Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-04
HAD CIGARS TO BURN
Serious Charges Are Made
Against Charles Bruhn,
of South Heights.
ARRESTED AND REFUSES TO TALK
Large Quantity of Goods Found in
Now of His
Barn.

Charles Bruhn, of South Heights, is
under arrest at the police station.
Bruhn has been employed by Henry
Darts Sons, the wholesale grocers.
For over year the firm has been
missing cigars and smoking tobacco
without being able to trace where
the goods had gone. During last win
ter it was learned by the police that
smoking tobacco had been sold about
the city at less than cost. but still no
EVIDENCE could be secured against
anyone. More recently large quanti-
ties of certain brand of cigars were
missed and Detective Charles Cart
land. of Davenport, was employed to
watch Bruhn, against whom suspi-
cion finally had been directed.
Gets the Evidence.
Evidence was finally obtained that
he had been dIsposing of cigars at
certain places about the city and
certain places about the city, and to-
day Chief Darncll placed him under
arrest. He protested his innocence,
however, and finally. upon being
questioned more closely, refused to
talk.
Chief Darnell and the detective this
afternoon went to Bruins home on
the bluff and searched the premises.
They found nothing in the house, but
upon turning over the hay in the
barn 800 cigars were found.
Bruhn refuses to tell how he got
away with the stolen goods and it is
not known even approximately how
much has been taken during the past
fax hs =, I-nnx.-f1 fhat 1 f0O
were taken two weeks ago and $50
later. The prisoner viii be given a
preliminary hearing tomorrow.
Police Points.
An S-year-old son of down town
saloonkeeper today took so from his
fathers till and fled from home. He
was found later, but had succeeded
in making away with the greater part
of the cash. As this is not the first
time the boy has committed acts of
this nature, the father proposes to
place him in the hands of the law,
and this afternoon he consulted with
the authorities with view of having
his son sent to the reform school.
The car repair-house of the Rock
Island located between Twentieth
and Twenty-second streets. was brok-
en- into last night and number of
pieces of brass belonging to the com
pany we're taken. go -
w. y. Cooper. superintendent of
the car service of the Iowa
division of the Northwestern
road. and y. ID. O'NeiI. an attor-
ney, were in the city this afternoon
and secured a postpOnement of the
ease against NJ. Kohn, who was ar
rested for being found in possession
of brass car journals stolen from the
road Further developments in the
case are likely
Health Commissioner DR.. Joseph
DeSiIva Saturday evening informed
the police that a by . wall tent
that had been pitched on the lawn at
his residence had been stolen.
Gussie Stewart Saturday evening
left his RacycIe bicycle standing in
front of Gansert's candy factory on
Eighteenth street and it was stolen.
NJ. TaXman is minus a macintosh
that was taken from the back porch
at his home on Fourth avenue Sat
urday night.
The case against w. b. Ferguson
for embezzzlement of the city's
money while acting as collector of
special assessments, was postponed
in Justice Schroeder's court today
till next Saturday morning. The
bond of 5000 was continued. William
McEniry represents the defendant.