Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-31
IN A BLOODY ROW
John Looney and Officer Charles
Sexton Mix in Court
Room.
L0ONEY'S NOSE BATTERED
Viciously Attacks Mayor Mccaskrin
and Mayor OIson-Asks That Nc
Caskrin and Sexton Be Fined.

disgraceful row occurred in Justice
McFarlane's court this afternoon with
John Looney as a center. Looney came
out of it with badly bleeding nose. and
then posed as a martyr, and asked that
Mayor McCaskrin and officer Charles
Sexton be fined for contempt of court
This matter goes over until after the
rial of the case which brought on the
trouble.
Officer Does IT,
The case over which the trouble
arose was that of the people VS. EfHe
Vaughn. charged with robbery, which
was taken before Justice McFarlane
on change of venue. 1t was contin-
Jed until this afternoon. when it was
dismissed upon motion. Mayor Nc
Caskrin, who is acting as chief of po-
fIe, ordered an officer TO take charge
Of the defendant until another com
plant could be made out and sworn
to- John Looney, who, with b. f.
Schriver, was appearing for the defend
ant, attempted bulldOzing game with
the apparent purpose of getting the
woman out of court after her dismis-
sal. There was bad blood between
Looney and officer Sexton. and it was
the more aggravating TO LOoney be-
cause Sexton was the officer in charge.
Mayor McCaskrin requested LoOney TO
desist and then ordered the officer to
take charge of him. This brought the
two together. Sexton was assaulted by
Looney and then he went after his as
saiIant and struck him several times
on the nose.
Are Separated.
Other officers were in the court and
succeeded in separating the two men,
and they almost got together couple
of times after that Jeremiah LoOney
appeared on the scene in a few min
utes and tried to calm his brother. and
finally the second warrant was served
on the colored woman.
Wants Contempt Fine.
Upon order being restored in the
court room, Looney having had the
blood washed from his face, Justice Nc
Farlane ordered the trial to proceed,
LOoney arose and asked that Mayor
McCaskrin and Officer Charles Sexton
be fined for contempt of court. Ii was
here he made his pose as a martyr.
maintaining that he had bGen held by
two other officers while Policeman Sex
ton struck him He bitterly attacked
Mayor McCaskrin and the officer, also
indulging in abuse of Mayor Olson of
Moline. who was acting as states attOr-
ney in the absence of Mr. Scott and
his assistant, l.. NJ. Magill.
Cusa of RohherN
The case in question is one for al
legged robbery. There are colored dives
in the city of Rock Island which the
mayor has been attempting to clean
up, and Magistrate Elliott has been
lacking on penalties that were intend
ed to drive them from the city.
Last night. upon complaint of John
Mclaughlin, driver of an ice wagon,
Mrs. Boyd Mcdonald and Efie Vaughn
were arrested and taken to the sta
ton. Mclaughlin was directed to
these women who live in the vicinity of
Twenty second street, he says to Sc
cure a washwOman. his wife being ill.
He was talking TO them, and in some
way. whether they got into a scufIla or
not is not known, he asserts they rob
struck with a bottle which he had in
his pocket
Two Arrested
The wagon and officers went 10 the
house where Mclaughlin said they en-
tered and admittance was refused The
lock was broken and the officers took
Mrs Mcdonald into custody At the
station she was identified as one of
the women, but Mclaughlin could not
tell whether she was the one who took
the money or not. She was given a
hearing after midnight and bound over
TO the grand jury by Magistrate Elliott.
The witness had to return home on
account of the illness of his wife and
the Vaughn case was continued until
this morning when Looney and Schriv-
er were secured as attorneys, and took
the change of venue Effie Vaughn
was secured after Mcdonald found that
his wife was implicated, he revealing
h.