The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-03
CLEAVELAND
Having Used a Woman for the
Qualification of His Lust
for Months,
He Makes Criminal Charges
Against Her and Succeeds
in Getting Her Into
Jail.
A Rascally Detectives Job
That Utterly Failed Of
its Purpose,
Which was to Whitewash a
Legislative Lecher and
Beat a Bastardy Suit.

The Hon. Henry Cleaveland, of Rock
Island county, who represented the repub-
lican party and the insurance interests of
the country in the late general assembly,
gained good deal of unsavory notoriety
just before the close of the session by
being made defendant in bastardy suit,
instituted by Mrs Anna Sherman Hahn
line. He gave bail in the sum of $500
for his appearance to answer the charge
before Justice Schroyer on the 10th of
July, and then he and his friends began tn
below "blackmail," for the purpose of
working up public sentiment to the belief
that be, the immaculate and confding
representative (0 of the people of Rock
Island county, was the victim of a wicked
and designing woman. All this sound
and fury was apparently for the purpose
of making the legislative lecher solid"
with the Rock Islanders The Chi
cago papers teemed with tele-
grams from this city in regard to
the matter. They asserted one day that
Mrs sherman was a "black mailer"
the next that she had been exposed"
and the next that she had skipped
town" and would never appear against
Cleaveland But the days came and
went, and it began to appear that the
"wisn was father to the thought" in re
gard to her fight. She didn't skip" or
bluff worth cent, and things began to
look dark for Harry" as he was famili-
arly called by the demi monde, among
whom he seemed to be held in high favor.
The day of the trial was approaching, and
something must be done. Two Chicago
detectives, very 'f1y,' though dude look
ing fellows, who were believed to be
equal to any emergency, were hired and
dispatched to Springfield. These crea-
lures, or one of them at least, has been
shadowing Mrs. Hainline for days, and
Cleavelands friends have asserted that
they have secured evidence enough
against the woman to sink her" The
Register is not in position to know what
facts they may have CLEANED in regard. to
her, nor can it afford to defend her until
her case developes more fully. There is
one thing, however, of which it feels very
certain: Cleavelund held her in such high
esteem as to be on the most intimate terms
with her for period of several months,
| and il she is as black as he and his friends
| have painted her, he is no better Indeed
we think him great deal worse. He is a
great burly, ,strapping fellow, and inasmuch
as the people had seen fit to elevate him to
a position of responsibility and trust,
they had a right to expect that If he rem
dered no public service while in Spring
! field, he would at last conduct himself
with some degree of decorum, and not
cover himself, and those who sent him
here, with disgrace. But enough of this
We sent out for the simple purpose of
| giving the latest phase OF the now some
/ what celebrated Hainline Clcaveland case.
| We have noted the fact that Cleaveland
sent couple of detective hirelings to
| hunt the woman down. On Friday he
| followed arriving on the AGO p. IN. strain.
Some time during the afternoon or night
he visited the office of Squire Condell
and swore out two warrants against the
woman--one for perjury. the other for
conspiracy They were placed in the
hands of Sergeant Phillips, of the police
force, and sn effort was made to have
him serve them on Friday night, in order
that the victim of this brace of worthies
might at once be cast into Jail. To his
credit, be it said he refused to do their
bidding. Yesterday morning, however
he executed the warrants, and the woman
was taken to the law office of Messrs
Greene, Burnett & Humphrey, instead Of
to the office of Justice Condell as the
warrant directed What afterwards took
place. and for what purpose this
wretched, but bungling JOB" was done,
we leave the readers to see by Mrs. Hahn.
lines own statement, as made TO rep
resentative of the Register, in the county
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