Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-24
WICKED WAYS.
l. u. Dawson Deserts His Wife
for Another.
CAPTIVATED AT LIE CLAIRE.

wi w. l.. stevens Bound Over i'm ,Io,;.
Tor Criminal AssauI.-John TruIson nm
Tear in Davenport A Nisapnronri.,,,
Buggy-Other Evil Doors.
Last Novembar Mr.. and Mrs. |. J.
dawson came to this city, intending
TO make this their home. They had
formerly lived in Peoria. and Dawson
was now employed as machine AGENT
Tor l. Richter in Davenport. They
got along all right. although Dawson
drank great deal; but last February
he was induced to take the MorreiI
cure. Although it helped him to alb
STAN, 1t had no effect evideutlv.upon
ms moral character. For while
lnlnSs went on smoothly enough I'M
III Dawson went to LeClaire. where he
met some young lady who captivated
his ''coltish' heart and he soon be-
| gan to neglect his wife and baby in
{ Rock Island
Shipped Ills Wife to Peoria.
About month or so ago there
was an excursion from here to Peoria
and he prevailed upon his wife to 90
to see her folks there. She went.
and as time rolled on she heard no
news from ler husband. nor did she
receive any money for support. 50
last week she came back to look him
up. Here she was informed that he
was living with woman in LeClaire.
Yesterday. Dawson came to this city
and called upon his wife, telling he1
he had found a woman he loved bet.
ter than her, and the best thing she
could do was to pack up her thing,
and 90 home to Peoria She imme-
diately notified her father. and h,
told her to come home and leave him
Dawson is now 81 years old. and i:
passing himself of as single man
but this i his second matrimonial
venture, - his wife informs TIL
ARGUS, having divorced wife Will
a daughter years old, living II
Petersburg, I'll. He is now working
for Charles I. Block, as machine
agent.
Col. stevens Bound Over.
The preliminary examination o
Col. W. f Stevens. charged by Mrs
|
tent to commit hcInOus crime. tool
place in Magistrate Kcrns' court il
Moline this morning and resulted il
Stevens being held in bonds o.
$1,000 to answer the charge at tn,
next term of the circuit court. whicl
bail was furnished. The court alsC
required; $500 bond of Mrs Dcrkcns
the comp aiming witness. for her APP
pcarauce as witness. which was com
piled with. States Attorney Scarf,
appeared for the state. aud g. W
Wood for the defense.
\ Told Robbery.
\ ilat-Ioat owned by K. V. Downit
floating down the river. put up Tues
day ut lie Claire. and all day Ion!
two men i'm Il skitT hung around tn,
boat. Mr.. Dowuic and his compan
ions treated them nicely. but nj nigh
when DoNnic was asleep two sneak,
watches, two rcvolvcrs and S1j il
cash. Chief Sexton has been notified
and is on the lookout for the tive
men.
Tried to Clean Out the Town.
John TrulsOn attempted to maxi
himself & terror to the deniZens o
Davenport last night. He appeared
at the home of an acquaintance JOIN
Frahm, after dusk. and soon broke 4;
window and in other ways becam,
troublesome. Mr.. Frahm invited
him to leave. and Trulson attacked
him with Il pocket knife, cutting ;
deep cash across the base OF the fore
finger of his right hand. Trulsor
then turned his attention to PHILIP
LAUDER, who, with his wife hac
stopped at Frahm's house for friend
" call. LAUDER received n couple o
Gashes on the head. A neighbor vol
unteered to escort Trulson to the pc
lice station, but the man proved too
upIv n customer to handle, and The
patrol wagon was called. When the
knife was taken from the fellow:
pocket 1T the station a lock of Lau
ber's hair was still clinging to it.
Appropriated Rig.
| Two Davenport young men named
Roach and Delaney took rig which
citizen had left on Second street
near Rock Island, at l:oO TINS morn
ing and INDUCED in a reckless ride al
the expense OF the owner. Hall an
hour after a runaway horse smashed
a buggy against the supports of the
Milwaukee bridge at the foot OF
Spring street in East Davenport
pulled Dose and left two young fell
| lows in the wreck. Officer Gainey
arrested the pair and the horse was
caught a cou pie of blocks off, The
Young men were given 80 days each
this morning for fast driving
| Police Points.
John Luke was fined 81 and costs,
for being drunk, by Magistrate
Schroeder this morning. O1llcer
Brennan having gathered him in.
Stephen Norwich was fined IS ana
costs bv Magistrate Schroeder tins