Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-29
Grand Jury Returns indictments
Against Maggie and Jose.
phins CoIlet.
HOLDS ALEXANDER ROBINSON
Augusta. sehmid Under Indictment on
Charge of tarceny-Outsrowth
of Otto Schmid Case.

u uS DIA4S were ieluIHeu, anu Oh IueSe
nine of the indictments were suppressed
TO await service. The more import
| ant indictments were those against
William Nagel and Josephine Collet,
| for murder, and Alexander E. Robin
son. alias William Weaver. for rape.
Robinson, in two separate indictments,
is charged with the crime with Ma
RE Busch. and in its general report TO
the court, the jury recommends TO the
| board of supervisors that able legal
| talent be secured TO assist the states
attorney in the prosecution of this
| case. Robinson has a long record
behind him, terminating with his of
lenses in Sears. where his career was
ended after the death of his wife re-
Gently.
Indict August Schmid.
Among the indictments returned by
the grand jury was one against August
f. Schmid of South Heights for lar
ceny. the amount being $4,000. the
property of Mrs. Ann Catherine Otto
| of Davenport This is one of the out
growths of the Otto-Schmid suit, which
was so long pending in circuit court
Judgment was rendered against Mrs
| Schmid for payment of the amount but
she had left the city and so far as is
known has not yet returned. Mr..
Schmid was here and was served this
morning He was brought into court
this morning. and entered into recogni-
zance of a bond in the sum of 81 900
his bondsmen being Thomas Campbell,
| William Jackson. I. +. LaVelle and NJ
| F.. Sweeney.
Two Against Each.
The pair charged with the murder of
Carl August Brady are each held I'M
der two separate indictments, one
for murder. and the other charging
that the defendant was an accessory
after the fact of murder. One indict-
ment against Josephine Collet accuses
her OF shooting Brady, and the
other charges that Brady did the shoot
ing and that she knew of the deed
at the time. Similar bills were
brought against William Nagel.
The jury, in its report, states that il
ignored 10 matters presented originally
to it. and that eight cases were ignored
where the defendants had been arrest
ed and bound over
| Recommend New Jail.
| The jury made the regular inspection
of the county Jail and reported it well
kept and clean, the prisoners being
well fed with good quality of food
The jury also set forth the necessity
of a new jail in this county. as we are
h. s-;r
has insufficient accommodations to
properly care for the large number of
prisoners often within its walls; that
the plumbing is not modern and that
it falls very much short of meeting the
requirements of modern JAIL
| Indictments.
| The indictments returned were as
follows:
/ Josephine Collet. Murder. Charged
with murder of Carr A. Brady June 8,
on Island B.
! Josephine Collet. Accessory after
the fact to murder of Carl A. Brady.
! William Nagel Accessory after the
fact to murder of Carl A. Brady.
William Nagel. Murder Charged
with murder of Carl A. Brady.
! William J. F. Schultz and Anna
Stolberg. Adultery and fornication.
| J. NJ. Mason. Burglary and larceny.
| Charged with burglarizing a Rock Is
land freight car and taking two pairs
of shoes and three hats.
| Comfy Ogletree. Burglary and lar
ceny. Charged with burglarizing a
Rock Island freight car, and taking
TWO pairs of shoes and one hat.
| Alexander c. Robinson. alias Elmer
Weaver. Rape Charged with rape of
Marie Busch.
l Alexander Z. Robinson. alias Elmer
Weaver. Rape. Same charge.
i William r. Smith Larceny. Charg-
ed with stealing five chickens of Mrs.
Rosa Albrecht.
/ William Garnett Robbery. Charged
with robbery of Maurice Baker of a
pocket knife and $3.50.
1 Thomas Mitchell Larceny. Charg-
ed with stealing a watch OF Henry F.
Peters, valued at sl4.50
Henry Steiner. Burglary and lar
ceny Charged with entering home of
w A Dierolf and stealing Jewelry and
$500.
| John Sievert Burglary and larceny.
Charged with theft of watch OF Daniel
Flemming at Rock Island waterworks
building
Charles Banks. Burglary. Charged
with entering Rock Island freight car
| Edward Sala. Larceny Charge
with theft of two chickens of J. NJ
/ Couch
| August F. Schmid. Larceny. Charg-
ed with the larceny of $4,000, prop
| erty of Ann Catherine Otto
1 Mrs. Rebecca Baker. Maintaining
house of ilI-fame. Charged with being
in custody of disorderly house
James O'Hern. Rape. .