Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-15
THOUGHT IT KIDNAPPING:
PARTIES ARE RELEASED

| Al the Rock Island railroad station
in Davenport, last evening about z
CLOCK Capt. Connolly and Detective
Atkinson, of the police force there,
arrested Jesse Coe and Byron Coe,
both of Geneseo, ILL.,, on information
that they were wanted at that place
for kidnapping the 4-year-old son of
Jesse Coe. The boy was in their pos
session at the time and the three
were taken TO the Davenport police
headquarters, where they were held,
awaiting the arrival of an officer from
Rock Island. After Byron Coe, who
is the father of Jesse Coe and the
grandfather of the boy, had commu-
nicated with "a lawyer in Geneseo, he
and his son consented to come across
the river.
The apprehension of the two Goes
was due TO the efforts of n brother
of the wife of Jesse Coe. According
to the story told to the police, Jesse
Coe and his wife have been separated
for some time and she has had the
little boy in her care. Yesterday
morning, according to this account of
the matter, Jesse Coe and his father
secured the boy and boarded west
bound train on the Rock Island. They
We're quick in their actions, but they
were not quick enough TO prevent the
brother of the woman from boarding
the same train for the purpose of get
ting them arrested at the first oppor-
tunity.
His first attempt was at Moline. As
soon as the train stopped there he
secured an officer and had him go
through the train. TO his astonish-
ment nothing was to be seen of the
two men and the little boy, who were
not found by the authorities at Mo-
line. Jesse Goes brother-in-law came
on to Rock Island and tried to locate
the two men and the boy here. but he
soon became convinced they had Sc
cured a hack at Moline and had gone
to Davenport. Later he heard of
someone having seen the missing ones
going across the bridge. About sup
per time Chief Darnell, of the police
department here, telephoned Capt.
Connolly, at Davenport, giving him
description of the men and boy. The
captain went at once to the railroad
station in company with Detective At
were going to buy tickets.
When arrested the Goes made the
claim that they were about to go
back to Geneseo. having merely come
TO Davenport for the day, taking the
boy along with them. 1t CHANGED
that color was given to this claim by
the fact that the evening train for
the east was couple of hours late.
going out of the local depot at about
instead of a few minutes before
o'clock, in accordance with the sched
ule. So the Goes, having learned the
train would be late in arriving and
departing. may have gone to the sta
ton for the purpose of going east.
But it happens that the westbound
train was due at T:10, a few minutes
this fact led the officers to suspect
that the Goes and the boy were in
reality about to GO west, instead of
going back into Illinois, where serv-
ice could be had on them under war
rants sworn out at Geneseo.
After reaching this city in charge
of Constable Goldberg n telephone
message was received by States At
torney Weld from Emory Graves,
states attorney of Henry county,
who offered to be personally respon-
sible for the appearance of the par
ties when wanted, and they were re-
leased without being brought into
court at all. 1t was upon the advice
of Mr.. Graves that they consented to
come to this side of the river.