Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-20
A BOLD OUTRAGE.
rs to How Geo. AdeIman
was Assaulted and Robbed In the
Streets OF Davenport.

particulars rs to How Geo. AdeIman
was Assaulted and Robbed I'm the
streets OF Davenport.
Tie Moline Dispatch of last evening
had the following details of the assault
upon Geo. +. Adelman of that CITY on
the streets Of Davenport, as alluded to in
the ARGUS of last evening:
A dastardly piece of work to say the
least was last nights performance of q
couple OF Davenport thugs in the assault
OF eeorge F. Adelman. well known
Mol Lner. Mr.. Adelmsn went over to
Davenport yesterday afternoon TO collect
some outstanding accounts. and in the
prosecution of his work entered the place
OF Joseph Hermann on east Second
street, near Brady. where he collected
about $l5. He had previously collected
a lmeer of bills and must have had con.
siderable money on his person. Leaving
He-mann's between 6 and z o'clock be
passed on up Second street until near the
City hotel. where he stopped in the
shadow of building to wait for a street
cal, when two men approached him from
around the corner. One of them adj
dressed Adelman rather brusquely with
the remark, Where are you going9"
am going home. was the reply.
well, where do you live, anyway?"
Adelmsn. who is a man of few words,
at this bscame exasperstei, and resented
tho continued cross questioning of q
stranger by telling him TO mind his own
at airs
He then walked out to the middle of
the street to look for the car, but here
he was confronted by the two men, and
the one who had previously addressed
Adelman exclaimed to his pal: you
take the watch and I'll take the
moneyP Aud before Adelman had
time TO realize the situation he was
struck terrible blow on the forehead
With slung-shot; but the Moliner grap-
Piled with his sssailant and had him by
the neck with firm grip when the other
robber struck Adelman a blow in the
mouth with some heavy instrument, and
ieiled him to the ground senseless.
They then went through his pockets
~ their own convenience, aud took Mr..
Adelman's fine gold watch and chain and
I'll the money he had. When he regained
consciousness he found that he was
helpless and robbed, and he called for
lelp uLtil several persons issued from the
MOTEL near at hand. into which he was
conveyed and cared for by those who
knew him. Some police officers who
board at the hotel Immediately started in
pursuit of the thieves
A Dispatch reporter called upon Mr..
Adelman this morning at his home, 1924
Fourth avenue, whittier he had been re-
moved the night before. and learned in
addition to the above facts that he had
sustained compound fracture OF his
left ankle in falling from the effects o.
the blow. He was not pressed TO talk, on
account of the badly SWOLLEN condition
of his mouth, but he informed the scribe
that be thought he would be able to
identify the man who struck him,
though he might not feel like swear
ing to 1t. he was young man
about feet 8 inches high; appar-
emily twenty two or twenty-three years
old. An officer from Davenport called
upon Mr.. Adelmsn and informed him
that a man resembling this general de-
scription had been arrested, but Mr..
Adelnan was too i'll to be moved to Dav.
export to see him. He had spent q very
painful night with his broken ankle. and
complained of sharp pains In his fore.
head. But DR.. Swan Hanson. who is at
tending. says the skull is not broken, and
that the patient will doubtless come out
all right, though the fracture of the ankle
is a bad one.
The man arrested in Davenport has
given the name of John Gay. As soon as
Adelmsn is able to make the Journey he
will 60 to Davenport to try 10 identify
his assailant.
The Davenport Democrat. Gazette of
this morning says:
The man referred to above as using a
''slung shot" was arrested Immediately
after the affair by Officer Wafer and
makes no denial of the fact that he
struck Adelmsn. His name is John Gay,
as before stated in these columns. and he
was yesterday bound over for trial IN the
sum Of $500 until next Saturday, or such
later date as is necessitated by bis VIC
TINS condition. He claims that the lat
ter insulted his mother, and for this he
Knocked him down. using nothing but
natures weapons. however. Adelmsn's
friends say that he Is not that kind of q
man; be is an honorable man, and one
OF the most prominent citizens of Moline.