Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-11
FINDS % BILLS.
Grand Jury Completes Busy Ses'
sion of Seven
Days.
J. HART HELD FOR MURDUR
Seven Cases Suppressed and Two ls-
nored List of the In
dictments.


turned in to the Rock Island county
circuit court. Judge Graves presiding,
this morning. The jury found
2S true bills, suppressed seven cases,
and stated in its report that it had
ignored the charges against r. E. Reede
for forgery, and against Herman Al
tenhoff on the charge of receiving
stolen property Reede is the aged
town clerk of Andalusia. The report
further stated that the jury had in
spected the Jail and had found the
same in good condition and satisfac
tory.
Those against whom bills were re-
turned by the jury are as follows:
Held for Murder.
Joseph d. Hart, for murder. Alleged
that on April "a he assaulted James
Poppis. a Greek laborer. striking him
handle and infiicting injuries from
which Poppis died April "a.
Harvey Inslee. charged with steal
ing a horse belonging to B. c. Cham
bers on May Z.
John Osburn, same as above
Edward Riley, for burglary and lar
ceny Alleged that Riley entered the
store building of John Stewart, Rock
Island saloonkeeper, and took four
boxes of cigars and one quart bottle
of whisky.
August Horstman. for burglary and
larceny. Alleged that he entered the
barn of A. S. Wright, Moline. May 8.
and stole certain goods.
George Hodge, for larceny. Alleged
he stole 100 pounds of brass metal
scrap valued at $40 belonging to David
Edwards.
Thomas Hyland, for larceny. Alleged
that Hyland stole 100 pounds of brass
belonging to David Edwards.
c. S. Mahaffy, for larceny. Alleged
Mahaffy stole two boxes of cigars be-
longing to the Reinert Drug company.
William H. Nelson, for larceny. AL
legged that ON Jan. u he stole one wag-
on wheel, one bob sled and one sled
box from Henry Sayre. valued at SIS.
Burglary and Larceny.
Joe Sebring, for burglary and lar
ceny Charged that on March IL he
entered freight car of the c., r. l. &
p and stole certain goods belonging to
Il. ID. Magee.
Henry Ehlers, for burglary and lar
ceny Alleged that on Feb. 20 defend
ant entered saloon of John Schwack, in
west portion of Rock Island. and stole
seven quart bottles of whisky and two
boxes of cigars.
William Gracser, for burglary and
larceny. Alleged that on Feb. 20 he
entered saloon of John Schwack, in
western portion of Rock Island, and
stole seven quart bottles of whisky and
two boxes of cigars.
Henry Bowers. for false pretenses.
Alleged that on March IA he received
money from Caroline Thomas on pre-
tense of purchasing half rate ticket to
California. and that this was done with
intent to defraud her of the same
Henry Young, for larceny. Alleged
that defendant on April "a took two
pairs of gold rim spectacles and one
pair of spectacle frames valued at $I2
from George ID. Schoop.
Henry Young, for larceny. Alleged
that Young stole an overcoat from Will
liam Oakley.
Isaac Berry. for burglary. Alleged
that on March 20 he broke into dwell
ing house of MTsS.I S. Phillips and
took certain articles.
William II. Nelson. for larceny. Al
that on April he stole 100 pounds of
49 bushels of corn valued at $14 from
Frank Sherrard. living near Coal Val
ley.
Benjamin Fude, for larceny. Alleged
that on April 9 he stole 100 pounds of
metal scrapping from David Edwards
George Hodge. for larceny. Alleged
that Hodge made way with FIVE bottles
of beer and 81 belonging to John Ba-
ker
Desire De Reisch, for larceny. AL
legged that he took IL mems shirts on
April lG from X. o. LamoreauX.
Move Ia Take From Jury.
In the case of John T. Gaffey against
the c., r. |. & p. railway. the attorneys
for the defendant. Jackson, Hurst &
Stafford, made a motion this afternoon
to take the case from the jury. Judge
Graves is hearing arguments on the
motion.
Two Made Public.
This afternoon were made public
two additional indictments against
William Porter and Al Owen on the
charge Of gaming. Both were allowed
to furnish bonds.
Granted Divorce.
Mrs. Leona Peters was granted a
divorce this afternoon from her hus-
band, Julius Peters, the charge being
deseTtiOn.
Mrs. Adeline Wilcox Of Moline was
granted divorce from James ID. VIII
cox on the charge of extreme and re-
peated cruelty. She was represented
by w c. Allen and Ludolph & Rey-
nolds. The couple were married In
March of 1902
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