Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-01-23
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Tradition has It that once upon .
time two men went to . church to
zee what they might steal, and the
evil that beiell these two men is
plainly shown in the old popular
song, "How Paddy Stole the Rope"
but never did We have Anyt6iug
which speaks Of anyone entering .
school house and stealing books.
One week ago tonight. however, one
john Calvin, hostlcr at the c., r.
!. 4 r. round house, and Kittie st.
Clair, . woman Of shady repute,
both Of Davenport. went out TO it,
tingly celebrate Galvin's pay day.
A horse aud buggy were hired At
Bill Kinks livery harm in Davenport.
and the couple proceeded to lay in .
supply Of hops. but they didn't 60 to
Beef Slough, and catch frogs to get
them. No, they Just contributed .
few more dollars 70 Mr.. Erahm's Gus
toners. and as usual after such an
indulgence. they became free-brew.
ryated. and drove the horse till he
was afIlicted with that ..tired feel.
ing" so common to livery horses.
Nothing daunted, they drove the
horse in the barn and hired another.
This time they took wider fields
wherein to drive, and took in Rock
Island and Moline.
kittic's home was formerly At
WATERFOWL. Thithcr her mind wan
dcrcd. and with it . desire to see
1.-the old home once again, mo sooner
thought than acted upon, and the
couple determined to drive to Kit
ties home. When passing the Grin
mel school house In South Moline
they stopped. and going in, through
Of books. Upon emerging from the
school house they changed their
minds about WATERFOWL, and drove
back to Davenport. and when driving
down Front street, threw all the
books away.
This morning, about 4 o'clock
Officer Weigand arrested Calvin, ard
about Q o'clock Chief Sexton went
over to Davenport and took Kittie
from house Of i'll repute and brought
her to Rock Island. The girl says
she Was SO drunk she don't remember
anything about the books, but says
she remembers that she and Calvin
were in the school house.
They arc ldc.tined.
The photos Of the two confidence
men detained at police headquarters
in Philadelphia, and believed to be
the pair who relieved Supervisor
Case Of g, 500 last summer, show that
the men were very much opposed to
having their peculiar style Of physi.
ognomy reproduced, and they distor.
ted their features in all sorts of shapes
in order to destroy all resemblance
to their natural appearances. These
photographs which were forwarded
BY Supt. Under, of the Philadelphia
police, arc now in the hands Of Dep
uty Sheriff Silvis, and while Mr.. CASE
is utterly unable to identify the men,
r. s. Silvis, of South Rock Island,
who met the confidence men neal
Carbon Cliff the afternoon after they
had robbed Mr.. Case, readily recog
nizes both of them. This evidence
against the men now in Philadelphia
Is substantiated by that Of H. T,
wadsworth, the Davenport liverymal
Of whom the one, Simpson, hired The
outfit in which they drove to Orion
and who IL positive that one Of tn,
two shown in the photographs is tn,
one who engaged the buggy Of him
Sheriff Gordon, who is now il
Washington, will go to Philadelphia
before returning, and cudeavor Il
bring the men back with him.
RsilrssA Robser..
The tramps. David LatOur and H
W. Roberts. who were detected By
Master Mechanic W. H. Stocks, o.
this city, and Trxinmaster e. w
Jones. Of Davenport, Saturday nigh
in the act Of breaking into caboOs
on the Rock Island road .
West Liberty. and one o
whom resisted arrest by firing . re
vOlvcr ut his pursuers, arc now boil
safely landed In the Muscatine cOun
ty Jail. The stolen property was al
recovered. 1t seems that when tn
men were discovered one Of then
fed and the other turned and fire.
on the railroad men, but the latteI
secured guns. and pursuing him
captured him south Of West Liberty
and yesterday the men were boun'
over to the Muscatine county gram
jury.
Aee~e tAe 0soe 0acAlnoa.
Mayor Mcdill has ordered Chic
Sexton to notify saloons. and Othe
places, that they must dispose o
nickel-in-the-slot machines wher
nude and indecent pictures are ex
hibited.