Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-22

MS nHu safely IN Des Moines
and Then Tells all About what a Time
He Had In the Three Citiss-An Adven.
ture Which Hardened His Feeiinrs Con.
siderably.
IHE ARGUS n few days ago con-
tanned an account of an adventure on
the part OF the sheriff of Polk county.
iowa, here and in Moline with n
prisoner he was accompanying home
from Boston, and who escapcd from
the train above Moline and was after
ward recapturcd. The Des Moines
sheriff has landed his bird safely
within his cage at the Iowa capital,
and he has told the papers there all
about his experience here. This is
what the Register has about it:
Sheriff McGarraugh went to Bos-
ton last week and arrested Gus. Pear
son for forgery. The young man
had passed two checks for $50 on the
Des Moines Fence company. Pear
son seemed so innocent that he ac-
! CURED great inilunce over the sher-
ms discretion, and as a result was
allowed to ride on the train on the
way back to Des Moines, ironless rs
well as shackleless.
When the train reached n point 20
miles east of Rock Island. Pearson
was snoring in his seat beside the
sheriff. well" said Mr.. Nectar
raugh. heres a chance for a doze :,
and off to sleep he dropped. When
he walked up the train was pulling
into Davenport, and Mr.. McGar-
rangh dropped his hand carelesslv
over to about the point whereat he
presumed the arm of his prisoner
would rest. He met instead a thin.
vacant vacuum. He was looking TO
the front, and never changed the
stare of his eyes as his hand crept
about the vacant seat where his man
should have been sitting. and his
face grew longer and longer. The
fellow had escaped.
The sheriff got off the train. and
confesses he had all he could do to
carry the sheepish feeling he felt
along with him. He looked about 4
while for the bird that had flown.
and finally hurried to the police
headquarters with a crestfallen air
and S25 reward in his fingers.
The Tr.-city Polio After Him.
The Rock Island, Davenport and
Moline police forces were notified
organized and began an immediate
and careful scarce for the escaped
man. Presently the Moline chief
telephoned to Rock Island that he
had got the man, and Sheriff 10
ambled to Moline as if he was walk
ing on air. When he saw Pearson he
was dumb for Joy, and just walked
the prisoner up and down the room
feasting his eyes on him as he would
a long lost brother Then he put
hand cuffs and leg irons on the fellow
and wanted to go Quite n hardware
store and get some log chains, but
was afraid to leave Pearson again.
In couple of hours the train
pulled ont OF Rock Island bearing a
man in irons and an officer in smiles.
Last night Pearson slept in the Polk
county Jail and Sheriff McGarraugh
slept in his office to be near him.
Police Points.
Proba bly, the sOrcst man in town
today is Herman Jacoby. and all be-
cause his case against Frank Boehler
and William Stromer has fallen
through. the accused having been
acquitted by jury in Magistrate
Schroeder's court yesterday evening.
Henry Desangle, an uptown Bel
gian was arrested by Officer James
Maucker last evening for imbibinG
too freely of ..booze" known as beer.
He was taken to the station, and this
morning, Squire Schroeder charged
him s. and costs for his nights
lodging.
Frank Edwards, who was arrested
by Officer Weigand Tuesday evening
for becoming the pOssessor, in 4
most unaccountable manner, OF
enough cloth for n suit of clothes,
was sentenced to 10 DAYS in the city
prison. by Magistrate Schroeder yes
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