Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-27
SERVES WARRANT
Deputy Sheriff Bice Departs for
Springfield With Ben
Rubinsky.
ELoPER HELD EOR ABDUCTION
MuIatto Girl Not Arrested and is
Taken Home by Her
Mother.

Ben Rubinsky, the Springfield young
man whose elopement with Hazel
White terminated rather abruptly
here yesterday, was taken back this
morning to his native city in charge
of Deputy Sheriff y. p Bice, the lat
ter carrying Il warrant charging his
prisoner with abduction. The mother
of the girl, Mrs. Albert Barton, and
the deputy sheriff arrived in Rock
Island yesterday afternoon. The in
formation for the abduction charge
was made out by the girls step
father. itiaAt
The girl was not taken back under
arrest. but was allowed to return to
Springfield with her mother. Mrs.
Barton is strongly set against the
marriage of her daughter to Rubin
sky, not only on account of the diff
ference in the race of the two par
ties. but also because she has reason
to believe that Rubinslly has not been
sincere in his promises to the girl.
Cousin I'm Trouble
Ed Molloney. a cousin of Hazel
White, the mulatto girl who figured
in the elopement episode, was arrest
ed this morning in Hudson's carpen-
ter shop on First avenue. Molloney
is something of a sprinter and ar
irving in town last night looked up
some of his old friends and before
the evening was over had INDUCED
freely in various Intoxicating bever-
ages. About : o'clock this morning
he found himself tired and sleepy on
First avenue with no place to rest his
weary frame He liked the looks of
Iiudson'S carpenter shop for tenn
porary domicile. Without weighing
social considerations he kicked the
door in and was soon nicely located
on bench sound asleep. When the
carpenters arrived to start the work
of the day they discovered the demol-
ished door and the recumbent colored
man. The police were notified and
MolIoucy was taken to the station.
RubinsSy left $40 for him and Mrs.
Barton put up 81 more. Molloney Of
fered to settle for ali damages and
was allowed to so.
Police Points
4 mad dog scare was started yes
| tcrday by a sick animal which crawl
| ell under the house al III Twenty
ninth street \ small sized panic was
caused in the ncighhorhood by a re-
| port, gaining intensity as it circula-
ted. that the dog was suffering with
rabies. The police were notified, but
| failed to find anything but excitement
| when they reached the spot.
The young son of John COrcoran,
who lives ON Fifteenth street. be
| tween Sixth and Seventh avenues,
was bitten yesterday hy dog be
| longing 10 Thomas Davis, a ncighhor.
| The wound inflicted was on the arm
and the bite is vicious one. Mr..
Davis gave consent promptly for
the killing of the dog. and Officer
| Thode performed the duties of eNecu-
! toner this morning.
| \ lawn mower was stolen some
time yesterday from the premises of
NJ. NJ Briggs, on Thirteenth street.
| Joseph DeSlovcr and Henry Bulius
| last evening were before Justice
! Schriver charged with mayhem. In
fight it appears that they had at
! tempted to diStigure each ether with
! their teeth A. the odds were about
even the charge was changed to as
sault aud battery and each was fined
So, the amount being paid in each
| ease.
1t has been learned by the police
that the two rugs that were taken
| from Charles MaIoncy, who was ar
rested Monday night on suspicion
had been stolen from Davenport re
| sort.
| j. w. Miller was arrested this af-
| tcrnoon on complaint of W. b. Petit
for disorderly conduct. Miller broke
down door i'm Pettit's house and
| otherwise misconducted himself. He
will be given a hearing during the af-
ternoon by Justice johnson.