Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-05
MOLINE's BOLD BURGLARY.
The Loss Will Not All Fall on Post
master GOuld.--Clues to the Three
Robbers, who Put In Part or Their
Time In Rock Island.

Robbers, who Put In Part or TheiI
Time In Rock Island.
The Dispatch says Postmaster Gould
of Moline, on looking up the laws bear
ing on the question. ascertained that i,
will not require an appropriation by con
gress to relieve him of the burglary LOST
of Monday night. BY law passed in
1882. the postmaster,general is given
power in matters of this kind, and that
official will doubtless straighten matters
up with Mr.. Gould without loss to the
latter. The loss of the registered letters
and packages falls on the senders. The
one sent by Mr., M. M. Hodges, of Lake.
view. Utah. to the Barnard & Less Man
ufacturing Co. arrived about ten minutes
too late on Monday to be in the Barnard
Il Leas box-the company does not have
its mail delivered-when the firms repre>
sentative made his last visit to the box
for the day-about noon. By this the
burglars made 1914 "a. The thieves did
not get away from Moline without leav-
ing some trace. the Dispatch claims, of
their movements and identity, and were
they to return or be brought back, they
would doubtless be re cognized BY men
in the city.
On Monday. Aug. 10. two men arrived
in the city and registered at the Peal
house as W l.. Hunter and j. HI. Viii.
son. of Chicago. They hired a rig at
John Wixon's one day. and drove about
the city and vicinity. On Wednesday,
21st, Wilson left, and Thursday, a third
man, signing his name as a. T. Com.
stack. and claiming TO hail from Hauni-
bal, Mo. arrived, and registered as
with Hunter" Wilson returned Satur-
day on brief visit. Comstsck and Hun.
ter remained at the Peal house till Mons
day, Aug. &c. After that Mr.. Peal saw
members of the trio about, and seeing
one of them riding westward on street
car. concluded they were stopping at
Rock Island. On Monday last Hunter
returned to the Peal house and told Mr..
Peal he believed he would stay with him
all night, as the mosquitoes were quite
bad at the Rock Island hotel. Wilson
also showed up Monday and was with
Hunter during the day, but did not take
bed for the night Hunter went to his
room about II p. m, and got up about 8
O'Clock Tuesday yesterday morning,
breskfssted, and said he believed he
would go down to Rock Island. Mr..
Peal is strongly of the opinion that
Hunter left very shortly after going TO
his room, and returned after the Job had
been done.
A man answering Wilson's descrip-
ton, and carrying the csrpe:-bag des-
cribed by Mr.. STACK, of near the Gene
terry. got aboard the 4:3O train in the
morning, after the burglary had been
committed.
Hunter is a man about thirty>five years
of age. perhaps five feet eight tall, weighs
l4O to 145 pounds, was dressed in a light
checked suit. and wore short whiskers all
around his face. He answers the de-
scription of the man who entered the mail
ing department of the postof1ce Monday
afternoon. tried to look as if he had got.
ten Into the wrong pew" and then went
out.
Wilson is heavy set man, about thirty
i've years old, perhaps five feet ten or five
feet eleven in height, and weighing $50
to 100 pounds. He was dressed in blue
suit. and wore straw hat at the Peal
house. He had mustache. Mr..
Stacks description of him answers to
this except in the particular of the hat.
MIR. STACK says he saw him with black
SLOUGH hat.
Comstsck isa younger man, five feet
ten or five feet ten and half tall, weight
40 to $50 pounds, wore a black stiff hat,
a black coat and vest, and light panta>
Oons.
The men probably flnctuated from
place to place in this neighborhood, as
il they had remained in one place too
long somebody would be inqulring what
was their business. BY moving about
they diverted suspicion.