Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-12
SENT TO PRISON
Harvey InsIee, the Young Horse
Thief, Pleads Guilty
to Charge.
ADMITS He is PAST 21
Others Against Whom Indictments
Were Found Follow Same
Course.

The defendants wishing to plead
guilty in the cases brought
to the attention of the circuit court by
the grand jury yesterday. were arraign-
ed in court this morning and were
allowed to enter their pleas. Some did
so at once, others at the opening of
court this afternoon.
| Harry Inslee. one of the youthful rob
bers who made way with the horse
and rig belonging respectively to B.
c. and L. D. Chambers at Taylor
Ridge last Sunday entered a plea of
guilty and stated that he was over
81 and that his home was at Prince
ton, Iowa. Judge Graves sentenced
him to the state penitentiary at Joliet
| for an indeterminate sentence. the
minimum being three years and the
maximum time limit Il years.
John Osburn. who was also implica-
ted in the stealing of the Taylor Ridge
horse, plead guilty to the charge. He
gave his age as Is and declared that
his father was a street car conductor
in Davenport, but that he did not live
at home. as his mother was dead and
his father and mother-inIaw had es-
tablished a rule that none of the chill
dren by the first wife should live at
home after reaching the age of II. He
was sent to the state reformatory at
Pontiac.
Another IncOrrigible.
August Horstman. the young incor
rigible. who stole from J. S. Wright.
of Moline, and who has seen service in
Pontiac previous to this time. plead
guilty and was ordered returned to the
reformatory.
Joe Sebring, who was charged with
burglary and larceny, having broken
into a c., r. l. & p. car and taken
7 boxes of chewing gum and II
boxes Of cough drops valued at $685.,
was also sent to do time at Pontiac
Henry Powers. a gentleman of color,
plead guilty to the charge of abstract
ing 81 from Caroline Thomas, an aged
colored woman living at Milan, who
was slave before the war, on the pre-
tense that he would get her a ticket
to California. He said that his home
was in Georgia and intimated that his
relatives would be only too glad to pay
Ills Illc. ne was given ~ udNS III Tic
workhOuse and $50 fine.
Desire De Reisch, a Belgian employ
ed in the New Shops, had a desire for
shirts. and removed them from Rock
Island car at Moline. He pretended
not to understand English, but could
talk it in good shape. He received 90 |
days and fine of 81 and costs
Benjamin Fude, George Hodge and |
Thomas Hlyand all plead guilty to the |
theft of certain scrap metal from David |
Edwards, and were given sentences
respectively of $50 fine. 10 days in the |
wOrkhOuse, S25 fine and 80 days in the |
workhouse, $25 fine and 80 days in the |
workhouse. In all of these cases the |
fine is to be worked out at the rate of |
$3.50 per day unless paid.
Drunkenness No Excuse.
Henry Young, aged 90. was con- |
fronted with a charge of larceny. |
Young entered the office of DR.. Shoop |
and stole an overcoat valued at $40
and spectacles of the value of SIP. He
declared this afternoon that he was
drunk at the time. Il hope that sooner
or later" said Judge Graves in reply.
that the people of this country will
learn that drunkenness is no excuse for
crime" Owing to the fact that the
prisoner was in poor health and that
his right arm was broken recently,
Judge Graves imposed fine of 81
and costs and 80 days in the county
Jail on each count. the time spent in
the wOrkhouse to be concurrent on
each count
Charles Mahaffey. charged with petit
larceny. furnished bail in the sum of
$500. his bondsmen being J T. Shields
and DR.. r. NJ Pearce
Three Suppressed Indictments
Three suppressed indictments of the
grand jury was made public today
John King. of Natick. is charged with
a blind pig" and selling
liquor without a license John Carl
son and Emma Carlson have also been
arrested The charge lodged against
he couple is adultery.
Cases Set For Week
The following cases were reassign-
ed for the coming week as follows:
Monday, 1S3. 1874. IS: Tuesday. 1O2
los, 129; Wednesday. 50. so. 70; Il
Thursday. IS. 116, 121: Friday. 81. log:
ehancery. los.