Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-22
MOLINE'S SENSATION.
All the Alleged Poker Players
Give Bail.
sheriff Gordon and the Warrsnte-
n view of the Work Of Hrs
MeIzgar's Detec ives

c. d. Gordon spent Saturday in Moline
serving warrants on the unfortunates of
that city accused of gambling. The Re-
publican, describing the sheriff's official
visit TO that Cit says:
Sheriff Cyrus D. Gordon came up to-
day and served notice on the Moline par
ties against whom complaint had been
lodged in the county court by Mrs. NJ. E.
Metzgar on the charge of keeping gam.
bling joints and gambling. To save
trouble and annoyance the sheriff also
brought along with him IS bonds made
out in the sum of 800 each, the persons
accused being required to give bail to
that amount or 60 TO Jail. The interests
ed parties were consequently verv busy
this afternoon getting their sureties, and
so far as We have learned none were so
friendless and unfortunate as to have to
accompany the officer 10 Rock Island.
The Hotel kestor constituted the sheritfs-
headquarters and for some hours present
ed quite an interesting scene. The bonds
require each of the parties to be in court
on July 49, when the hearing takes
place. The sheriff tried TO serve notice
on Peter Schlueter, Jr., at the Model, and
quite an interesting time ensued while
Mr.. Sch.ueter was attempting 10 make
clear to the sheriff the fact that he was
not the Peter Schleuter. The sheriff
finally concluded to serve the notice
on Mr.. Schlueters father, whose given
name is also Peter.
There seems to be an error in the sup
position that information was lodged
against c. W. Johnson. of the McKinuie
block saloon, as keeper. We are in.
formed that it should have been William
Johnson, moulder at Deere's foundry.
1t also ,rsnspires that Gus Segur is the
'Gustave Signor" mentioned in the Rock
Island papers. A rumor has been start,
ed that the warrants were not legally
made out, in that they failed to set forth
the offense of the persons accused. The
bond of the keepers OF gambling houses
was placed at $500.
The Republican contains the following
also with reference TO the sensation:
The gambling sensation has not sub,
sided TO any perceptible extent. and the
sll-sbsorbng theme is still being discussed
promiscuously in all the barber shops,
saloons. lawyers offices, on the street
corners. in fact i. is on everybodys
tongues end, The general impression
seems TO prevail that if the names pub.
ished are all those against whom COM
plant is to be lodged. the detective
would have done well to have taken into
his confidence some of the local officers
As ii now stands he has made up his list in
The most haphazard way, taking one per-
son from one set, then again another
rom an entirely different set, and so on
| through the list. If he had, for instance,
taken in all who have been regular fire.
guenters of the notorious Bavliss Joint in
Metropolitan block at one fell swoop he
would have had list longer if not so in
teres;ing. The same with the one in the
Postofice block. But the mysterious
Hawkins seems to haye fitted about from
bush u bush slipping little information
tere and g little there, with the result of
missing about 200 gamblers. many OF
them worse by far than some whose
nan es were published in the record yes
terday. Indeed the general impression
prevails that some o: the persons against
whom information has been fled will
be able to establish their, innocence be-
| Yond doubt.
These considerations, if we'll founded.
| 60 to show that he detective was at least
a stranger who had not taken the time to
familisrize himself thoroughly with the
gang" But of course the iunernost
facts being known only to a very few, all
theories concerning the affair are lit lie
more than speculstions. Time NAV de-
velop new facts that will put different
| front on the situation and make clear
n sny things that now appear rather hszy
to the average spectator.
Nobody seems TO know for sure who
the detective was. but a good many claim
he is the party from Denver" who came
here ostensibly to purchase the Kestor
house. Marshal Kittilsen was intervie wed
By the reporter this morning TO learn
what truth if any there was in the state
ment published in yesterdays Republican
Journal to the effect that he had enjoyed
the confidence of the Chicago detective
The party who gave you that story"
said the marshal, must have depended
altogether on his Imagination. | knew
nothing OF this detective. He never came
near me. but if be had could have given
him some good information to work on. :"
You say you had nothing to do with
the investigation"
| Nothing, whatever have no desire
to steal the detectives thunder"