Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
DAVENPORT DOTS

The police are searching for Henry
Sueverkruebbe, an inmate of the in
sane department at Mercy hospital,
who escaped from that institution
Nov. a.. The man is quite well known
here, having once boarded at the
Schleswig- Holstein house on West
Second street. His mania does not
take violent form.
/ Davenport friends will he interested
in the announcement of the marriage
at Seattle, Wash, last Tuesday night,
of Miss Edna Hicks, formerly of this
city, and w. G. Pritchard, of Seattle.
The wedding occurred at the home of
the-bride's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. III.
W. Hicks, and was attended by Mrs.
Frank Gillette, of this city, Mrs.
Henry S. Manning, formerly of Dav-
export, and other relatives and
friends of the bride and groom.
Joe Mecum was tried i'm police
court yesterday on the charge of
threatening to commit a public of
Tense. The man became intoxicated
and coming home began to make it
absolutely dangerous for his better
half, Eta Mecum. Not satisfied with
brutal wife-beating. he threatened to
do dire things to the woman he had
formerly vowed to love. honor and re-
spect. He smashed the windows in
the home of Mrs. Mary Wilson, at
1919 West Third street, and was
first arrested on warrant for mali
cious mischief. Assistant County At
torney f. w. Neal caused an infor-
nation to be filed against him charg-
ing the crime of threatening to COM
NIT public offense. and caused the
one for malicious mischief to be con-
tinued. Accordingly Mecum on the
advise of his attorney. Charles +.
Cooper, pleaded not guilty, waived eN-
animation and was bound over to the
grand jury in the sum of 500 bail.
He was sent to Jail in default.
The Mliburn club entertained at
Library hall last evening on the oc-
casion of its first dancing party. The
club is composed of these well known
people: Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bulluff,
Mr.. and Mrs. John German, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Gerwe, Mr. and Mrs JUL
us Burmeister, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
Luetje, Mr.. and Mrs. William Pohl-
mann, Mr.. and Mrs. George Swain and
DIR. and Mrs. Roy n. Case.
The man with the skeleton key who
robbed George Matern's, the New
Idea store, the Freund saloon and
Bruno Zoeckler's, has disappeared to
make way for the entrance of the
man with n brick. Some months ago
the window at 400 West Second
street was broken with brick. and
tray of rings, a gilt and ornamental
clock. and other trinketS taken. 1t
is the store wherein Otto Pottharst
conducted the sale of watches and
jewelry. Again about midnight on
Saturday Officer Kirk notified the
smashed in the glass of this iewelry
store door and effected an entrance.
The street was, deserted by all eX-
cept two men who stood near the cor
ner of Second and Scott streets at
the time. They heard the crash but
thought il came from the Betten-
dorf factory. Later they passed by
the store and saw that the plate
glass in the front door was broken.
Meeting Officer Kirk they notified him
of the robbery and of the noise they
had heard previously. Officer Kirk
notified the station. and Officers
Quinn and Brehmer were assigned on
the case. \ search discovered show
case despoiled of dozen knives and
forks. Nothing else was taken. The
robber or robbers were evidently sur
prised at their work before they could
secure more valuables. The brick used
in smashing the plate glass was found
within the store. The police have no
clues. The fact that the glass was
broken with a brick, and robbed in
similar manner the second time, APP
pears to be more than coinci-
dence.
Invitations are out for the marriage
of William A. Scharnweber. the popu-
lar bookkeeper at the II. Richter
store, and Miss Frieda Richter, daugh-
ter of Traugott Richter, senior menu
Der of the firm. The happy nuptial
event is dated for high noon Thanks
giving day. at the home of the brides
parents, 1925 West Ninth street.
George w. Scott is in Maquoketa,
where he will represent Davenport
parties interested in the case of the