The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-13
CRIMINAL CASES.
How the Police were Engag-
ed Sunday.
Fighters, Drunkards and
Other Criminalities.

Hugh Bresnaham is II striker. He did
not strike for higher wages, nor did he
strike for smaller number of hours of
| labor He struck policeman. and he
struck him hard.
The latter did not take it as love tap,
nor did he regard it in the light of joke,
but he considered it criminal offense, and
placed the striker under arrest, and con-
veyed him before Justic Cropper yesterday
morning.
The court was evidently of the opinion
that policeman is an expensive article to
fool with; for when the evidence was snb-
mitted he fined the prisoner five dollars and
costs.
The fine was paid. and the prisoner was
admonished to go and strike no more.
A FIGHTER.
Peter Keverlin was in pugilistic mood
last Sunday. 1t may have been that his
clothes did not fit him, and he imagined
nobody loved him; but, whatever the
spelling for fight. He knocked the day
light out of two or three tobacco sign
images, and then felt convinced that the
man did not walk the earth who could
step on his coat tail with IMMUNITY.
This feeling caused Peter to have a
formal Introduction to Justice Chopper
yesterday morning. He appeared in the
character of prisoner, but presented a
smiling countenance, and took his punish
ment like game one
The court is not an admirer of the noble
art of selfdefense. for he fined Peter $40
after hearing the evidence against him.
The fine, however was suspended for
the present, and the prisoner discharged
consisting of John Doyle, James Thomp-
son and Henry Harley were next stood up
before the court.
They were accused of fighting in front
of Mitchell s. Lvndes bank last Saturday
night, and the latter had revolver in his
hands, which he tried to discharge.
The prisoners had nothing to say in
their own behalf, as they felt that they
had not been conducting themselves as
first-class citizens, and therefore thought
that the case was against them.
They were all fined S. and costs apiece,
while Harley was asked to contribute an
rying deadly weapon.
They were tax en- to the armory, and on
payment of their respective fines will be
discharged
TWO DRUNKs
W. Reardon and Ben Hruczeha were
arrested on Sunday for attempting to carry
more whiskey than their capacities would
permit.
They were not walking straight line,
but were taking the entire sidewalk as
they made their way over the city.
The police noticed this fact, and as they
could not play the sun stroke dodge, they
were gathered in and taken to the armory.
Yesterday they were before Justice
Chopper and after hearing the evil
dence against them they were allowed to
draw prizes upon which were written three
dollars and costs.
F. H. WALTER, NJ. d.
is now out ohprison, and his patients will
again have the benefit of his counsel and
experience.
A short time ago DR.. Walter finding
that the general health of the public was
so rnod that Ire hid fair to starye at his
profession, and took tour around selling
bibles. It is not known whether he made
a success of it or not, but it is known that
he got gloriously full of whiskey and
amused himself by breaking the window of
certain house in the lower end of the
city.
He was arrested for malicious mischief,
and yesterday he entered plea of guilty
to the charge in the county court, and was
fined S25 and costs This amount he
paid andewas set at liberty.