Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-03
STRONG NOT STRAIGHT.
He swindIes George e. Bailey Out of $50
and Escapes.

and Escapes.
NJ. d. Strong, travelling salesman
for u Philadelphia candy house, sue
ceeded in victimizing George f.
Bailey out of about SEQ last week and
has gone to parts unknown. Strong
had been selling Mr.. Bailey goods for
years and the two were we'll ac-
quainted. On a week ago last Thurs
day he came into Bailey's store and
as he did so was in the act of opening
a letter He took check out of the
envelope and asked as a favor that
Mr.. Bailey cash it. The check was
for $50 on Charles Simmons, whom
Strong represented as a Chicago
fruit dealer for whom he was selling
a side line The check, how
ever, proved worthless, and Mr.
Bailey found upon investigation
that Strong had gone on a
protracted spree on the proceeds, and
that he owe $50 at the Harper and
so at the Kimball in Davenport. He
found Strong and the latter promised
to get money from relatives and
straighten up his affairs, and came
over to this side of the river for that
purpose. On Friday night, however,
while waiting for the money to come
he sneaked out of Mr.. Bailey's store,
and though diligent efforts were
made to find him, he could not be
located He is a smooth one, but
will probably be picked up yet.
Strong's nerve was shown by the
fact that when he made his escape
from the store he took along box Of
cigars, and 10-centers at that.
Another Fine Worker.
\ well DRESSED young man entered
Barth K Babcock's dental Office this
morning. and after having his teeth
examined he waited about the office
to make Il date to have the work
done N the meantime Il lady went
into the operating room To have a
tooth pulled, the young man remain
ing in the waiting room. When she
returned she found her pocketbook
had been robbed Of $1.35. The
young man had gone out i'm
the meantime and he was followed
| and found coming out of DR.. Pierce 5
office. He was arrested by Officers
| Long and Ryan and taken to police
headquarters. where he gave his
name as Claude Dalvin. \ bank
book and cards in his pockets show
that he is from Des Moines. He will
| probably have hearing tomorrow.
|
The Brewers union held meeting
Saturday evening at Louis Schaud.
| cr's place on Front street. in Daven-
| port. which is their headquarters.
| After the meeting some iIl-feeling
! was engendcred between Peter Bart
lai. employed by the Rock Island
Brewing company, in Rock Island
and a Davenport brewer named Linn
bach. One word led to another
until the two men got into quarrel
and Bartlai whipped out his knife
and slashed Limbach. He inflicted ;
crescent-shaped wound about a foo
and half long and about a half-incl
in depth in Limbach's back ere the
men were separated. A physician
was telephoned for and DR.. Hage
boeck arrived and attempted to dress
the wound, but found that he die
not have sufficient material with hin
for such an extensive job. He wa'
then taken to the doctors home
where the injury was dressed, after
which he was taken to his home
Bartlai was taken to the police sta
ton for safe keeping.
| Police Points.
Officer Etzel took in Mike Remley
for intoxication.
James Craig and Charles Peterson
were fined 81 and costs each by Mag
istrate Schroeder Saturday for intox
ication.
Officers Dumbald and Ryan arrest
ed Mike Lee and another man for be-
ing drunk this morning and locked
them up in the city prison.
Joe Golden was arrested by Officer
Long this morning for creating a dis
turbance down on Fourth avenue
among the PAYERS. He was locked
| up at the station.
j. b. Wilson and o. Anderson were
arrested by Officer Ohlweiler on Mo-
| line avenue for fast driving on Satur-
day night, and today Magistrate
| Schroeder fined Wilson So and costs
| and Anderson Sc and costs.
Three of the DRINKS locked up in
the police station got into a fight
among themselves late this afternoon
with the result that one of them had
his head laid open for several inches.
DR.. Kinyon dressed the wound which
took sixStitches to close.