Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-16
Unable to Furnish S25, 900
Bond Required on
Indictments.
EFFORT TO REDUCE 1T
Moline MO1ders Charged
With Assault With In
tent to Murder.

( former of Moline. spent last night in
the Rock Island county Jail.
! When notified that l. indictments
| for embezzIement had been found
against him by the grand jury. he vol
unfairly appeared in the circuit court
yesterday afternoon. accompanied by
| {. b. Marshall. one II his attorneys,
and inquired the amount of bond it
would be necessary for him to furnish
pending trial Of the eases.
The bond called fer totals So
900. but Mr.. War; admitted his inabili
~ to produce it. and was locked up.
He i still held prisoner. Monday
motion will be made before the court
to have the bond reduced. War; be-
licves if it were made about half the
present figure he could furnish sure
ties.
The amounts War; is charged with
embczziing while serving as secretary
of the Moline Building. Loan d Saw
ings association range from SIG that
had been deposited with him by an
aged Moline lady for her 4-months-old
grandchild to many thousands. the
whole aggregating about 100000.
The indictments cover only few of
the instances wherein War; victimized
patrons of the building association
and others who entrusted their mon
eyS to his keeping. as the jury did not
consider it necessary to 90 into the
whole affair. 1t would occupy too
much time.
Ns it was. the jury listened for an
entire week to the stories Of people
who had sustained losses through
Wars dcfaIcation. Some of the stor-
les were those of washerwcmen and
others in poor circumstances who had
implicit confidence in him and would
60 to him with their weeks savings.
| They are said TO have been most pitt
full and to have brought tears to the
eyes IF the jurors.
Alleged Rioters Given Bail.
Henry Leisure. John Leisure. John
Bauman, Charles Mas. Henry Han
son. Clyde Fullerton and John Huette.
who on Nov. -. at Moline. engaged i'm
a fight with striking molders, enc Of
whom. George ClauSSen. was 50 Seri-
ously wounded by Il gun shot that for
weeks there was doubt of his recuv-I
cry. were indicted for assault with in
tent to commit murder. There are
five indictments against each defend
ant, Thomas Pollard. Ernest AnGer-
son. Chris Jones and George Saum
being the ones whom the defendants
are charged with having murGeruusly
assaulted. The Lci-ureS. Bauman.
Mas. Hanson. Fullerton and Huette
entered into recognizance today. each
furnishing $500 on each charge. with |
Harry Ainswurth and L. II. Sleight. of
Moline. as SuretieS.
Charles Fl. Arnold. Of this city. came |
into court and furnished bond of
$4,000 to secure his appearance for
trial ON indictments for obtaining !
money under false pretenseS and for
working confidence game while en-
plOyed as storekeeper for the Rock |
Island road at Davenport. His alleged |
offense was in passing forged time
orders. with Elmer Wheeler. who * in
dictcd also. az his ally. Samuel
Cromptom and Theodore WheelocL. of
Moline. went ON ArnoId'S bond.
Other indictments found by the !
grand jury. and suppressed for scr>-
ice TODAY. were:
William and Carrie Allars. keeping |
house of ill-fame: proprictors of sa-
loon known aS Blue Goose on First |
avenue. Rock Island. They are also !
under Indictment for harboring for |
the purpose of prostitution Mabel |
Pauline Wright. Il girl under Is years |
of age.
Henry Hansen, larceny: bottle of |
wine valued at - cents. from Chicago. |
Rock Island d Pacific Railway com
pany.
John Brennan. larceny: Oct. %. |
while employed as bartender at Park |
er'> saloon on Second avenue. in this |
city. he i charged with having stolen |
from \. ID. Welller. delegate to the |
Knights of Pythias convention. $50 in |
currency and a watch valued at $50.
John Findley. murder: March :. !
1903. during a quarrel at Moline. Find |
lev shot and killed Arthur Bradley. |
An Indictment returned against Find |
ley by a former jury was mol pressed. /
Drake Granted Divorce.
Judge Graves granted a divorce to
Frank +. Drake. of this city, from F.
Mary Phillips Drake. ON the grounds /
of desertion. They were married in /
1857. and four years later. Drake
AYERS his wife left him without cause
She i now resident Cf Peoria.
Arguments have been completed on /
the motion IF the defendant To com
pei the petitioner. Capt. !. NJ. BeardS-
ley. 10 reply fully tn a plea of e>toppaI |
in the suit to mandamus the city To
compel the removal of the depot Of |
the Davenport. Rock Island Il North
western on the representation that il
l. occupyin" a portion of the public
thoroughfare on Seventeenth street
and First avenue. The matter was
taken under Amusement by the court