Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-19
ANOTHER HAUL.
Chief Sexton Finds More Stolen Property
in the Rispen Home.


the overcoats recovered by him at
the Rispen home. on Twenty-first
street, on the strength of the search
warrent provided by Charles R. Nc
Cord Yesterday morning, were the
property of the NJ. q X. clothing
establishment, and were stolen from
it on the night of the fire in that
establishment Jan. %. last, the chief
made another visit to the Rispcn
domicle this morning. This time he
was accompanied by Eli Mosenfelder,
the object being to make a more
thorough search of the house
in hopes of finding more
stolen property. In this they were
abundantly successful. finding not
only another overcoat of the descrip-
ton recovered yesterday. but some
cardboards for iewelry also taken
from NJ. 4 X. while the jewelry was
found in various parts of the house
in the seats OF chairs, in vases, etc
while in the beds and in divers places.
where least apt to attract suspicion.
were found other articles which UNI
, doubtedly have been stolen. There
were IS packages of gold leaf and
bronze leaf, bottles and packages of
patent medicines, porous plasters,
several rolls of leather straps, a keg
of white lead, some carpenters
tools, a dav book evidently the prop
erty of John Warner which carries
accounts as far back rs 1856. and in
which the names of Peter Fries and
: Henry Darts Sons appear. The
= chief and Mr.. Mosenfelder found
secret hiding place on the second
3. floor where were concealed bottles.
! etc. They found bottles between the
e floor sand in the cellar. and i'll every
e conceivable place. The stuff was ta-
. ken to police headquarters while Mrs.
i Sarah Rispen and her son George.
the only ones in the house at the
time. were arrested and taken to the
= station.
j, Significance of the Discovery
The discovery is significant in
+ more ways than one. The overcoat
and the jewelry have been identified
+ rs belonging to NJ. x X. The coats
were purchased on Jan. l last. and
: the last time Mr.. Mosenfelder saw
:, them was Jan. %, on the night
i of which day the store of NJ. II X.
was damaged by fire. and most of the
: clothing and shoe stock destroyed or
ruined. The fact that the coats bear
no evidence of having been damaged
=, has led To the belief that Jack alias
@ Ovid" Rispen had something to do
with the burglary of the store that
night, and ne will also be accused OF
: the crime of arson. after having com
= mitted the robbery.
The medicines. bronze. paint, etc.
were identified this morning by r. c.
@ Fullerton. of the Harper house phar-
h macy. but when taken i I'M
h known. Nor is it known vet when
or from where the other property
found in the house was stolen. al
though this publication may lead to
{ revelations in this line.
u Chief Sexton has 4 good clew to
Jack Ri>pen's present location and
: unless he is deceived will land i'm
y here, in short time. His arrest
L may lead to the unearthing of valua-
: ole evidence concerning other bur
, III iNS NpiiAlilA tNtA III NUN lNtsllll LII
n the last few months.
Mrs. Rispen and her son George.
i are having preliminary hearing at
: police headquarters this afternoon.
States Attorney Searle appearing for
/ the Iprosecution and William Me
Entry for the defense. They both
swear they know nothing of the
stolen property, George testifying
u that n box was brought to the house
by his brother Jack last winter. but
Il he knew nothing of the contents.
IL He SAYS his brother gave him an
: overcoat. one of the stolen ones. tell
L ING him it was too small for him and
:, he wore it the rest of the winter.
I never dreaming it was stolen. or he
L would not have worn it publicly a
II he did.
There were six coats in the lot ia
/ ken at the time. The last was found
: ut Jones second hand store by Chief
Il Sexton and Capt. Kramer this after
4 noon. 1t was pawned last spring by a
II young man now confined in the coun-
Il ty Jail and who got it from Rispen.
/ Bound over.
" On the evidence in the case. Mrs.
Rispen was held in $500 bonds and
George in $500, to appear before the
circuit court.
Police Points.
" William Hulfin. bicycle thief. was
: held in $500 bonds.
! John Murphy. the light-lingered
:, shoe thief. was held in 800 bonds by
= Magistrate Schroeder yesterday al
tOrnOon.
" Joe Schneider recently missed 8
=. pair of shoes from in front of the
! Schneider shoe store on Second ave
:, nue.. and this morning informed OF
- ficer Etzel of the fact. The officer
=, received description of the shoes
: and promptly told him that his shoes