The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-06-29

PIPER ARREsTED.-The readers of the Ar
GUS will remember that in the winter of 1861
2 we published an account of notorious
rascal by the name of E. S. Piper, who swim
died Mr.. Crane, of Muscatine, out of some
$1,000 or "a 900, on pretence of going into
the pork trade with him, and took the money
to come to Rock Island TO buy pork barrels
He was here day or two and several of our
people remember him. He went from here
to ueneseo, where he made another good
haul About the time he left here City Mar
shall Chopper got on his track and only miss
ed him by minutes, at Gsneseo. Piper es.
capped and was afterwards taken at Cleveland.
but either broke jail or got bail, or got loose
| someway. He lived in Maqoketa, jackson
county, Iowa, some IL years, and was, at
last, detected in burning his own house to get
the insurance money. He was once arrested
there for manufacturing counterfeit coin, the
dies for which were found ia his possession.
He bore the reputation of horse thief, coun-
terfeiter, gambler and scoundrel generally.
He figured in the same business at Mil
lost sight of, He has been foolish enough to
run into the jaws of danger again. and has
got caught. The Davenport Democrat, of the
28th, says:
Last Tuesday a man came aboard the stea
mer Bill Henderson, at Fort Madison, and
registered himself George Gale. 1t so hap
pened that our fellow citizen, j. FL. Sanders,
was running the Henderson at that time. and
he thought he knew his passenger by some
other name. Piper remarked to Sanders that
he thought he had met him somewhere be-
fore, but couldn't exactly tell. Sanders was
positive he knew him but couldn't think Of
the name. He ascertained from the stranger
that be had been out to California for three
or four years; that he had never been to Dav-
export or vicinity but once-some time ago,
and had but a very faulty recollection OF the
place. Sanders put another man out to pump
him, but could get no clue At Port Louisa
the passenger and friend along with him,
got of, to look after some property they pre-
tended to have in that region. .tl
ALI the way up Sanders was revolving in
his mind who that man could be, and finally
it flashed upon him that he was the fellow
who swindled the bank at Muscatine but
still he could not recall the name Arriving
at Muscatine, he inquired Of Mark Block, the
boat agent there, the name of the fellow who
swindled the bank there several years ago.
and was told it was Piperl That was the
word exactly. He then informed Marshal
James, of that place. about his passenger, and
on the return trip, on Friday morning, James
went down to Port Louisa-followed his man
to Wapello-thence across to Clifton Station,
on the Washington branch of the NJ. &c NJ. i
Road. whore he came mp with the scoundrel
and arrested him. He was taken thence to
Musoatine Jail, where he now is.
Piper is an old offender east AMI vest
We understand that all the rewards offered
for his arrest. by different parties, amount to
over $4,000 At Maquoketa it was ascer
tanned that he was in the horse stealing bus
mess, though we believe ha kept hotel. He
has now probably had his run. Whasgcan-
not be done for him in Muscatine, other par
ties can do lsewhere-enough. at least, to
keep him laboring for the state in which he
has broken the laws, for the remainder of his
natural life. ru
s Piper lie big rssssl..snd has plenty II con.
fedsrstss, sEd IL 10 is aos closely guarded
night and day, he will escape.