Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-27
CUSTODY
Contention Over the Possession
of Minors of Late Mr.. and
Mrs. DUNCAN.
A HABBAs CORPUS PROCEEDING.

Taking of Evidence Begun Before Judge
Gest-An Attempt TO Have the Little
Ones Placed in an Orphans Home-Tria
OF Walter Mosher's $4,000 Suit Agains t
the Mutual Wheel Company.
Two branches of the circuit court
are in session today Judge w. II.
Gest is presiding in his office on the
lower floor of the county building,
while Judge F. D. Ramsay occupies
the bench in the Circuit court room.
The taking of evidence in the habeas
corpus proceedings of Robert Lott vs..
F. NJ. Taulbee was begun before Judge
Gest this morning. The point at
issue is the possession of the four
minor children of the late Rev. and
Mrs. Benjamin DUNCAN, of Saybrook,
Ill. After the death of Mrs. DUNCAN
the children were placed in the home
of their uncle. Mr.. Taulbee, of Coe.
1t was the expressed wish of Rev.
DUNCAN. before he died, so it is
claimed, that the little ones, who are
all boys. be placed in the Odd Fellows
orphans home at Lincoln, Ill. Rob-
ert Lott upon the application of the
Odd Fellows was accordingly APP
pointed by the county court of Ford
county guardian of the children. He
asked Mr.. Taulbee TO deliver them
over to him, but Mr.. Taulbee, who
still holds the children, refused. Rev.
DUNCAN left about 81, worth of
property and life insurance to the
children. NJ. L. Sweeney is attorney
for Mr. Lott and c. j. Searle for
Mr.. Taulbee.
Trial ola Damage Suit.
a jury was impanelled in the cir
cult court this morning to try the
case of Walter Mosher. of Rock Island,
against the Mutual Wheel company,
of Moline. Judge T. j. Ramsay is
here to preside at the trial, which will
probably consume the greater portion
of the week. Mr.. Mosher seeks to re-
cover SO, 600 damages for alleged
personal injuries sustained while in
1.-THE employ of the company as watch
man. The accident occurred on the
night of March 3, 1896. The plain
| tiff while sweeping the tioor of the en-
| CINE room, claims that he fell through
Il blind" door into the basement,
and injured his back, neck and shout
diets. Sweeney * Walker are the at
torneys for the company and j. L.
and S. Il. Kenworthy represent the
plaintiff.
The following jurors have been
drawn for service in the circuit court,
the first panel to report April and
the second April Il:
First PaneI-M. NJ. Boney, Andalu-
STA; I. G. Cole, Buffalo Prairie: Will
liam Kale. Black Hawk; George Nc
Roberts, Coe; j c. Fuhr, James Ken
nedy, Drury; Thomas Hayes, Edging-
ton; August johnson, William H..
Ziegler. Hampton: John johnson. a.
l.. Weber, p. II. Bosberg Fred Beck,
Gust Wedin, Gust Kohler, William
Goodnow, Peter Anderson. L. j. Eff
| fund, John Lebbert, f. j. Hesler, Mo
line; Frank Iglehart, Fred Bladel T.
| c. Goodar. Herman Bittner, w. Ste
vens, Adolph StrOhm, Charles Wulff,
c. Z. Moore. Fred Hilfnger, ID. j.
Brown, w. 5. Cramer, Elmer Blakes-
ley, Gust Klotz, a. G. Peterson, Frank
Newcomb. Rock Island; Nels Paulsen.
South Moline.
Second Panel-F. G. White, Frank
Schinstrom, Black Hawk: /. ID.
Nudge, Samuel Moflit, Bowling; A.
Mullery, Cordova; Stephen White, Coe:
Charles Mewes, Jr., w. j. Beeney,
Drury: Charles Dunlap, Edgington;
John e. VOgel, Manuel Smith, Hamp-
ton; Nels Eklund, w. w. Giles, G.. VI.
johnson, Frank Harris, p. A. Barker,
ID. W. Hunt, j. A. Blom berg, Hans
Peterson. Moline; Charles Babe, Jr.
NJ. V Concannon, Dan Strecker.
George Stroehle, II. T. Lamp, A. NJ
Parker, NJ. j. Murphy, w. a. Smith,
John Voss, II. l.. Spencer, Peter Aye.
John Brust, q. II. Parker, William
johnson, w. A. Giddings, Merit q.
Crouch, Rock Island; Ellwood Griffith,
Rural.