Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-30
is BLOODY FIGHT
William HammerIy, the Hack
man, Sent to the Repair Shop
by Officer John Kinney.
BATTLE OCCURS IN AN ALLEY
Cabby, While Drunk, Tries to Do Up
the POIIceman-Three 9th
ers In the Case.

William Hammerly. the hackman,
done up in a hand to hand fight with
Patrolman John Kinney. was a sorry
sight when brought into the police
court. The left optic was closed by
shanty that appeared as if it might
have been raised by a kick from
horse, while his Uranium was plaster
ed with bandages applied by a sur
geon at the station after his arrest.
He was collarless and hatless and his
shirt bosom was covered with stains
of his own gore.
Hammerly enjoys reputation
among the police that is above the
average of others in the tri-cities who
follow the vocation of hackman, but
he is an ugly Indian when he takes a
slide along the booze route. which he
studiously avoids until something goes
wrong and he seeks to forget his woes
in a flow of suds and squirrel whisky.
William had a pain in the region of
his lunch room last evening, he told
the magistrate, and he thought a nip
of liquor would relieve him. He put
on the sideboards and called for the
bar towel. This proved a starter.
At 3 o'clock this morning Hammer,
ly was driving through the streets of
the business section in wild west fash
ion. On the seat with him were
George Wittick and Henry Stewart,
while riding alone in the carriage was
May Snyder Patrolman Kinney warn
ed Hammerly that he would have to
be quiet and drive his team at ali
ordinary gait or he would be obliged
to arrest the party. Hammerly made
some insulting reply and the officer
followed the carriage into the alley
at the rear of hlOSenfelder d KOhn s
store on Second avenue, where the
horses were brought to a standstill.
Hammerly jumped down out of his
seat and pitched in intent on thrash
ing the officer. His three companions
Witnessed the melee until the cries of
Hammerly, who was finally subdued
with the officers CLUB, attracted De
tective Richard Carnes, at whose ap-
pearance they fed west through the
alley. Kinney and Hammerly fought
desperately for several minutes, dur
ing which the officers uniform was be-
spattered with blood so that it will
probably be useless hereafter. and his
helmet was hurled into a barrel filled
with paste.
Hnckmnn's Wounds Dressed.
Carnes and Kinney lifted Hammer
| ly. drunk, exhausted and bleeding, into
his hack and conveyed him TO the sta
| ton, where his wounds were dressed
and he was given bed to sober up.
In his drunken rawlings Hammerly said
| that he had been robbed of $25, and
the officers secured the town for Wit
| tick, Stewart and the Snyder woman,
and rounded them up, but they knew
nothing of any money that Hammerly
had.
At the hearing this morning Ham
merIy was sober. He cleared his
friends by stating that he had not lost
cent He said that he had been
crazy drunk, and he apologized to
officer Kinney for the trouble that he
had caused. He paid his fine, the po
lice hunted him a hat. and went to|
rejoin his hack. which had been placed
in a stable.
a Temperance Lecture.
Hammerly has been in scraps be-
fore in his career, but it is doubtful
| if he ever received such a beating as
| the one that officer Kinney admins
tered him. Kinney said it is an I'M
pleasant duty to have to use a club
on a drunken man, but this was case
of self-preservation. The Snyder
woman was fined 50 for disorderly
conduct, and Wittick and Stewart
were discharged. May Epson. Dav-
export street walker. and a Rock ISL
ander giving the name of f. S. Smith,
were each fined 50 on a disorderly
charge.
| Didn't Pay HIS Board.
David Mayall. who claims to hail
from Ipava. H., was picked up this
morning by the police on complaint
of Mrs. Mary a. Tarpy, who con-
ducts a boarding house on Twentieth
street she claiming that Mayall owed
| her two weeks board bill, aud was
attempting to get out of town. Mayall
will be tried this evening before Mag