Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-09
FARMER is ROBBED
Victor Anderson Lured to Old Ice
House and 500 Taken
From Him.
THREE PERSONS ARE ARRESTED
Wedding Plans of Samuel Cramer
and Lena Schoening Inter
rupted.

Miss Lena Schoening. of Coal Valley,
charged with robbing Victor Ander-
son, farm hand, of 500, were ar
reste., last night. Cramer was appre-
hended in Moline and Hodge and the
woman in this city.
The robbery was committed yester-
day afternoon at Coal Valley, the trio
boarding the evening train for Rock
Island Anderson was drunk. and, ac-
cording to the story that has been
told, was lured to an old ice house on
the outskirts of the village, and sep
arated from his money by Cramer.
The latter gave $40 to Hodge and kept
the balance.
The Rock Island police were mott
fled by telephone to be on the lookout
for the trio. Hodge and the woman,
so she states. had planned to be mar
| ried today and go to La Sale. where
he was to work in the coal mines.
| The pair went to the Commercial
house, where they registered as man
and wife. Hodge locked Lena in her
room and went out to take in the
sights of the city He was rounded
up by Detective Richard Carnes and
taken to the hotel. where he found
Lena entertaining another man, who
had gotten into the room with a pass
| key. Hodge went into a rage when he
| discovered that Lena had been trifiing
and threatened to do up the other
| fellow. Hodge had S13 in his posses
sion, while Cramer had So.
The Schoening woman has been in
trouble here before. having been ar
rested in company with skip" Day
a few months ago at "Skip's'' tavern
on First avenue. Lena promised that
she would reform and returned to
her home in the Valley. But she finds
that rural environment does not APP
peal to her. She says the lights are
put out too early in the Valley. and
the buildings are not high enough.
Has Learns d a few Things.
| She says she is not so green now as
when the police took her in hand be-
fore. She has learned a few things
She says she is Is years of age and
can do as she pIeases. She and Hodge
had it all arranged to he married to-
| day, and she did not like the idea of
the police interfering with their plans
She thinks the police are too smart
| They have no business butting in
when people are trying to do right
Lena did not know that Anderson had
| been robbed. She and Hodge had in
tended taking train last night for
! La Sale. She was sorry they had not
caught it. But there is going to be a
wedding just the same. 1t may he
delayed for a time by the police, but
Lena says she and Hodge viii be hap
Ply in a home of their own before very
long.
Cramer was held to the grand jury
in $1,000 bond for larceny. Hodges
was fined SO and the Schoening wo
man $50 for disorderly conduct. Al
three went to Jail.
BOYS Held for Burglary.
George and Buford kennedy (col
ored) and Carl Carlson. arrested foI
breaking into the building at Fourtl
street and Third avenue. formerly oc
cupied by the PeasIee Shoe company
and stealing therefrom brass castings
pleaded guilty to burglary at then
preliminary hearing before Magistrat,
q. \, Johnson today. and were held il
| bond of $500 each to the grand jury
They were sent 10 the county jail il
Is years of age
Thomas Davis, hobo, stole an over
coat last evening on Market squar,
from wagon belonging to Sand,
Coyne. farmer residing south of Mi
Ian. Later in the evening Mr. Cuynt
started for home. At Seventh avenue
and Seventeenth street he was halted
by a stranger who wanted to sell hin
a pair of shears. Coyne. recognizing
the overcoat worn by the stranger
alighted from his wagon as if inter
ested in the article offered for sale
On closer examination he found that
the overcoat was his, and he held Dav
is and called the police. Coyne got his
coat back and Davis was held to the
grand jury in 5000 bond on a charg,
OF larceny.
| PInches Dummy.
There was a clothing store dunn
my wearing an overcoat labeled Take
me home to Johnny Jones" at police
headquarters today. 1T was found a
midnight in front of Jones' SECOND
hand store by Officer John Kinney anC
carried to the station. I'm closing hi.
store Mr.. Jones had forgotten to tax,
the dummy in out Of the cold.
American House RaIded.
The American house was raided this
morning and four people arrested
They gave their names as Walter Nor
gan. Jess Follutt, Lizzie Whiting ant
Ida Kinyon. Each was fined s. foi
Being an inmate of a disorderly house