The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-02

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ment that is within the power of our people
10 hold out.
THE UNION AND THE BuRGLARs.-lhe
frog pond organ, which always knows the
value Of a consideration, has evidently fallen
under the influence OF the burglars of Chi
cago, and is now being run exclusively IN
their interest. 1t is turning every stone in
the hope of getting up little maudlin sym
patty for the burglar now in Jail, and the
securing of his release next week. BY way
Of obtaining aid from the Irish, it is playing
the game Of "palaver' with great JUNCTION
1t forgets that the man who was shot down
in our streets for endeavoring to protect the
lives and property of our citizens Is an Irish
man, and that the man Sanford, whom it
defends, is undoubtedly just the one who
did it. That organ is just about as much o |
friend to the Irish, as the mau who tried to
murder Murrn. 1t is also very well known
that tho individual who furnishes the Rim
with its points in this controversy is by
| no means friend to officer MurriR, II not
downright enemy, and we might here intl'
mate that his course has not met with that
appreciation from his party which he may
have imagined it would
The whole matter may be summed up as
| follows: When officer Murrin arrested San.
ford at Chicago, Capt. Hickey informed
him that if he did not get his prisoner out
of the city Immediately, there would be
"roughs" enough at the Armory in half an
| hour, who would swear to anything TO &C
complish purpose, that to retain the pris'
ouer would be impossible. Mr.. Murrin fol-
lowed the advice given him, and hurried
away. 1t seems that the game rs now to be
transferred to our own midst. The hard
swearing is to be done at the very scene OF
the attempted murder. And as if by magic,
flying visit Of three previously unknown
neu from Chicago, builds up friends for the
f burglars right here at home, in the short
space of few hours. A newspaper has the
impudence to come out and advocate the
innocence Of the very men it was cursing a
month or more ago. This is all very curl.
Gus. We do not say point blank that any
body has been bought up, but the Chicago
delegation had number of private confer
ences here, and one of these private confer
ences was held either with the editor of the
Rim direct, or through the kind Offices of a
mutual friend. What propositions were ad'
vanced and entertained it is unnecessary to
mention, for the columns Of that journal this
morning bear sufficient evidence.
As far as we are concerned, We believe
Sanford is the man who shot Murrin. We
, believe he is a burglar By profession, and
= could be murderer without much provoca
ton. The gang of which he is member
r committed the greatest outrages in Rock
q Island that have been committed here il
}. years. Our police officers perlled their live
d to protect our citizens and their property, an
o for his fidelity one of them was shot dow
!. in the street, and would have been murdere
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IS plish the hellish purpose. Our police off
GERS oil agree to having seen Sanford in tht
"a city previous 10 the shooting afray, thoug
,r his friends say he was never here before IL
=. his life. Officers Snyder and Murrin ar
II both positive that Sanford is the man VIII
-. did the firing that night Alderman Dor
nelian knows nothing about Sanford, an
=. does not pretend to. Gregg and Eager d
- know u great deal about him, and also aboD
=, Dunlap; we believe them all to be in leagr
:, together; aud we believe plot is on foot
"a cheat justice of its prey, and we believe II
Ia Union has had such inducements held o,
n. to it as have succeeded in drawing it I'M
"a the programme. We have no doubt but th'
n. a hundred men can be gathered up in Oh
n, cago in an hour, to come down here an
swear to anything that is required, if the
=, are paid reasonable low figure for dom
"a. it, and we believe that is just exactly viii
Ina il to be done, aud the public believes Just
Ilv we door, at least, very large maj GRITTY
tor our citizens.