Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-09-30
SEVENTY TRUE BILLS.
Findinos of the Grand Jury Dur
ing Its Two Weeks De-
liberati ons.
AN UNUSUALLY LARGE GRIST

Richard Carnes and Fred Hoppe Indicted
for Assault With Intent to Kill. JuIiu,
| Limbach for Carrying Burglars Tools
and Concealed weapons-Others Held
Not Enough Allowed for Prisoners.
The grand jury, after session oc-
cuying two weeks, reported its find
ings to Judge F. ID. Ramsay in the
circuit court at 2:30 o'clock this after
noon. Seventy true bills-an un-
usually long list-were returned. A
mum Der are suppressed pending the
arrest of the indicted parties still AZ
large. The indictments made pu bile
are:
Having Burglar Tools-William
| Davis.
Carrying Concealed Weapons-Wil-
liam Davis.
Riot-William Davis.
Escape-Bert Holtheizer.
Assault With Intent to Kill-Fred
Hoppe, Richard Carnes, Richard
Percy.
Assault With Deadly Weapon
Fred Vance, Robert Laferty.
Burglary-Albert Shattuck, William
Green, Anton Sjoblad and Daniel
McGee (three counts). William Wynn.
Robbery-Theodore Hampton, Will
liam Gildea, Martha Eckermann.
Malicious Mischief-John St. John,
Fred Vance.
Elm oezzlement Albert Kennedy,
Harold Wilcox, Raymond Edwards
90 counts), Louis Cehn GO counts).
Larceny-P. J. Fitzpatrick, Belle
Weede, Brown Price, Parker Gale,
Harvey Wesley. Daniel McGee, Anton
Sjoblad, Emma Diedrich, Harold
Wilcox.
Forgery-Arthur l.. Smith (four
counts), Louis Cohn (three counts),
Richard Settle.
Petty Larceny - George Lambert
(second ofrense).
Some of the Alleged Crimes.
William Davis, indicted for carrying
burglars tools and concealed weapons,
is the wounded Moline burglar, whose
right name is Julius Linn bach. and
against whom a former bill was re-
turned for assault with intent to kill.
Richard Carnes is accused of attempt
ing 20 kill Hugh Bresnahan, and Fred
Hoppe of attempting to kill William
Glass, Louis Cohn is accused of en-
bezzling from his employer, John
Dindinger, and forging the latter's
name. Ray Edwards is charged with
appropriating the funds of his former
employer, the Gem laundry.
The case of Oscar Carlson. charged
with obtaining goods by false pre-
lenses, was ignored.
jail observation-disclosures Complain.
The jury reported the county Jail
in as good sanitary condition as it
is possible to keep it under the cir
cumstances; that the Jail is entirely
Inadequate, the cells too small and
crowded to permit of proper ventila-
tion. The jury finds there is some
complaint on the part of the prison.
ers as to the food furnished them,
and the report says "while we are
satisfied that it (the food) is not in
ferior, cit her in quantity or quality.
to that furnished under former ad-
ministrations, yet we believe the
to the sheriff for dieting of
prisoners is Inadequate, and that the
action of the board of supervisors in
reducing the same was i'll advised,
particularly so, on account of the fact
that provisions have materially adj
vanced in price
Three Divorces.
Three divorces were granted by
Judge Ramsay: Ester c. Crout from
James Crout, desertion; Herbert w.
Gates from Margaret Gates, desertion
and adultery; Ida NJ. McNabney from
julius l.. McNabney, cruelty.
The case of Charles York VS.. Telitha !
Munroc was dismissed by the plain |
tin.