Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-27
ARREST OFFICERS
Sheriff Heider Takes Mayor Nc.
Caskrin and Policemen
Into Custody.
SERIOUS CHARGE is MADE
Impeding Railway Trains Without Due
Process of Law-Serves Another
Campaign Document.


ficers were taken into custody by Sher-
iff Heider yesterday afternoon upon a
warrant sworn out by s. B. Stoddard,
and the work of tearing up the Daven-
port, Rock Island & Northwestern
railway tracks was thus ended The
tracks were relayed by about o'clock
without delay.
The police officers under arrest are
Dennis Mccarthy, Chris Vogel. John
Page. James L. Golf, E. p. Kell and
John Kinney. They, with the mayor,
are charged with impeding railway
trains. The penalty fixed in that stat
ute for this Offense when committed
without due process of law, and this
was without the process of law, is a
fine of not less than $50 nor more than
5000, and Imprisonment for not less
than 20 nor more than 80 days. All
were arraigned before Justice Johnson
and the cases continued until Thursday
morning.
Over Rock Island Tracks.
There was not such delay in the
railway traffic this time as there was
when similar course was pursued
March 80. as it did not take nearly so
long to prepare a warrant for the ar
rest of the alleged offenders as it did
to prepare an injunction. The St Paul
train north bound on the Illinois side
of the river passed before the destruc-
ton was begun, but the one going to
Savanna on the Iowa side had to back
up and go out over the Rock Island
tracks. Both carry pouch mail. The
ID. r. |. & n. w. tracks were repaired
in time for the passage of the other
passenger trains that cross the Cres-
cent bridge.
Serves Campaign Document.
Another campaign document was
served upon the company before the
destruction was commenced. 1t was
practically the same as was issued be-
fore by the mayor. 1t charges that the
company has refused to allow other
railways to operate trains over these
| tracks, but does not say what compan-
les they were. whether it was the Bur
lington, which is using the bridge, the
Rock Island, which has a bridge of its
own, or the st. Paul, which is using the
ID. r. l. & n. w. tracks Perhaps it
was the Pennsylvania or New York
Central
| The principal statement in the notice
| was that police officers would arrest
any persons operating trains over these
tracks and compel them to go into
court and show by what right they oc
cupied the tracks.
| Policemen With Records.
Last summer the council stopped the
pay of several officers who were found
to have had records in courts, and
whether the arrest of the several Off
GERS who were implicated in this affair
will result in the pursuance of a simi-
| lar course remains to be seen. FOL
lowing the previous outbreak of the
mayor, resolutions were passed by the
council disappearing of and denounc-
ing his course, terming his actions err
ratio and irresponsible, the source of
humiliation at home and ridicule and
disgrace abroad.
The railroad company, on the former
| occasion, put a stop to the mayors
procedure by means of an Injunction
which was subsequently dismissed af
ter the councils action as an evidence
of good will and good faith toward the
| city. The mayor, nevertheless, broke
| loose again yesterday and repeated
| what he had done before. thus con-
! firming his reputation of trouble max
er and taking the chances of plunging
| the city into additional litigation,
should he be considered in his official
capacity.
The railroad was represented yester-
day by Sweeney G. Walker of this city
and Waterman & Lane of Davenport,
who with General Manager Grant ap-
peared before States Attorney Scott
and secured in the name of the COM
pany's local representative, S. B. Stod-
dard. the warrants for the arrests that
were made.