Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-30
NOW IT'S ALL OUT.
That Awful Crime the Union
Suppressed for Sexton.
IT MAKES A COMPLETE CONFESSION

Like the Cause Of the Libel sats, the Facts
We're Not just - Represented. But Were
Awful Just the ssme-Anosher Roast for
Rock IsIand.
Entirely unexpected, the Union
has made frank and open confes-
sion of that terrible crime committed
by Chief sexton to which it referred
yesterday morning, and which il
suppressed at the time OF it's occur
renee as favor to the chief 1t will
be readily recalled that in its issue Of
yesterday the Union answered Chief
Sections explanation of the case. so
grossly rnisrepresented by that paper.
by assuming the position that if the
chief was not guilty of what he had
been accused, he was guilty of some
things was q bad fellow generally
and the entire town was rotten, auv-
way. The specific accusation of yes
terday was that he ..once came TO the
Union Office and begged that q GER
tain AFFAIR, IN which he was couuec-
ted, be hushed up, as hs saw his
error and was sorry. This affair
alone had it been pushed, would
have deprived Marshal Sexton OF his
star and buttons
Referring to this allegation last
evening TIE Argus stated that it
had not deemed il OF sufficient i'm
pOrtance 20 question the chief with
reference TO IT. asserting that no bet
| ter proof OF its faIsity vas need ed
than the statement that Chief Sex
ton, whom the Union had 80 continu-
ously prosecuted, had gone there for
favor As said before. The ARGUS
felt no fear OF the disclosure OF auv
such awful misdemeanor against the
chief OF the nature that the Union
asserted that It had been inSrru-
mental IN sUppressinC At the chiefs
request, but it. nevertheless. gave
the morning paper every Cpportu1-
ity 10 divulge what had been with
held and this morning = cIea- breast
Is made OF the whole affair. 1t Is
laid b--e in Al its narrowing. blood
curdling details, and the chief Sill
I lives God save the chief Bat what
the Union kept from the public NAV
De imagined by the following lines
taken from it, issue Of today. in re-
ply 70 The ARGUS comments OF the
matter: The affair alleged did
happen and that Marsha Sexton
[ begged Union Representative 10 say
nothing about Il, promising never TO
so lar forget himself again s. 70
strike ard choke = deferseless wo-
man however a-Crsvatir- the cir
cunstances might be 20 himself per
sonaly- Moreover The Argus knew
al about the affair 81 the time and
when that paper says the charge /.
I false it does % with the Deliberate
intent TO deceive
! The DefenseIes- Woman In Question
In another part of the same paper
" hich Contains the foregoing. appears
this item Of public interest, which Is
| reproduced in this connection not
| withstauding that the facts were COZ
tanned II The Argus police news Of
I yesterday for reasons that viii be-
come apparent immediately
The screaming ABOUT $50 OF
"Wednesday morning was explained
when the police responded 10 s cal
about fifteen minutes later turned II
from Fourteenth street aad Seventh
avenue by AID Dan Corken- The
police found that the screams were
emitted by the notorious Mary
Woods Her Efforts N the noise
making line are certainly credilzole
20 Mary's lung power, a the noise
was 30 distinct on Eighteenth street
and Second avenue that Deputy Mar
shall Kramer thought il proceeded
from the alley south OF Third avenue
between Seventeenth and Eighteenth
street Msry's distress was caused
5y the fact that George Behreos fred
her out Of his saloon az the time
stated, and she ouIy let up on her
noisy demonstrations when bundled
into the patrol wagon Mr. Corken
and others who had been aroused by
the noise then ended their night:
rest in peace
A Strange Identity
Now the facts are that the de.
fenseless woman whom Chiaf SeXtor