Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-29
Is HE THE HUGGER?
An Evilly Disposed In dividual ar.
rested Last Night.
He Follows Two servant Girls FROM
Down Town 10 Twen,yThird Street
ana FFixhsens n Married Lady-His
Capture.

A scoundrel who is as vile and impu-
dent in bis disposition as the mys ferrous
individual who has become known to
many tefror-siricken women of the city
as Jack the dugger," was captured on
Twenty-third street near Sixth avenue
last evening and is now in the police sta.
ton. Having followed couple of SER
want girls from the business part of the
city to the home Of one of them on TWEEN
ty>third and Fifth avenue. he was stand
ing short distance from the house,
when the lady of the house returned
from church. She had been accompanied
almost to her door by lady living in
the neighborhood and her son,
and after parting company with
her friends the lady approached her own
gate when the scoundrel made most in
decent and insulting movement. The
lady hurried into her yard and into the
house where she found that her girl whom
the man had followed was in great state
of excitement and had telepho ned for the
police. The lady at once telephoned to
the residence of S. s. Davis across the
street, and Mr.. Davis seizing his revolver
started out in pursuit of the man who
had cause the disturbance and who had
started Up Twenty-third street fo.lowing
two girls who had passed that way,
overhauling him at Sixth avenue, and
ordering him 20 surrender Just
as Deputy Marshal Long came up
and took possession of the pris.
oner. In the meantime Officers
Kramer, Sexton, Mu'queen aid Glass had
started out in various directions TO bring
the man in. He was finally safely landed
and gave his name Otto U.of, an emploge
of the Rock Island Lumber company,
his aged %. He had in his pocket an
empty pint whisky fl ask and draft for
s25 on q bank in Germany. The money,
he, said was for his wife who d been
visiting in the old country. to bring her
home.
Late this afternoon Utoff was fined
5000 by Magistrate Wivill on charge of
indecent exposure.
The man is evidently The same one who
has been creating sensations for sometime
in various parts of the city, by attacking
ladies when walking alone at night. To-
day he claims that b has no remembrance
of his conduct last night and is very re-
pentant Of any wrong deed. He hiss got
ten himself into rather serious trouble.
On Tuesday evening this same ind,
viGual probably, created a sensation in
Moline, attacking Mrs. Or. c. Piper ON
Fifteenth street hill, and but for her for
tunate escape from her assailant he re
suits might have been far more serious.
This locality is generally considered q
dangerous thoroughfare, says the jour
nal, numerous criminal assaults having
taken place near the watering trough
But recently the place has been devoid of
incident, and apprehension of people
passing that way has subsidized.
Mrs. Piper had accompanied sister of
Mrs Charles Hemenway to her home, and
had started on her return trip She was
advised to take car, but rather prefer
ed the exercise of waking, and it being
early in the evening no trouble was an
ticipated. Before reaching the trough
some boys warned her of b wing seen the
figure Of man lurking in q dark place,
and ID avoid him she took to the center
of the street But he was at the place
indicated, and started toward her She
turned and fled back to Mr.. Hameuwsy's
house, closely pursued by the villain. who
did not succeed in overtaking her.