The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-19
MOLINE.

charged from Riverside cemetery, was,
on Monday afternoon, locked up for as
saulting K. W. Sheibner, superintendent,
with a stone. This morning the case was
called before Police Magistrate Swander,
at 10 o'clock, but was postponed, after
some delay. until o'clock this Afternoon.
The affair created considerable excitement
at the time. Mr.. Sheibner was precipitat
ed down an embankment some fifteen feet
and it is wonder he was not killed. His
arm, hand and back are badly bruised and
cut. Graiga is quick tempered man of
ugly disposition.
The Moline Post Office Robbery--Straw |
Bail--The case to be flushed Up
Justice Cheated.
The question has been frequently asked,
What has been done with the post Office
theft" HAS his bond been paid?'' etc.,
etc. To satisfy the public, your reporter
has been to some pains to investigate the
case, and is able to report the facts about
as follows:
Mr.. Harson, deputy circuit clerk, was
the first one interviewed aud he is author
ity for the statement that the bond has
not been paid; that no overtures to pay
the same have ever, been made; that i'll
Kenworthy & Beardsley have the money
in their possession to pay the bond, he
(Harson) is not aware of it, He further
states that the county does not look to K.
s. B. for settlement but to Hugh P. Null
don, and, at the proper time, the necessary
papers will be served on the bondsman.
Your reporter then called on MIR. Henri
Wells, postmaster at Moline, and after
stating the object of his visit, elected the
following:
Reporter have called to inquire
whether you have ever received payment
of the money stolen from your Office by
Walter Benson.
Mr., Wells-I decline to state. What is
the object of this? Do they intend to
open up the case again?
Reporter any overtures been
made to you relative to a settlement?
Have you been approached by Hugh P.
Moldon or any one about the matter?
Mr., Wells-(somewha neryously) |
can't see what odds it makes, [ will say
this, that no effort has been made to have
me use my influence to settle the case. |
haYe no authority to compromise the case,
| have done nothing beyond my authority.
Reporter-That is not what | want to
know. Will you please state whether you
have received check for 5000 in settle
ment of your loss; also whether you have
or have not been paid.
WeIls-(getting uneasy | have not done
anything towards shielding Benson or any
one, have only acted as far as my au
thority goes.
Reporter-Then l am to infer that you
have been paid. VIII you or will you moi
answer whether you have or have not beer
paid?
Mr.. Wels-I decline to say, ETC.: a re-
petition Of the prevaricating answers given
before.
Your reporter then left, convinced that
Mr.. Wells had been satisfied, but that he
had either pledged himself not to tell by
whom or in what way, and was afraid to
let the public know the status of the case
Hugh P Mouldon was the next one in
terviewed, who states the case as follows:
Reporter How does this case of yours
stand? Has Wells been paid?
Mouldon-Wells has been paid; he was
given check by the attorney here and he
knows it. kenworthy & Beardsley have
the money in their possession to pay the
bonds. | am sure of this, because | have
received letter, from Chicago, stating
such to be the case | will 60 down t.
Rock Island tomorrow and see about it
Wait until then.
Mouldon also stated to your reporter
at previous interview, that he could no
see why the people wanted to make such
fuss about it; that the postmaster haC
been more than satisfied; that the bonds
had been or would be paid, that if the,
lKenworthy 4 Bcardsley) had not don,
so, that he presumed they were figuring t.
make something out of it, ETC., ETC.
Here the case stands at present Tha
a general hush up has been practiced can
not for a moment be doubted. That Ben
son was guilty no one pretends to deny
and those who have allowed themselves t
be gulled in this matter or have willingl.
and knowingly compromised the case. ar,
: to be judged by critical public for thel
part in frustrating the ends of justice ant
5 allowing a notorious thief to escape tht
. aw. From its inception, the case ha
been mySteriously managed, and it vii
:, take better authority than the mere verba
. denial of Mouldon and Wells to convinc
Il the public that collision has not bee
practiced. 1t is idle to say that had tn
b feeling not been so strong Benson woul
have been on hand This is all bosh, an
wont digest. He was bailed out to Civ
: him an opportunity to skip. His f;iend
knew at the time the bonds were signe
d that he would never appear, and this
only like many others. Money ha
triumphed over justice, and now Benso
is at large and can practice his calm
upon an unsuspecting public elsewhere
Here we rest our case and leave the pub
lie to judge pro or con gifts merits.
. Arts tocratic Monopoly VS. Equal Rights
The Union says:
In no manufacturing city iE the country are tn
: relations of capital and labor more harmoniou
than in Moline Onr manufacturers have all grow
ning and being mechanics and artisans themselve
S they are in thorough sympathy with the mechanic
and artizans in their employ. They afford stead
work, pay liberal wages and treat each man as
equal and friend.
!, The whining, trucking, subservience
the Union, to the say-so of the manufat
l. turers' clique. whose slave that paper il
IS manifests itself in this article so clearl
n that even the most casual observer cannt
T, fail to discern the drift of the CAREFUL
|; worded list of evasions it contains. 7
say that the money kings OF Moline are
: thorough sympathy with our mechanic
and that they treat them as equals an
friends is to assert what the Union knows
be untrue in every particular. There
no city in the country of its size where II