaning the chanflber3.
As is usually the case, he didn't know
the gun was loaded. As he twirled the
chamber 'there was a sudden report
and the lad threw up his arms and fell
to the floor with a stream ot Dioou
trickling down his face.. A physician
was called and the victim removed to
the hospital. It was found
that the bullet had entered the
forehead, shattering the outer bone of
the skull and lodging under the scalp
near the top of the head. The physi
cian who attended him declared that
if the bul'.et had entered a Traction
lower it would have meant death. If
complications do not set in the young
man will recover. The revolver was a
32 calibre.
FORMER WAITER
IS GIVENA YEAR
Jake Leibck, Charged With
White Slavery, Favored by
Doubt of Girl's Age.
Jake Leibck. former Rock Island
hotel waiter, under indictment for
white slavery, was sentenced to a
year and a day in the federal peni
tentiary at Stillwater, Minn., today in
federal court at Davenport by Judge
SmitK McPherson. Leibck changed
his plea of not guilty to guilty late
yesterday.
The court told Leibck that his of
fense justified five yearsln prison, but
because the indictment did not read
that Aura White's age was under 18
Tears, the court was forced to 'mete
out a light sentence on a faulty bill.
Doubt developed before the grand
jury voted a bill against Leibck re
farfiine the girl's age. She was said
to be 14 although she is probably old
er.
Mcjirv A mV. also held for white
slavery, it being alleged he enticed
Edith Thomas from Rock isiana to
Hannibal, Mo, was sentenced to a
year and a day in the federal prison.
He plead guilty. Apple was held en
two charges of white slavery and his
sentence is concurrent.
lv PERSONAL fUlN I a ))
Mrs. Adair Pleasants left last eve
ning for visit at Sterling ana Lni-
cago.
Mr. and Mrs. V. G. Xander and
Mrs. E. C. Xander and son William
Bennett, Jeft this morig for Waterloo
for a visit with relatives.
Mrs. Frank J. Orth has returned to
her home in Chicago after a week's
visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. M. Wilcox.
Mrs. George W. Gamble and daugh
ter, Mrs. W. H. Driggs, are expected to
return tomorrow from a six months
slay in Arizona and California.
Redwood sawdust Is being used by
vlneyardists in California for packing
fresh table grapes. It takes the p:ace
of the ground cork used for Imported
Spanish grapes.
The Pennsylvania ral'road last year
paid out $5,143 on account of acci
dents to passengers who tripped over
other passenger's grips placed la the
aisles of passenger trains.
Very Beautiful and Rare Pieces
exquisite qualitv, rich colors and reasonable in price. A few of them
are noted for their antiquity and historical tracing from, generation to ,
generation. We have rugs from $8.00 up to $600.00. both small run
ners and room size rugs. We are able to save you 25 per cent on
each rug purchased from us and we guarantee it to give service for a
lifetime Now If you are looking after durability, beautiful, exquis
ite and silkv rugs just visit our display and buy genuine rugs from
the right men native experts. Our stay here will be short, so
' please call and see our line of all kinds of rugs as soon as possible.
We do also best class of repairing and cleaning of Oriental rugs.
Sale opens Monday morning May 4th, third floor McCabe's Dry
Goods Store.
HIGHER LICENSE
IN EFFECT NOV. 1
Commission Finds It Impossible
to Change to $800 for
Coming Period.
A committee from the Retail Liquor
Dealers' association of Rock Island
met with the city commissioners this
morning at the mayor's bfflce and ap
proved of a raise in the saloon license
Trorn $00 to $800, to be effective Nov.
1. The new city ordinance embracing
regulatory measures for the saloons Is
being shaped and will probably be
passed next Monday.
It w as the desire of the commission
ers to make the license fee raise ef
fective May 1, but under the commis
sion form of government the liquor
dealers are entitled to 30 days' notice
of the raise after the new ordinance
is passed. Since it will be fully five
weeks before the raise in license can
i, loooiiv effected, the commissioners
abandoned the plan to demand the
raise before the beginning of the sec
ond period of the year, or Nov. 1.
CRADLE ROLL DAY AT
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Tomorrow will be observed as cradle
roll day at the Sunday school of the
Memorial Christian church. Follow
ing tbe school services the graduating
exercises will be held and the children
3 years of age will be placed in
the beginners' class. They will re
ceive, a dinloma and be assigned to
the next class. Mothers of the pupils
are invited to attend ana eacn oaDy
will be given a carnation. A program
of songs, recitations and solo num
bers will be rendered by the little
tots.
HOSPITAL VISITING
LIMITED HEREAFTER
At a meeting of St. Anthony's hos
pital staff last evening it was agreed
that no more visiting will be permitted
at that institution except during reg
ular visiting' hours, which are from 2
to 4 in the afternoons and from 7 to
8 in the evenings. Relatives visiting
patients at any other time must have a
written permit from the doctor in
charge of the case.
HELEN BLAIR ON FIRST
EXCURSION TO KEOKUK
The Helen Blair will leave Rock
Island at 9 o'clock this evening for
Keokuk on the first excursion trip of
NOTICE
2GAS
This company has made no ar
rangements to maintain any Gas
Arcs sold or rented by any other
concern or agents.
PEOPLES POWER CO.
JAMES & SLEIMAN CO.
the season of the White Collar line...
Practically all of the reservations have.,
been taken, and over 60 people from
the tri-cities will enjoy the trip. The
boat will stop three hours in Keokuk
to allow inspection of the dam, return
ing Monday morning at 6 o'clock.
BISHOP FAWCETT TO
CONFIRM CLASS HERE
Rev. M. Edward Fawcett, bishop ot
the Quincy diocese of the Episcopal
church, will be at Trinity Episcopal
church to administer the rite of con
firmation. The services will be held
at 10:45 in connection with the morn-
ing worship. "
KEMBLE SCHOOL IS
LEADER IN SAVINGS
The State bank of Rock Island col--lected
$167.40 in deposits from the'
schools May 1. The Kemble school took
first place with a deposit of $34.40. '
The result follows:
Audubon ; 2-9
Eugene Field ....... 23.85
Grant,. 10.52
Hawthorne - 32.73
Horace Mann 10.29 .
Irving 15.27
Kemble 34.4ft,
Lincoln 23.66 k
Longfellow
$167.40 '
VISITING MASONS, 100
. STRONG, AN HOUR LATE,
Lafayette chapter No. 2, R. A. M., of
Chicaeo. arrived 100 strong at 3 o'clock'
this afternoon from Chicago, an hour"
behind their schedule, due to a delay i
of their train. They were met by a
reception committee and taken for bb'
auto drive of the three cities.
Following a 6 o'clock luncheon at"
the Rock Island club the visiting Ma-'
sons will go to the Masonic temple to5
confer the past most excellent degrees "
on 10 candidates. A banquet at the
temple at 10 o'clock will follow thr'
work.
Wanted to Buy
SOO Heating Stoves
and all kinds of household
furniture. Highest prices
paid. Phone Hedrick,
Second-hand Man, R. 'I.
1317-L. Corner of Tenth
street and Fourth avenue.
ARCS!
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