Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-02
Colored Gamesters Have War in
Alley Near Harper
House.
VARIETY OF WEAPONS ARE USED
Participants Get on With Light
Fines-Other Police
Matters.

bruised heads and slashed clothing,
but, rather strange TO say, with
whole skins. The weapons used in
cluded bricks, billiard cues, ice
picks. giant firccrackcrs and razors.
Owing to- the conflicting stories
told it is difficult to get at the orr
gin of the trouble, but il is conceded
that there was crap game and a
can" John King resented Roy
Samuels' intimation that he was not
rolling the bones "squah'' with "a
slap, and then the trouble was on
Immediate hostilities were prevent
ed by the interference of others. but
the principals nurscd their sore
spots.
short time later, while King was
to his duties as porter at
the Harper house, he went out into
the alley and Samuels improved the
to explode a big fire
cracker 50 close to his adversary
that il burnt his hand. King asked if
the cracker had been thrown at him,
and, receiving non-commital reply.
picked up a brick and heaVcd il at
SamuelS. The latter lodged and es-
capped destruction: Then King pro-
cured an ice pick and charged. but
was met by Il. II. White and thrown
down. as the latter said at the hear
ing, Ito keep down trouble" But the
trouble was not 50 easily kept down.
Gets His Razor.
King once more retired to prepare
for action, and the next time nc adj
NnnsnI x.-tsI
was by this time allied to the oppo-
sitiOn and the forces met in the rear
of the Arcade cigar store, Samucls
and White having armed themselves
with billiard cues. The miX-up was
rather indiscriminatc. When COM
parativc peace was restored King
had two or three big welts from the
butt end of Il cue i'm the hands of
while his industry with the
blade resulted in rents and assures
in Whites and Samucls' clothing.
No blood was split.
And yet King was not satisfied. lie
went To law and had his adversaries
for disorderly conduct. \
hearing was had before Magistrate
j Johnson at the police station. and it
was an interesting session. 1t ended
by the magistrate imposing fines of
s. each upon the defendants for dis
orderly conduct. Samuels paid but
White was not in a position to do so
and went to Jail.
Glass Worker In Trouble.
\ farmer from Edgington was ar
rested late yesterday afternoon,
with having taken about $40
from stranger with whom he had
been drinking. After the police had
time to make an investigation they
allowed the prisoner to go. as it was
shown that the charge was ground
less. The man supposed to have
been robbed was "a glass worker.
Who. with his wife, stopped in the
city yesterday while cnroute from
Indiana to visit with relatives in
Fulton. While waiting for train he
got into bad company and the result
was that he became badly intoXica-
ted. His wife was the one who pre-
TERED the charges. The glass work
n was kept here over night, being in
no condition to travel.
Police Make "a Raid.
Harry johnson. of Moline. late last
night laid complaint before the po-
ice, claiming to have been relieved
IF roll of money by a woman who
IeId out at the First avenue hotel.
Night Captain McCabe and Officers
Srinn and Carlson accordingly raid
ii the place and three women were
arrested. They registered as Jennie
Bowman, Lottie Lee and Edith De
Brun. Johnson's story was not
)ofne out by sufficient evidence, SO
zach of the women was fined So by
Johnson and the three
we're locked up over night pending
he raising of the cash.
The three women today minated
% Chief DarnelI that they had been
induced to come to this side of the
liver on the promise that they would
DC cared for and their fines paid if
hey were arrested. All three are
,oung and while waiting in "A cell for
some one to paw their fines and Sc
,ure their release, they spent a con
siderable part of the day in tears.
Given Time to Get Sober
c. f. Harrington, who claims to
nail from Iowa, has been giving the
police considerable trouble during
he past few days. Last night he
vas again brought i'm suffering with
IN attack of delirium tremens. Mag
strate johnson fined him S25 and he
vas sent to the county Jail for a per-
cd of five days an order to be given
IN opportunity to sober up.
Bicycles Disappearing.
There is a marked renewal of ac-
ivity among bicycle thieves. Last
vening Prof. C.. f. Toenniges report
ID that his chainless Yale wheel had
,een taken from his home at the
sturgeon flats. During the after
loon. also. the bicycle of o. X. An
lerson was stolen from the east side
# Market square.
Officer Brinn last night picked up
IN Nineteenth street and Second av-