Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-13
DAVENPORT

Horse Thief is Sane.-The jury in /
the district court which tried the case
of T. Coppans, the Belgian horse thief,
who was thought by his attorney, |
Frank Cooper, to be insane, decided
after two hours deliberation that he |
was in his right mind. Eleven of the |
jurors decided on the first ballot that |
hours that the man was out of his |
head, but was finally persuaded that
the Belgian was simply stupid. Cop
pans will plead guilty to the crime and !
be sentenced.
Sentences Seven.-Yesterday in the
district court Judge Barker sentenced
seven condemned prisoners to terms in
the penitentiary, ranging from one and
one-half to nine years, and committed
three others TO the county Jail. On the
whole it is considered that the prison
ers got off lightly and that the judge
was in a lenient mood. Klugger, who
has a record of a term in Joliet who
shot and wounded Officer Mundt when
ing 500 pounds of brass, and who was
the ringleader in a plot to break jail,
was given three and one-half years at
hard labor. The state expected Klug-
ger to receive the limit, 10 years. Har
Vey Lee got the bunch. He was given
two years on one count three years
on the second, and four years on the
third. Nine years is pretty stiff for 4
young offender, but in comparison to
what he might have been given-10l
years on each of the seven counts
against him-the sentence does not
seem so large. Lee, by the way. was
at the reform school with Elmer Davis
and Matteson, who were also indicted
by the last grand jury.
Accuses Wife of sieamy.-In a petit
ton for divorce filed yesterday after
noon by NJ Martin, the former states
that he believes his wife at the time
of her marriage to him last May, was
the legal wife of Ed Wetzel who is |
still living, and from whom she was
never divorced. She gave her name |
when married as Hattie Armour, which |
the husband now claims was not her
right name.
Murder Trial Monday.-The trial of
Eddie Hoffman, for the murder of |
in the district court.
Get National Convention.-The good |
work of ]. A. Hanley, w. II. Kane, Sec 1
rotary Steel of the Commercial club
and other Davenporters who carried an
invitation to the Modern Brotherhood II
of America to meet in Davenport in
1908. landed the convention for this
city. and the 600 or so delegates and
their ladies and other visitors that are
attracted by the convention will be i'll
year after next. Milwaukee II
and Detroit both wanted the meeting
but a telegram from Mr.. Steel states
that Davenport got it.
Copies Old Plat of BuffaIo.-Ignatz
Schmidt, the deputy recorder. whose
skill with his pen is one of the court
house prides. has just completed the
drawing of a plat of the town of Buff
falo. The map is drawn from the orig
nal town plat filed for record Oct. II,
1914. at o'clock, when John ID. Evans
was recorder for Scott county, Terri
.ory of Iowa The trio of pioneers who
aid the town out-G. H. Hinlkle, l.. l.
Adams, and G.. w Baker-attest to the
of the plat before John w.
Wiley, j. p. The document is yellow
With age, and being on thin paper. will
lot last much longer. Therefore the
,opy drawn by Deputy Schmidt and
ttested by Recorder Like is filed with
among the records.
Death of Infant.-Mr. and Mrs. JOS
phi H. Fritsch of 715 Gilmore street,
re mourning the loss of their infant Z
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