The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-23


! A little after 10 o'clock last evening, as
the Rock Island House and Bellows House
buses we're coming down past the Har-
per House from the western train, T. f.
Ingham, well-known lawyer, of Daven
port, with pair of Mat Fishers livery
horses and buggy. and having in the
buggy a woman named Maud, who keeps
a house of i'll fame in Davenport, drove up
the street yelling at the top of his voice,
''look out, clear the road, lngham's a
coming my names Ingham,' etc. He
barely escaped being crushed by the om-
nibusses and drove around on the Jetfer-
son street side of the Harper House; then
turned and drove back, stopping in front
of Breunert's drug store. He got t,and
Maud leaned over and talked to him for
some little time, probably trying to per-
suade him away. He left her with the
team BY the curb stone, and went into
Vests saloon. While he was in the sa-
loon three decently dressed men, in dark
clothes and dark hats, passed near the
buggy, going up street, and one OF them
appeared to speak to Maud, whereupon
she hit him two cuts with her whip lash,
and he passed on. These three men llnger-
ed near the corner of Union Square. In
few minutes Ingham came out OF the sa-
loon, and Maud told him she had been IN,
! hn
around the corner of the drug store. Ing
ham walked out that way and after, per
| haps, two or three minutes, returned. No
one standing near heard any words, or sup
posed there was any trouble lngham
went into the saloon, asked for drinks tor
those near him, and, laying his left hand
on the bar counter, was told that blood
was running from his coat sleeve, lie
said he knew nothing about it didn't
know that he was injured But his coat was
removed, and very small cut was found
back of his arm and close to the shoulder.
| 1t bled very profusely. His Shirt was torn
off and strips bound tightly around the
wound, and Dr. Craig sent for When the
DR.. arrived he removed the bandages and
the wound had cease to bleed. He put on
a piece of sticking plaster and lngham
got into his buggy drove over the river with
with his woman
The injury was very slight one. Ing
ham seemed TO remember that he had
some talk with three men on the corner OF
Union square, and he said he struck one
of them with a club. In return for this,it
it was 50, or in return for abusive words,
he probably got the little pen-knife cut on
his arm. Who the men were is not known,
and the general regret seemed to be that
he was not manned in some way 50 as at
least to put an end to his drunken sprees
If he and Maud had been locked up in
Jail and fined this morning in the police
court it might have had some good in1u
ence on him. He is dangerous man,
when under the influence of liquor gener-
ally carries pistol and knife, and is as
likely to shoot or cut his best friend as
anybody He is the terror of all saloon
keepers-eyery one of them dreading to
see him come into their saloons, and every
one glad when he leaves. There is no
peace where he is. If he is refused liquor
he is as likely to pull out his gun and shoot
a barkeeper as 70 do any other thing His
oaths and vulgar talk are horrible and dis
gushing, and the only wonder is that he
has not been killed long before this time.
1t is said that he has a most excellent
wife land that when not under the influence
of liquor he is quite a gentleman, 1t is
not long since that, in one of his sprees he
undertook to kill himself with pistol, but
inflicted no serious injury.