Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-21

this promise he has secured a promi-
nent Fort Madison man who was a
passenger on the boat at the time the
shooting occurred and who saw
some portion of the staying of the
two men. Mr.. Bergman says that
other men are easily securable as
witnesses, and is firm in the belief
that the affair ought to be more thor
oughly investigated than was done
by the coroner's jury. 1t is stated
that County Attorney fischer is also
working on the case. 1t is doubtful
whether anything can be done in
prosecuting Breen, as the Diamond
10 line is willing to bring forward
witnesses testifying not only to
Breen's good temper, thing acknow-
lodged as unusual. in Mississippi
mate, but to the threatening actions
of the two Leonidas both on and off
the boat.
Wednesday evening at Quincy, at
the home of the brides parents, 23O7
Elm street, occurred the marriage of
Tom c. Carter of St. Paul and Miss
Johanna Cavanaugh, formerly of
W.
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Morgan Woodward has returned
home from Chicago. Mr.. Wood
ward, who had an eye severely in
jured while he was in the southwest
about three weeks ago, is in fair
shape again since it was removed
The Chicago specialist with whom he
has been under treatment, failed TO
save the eye, the examination reveal
ing piece of metal lodged in the
ball, so that the eye had to be sac
rificed. Luckily, the loss of one eye
does not impair the vision of the
other.
Ernst Roeber wrote Prof. DIVER,
who was trying to arrange a match
between the Graeco-Roman cham
pion and Martin Burns, that he could
not leave his business in New York
and come here. Charles Wittmer, the
Cincinnati wrestler who is said to
have been the only man who wrestled
"a draw with Eousouf, the conquerer
of Stranger Lewis. was then tele-
-graphed to, and responded that he
would be here on the 27th to wrestle
the Farmer" So il is expected TO
pull off the match at Schuetzen park
next Sunday, or at the Burtis the fol-
lowing Monday evening, in case of
rain.
Emil Baumgarth, who on July 10
entered a saloon and began waiting
on an imaginary table, died Saturday
afternoon at o'clock at Mercy hos
pital. The man was arrested at the
time his peculiar actions were
brought to the notice of the police,
and upon being examined was pro-
nounced demented, and was taken to
the Jail pending the discovery of his
relatives. One of his unfortunate
peculiarities was his inability to take
care of little money which he had
distributed in small packages about
his person Immediately upon the
mans death the body was taken to
the Boies undertaking rooms, and the
post-mortem examination discovered
the fact that the cause of Baum
garth's dementia was a large abscess
of the brain situated just above the
right ear. When the cavity was OPP
ened a viscid green pus eNuded. In
regard to the mans identity, County
Physician f. 5. Bowman has been
making Investigations. 1t was found
out that he had been in this country
some seven years, being a native of
Germany. He recently came west
from New York. Further investiga-
ton revealed the fact that he had
brother in Germany and DR.. Bow
man wrote to the German consul at
Chicago, asking him to try and find
the brother. who was said to be liv-
ing in Berlin. The consul wrote to
DR.. Bowman telling him that he had
notified the president of the Berlin
police regarding the case, and would
advise DR.. Bowman later as to any
thing he discovered concerning the
mans IDENTITY.
.Tewelry to the value of over 500
was taken Saturday afternoon from
one of the upstairs rooms of the
house of f. J. Dougherty, north
east corner of Fifteenth and Main
streets, by a burglar who is thought
to have entered by the front door,
while Ed DOugherty, Jr., was in the
barn hitching up a horse, and the rest
of the family were away from home.
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