The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-11

prisoners were discharged from the Jail on
terminating their Imprisonment, and new
prisoners were substituted in their places.
The tramp has again made his appear
ance seeking lodging and nights shelter,
the harbinger of winter. 1t is fortunate
that none of the cases are of very seri
Gus nature as the majority of them are
for an infringement of the city ordinance
and for petty larceny.
ONLY DRUNK.
Jshn Schmidt was DRINK last night If the
police ale any judges of that peculiar affec
| ton He went to sleep out on the side
walk, careless alike of the approaching
storm and the tramp of the policeman as
he patrolIed the streets during the night.
storm made its appearance and assisted
the intoxicated individual to the Armory
where he was allowed to finish his nap in
peace and quiet. This morning his case
attracted the attention of Justice Cropper.
and that official thought that Schmidt hav
ing enjoyed the hospitality of the city
hotel should certainly pay something for
his nights lodging The prisoner was
fined So. 90 and cost.
| HOME DESTROYER.
| A man by the name of Grogan was ar
rested last night for raising disturbance
at his home, in the lower part of the city
If the reports can be believed, Grogan
does not permit his wife and family enjoy
all the domestic bliss that should fall to
the lot of an ordinary family. He believes
in excitement. and if there is no such
thing as a contested election in every age,
he gets up contested case at
home, in which he and his better half play
the opposing roles. He enjoyed such al
scene last evening. and this morning he
appeared before Justice Chopper, when a
fine of IS and costs was imposed against
him. The fine was paid and the prisoner
was discharged.
STOCK IN TRADE.
Two little boys, Albert Boehme and
Ferris Tompkins, were arrested on charge
of stealing stockings and other articles of
that description from McCabe Bros dry
goods store The alleged theft occurred
some days ago, but the suspected parties
were not arrested until yesterday. This
morning they had preliminary examina-
| 800 each to appear before the next term
of the circuit court.
RELEASED.
This morning Joe Hess, who has been
confined in the county Jail for some time
for an assault with intent to murder Mich
oils Meartz was released from that instituE
| ton.
Ed May who assaulted young man a
short time ago, aud who was sentenced to
serve period in the Jail was released this
morning.
AN INSANE CASE.
A woman by the name of Emma John
son from Moline was conveyed to the Jail
for safe keeping. She has lately became
violently insane and has cansed some TN
easiuess to her friends.
A jury to investigate her insanity was
summoned this afternoon when it is prob
able that she will be found of unsound
mind.
KUHL CASE.
William Kuhl, who passed through Rock
Island last Tuesday, gives the following
account of his imprisonment at Wisconsin
under the idea that he was Lon Williams,
one of the desperadoes of that state AS
has been published, Kuhl was arrested on
suspicion of being Lon Williams, one of
the murderers of the Coleman brothers,
who were the sheriff and deputy sheriff of
Pepin county, Wisconsin, at the time of
the murder. Kuhl is a young man of re-
spectacle family, members of which reside
in Woodford, Tazewell and Peoria coun
ties He has resided at Metamora for
some years, but, suffering from i'll health.
went travelling this spring. On the 10th
of July last, the date of the Coleman MUIR
der, he was working for man named
Miller, at Hamilton, Ill. Leaving Hamil- |
ton, Kuhl made his way to Milwaukee, |
where he fell sick, and was taken to the
city hospital. While lying there, some of
the authorities saw a resemblance in the |
patient to Lon Williams. the notorious |
desperate. Without waiting for Kuhl to
recover, they hustled him off to JAIL sick |
as he was, without even the formality of
warrant. They kept him in confinement
for seven weeks, still without a warrant,
and Notwithstanding the fact that numer-
Gus afiidavits, were received by them that it
was case of mistaken identity. Lon
Williams was known to have lost the Sec
ond toe on his right foot, while KuhPs feet
were both entire. Finally they prevented
the prisoner from holding any communica
ton with his friends, who at last went to
Milwaukee to inquire into the matter
They then held him on charge of vag-
rancy, spending four days in his cxamina-
ton merely to cover proceedings to find if
he was Lon Williams, or not. He was
convicted on the vagrancy charge, but
Judge Mallory, of the municipal court,
suspended sentence, and remanded him to
jail In the meantime the officers from
Pepin county, where the murder of the
Coleman brothers was committed came
to Milwaukee, for the purpose of taking