The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-11
The Washington Garden Roughs i,
Rock Island.

this paper of desperate fight which oc-
cured at Turner dance at Washington
Garden, Davenport, on Sunday morning,
in which shots were fred, chairs were de-
stroyed and several persons injured. The
roughs who broke up the dance, to evade
the Davenport officers, came TO this side of
the river, and last evening six Of them
commenced a raid upon the saloon keepers
here. They were led by Jack McGee,
we'll known in this vicinity as one of the
most desperate aud treacherous rufians
ever in the city, and one who has seen the
inside of our Jail several times, The par
ty first went into the Rock Island house
saloon where they called for whiskey,
after drinking which Mckee told the bar
tender-"Go to hell for your ] pay"
The party then went to Gus Stengle' s,then
to the Emmet House near the bridges.
dead beating their drinks at both places,
and on being refused more liquor at the
latter place Mckee threatened to kill Mr..
Mcmahon with a beer glass, and did throw
one at his head. By this time the police
had been notified, and Marshal Halves,
Deputy Marshal Kimball and Policemen
Murrin, Ohrt, and Lettig followed the
roughs to Huber's brewery. Here it was
hoped they would get into row, when the
officers would be justified in arresting the
entire party, no complaint having been
made against them at the time, The
roughs remained quiet. however, and soon
left, going to Mr.. Jones's saloon
On 1.-THE corner of Moline Avenue and
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their minds to arrest the whole party in this
half block of the place Mr.. Jones ran
out of the saloon yelling, Police! poGce!',
He was followed by the whole gang Of
rowdies, who scattered in every direction:
The officers gave chase. but after a
hard run failed to capture any of the
party Several shots were fired.
About half an hour after this DR..
, Plummer was walking along the street
near the High school building, when he
was confronted by man having heavy
club in his hand, and who walked up and
said in wild and excited tone, My
t names jack Niece, by Cd. Are you
a policeman, you son Of a b-h?" The Dr.
said, No, | am not a policeman" It's ii
; d-n good thing your not, said McGee,
e ''for if ynu was I'd break your id head
S with this club. and then he walked on.
. Martin Weinberger, the guard at Sylvan
Water bridge, had been notified, and Pc.
iceman Metsch happened to come up just
as man was crossing the bridge. The
guard recognized the man as McGee and
called to Metsch to arrest him. Noted
& showed fight, and attempted to get hold
of stone, but in so doing the officer gave
him rap on the head and slipped hi;
t nippers on his wrist Policeman Chr
II then came up and the two started will
O McGee for jail Near the old c. r. l. {
% P r. R. round house McGee attempted tt
q escape, but the officers, knowing the DIES
L perate character of the man, did not hesi
tate to use their clubs, and soon had hin
a. 10 Jail.
h Later in the night Policeman Lettig raj
- across another of the gang, VIM. Laner
d. gan, and locked him up after quite
t, struggle, in which the officer was obliged
n to draw his revolver to iutimidate tn
70 prisoner.
At 1870 this afternoon the two bullie
r. were taken before Magistrate Chopper
lie Two charges were made against them, on
u for riotous conduct on the streets, and on
p. tor profance and abusive language. The
both plead guilty to the charges, and wer
y fined Sl5 each and cosss On the first, an
ne $50 each and costs CD the second charge
ne Or course neither Of them had any none
p. aud they were sent to jail. for l03 day
each.
"a Lenergan is an old offender here, an
e, was discharged from jail on the Goth {
ng last April on his promise never to entt
RI the city again He had been arrested #
n fighting, aul when being searched at I'll
III Jail a watch spring was found in his hat.
at They are both hard cases and the polio
ie- force is entitled to credit 70. the good wor
IL it has l,ne. The only regret is that tt
e other roGgas were lot captured also: