Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-11
VERDICT is REVERSED
Appellate Court Remands looney.
Kelly Storm Drain Case
for Trial.
MAY COME UP AT MAY TERM

Another Chapter In an Historical Criminal
ProceedInG-Other Defendants Accept
Penalty of Jury and Settle Their Fines
Petit Jurors Drawn-Hearing on Injunc-
tion Application Tonight.
Another chapter was recorded in the
now historical storm drain case today,
when the appellate court handed down
its decision in the appeal of John
Looney and Frank Kelly, two of the
defendants, reversing the verdict and
remanding their case for retrial by the
Rock Island county circuit court.
Matthias Schnell, William Nevin.
John Looney. Frank Kelly. Dan
Drost, Thomas Cox, Henry Lahiff and
John Mulhern were found guilty
Dec. "a, 1897. of conspiring to de-
fraud the city of Rock Island in con-
nection with the storm drain contract,
and to this day the job has not been
accepted by the municipality. The
trial was the longest and one of the
most sensational in the criminal
history of Rock Island county.
Schnell. Looney and Nevin were fined
each 81. 900; Kelly, $1,000; Drost 5000;
Cox and Lahiff $50 each, and Mulhern
81.
Looney and Kelly appealed their
case, while the others either paid
their fines or made satisfactory ar
engagements for settlement. Mulhern
has since passed away.
1t is expected Messrs. :. Looney and
Kelly will have their new trial at the
May term.
States Attorney Searle said that
the decision of the appellate court only
applied to Looney IL Kelly; that the
cases OF the other defendants had
been previously finally disposed of.
Circuit Court.
Owing to the indisposition of one
! of the attorneys, the hearing on the
amended bill for an injunction against
the Terminal company was post poned
until tonight.
Jurors for service at the Nav term
have been drawn as follows, the first
panel to report May and the second
panel May 10:
First Panel. l.. Glow, S. +. Dean,
James Cook, Black Hawk; Gus Hin
termeister, William Garnet, Edging-
ton; William Jacobs, ST., John Ge-
| nung, Henry Bahnks, Frank Fields,
William Gilman, j. Z. Crouch, Hamp-
| ton; John Olson, Frank Haynes, Os-
| car Halstrom, Nels Carlson, G. p.
johnson, Charles Anderson, NJ. Kron-
holm, William Christensen, Henry
Dae belliehn, Moline; NJ. j. Morris,
David Noftsker, S. Poehlmann, Jr..
Louis Eckhart, Jr., Emil Peterson.
w. G. Dale, Frank Russell, j. f. Lowe,
Spencer Mattison, c. II. 1. LANCE,
August Samuelson, j. +. Kirk man, w.
G. Parker. G. Merk. Frank Everett.
Rock Island; Andrew Mannheim, South
Rock Island; George Parson, Elliott
Park, Frank Phairs, James Carlin,
South Moline
Second Panel-Ed Coyne, Bowling;
George Palmer, Black Hawk; Roy
Spade, Ben WOODBURY., William Pip
per, Date Kampf, Coe; Henry Ellis,
Coal Valley; Chris Hack, A. S.
Haynes, Cordova: w. H. Doonan,
Henry Schriver, Edgington; o. F.
Thomas. Ben Rowe, Fred Schave.
l.. S Scheffer, Hampton; George
H. Reimer. c. p. Lind, Theo-
dore Treitgers, A. w. Sholberg,
Len Bendel, Charles Ericsson, Nels
Nelson, Thomas Mulligan, Alfred Pc
terson. e. H. Wells, James Morrison,
j. A. Flanagan, j. A. Holm, Moline;
Frank johnson, Port Byron; Herman
johnson, l.. F. Giles, Francis Lasher.
Paul Olson, f. w. Fulsinger, w. p.
Griffin, l.. j. Johnson, Henry Frank,
r. Tim berlake, Rock Island; Henry
Schlueter, South Rock Island; William
Rerhendt Emma