Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-16
DAVENPORT DOTS.

Robbed a Drunk.-Ben Trainor of
Walnut, Iowa, was drugged and robbed
in LATE Kellar's saloon on East Front
street between Rock Island and Iowa
streets Thursday night. Charles e.
Dean, the bartender in the saloon; LATE
Kellar. the proprietor; John Esberg.
customer, and Clarence Newton, have
all been arrested for being implicated
in the robbery. 1t seems that Trainor
came to Davenport to buy Dakota land.
He says he had $500 with him. $3.50 in
notes and the remainder in cash.
Thursday evening he entered Kellars
saloon and there flashed the big roll
he had before the hungry eyes of those
sitting and standing about. He had
few drinks and then passed into Slum-
Der sweet so he says. and did not
awake for some time. When he did
come to, he found that his pockets had
been rifled, and so he called in the po-
lice. Officers Quinn and Sanford took
the matter up and went TO the kellar
saloon to investigate. They suspected
Charles f. Dean, the bartender, and
approached him. AS they did so, they
saw him drop some money on the floor
After a search they found two notes
belonging to Trainor. on his person,
one for 5000 and the other for $50 He
also had Trainor's watch, which was
returned to the rightful owner The
roll dropped on the floor was found to
contain $3.50. AS Trainor had spent
some of his cash, but in the neighbor-
hood of $50 is still unaccounted for.
Several other men who were in the sa-
loon were arrested.
Held Up Mail Wagon.-Three joyous
coal dealers, taking the mayor at his
word when he extended to them the
hospitality of the city, had close call
with Uncle Sam. They were arrested
by the police for interfering with the
United States mail, but through the
kindness of Postmaster Lon Bryson.
who probably had been there himself
in years gone by. they were released
without prosecution.
Ignorant of His Lose. S. Simp-
son of lie Claire left Davenport last
Sunday for Dayton, Ohio, travelling with
his family. party of four, in a touring
car. A postal card received by ORGY
Jansen from Danville, Ill. indicates
that Mr.. Simpson is still unaware that
his three-Story brick block. containing
the drug store and X. of P. hall, was
burned at lie Claire Tuesday. Mr.
Simpson writes from Danville that he
hasn't missed a spark. At Urbana
they enjoyed visit with Mr.. and Mrs
Fry. They did numerous extra miles
in Peoria, Champaign and Urbana. and i
counts on having counted off 1000 by
the time they are back.
Railway Officials to Come.-Mayor |
Waldo Becker has received a communi- |
cation from the general offices of the |
Burlington road in Chicago notifying
him that General Manager Underwood |
of the Milwaukee road and General |
Manager Gruber of the Burlington road |
would be in this city at L o'clock next
Monday and would like to meet him
and the members of the city council at
2 O'Clock. In response to this request,
Mayor Becker will call a meeting of the
city council in committee of the whole
for o'clock Monday. The object of
the visit of the railway officials is to
discuss the new union depot project
for this city.
Obituary Record.-Thursday after
noon at the family home, one mile from
the city limits on the Blue Grass road.
occurred the death of Frederick J. Pc
tersen, at the age of 50 years. He was
born in Germany and in 1866 came to
America and direct to Davenport He
was employed at the Rock Island Pillow
works until last November, when he