Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-27
ACCUSED OF MURDER
Four Men Are Held by coroner's
Jury for the Death of Charles
Mime.
EVANS SAID TO HAVE Confessed
To Having Struck Victim Over
Head With a Fence
Picket.

The jury in the case of Charles
Mime. the Moline young man who
lied Tuesday from the results of .
blow in the head received in a saloon
light in that city, brought In a YER
iict at O'Clock last evening il
which it held William Evans
If Long Grove, Iowa. and Paul
Lohrmsn, William Carlson and Her
nan Bluhm. three MoliLe residents
Yer Bieste, the missing Belgian. who
was with Mime when the latter was
assaulted. showed UP of his own ac-
cord yesterday. Vsr Bieste identified
Evans as one of the men who was in
he 6ghs. Yer Bieste was held 10
81 O0O bonds as a witness.
The verdict of the coroner's jury
which was composed of L. L. Stanley,
foreman; w. A Jones, G. +. Prue =
ling, Charles w. Smith. Richard Lin
dell aud Gus Segur, is as follows:
I'VE. the undersigned jurors sworn
TO inquire of the DEAN of Charles
Mime. on oath do find that be came
co his death by being struck on the
nead with a club in the hands IF
either William Evans. Paul Lohrman,
William Carlson or Herman Bluhm,
IN or about Sept. %, 1901. in the
;ity of Moline, county Of Rock Islaud
and state of Illinois, and we further
recon- mend that the four men above
named be held to answer to toe grand
Jury for the death of the said Charles
Mime"
SalOOnkeeper De Snst's Story.
Peter De Smet, in whose saloon the
trouble starred, stated that he did not
Enow when the men left his place.
The first knowledge he had of the
trouble was when mis- wife told him
nan had been knocked down. Look
ING toward the alley he saw the fight
in progress, yet admitted that he did
nothing to prevent it. He declared
ne saw five men fighting one. Three
Of the men he SAID he identified as
William Carlson, Paul Lohrman aud
William Evans. He said they were
lighting against the maR that the
police were searching for and whose
name he stated was Yer Bieste. But
the witness did nothing till this man
staggered into his yard covered with
blood snd gaping wounds and exhib-
lied the gashos in his body "a he
bres ,hlossly informed him that Mime
was injured aud might die before
morning. The man was unable to
help De Smet carry Mime into the
house, so the man who had calmly
Witnessed the tradgedy placed the
PROSTATE form of Mime upon his back
and bore him to a couch in his kitct =
en-, where he was considerable enough
to wash him, and then he retired
himself for the night. Mime was
conscious when carried in. but at
times became dizzy" as witness
put it, and twice during the night
fell from the couch to the floor and
each time De Smet got up and re-
placed him. He said Mime did not
complain of pain in the head. The
next day John Weckel sent DR. Beam
to attend the man and later he was
taken to Weekers home. being able
to walk to the rig with slight assist
ance.
Evans Makes Confession.
John Weckel stated that dec aased
had worked for him five years; never
knew him to carry a knife. William
Evans met witness on Sunday and de-
clared TO Mr.. Weckel that Mime had
attacked him with knife, and that
&c (Evans) had knocked him cold
with fence picket" He also testi-
fed to MINES suffering aud his sub
-equent removal to the hospital,
when it became apparent that his
was becoming alarming.
Drs. Beam and Gardner after con-
Quoting the autopsy found that death
was caused by injuries to the brain,
due to the fracture. The fracture ex-
tended from the frontal bone to the
temple bone above the left eye ball,
the root of the orbit being split in
dfHornnt directiona