Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-22
HORTON is CAUGHT
Promoter of the Recent Running
Meeting Here Traced to
Newport, ky.
BEATING BOARD BILL CHARGE
Effort to Bring Him Back to Rock
Island for Triai-His Get
away.

If you are one of the number of un-
satisfied creditors of Col II. V. Horton
who unceremoniously disappeared at
ter the third day of running meeting
that he promoted at the Ninth street
track. you may yet have the privilege
of presenting your claim TO the gen
tleman in person.
The colonel was located yesterday
at Newport Ky, where there is a rae
ing meeting in progress. having been
traced there through the National Ho-
tel Keepers Protective association, TO
which the Harper house belongs, the
racing promoter having forgot to set
tie a board bill of $23 at the Harper.
The hotel proprietors are banded to-
gether for the purpose of lessening the
evil of jumping board bills. and an of
fender is pushed to the limit of the
law in every case where there is 4
conviction. The Horton case was re
ported to the association Immediately
after his departure from the city three
weeks ago. 1t has been searching for
him since and yesterday was rewarded
in finding him at Newport.
May BE Brought Here for Trial.
The colonel has been passing at
Newport under the same name as he
used in this city. An effort Will be
made to have Horton brought here for
| trial The OffenSe is not an extra
ditable one. but he may be induced to
come here without requisition. Hor-
| ton contracted quite few bills that
| he failed to settle. Aside from his &C
count at the hotel. he owes for two
| suits of clothes. a printing bill, and
various other accounts.
He was stopping at the Harper with
his wife and little daughter and de
parted at > o'clock in the morning, be
| ing driven in 4 cab to the Rock Island
| depot III Davenport, where he boarded
a train presumably for the east.
Horton advertised nine-days' run.
ming meeting here. representing him.
| self to be the president of the South
| ern Interstate circuit He said the 90
| day limit had expired at Jockey club
| track, St. Louis. and that asthe weather
was too warm to race the horses III
| the south, there was nothing to do but
to arrange for engagements in some OF
the northern towns To fill in until the
season i'll the south opened. Rock Isl
and. he said. was one of the fortunate
| cities decided upon.
Horton ShavcS the Purses.
There were three days of racing
here, but comparatively few of the
| horses ever saw Il St Louis track
Most of them were attracted here from
county fairs in the surrounding com
try. Labor day there was big at
tendance at the Ninth street track
| The owners of the horses were disap
pointed after reaching the city Hor
| ton. ii was charged, having reduced
the purses considerably below the ad
| vertised amounts. Some of the own
ers knew Horton. they said. as man
with whom they had previous dealings
and they We're not content to remain
and run their horses at a meet under
his direction.
The result was that the night of La
Dor day most of the horses were
| shipped from the city. Horton haC
made a bad break with the crowd on
Labor day, anyway, causing a delay
of nearly an hour between events foi
the purpose Of reducing the card III or
| der 10 cause a postponement of one OF
the events. thus saving the colonel {
| 800 purse. So the colonel thought
the most graceful move for him wa.
to duck. And he ducked.
GENESE0 TEACHERS IN CITY