Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-11

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The funeral was held today, with
services in the Sacred Heart cathe
dral and burial in st. Marguerite's
cemetery.
Mrs. Eta Tefft, wife of the young
man arrested here and taken TO Chi
cago few. days ago, writes from
there to Police Matron Hill, into
whose kindly hands she fell here
when she arrived here to find that
her husband had been arrested and
taken to Chicago by an officer from
there. She is almost broken hearted
over her husbands troubles, but
hopes that they will soon be over.
According to the story she gets from
the authorities in Chicago, her hus-
bands cousin, also arrested here,
was charged with stealing $50 from a
room in a hotel, and her husband
with taking and secreting the mon
ey. When arrested for the theft, the
boys promptly returned the money
and were let out on bail. This bail
they jumped when they came to Dav-
export, and while the man who got
back his $50 will not prosecute them,
their bondsman wants his money
back. If this can be raised they will
have chance to start anew and
avoid such mistakes as got them in
to their present difficulties.
Peter Rieckert, of Benton county,
recently came to Davenport TO visit
Jacob Brandt, his brother-in-law.
Since arriving here he has acted so
queerly that his relatives had the
county commissioners examine into
his sanity Monday afternoon. He has
$500 or so on deposit at Keystone,
and imagines that people are after
him in an endeavor to get his money.
The commissioners decided to place
him in Mercy hospital until arrange
ments could be made for sending him
to Benton county, which is still his
home.
Perhaps it will remain a mystery
whether or not the Chicago police
had the real J. ]. Dudley in custody
in their city Monday night. But it
will always be believed in Davenport
that they did have the genuine ar
ticle and let it get away through
sheer carelessness. Two descrip-
tions of Dudley were sent to the Chi
cago headquarters by Chief Kessler,
printed on the postal cards which
also conveyed the information that
reward of 500 was offered for the
arrest and detention of the forger
and swindler. Yesterday it develop
ed that the Chicago authorities did
not take the trouble to examine
these when they took in an individ-
uaI whose name they learned was the
same as that of the man wanted
here. Somebody about the superin-
tendent's office must have remem-
bered a little of the swindle story
from Davenport and as a result of
his vague impression telegram WAS
sent here, when "a few minutes de-
voted to searching the description
cards would have shown just what
kind of a man the Davenport Dudley
was end how much reward was offer
ed for his arrest. The Chicago au-
thorities liberated the man, after
which they notified Davenport he
was rot the Dudley wanted.
The election of officers of Window
council No. 1888 of the Royal Arcan-
um took place last night with the
following result:
Representative to Grand Council
w. c. Mossman.
Alternate-C. c. Campbell.
Regent-W. C.. Nerder.
Vice Regent-Harry Goodwin.
Orator-E. ID. Brainard.
Secretary-Emil Olson.
Collector-E. L. Hostetler.
Treasurer-W. c. Mossman.
Chaplain-George Nelson.
Guide-Clarence Wicks.
Warden-A. G.. Gilmore.
Sentry-Thomas Martin.
Organist-Elmer Reading.
Trustees-Threc years, c. c. Camp
bell; two years, w. ii. Evers; one
year, James Bollinger.
c. Percy, the Mexican negro taken
to ST. Luke's hospital Monday morn
ing suffering with a bad cold and
pain in his chest indicating danger of
pleurisy, was resting easy at the hos