Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-06
MANY ARE IN THE NET
Grand Jury Returns an Immense
Batch of Indict.
ments.
ARGEsT IN HISTORY OF COUNTY.
Forty-four True Bills Found
Against w. A. Dean.

II
Session Since Sept. I9-Modernizing of
the County jail Thought to Be Too Ex-
pensIve-Recommendat to to Pawn
| brokers and Secondhand Dealers.
| The grand jury at 2:3O this after
noon reported SO indictments, the larg-
est number for single term known
in the history of Rock Island county.
The jury had been in session since the
10Th of September.
| w. a. Dean. against whom Il in
| dictments were returned for embeZ-
element, was travelling salesman
for w. j. A. Meyer, of Hannibal. Mo-,
and as such, it is charged, forged
orders on the house for goods, which
he would dispose of and pocket the
| money. Three indictments were also
returned against him for obtaining
goods by false Pretenses. He is in Jail.
Those made public are as follows,
many being suppressed for service.
Embezzlement-W. A. Dean. Al in
dictments.
Obtaining Goods by False Pre-
| tenses-W. A. Dean, three indict-
| ments.
Ebenezer Drake, seven in
| dictmeRts.
Burglary-William Queagan, John
Melville.
Robbery James Flynn, William
Flynn, Edward Peterson, Benjamin
Cundiff, Florence jefferson, Henry JEFF
ferson.
Assault With Deadly Weapon-John
Farrand.
William Huffman.
Abandonment - Jacob Muhleman,
Ferdinand Dibborn.
Assault and Battery-John McLaf-
| lin.
Assault with Intent to Murders.
j. Carlson, Henry Rohwedder.
Resisting an Oflicer-William Cor
coran.
Assault With Intent to Commit
Rape-Jesse Smith.
Incest-Samuel Edwards.
Petty Larceny (second offense)-I
Parker Gale.
Forgery-John II. Purdy.
Larceny-Mattie Morrison. Bessie
Hummer. Carrie Hummer, Fred Hum
mer. Mary Coleburg. Dora Coleburg.
Arthur Larson. John Morrison. John
Gavin, Maud O'Brien, George West
gate, John Pearson.
Malicious Mischief-Grant Brown,
Frank Strand, Charles Swanson, Wes-
ley Clayton, Jesse Clayton. James
Harness, George Murray, Fred Hum
mer.
These cases were ignored: Fred
Peterson. robbery; o. III. CRUDE, John
Shodle, Richard Mcdaniel, Lawrence
Kielholtz, John Mcdaniel, Harry
Miller, Julius Newton, larceny; Letitia
Wyman, Otto Hanson, William Smith,
Luke Richie, John Haggar, malicious
mischief; j. w. Maxwell, embezzle- |
ment; j. w. Maxwell, larceny as
bailee.
Would be Too Expensive.
As to the county Jail, the jury
found the prisoners we'll fed and cared |
for, but that the straw bedding was
not renewed often enough. The |
apartments are antiquated, but the /
expense necessary to moderniZe them /
would doubtless be too onerous at |
present. The need of sick room
was found to be obvious.
The jury passed resolution ad-
dressed to the council of Rock Island, |
recommending the ACCESSIBILITY of re-
voking the license of any pawnbroker
who willingly purchases from minors
or known criminals any article of
value, as the jury recognizes in this
traffic tendency to make criminals,
thereby adding expense to the county.
The grand jury is composed of;
Andrew Donaldson, Rural, foreman;
Charles Reynolds, Cordova; Frank
Zimmerman, Coe; James Mill, Canoe
Creek; James A. Searle, Yuma; John
Moody, Port Byron; Jacob Warner,
Hampton; J. H. Thornton, South Mo-
line; John A. Wahlstrand Reimer
Reimers, Frank Nosker, Moline; p. j.
Lee, Gus Klotz, Edward Burrill, /.
Rohdenbaugh, Rock Island; George
NJ. Lukens. South Rock Island: ID. w.
Matthews, Black Hawk; Herman Nitz,
Coal Valley; Thomas III. Johnston,
Bowling; A. II. Seaver, Edgington;
ID. b. Holmes, Andalusia; Albert Zol-
linger. Buffalo Prairie; F. w. Chris
tian. Drury-