Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-27
WORSTED BY A WOMAN.
Davenport's Great Journalistic Re-
former S0undly 1hrasbed.
O'Meara, the MaIigner OF tho Police
Force. Again I'm UBenviable Motor
fcty.--A Dual Life that it is Hard To
Reconcile.

r. W. O'Meara, the city editor of the
Davenport Times. who. in the interests
of public morality, as he claims. has been
carrying on vicious and entirely I'M
warranted warfare on the Daver port POI
lice force. who recently was caught in
one of the dens OF prostitution which he
had assailed with the greatest yigor. has
gotten into the hands Of the police
again. This time he has been making
love to woman. whom he has many
times held up as an object OF shame. and
who resented his treatment of her in true
heroic fashion. The Democrat tf yester.
day morning says:
About half past o clock the notorious
Biddy MCGEE left her place of abode OF
Third street, between Rock Island and
Iowa, and started out ON the warpath.
She went TO the saloon on the south,
west corner of Iowa and Third street and
met the ssloon>keeper at the door. She
inquired if O'Mears, the reporter, was in
there. and received reply in the affrma-
tive. OMeara was called out. He came to
the door. but hesitated about going any
farther. Honey. what do you wantS"
asked the pretended reformer of fallen
women.
The indignant woman replied that she
desired to see him on business. O'Meara
then stepped out on the sidewalk. A war
OF words then ensued, but il only lasted
moment when the angry woman caught
hold OF O'Meara by the collar with one
hand and with the other she struck him q
savage blow in the forehead and then
went at him with her fists. ON[eara was
badly cut about the forehead AT d bruised
about the face. The patrol wagon was
soon on hand and both O'Mearl and the
woman MCGEE were taken to the police
station. where O'Meara, unable to give
bail for his appearance Monday morning.
was locked up in cell.
But for the intervention of one of the
officers in the station the frail damsel
would have crushed cuspidor upon
O'slesra's head, so bitterly indignant had
she become over the abuse OF O'Mesra.
She managed, however, to secure bail for
her appearance Monday morning and was
released.
According to the womau's story,
O'Meara called at her house Eric ay even>
ing and began to abuse her so ST amefully
that she ordered him out of the place.
He refused to go and drew revolver,
threatening to shoot her. Size finally
managed TO get him out of the house and
then she locked her doors. O'heara was
very drunk and came to her he ise seven
times that night and tried TO yet In, so
she states, the last time be came being at
3 O'Clock in the morning Be leav-
ing the station the woman gave Capt.
Martens note which she rece ived YER
terdsy from O'Mesra. 1t read:
II want to see you on business"
Your honey, O'MEARA"
OMesra was quite drunk last evening.
Yet all along he has pretended TO be a
reformer of fallen women. II is reported
that he has long had aspirations TO be
chief Of police. II is very prot able now
that O'Meara will leave town.
The dual part that OMeara has played
on the moral stage In the city OF Daven-
port has brought him up just where he
deserved. He has acted the bypocrite
and the coward. AMI instead o. being q
great moral teacher in the community,
has proved himself subject of ridicule
and scorn. He should be sent as a mis-
sionary TO the Black Hills.