Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-06
RUNS FOR LIBERTY
George Meade Escapes From
County Jail, But is Soon
Recaptured.
NORRIS CASE HAS A HEARING
Peter Ransom Pays Fine in the
County Court and is Given
His Liberty. hGH

George Mead, sent up to the coun-
ty Jail for two days yesterday by Po-
lice Magistrate Johnson, made a
break for liberty this morning. The
small sample of green landscape and
heavenly blue framed by his cell win
dow filed him with an unutterable
longing for the real thing, where he
could lie on green grass instead of
an uncomfortable bunk, and look up
through the leaves into the sky in
stead of the roof of his barred prison
den. "a.
When Deputy McCullom lined the
stone gang up for the morning drill
on the county's geological collection,
Mead broke away from the lockstep
and jumped out through an open win
dow. He was not cut out for sprint
er and the deputy laid firm and per-
suasive hand on his shoulder before
he reached Third avenue and Four
teenth street. lie was put in the
BLACK hole" where "a hours of soil
tary confinement will probably cure
him.
Fight Over Child.
Judge Gest this morning started the
hearing in the fight for the possession
of the young son of Engineer Norris,
the latter being the Burlington official
killed in the head-end collision which
occurred at Ophiem several weeks
ago. About three weeks ago habeas
corpus proceedings were instituted
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cure possession of him. an uncle,
brother of the dead engineer, having
secured the boy, refusing to send him
back TO his grandmother. Attorney
William McEniry represents the
grandmother and Judge Adams and
j. F. Murphy are looking after the
interests of the other side. The case
was argued all morning and continued
this afternoon.
Peter Ransom, arrested early in the
week Tor selling lottery tickets, APP
peared before Judge Parmenter in
the county court and pleaded guilty
as charged. He was fined $40 and
costs. The fine was paid promptly
and the defendant allowed to go.
a verdict for the defendant was
brought in today in the case of the
United Breweries company VS.. A. J. |
Riess. the jury finding that the de-
PENDANT did not owe 5000 as claimed |
by the plaintiff company for lease
rights.
divorce was granted Mary Brueck-
ner, from her husband, Charles Brueck-
ner, this afternoon by Judge Gcst on
grounds of drunkenness. w. Il. Moore |
appeared for the plaintiff.
The motion to quash the indict- |
ments in the Darnell case has been |
mcnt.
Jury Drawn.
The following panel of petty jurors !
has been drawn to report for duty |
Monday. June 10:
Rock Island-I S. White. G. p. Ms |
son. P. j. McHugh. George Nichols, F. |
-. Refs. S. y. Eckerman, Herman
Doering, q. NJ. Loosely, y. w. Henry, |
Victor Beck and John r orsberg.
Moline-Martin Nelson. Philip Hos |
tens. Erick Charlberg. Herman Huy-
c. l. JOsephson, w. j. Kennedy. |
George W. Hamburger. T. NJ. McCar- |
thy, Eriek Isaacson, John Metzgar. 4 |
J. Lindstedt. Carl Farquhar, AXel An |
ierson, joni Lyon, G. II. Noyes, Oliver
Livingston and a. +. Stouffer
Edgington-Philip Fuhr, Thomas
Hayes and J. Albert Cutler.
Hampton. +. Evans, Jacob Rush,
august klabe.
South Rock Island-F f. Bowller,
". c. Lukens.
South Moline-Richard Wolsely.
Cordova-Charles Il. Cavanaugh.
Black Hawk-Charlcs Blazer.
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