The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-02


tricacy Of the wound Mr. Murrin is On.
during much pain, aud eau scarcely lie At
ease in any position. If it is any consoa.
ton to him, however, under such crcum.
stances, we eau assure him that his faithful
discharge Of duty in the face Of so much
peril, will not soon be forgotten by the pub.
lie OF Rock Island, and that be will receive
their cordial sympathy in his suhering3.
On Mr., Snyder, his more fortunate com.
panion in this affair, the same hearty com.
mends,ion is bestowed.
II transpires this morning that the ras.
calls had visited the residence Of Mrs. Ben.
jamin Wilson, ust before the encounter
Mr. Wilson i' engineer on the steamer
Davenport, and his wife was consequently
alone. Hearing a noise, she awokc, aud
being much alarmed, arose to ascertain the
cause, when the burglars decampsd On
the road down from her house, this morning,
various parties found heavy steel bar
about two feet long, with hooked ends,
known as Jimmy" used for forcing doors
open. Also pair Of steel "nips" used for
turning keys, silver dollar, silver half dol.
lar, Two silver quarters, and other coins,
which were stolen from Mr.. Grenell's house
the other night. The "nips" were tried on
various doors by iuquisitiye citizens, aud it
was ascertained that if the slightest point Of
key prOtruded TO the outside, the bolt
could be turned back. These articles, with
the exception Of the Jimmy" had been
quietly dropped along the road by the bur.
glars, in coming down with the policemen
Some clothing was found. All these i'm.
p.emcus aud spoils are now ia the hands
Of the police authorities.
We called at the all this morning, to
take a view Of the prisoner. He is good.
looking young fellow, with nothing pulsive
in his appearance, and yet looks quite CON.
petent to execute any deviItry that might be
allotted him. He gave bis name rs James
Dunlap, says he lives at Chicago, and has
been away from there about week. lie
IS respectfully dressed in suit Of black
cashmere, is about ) feeteleven inches high,
sandy hair, light sandy moustache, and
bears scar over his left eye which he says
be received when n child. He Claims to
have been a member Of company G, Glat
Ohio Infantry, during the war and is y
years Of age.
His story, which is of course gotten up
for the occasion, is, that he arrived here
yesterday afternoon, on foot, and met the
two fellows he was caught with somewhere
above the city, they also having walked in
He had no money, but has friends at Dav.
export. In answer TO the question why he
did not 90 over to them, instead Of sleeping
out in the woods, as he claimed to have
done, he replied that he could not cross the
river without money. He did not know the
names Of the other two, or where they were
from. He was told that if he did not make
a pretty clean breast Of the whole business,
be would probably hang to tree before to.
morrow morning. lie replied that he could
not help it--that be did not know who the
fellows were. II was asked what he WAS
doing with a candle in his pocket. He
said he had picked it up in the road The
matches found in his pocket he said were
for the purpose of lighting his pipe. He
had the revolver with him in the army, &c.
A new Alaska diamond pin was noticed in
his shirt bosom. Marshal Mitsch asked him
TO hand It over to him. Dunlap refused,
and drew back from the CRATE, but the rat
tie Of bunch Of keys at the lock hroneh,
him 10 time. and ~ N..uded II out
y stranger, we learn, decidedly suspicious
looking, called at the residence of judge
Spencer, yesterday morning, and seemed to
be intent more on taking survey of the
premises, than on divuIging his imaginary
business. He was probably an emissary of
the gang.
Great excitement existed this morning.
Our citizens were highly exasperated, and
threats Of lynching Dunlap we're heard on
every corner, and in every crowd. A man
who makes a business of breaking into PEG.
PIES houses, carries deadly weapons with
him, and stands prepared to murder in cold
blood on the least provocation or interior.
ence, is certainly Of no use to the community, |
and his death can not be deplOred as more Of |
loss than benefit; but for all that, we
hop for the credit of our city, and dignity
OF our Jaws, that nothing Of the kind will be |
contemplated or executed, There is one
thing quite certain, however, if Dunlaps
irlenas have any regard for his neck, they
had better leave the city at once, and at.
tempt no more operations in this quarter.
The attempted arrest of these three
burglars by Officers Murrin and Snyder. was
one Of the most daring performances ofduty
at deadly hazard, that ever occurred in
Rock Island. Our police annals have
nothing to compare with it. Such officers
are an honor to any city; they are inyalu.
able and indispensable, and should hereafter
be made permanent members of our force,
as partial reward and recognition of their
gallantry. Their conduct has challenged
the admiration and respect of the public.
With such officers on duty, thieves and cut.
threats will soon give us wide berth ANY
bills which Mr.. Murrin may incur from this
misfortune, should of course be settled BY
the city without word.
This afternoon Dnnlan waa CON, nnitted % Y