Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-04-10
THE EL0PERS In THE HANDS OF
THE PHILISTNEs.
A DAVENPORT LAWYER CARRIED TO
JAIL ON A PoLICRMAN's BACK.
He Is Released on Bail and Tries His Hand
At High Tragedy.

The ways of the elopers-Hsrry Strong
and Mrs. Ellen Trsnmer-seem to De
be.et with much tribulation. The closing
chapters of their romantic career are more
excitiur5 even than their escape from
sleepy policeman and subsequent capture
by vigilant marshals, as already reported
No sooner were they safely lodged In the
NewcomA House Davenport, in charge OF
chief of police Keating, than the legal Phil
istines pounced upon them. One of them
T. f. Ingbam Esq, whom We believe H
Law partner of James 7 Lane, or is studying
law with Mr.. Lane, or in some way connect
ed with that office, succeeded IN
crowding himself into the room where
Strong was consulting with Lawyer HubbeiA
and worried thirty dollars on tof him as
fee for going to MuscAsine and bringing
Judge Benson to Davenport, in order that the
Elopers might be tried on q writ of hGbeds
corpus. Ingham returned and found that
Strong still employed Geo. E. Hubbsl as
his attorney. The gentle Ingham was so
euraged at this, or at the thought that an
other should help to pick his bird, that he
demsnded twenty dollars more. Strong
objected and told him lie had paid him for
all that he had engaged him to do. Ing
ham insisted and finally proposed to take 1t
out of him according to the rules Of "the
ring something after this fashion.
"Ibsv mNuled and mashed and msngled,
Aud wrunS and wrenShed aud wrAngleai
They bulIied, busted, bssted, bled,
Their eyes were blsckeued, noses red,
r Bat still they banged and bupgsd at and hi'ed,
T.ose horrOr-sightsd pug', benighted,
And Kicked, Azd gouged, and gashed and
bactsd,
4 Till from the ring InghAm was borne
I IS afeiy on Officer Kessler backed
!. And lodged in Jail foflorn.
a After the assault at the Nswcomb
House, in which Strong was knocked dow
twice, the case was adjourned to the burtu
House, Judge Benson presiding. Geo. b
70 Hubbell appeared for defendant and Johr
= c. Bills for the State. Il WAS claimed, VI
is are Informed, that the prisoner was Illegal
?. arrested 10 Illinois, Marshal Mitsch havinJ
no authority 10 do so, aud that he wa
brought into Iowa by misrepresentation sn
fraud. This failing, the prisoners night t
give bsil here Was being argued pro and co
Is when the train from the west arrived wit
a, Marshal Burkhardt, Of Council Bluffs, ~h
4. put 10 an appearance with requsiuo
from tbe Governor, aud all his papers prd
psrly made out. Strong was then given u
70 him, aud was taken to Jail by Ofics
Keatiug-Mrs. TRAINER aud her child r.
o. msiling in their room At the NewcomS
Or The woman claims that the 81 600 the
le brought with them 10 their flight fIor
a. Coancil Bluffs was rot her husbands moae
10 at all, bat her own, and THAI she brought
With her when she cano from England, al
- took 4 from the bank al the Bluffs on he
own check. .Shs does not seem much dr
turbed by the siIaA;ion IN which she 40
lis her pArAuour are placed, but maintain
be that they will coma out AL right GA fs
IN, trial q, the Bluffs. The Council Blu
be Marshal left for home with his prisoners {
ID the train this morning, and thus the elope
ch pass from our sight.
be After being released on bail last niRf
Inzhsm tried his hand at high TRACED
About L O'Clock be met officer K-s'ler
toe sidewalk, who had carried hin to j.
uuder his arm while he paved the =
Niles. Kessler, Aad Inghsm then want 10
the Nsvcomb House 10 take q drink
lnghsm's expense, where the latter drew
revolver and challenged Kasslsr to fsI
Niles at oucs oollared him and took aw
- the revolver, which ia now IN his posssssit
~ A complaint has beeu entered before just
Peters for this offence, and, before he g
the through with these hssle things, Mr.. Ingh'
bids fair to lean something, if he is Ct
ock diigent in following them up.