The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-20
THIS WICKED WORLD.
A Pair of SHintirrs Detected Int Not
Caasit. -Jtitrr trimiHaiitica OF
Various Character.
TOO THIN.

rural school districts of late, but were
detected through the keenness of a cOun
ty school treasurer. 1t seems their scheme
has been to make "a visit to the various
school districts for the alleged purpose of
taking the school census, through which
of certain school directors. School dis,
trlcts No. 6 and 8 in this county,
were recently visited, and shortly
thereafter. School Treasurer Coy,
of the latter district was presented with
a check for S45 signed by John Hammer
and endorsed by Thomas Campbell. The
treasurer who knew Mr. Campbell's sig>
nature denounced the check as bogus aud
refused 10 pay the amount. The man
who presented it, who however, was II
stranger departed and soon after Mr..
Campbell received the appended letter,
which it may be seen at a glance is cons
cocted plan to smooth the matter over
and keep it from the public:
Rock ISLAND. ILL.,, oct. r. 1885.
nus tANii Iiit' Iran S'i'' i"'i WIZ
recognize me rs inc ptfty thhb to'h thc
census OF your school yesterday After
l had finished your school went to
Mollne to meet TREND OF mlhe' ii col
lectlhS agent LOT a. IL: Andrews we
both got bcastiY luil ana IN lhal slate ne
got into his head that your district owed
him Tor II set OF maps ana charts ana ne
proceeded 10 make ont an orutr against
you from Tie report hau. VA
the way over ne Ieli ohI OF the
buggy and tried 10 get
ont and help him when | fell and
spraincd my ankle. | left him and went
to Coal Valley alone. | have II vague
recollection of talking to the treasurer,
for | was beginning to sober up little,
and about halt knew what l was doing
out Gou'uh oon' H. ~, ~ fo,l uanu -, ~
not cash it, and | don't know what did
with it. | haven't seen my friend since he
fell out of the buggy, and can imagine
"na. poo" NO., ~ n,I' "a. "'M n",, :, "u
o,,,,t ,ra, o,o,,r,d orn;n rnr SOM, ,i,,c /
feel that | owe you more than AN apology
for the part | played IN this disSraceful
'lair' anu "nen l 80. "'o'no y" "o'"
,,s',,aa Ana ~ am mon haro in tho ,,,v
headquarters win be called in. ! have
lheht'ohe" you 10 one ~ 'hu '"e'' III aus
onI fnrni"h , av,dencas If nnr rnli,hij;ty
Hone Won will keep this matter Quiet, for
if ii is known it would prejudice people
against us ana we would nave 'foupin III
; ,nao' ,nn f,r,, ,i,,,,,h V' ,',,
need have no ftnrs of the others win
probably be recalled, and then they will
have pretty decent sort OF crowd work
it's ioi tnon iiof''7 H., % U
UrHny SuorIrrr
The matter WINS nlaced in Marshal
E.khor,,s honds lint tha sharLs h,va
nro,,h,v eki,,al A similar oomc wos
a,tomn,od !, district No + vhor. , noic
WAC nrosa,to1 s,g,,I lac II If rpch,tcr
and Henry sclrrlpr
voururtrr. ,r,u,vN
so,,rl,y r;,h, ., voung man whose
nomo ia sn,,osnd +, he D,nicl Conn,tv
uh, had ham .rnnlovni 10 q hnl how ot
eliza E-;,,,,,u ,,,,,, ocro,, ,ho r;,,r ,,,lo
TWO SILVER watches nom Tue c"oN ana III
mediately vanished. The police were at
once notified and made a dihgent search
Of ,,o o;,v I'M, f,i,irrt +, find any ,r,cc of
i'''''' NM bu'''s' P''P' 'o''' VI '"' i''''
used the telegraph wires freely, forwards
ing a description of the bell boy to all the
conductors nm the outcoin,s trains The
-, A.. cs,,,. .,...,
e"''''u'''i Va INC ''o"'''" N''N'' F'7''
ger train, which left Davenport shortly
past o'clock telegraphed that Young
man answering ,hc dissertation ol Com.
,,:., m.
many hau Jul'Pe'' o'l ''e ''"''' u. '"o '''SS'
ing OF the ROCK Island ana Burlington
railways near Fairfield. Officers at the
latter citv were Immediately reouested to
;,,,;,,,o ,, ,d ,r.a,. Ca,,,;f
''"'o' ""e' '''S "
posslbie'but he has thus lar been success
full in GLIDING the police, The combined
value of the propcrty which he took is
no, o,r s,n H., , ,.,.,,,,,,,, :,
NV '''' '''''''''' ="
davenport
\ MYSTERY UNVEILED.
There Mas considerable excitement in "A
Perry street hotel several EVENINGS apo
growing ont of the cscapade of two rccli-
less youur, people. Room 35 on the
third floor was occupie,l bya youno man
named Jordan. He did not npocar the
following morning and at noon The door
was sim lacked Which accustomed mnch
alarm ~ no resnonse came to lnnJ and
frequent knocks Matters continued in