Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-25
PREJUDICE SHOWN
AffidaVits Offered in Support of
Wars Motion for Change
of Venue.
TRIAL IN ANOTHER COUNTY
Holds He Cannot Get Fair Trial OF
Important Hearing
Here.

One hundred and siNty-two affiGa-
Wits were filed in the circuit court
| this morning in support of the motion
| of Searle u Marshall, attorneys for
j. w. War;, under Indictment for EN-
| bezZlement. for change of venue of
! the trial of the defendant to some
| county III the district other than Rock
Island. alleging the people are preiu.
! diced against him. and that a Jury
I could not be secured that would give
him Il fair and impartial hearing. The
atfidavits are from persons in Moline,
! Mr.. Wars home. Rock Island and
various towns in the county. The ar
%umcnts on the motion will be heard
Monday morning OF next week. In
the meantime the state Will secure
atfitayitS to refUte the contention of
| the attorneys for the defense that
the public mind is preiudiced against
War;. Following are the allegations
in the form Of affidavit filed by the
defense:
THAT since about the middle of
NOvcmGor. 1903. when defendant
(Warr) was arrested ON said charge
(embcZzlemenD. the question of de
PENDANTS guilt therein and Of his a.
legged embellishments from the Moline
building. Loan q Savings association
and divers other persons, as the secre-
tarY OF said association. has been a
very general topic If conversation in
aid rjtr and Throughout said county:
that practically every person in said
city takes. or has access to. and reads
hn
since the said arrest of said defend
ant such papers. from time to time.
and at numerous times. have publish
ed articles puTpurting to give lists.
amounts, the extent and manner Of
commitment, # Sach embellishments.
and the details thereof. and that said
entertainments amounted to from
100000 to $4,000. and was i'm large
part Of the property ri@htfullN be
longing to the poor. and widows and
orphans. and strongly cundemning the
defendant for his alleged guilt there
"f; that ai.Hnt has heard numerous
and almost universal expressions of
defendants guilt of said charges by
the people Cf said city and county he
has heard cCnyersing about said sub
iect; and afiiant believed he has heard
at least - persons. residents in
SAID city and -- persons residents
of said county, outside Of said city.
SO express themselves: and affiant
fully believes that hardly Il single per
son in said city eligible to jury service
bat has heard. read If and talked of
said case and so expressed his opin-
ion therein; and that affiant fully be-
liHlpt. +Lpr Ill hn ir,I Il
city are 80 prciUdiced against defend
ant that they could not give him a
fair and impartial trial i'm said cause:
and afiiant further believes that the
inhabitants Of said county are so
prejudiced against said defendant
that he can not have a fair and i'm
partial trial in said cause in said
county"
Moore Pleads Guilty.
Frank Moore. who stole clothing be
longing 10 Frank NARROW. a porter at
the Rock Island house. pleaded guilty
10 an Indictment charging him with
larceny. and was fined 500 and SEN
fenced 10 GO days in the county Jail.
the sane to be worked out at the
work house
William MCGrelli- and Louis Head.
indicted fer the alleged theft Of cop
per wire from the Central Union Tel
ephone company, by which they were
employed as linemen. entered pleas Of
not guilty. They were granted sep
aratc trials.
Pleas Of not guilty were entered
also by George and Minnie Lowe. in
dictcd for robbery. They are charged
with having stolen $40 from Ernest
Rang while he was intoxicated in a |
Firth avenue saloon.
y divorce was granted Pearl IIacss-
Ter, Of this city. from Herman HacsS-
Ter. Drunkenness and cruelty were
charged. The marriage Of the cou-
pie took place in Rock Island in 1901.
The plaintiff was allowed 10 resume
her maiden name and given $50 attor-
ncy's fees and so per month alimony.
The motion made by the attorneys
for the defense TO reduce the bal! Of
i. ". War; has been taken under aG-
yiscmcnt by Judge Graves 1t was
that he would render hi.
decision some time tcday.