The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-08-09
SHOOTING CHICKENS UNDER DIFF
TIcULTIES.
A Henry County Official Stu
pidly Drunk.
SEVERAL YOUNG GENTLEMEN FINED
AND THEIR SPORT SPOILED.

sbarp shootists have been trying to get
permission from some Rock Island county
farmer to shoot Just few chickens be
fore the law permits friends from abroad
want some, you know, and can't remain
here till the law permits shooting II
is nice thing to get few, Just niue
ahead of other people, so to speak. NO
farmer in Rock Island county could be
found who would give consent for unlawiul
shooting on his premises, and the result
was that our spOrtsmen concluded TO ry
Henry county. They got off on the Thurs
day morning cars forthe fields of Anawan,
with all their traps dogs, ''commissary'
etc One young lad George Buiord' WI"
is now spending his school vacation at
homel felt a little lit beat because he
( didn reach the train in time, but the Sc
ouel reconciles him to what he then
thought Il piece of hard luck, and saved him
/ from arrest and fine
Our party reached Anawan on time be
tween 9 land 10 o clock, aud Immediately
commenced work, they having obtained
permission to enter upon the premises OF
course the owner of the field could only
agree that, as far as he was concerned,
thew might enter upon the premises, which
agreement would relieve them from suit
/ for trespass. But they would still be la
bic for Il violation of the game law. The
man who agreed not to prosecute them for
. trespass was, of course aiding in violating
/ the law, though perhaps not technically la
bic to prosecution
As our sportsmen passed through Cen
eSeo some of the members Of the GeneSeU
Shooting Club thinking it would be good
/ Joke on the Rock Island boys 10 get them
arrested and fined, aud show them that
Henry was a law abiding republic and
that no one could get away with their
chickens, and perhaps actuated hya desire
to add to their funds in the way of inform
ers fees, procured from Frank Macarthur,
Police Magistrate, a warrant for their arrest
and started Godfrey LuSalle deputy sher-
in, and - Ball, constable, 10 Anawau to
arrest them and bring them back TO Gene
SEQ. on the evening train, for trial. Some
friend of the deputy sheriff, knowing his
= pcuchaut for wliskey and believing that
, the hunters had douiijohu with them, got
e. horse and bugcyand drove up to Auawan
ahead of the officers and notified the boys
, Of what was up, aud they htd their jug in
the grass. On the arrival Of the officers,
Major l.. VI. Butord and NJ r. Wiser, OF
/ this city. NIr. Alfred Sleviu, of Cincin-
! natl .brother.in-luw Of Major BUtorG ,
/ Mr. Ed Bufard, of Kentucky, and Nessrs,
p }. BlodGett and II VI. Gilman of Anawan.
D were arrested NJ chickens were found
/ and. of course. no offense could be proven
d The party started for tennessee but, in al
! evil hour, Deputy Sheriff LaSalle got d
smell Of thar jug and the result was that
when they arrived in tleneSeo they had t.
carry that official into the Magistrates Of
: fee and in the words Of one Of the party
he was 50 drunk that he couldn't throw
his hat ON the floor, and of course. couldn
j make any return 90 his warrant The,
:, say that the officers from Geneseo wouh
). have been arrested and fined in Anawau
= for drunkenness. if they mad not been pr,
? tected by their prisoners
Il The boys evidently had a good time, bu
$ rather than remain day or two for trja
e they compromised by paying $ each, TO
1t the benefit Of the Geneseo shooting clul
=, and came home They say that member
90 Of the Geneseo club saw Dow and Gilman
g of Davenport, at Anawau, with chicken,
L but made no effort to arrest them-whit
RS looks little As though they were not act
e. uatcd by any very hich-toued regard f,
the law. We presume all will agree TIL
the law ought to be euforced-huJit anou
he enforced on all alike, if at all
Our boys sent down their luggage !
d express on Thursday evening, with a lab
s' attached to it showing that they were u
re der arrest. and OF course the rUmar f.
vi over town rapidly with addition, as it 81;
rs told and retold until it assumed We
u, formidable proportion--bu. the toregoii
'i is believed to contain all that Is materi
u connected with 1t. The best way Is to o
serve the law.
"' p. S.-We regret tn add that Maj b
NJ ford came home with a badly spraiucd q
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