Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-27
BLOCK CAPTURED
Local Police Effect Arrest of Pu.
gilIst Who Assaulted Mo-
line Officer.
HAD BEEN CHASED OUT OF PEORIA
Book Beer Responsible for Revival
OF Activity Along the Line
Yesterday.

The police made neat capture ear
~ yesterday morning and as a result
Charles Block. the local pugilist who
is wanted for knocking Officer Kear-
ney, Of Moline, through a plate glass
window couple of weeks ago, is be
hind the bars, and a companion, who
was evidently one of his pals in the
scrape, is hiding in the brush.
Several days ago it was learned that
Block and the other party were work
ing in a buggy factory in Peoria.
The police of the Still City were no.
titled, but in inquiry to locate the pair
the fugitives got wind of what was
up and when the officers came to
their boarding house Friday night
they got out the back door and es-
capped hatless and shoeless and with
not great deal of other clothing.
They were given a merry chase for
a. number of blocks, but finally lost
themselves.
Spotted by Chance.
| Yesterday morning about 1 o'clock
Night Capt. Bergsten and Officer
Brinn were walking down Second av-
enue. At Eighteenth street they saw
a man walking rapidly west on First
avenue and soon after another fol-
lowed him. From the speed both
were making the officers concluded
that something was wrong and they
took after the pair. When the latter
saw that they were being pursued
they separated and ran. Officer Brinn
went after one and the night captain
took after the other and the former
overhauled his man north of the d.,
Il. |. & y. W. freight depot and
brought him up standing with a shot
from his revolver. The other fugitive
escaped among the tall buildings.
What was Officer Brinn's surprise
to find when he came up to his man
that he had Block. The pair had just
arrived in the city on an early morn
ing freight from Peoria and were
making for their haunts to get under
cover before daylight. Block is some
| thing of foot racer. but the shoes
he had picked up after being chased
out of Peoria did not fit his feet and
he could not make very good time.
Yesterday he was turned over to the
Moline police and he will probably be
held to the grand jury.
Boarders in Combat
Book beer flowed freely yesterday,
and that may be one of the reasons
fnr" the busiest Monday morning al
the police station for many a week
Dick Flanagan, William Gibson and
Charles Murray. three men who stay
at the boarding house of Charles
johnson. Sixth street and Third ave
ment at the dinner table yesterday
noon. whichCw the start of a gen
eral free-foT-alI which created a great
hubbub about the neighborhood.
Flanagan and Murray went out into
the yard and there attempted to have
the matter out with their fists. John
son endeavOred to separate them. but
Gibson thrust him aside, advising him
to let them fight it out" The patrol
wagon arrived and the three were ar
rested. Murray after a spirited sprint
of a block when Officer Carlson over
took his man. Flannagan's face was
skinned, while Murray had his right
optic disfgured to an extreme degree. |
His chin was cut and his hands LAGER
ated. The three are employed by the |
Rock Island & Peoria railway on one
of the construction crews. Magis
trate Johnson after hearing the evil
dence fined each SIS and costs.
Police Points
Bert Patch, the son of NJ S. Patch.
who was tried for libel in connection
with his supposed illegal vote at the |
city election, was released from Jail |
yesterday morning after having serv-
81 on L.,
guage. An officer was awaiting him
at the door and he was again taken
up for failure to pay parts of two old |
fines. He will be held till the account
is squared.
A. c. French. sewing machine
agent, was arrested Saturday after
noon on the charge of larceny pre-
ferred by Harry Patten, who is con
nected with T. Richter q Sons, Dav
export. A continuance was granted |
in Justice Schroeder's court till this |
afternoon at > o'clock, the defendant |
giving bonds for an appearance.
Del Harrington, dilapidated ruin.
in clothes that might have been fine
"a hours ago, and patent leather
shoes. paid fine of So and costs. He
was arrested by OIncer Brinn.
William Austin, an old soldier. and |
F. n. Wells imbibed too much of the
prevalent spirit yesterday and fell |
with a few others to the common lot
of So and costs. Austin stated that he
was drawing a pension of only So a |
month and for that reason objected |
to paying a fine. When he was pre-
scented with the alternative of five
days he paid what he had and prom
ised to be on hand at the end of a |
week with the balance.
A family affair brought fines of 50
each to George Anderson and Thomas
Anderson, father and son. The faith |
er swore out information against the
son. while the latter retaliated.
a well-known Rock Islander, who
registered under the ambiguous APP
peIIation of Otto Smith. paid fine
for being drunk and disorderly. He
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