Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-09


for this condition, in the report, which
is as follows:
Resolved, That we, the grand jury,
in and for the county of Rock Island
and state of Illinois at the September
term of the circuit court thereof, hag.
ing made thorough examination OF
the Rock Island county Jail as to its
management conditions, capacity ana
sanitary arrangements, we find that
the management is apparently as good
as it is possible to be under the con
ditions there existing. There is not
room enough in the Jail to accommo-
date the prisoners usually there. There
are only - cells in the mems depart
ment and there are now 80 prisoners
in said department; in the woman's
department there are no cells and but
one room in which are confined three
white and one colored women and in
the boys department there are two
cells and seven inmates neceSsitatins
that some of the boys sleep on the
floor. Under the above conditions there
have been as many as so prisoners
in said Jail at one time, the said con
ditions being in direct violation of the
state law.
Therefore, we, the aforesaid grand
jury recommend, that the board Of
supervisors take immediate action tC
provide Jail room to accommodate al
of the men, women and minors with
proper room and sanitary accommoda
tons, to make arrangements to keeT
the white and colored prisoners sepa'
ate and to separate the minor boys
and girls from the adults. We wi.
further recommend that the sheriff
shall at any time that there are NOR;
prisoners delivered to him than can b;
taken care of by him and more thar
the capacity of the Jail will accommo
date as heretofore mentioned, that h
shall apply to the circuit court for a.
order to take said surplus of prisoner.
to the county Jail of some adjoinin;
| county. there to be taken care of at tht
expense of Rock Island county, in ac
cordance with the laws of the state c
| Illinois.
I'VE also request the states alto.
ney to furnish copies of this resolution
| to all the newspapers in the count!
| and request them to publish the same
For DESERVING Baby.
Perhaps the most sensational in
| dictment returned, aside from thos
reported earlier against William Rees
and Charles Dickerson, is that agains
| Mrs. Elizabeth Langhausen. for aban
| donment of her baby. Mrs. Lang
| hansen, it will be remembered. accord
ing to the testimony over the child
remains, did not properly care for tn
! child. The coroner's jury which il
vestigatcd the case of the death of tn
little 2-months-old boy returned a vel
| dict OF death by starvation due to neg
lect and abandonment by its mother
| Goose Made Trouble.
The bloody quarrel in the west en-
between the family of Charles X. Ke
ley, colored, and the family of lie
| Cowens, also colored, July 81, whe
trouble arose over a goose owned b
Mrs Cowen, resulted in four indie
,,ments, two against Mrs. Cowens fo
assault with a deadly weapon, and
like charge against Mr.. Cowens an
Mrs. Matte MILFORD.
DR.. Archie Goldstone, the East M,
line physician who was arrested fC
obtaining money by means of conf
dence game, was held on this chars
and another for larceny. Daniel Graf
| in h. I
ing cOmpany's men and materials ft
private job for which he collecte
There were a number of boys indicte
for larceny and stealing bicycles, E
ward Evans, Harry Foster, Vern
Archer, Buel Beaver, Earl Underwoc
and Roy Shirley, all being youthful q
+ Tenders
Three for Abduction.
Frank Brown and Magnus Nelso
whose arrest resulted in the recover
of a wagon load or more of stole
property, were held on seven differel
indictments for larceny. They we
arrested by Chief Eckhart and Dete
tive Cox of the police department, al
; held to the grand jury Three peopl
Bert Williams and Sadie Perdue, al
William Reese, will have to answer
, the court for abduction. All three a
2 Moline people. William Messengt
! indicted for larceny, was an emplo
i of the Ringing circus, and was ARE
4 ed for stealing shoes from a Milwa
r kee car while the show was here.
e The only true constipation Gu
: must begin its soothing, healing acti