Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-29

Oct. 4-H: D. Biakemore and Edward
Reed office, court house.
Oct. 14-E. j. Siansen, 25O6 Eighth
and-a-h half Avenue, gold watch; Louis
StremmeI, 2512 ighth-and-a-haIf ave-
nue. (attempt); Lou J. Philip, 2514
Eiahth avenue, So money; Thomas }.
Donahue, 25o2 Eighth avenue lat
tempt).
oct. 25-Rev. o. w. Lawrence, 1926
Second avenue. $3.50 in cash taken;
David Don, 1918 Second avenue, sill
vcrware; 3. D. Connolly, 1900 Second
avenue (attempt); DR.. G. L. Eyster, |
1909 Second ayenue; Sommers resi-
dence, Second avenue.
Oct. &c. A. Speide, TWenty-third
street, set curtains afirc; G. c. BIai<s-
lee, Twenty-third street; 4. n. Head,
Twenty-third street (attempt; Thomp
son residence, TWenty-thrd street; Viii
liam McEniry. (attempt).
Oct &c. Yeager, Seventeenth
street (attempt).
Nov. "A. Manners tailor shop, 4511
Fifth avenue; burglar captured when
Argus offered $50 reward.
Nov. 26-TooI shed Of Milwaukee at
Sixteenth street; Clifford Anderson con-
victed and sent to reform school for
Job.
Dec. 22-F. w. Rcimers' residence,
/ ia Twenty-frst street; loot valued at
several hundred dollars secured.
| 1907.
Jan. &c. c. Apple grocery, 1923
Third avenue; clothing and cash to
amount of about $21.
Feb. 24-Store of L. Pardon, South
Heights, entered third time in few
months.
Feb. 2a-Store of NJ F. Peterson,
Thirteenth avenue and Thirtieth street.
March ii. n. Trimbe's residences.
924 Twentieth street; siiverware and
jeweiry valued at frotn 5000 to $500 Sc
cured; Tottens music house, 1926 Sec.
ond avenue, musical instruments taken
valued at about $500.
March 12- Residence of John T
Noftsker $50 Twentieth street, early
in evening; jeweIry valued at several
. hundred dollars taken.
March IS Home of August Fider
. l111O Third avenue, entered by three
masked robbers early in evening anc
, attempt by violence to obtain money
Aged couple choked by scoundreIs.
March 19-5ennett's fur store, 1915
Second avenue, while dogs in store
bark, and police are aware that bur
! glary is being committed; thieves loac
k $500 worth of furs into wagon in thu
, alley.
March 23-store of J. C. simser, 1871.
D Third avenue; about $3.50 taken.
: March 27-DaVid Don, 1915 Secon,
= avenue; Hammond Packing company
s Twentyfourth street and Third avenue
= c. G. Apple, 723 Third avenue.
- THE WAGON STILL IN THE ALLEY
. OF all these crimes the Bennett flu
D store burglary was the most darinq an
! sensational. TIE circumstances ar
II known, but the republication of tn
statement made by George Stinsor
night clerk at the Rock Island hous,
who saw the men at work and repor
n ed their depredations to the polio.
J. Will be read with interest
q about 2 o'clock Tuesday morninu
/ said Stinson. two of the dining roo,
girls, who had been out to a part
came Gown stairs and Informed m
IF that in looking out of an upper stoT
n window they had seen two men dri.
s into the alley in a wagon. and h5
T.. seen the men jump over the fence bac
s. of Jones' second hand store. While t.
r. ha
g light in the alley had gone out.
So 81 teIepFoned the police station. ar
IS Informed the men there that men III
It been seen to drive in the alley. ar
m were at the time engaged in burqIar
h. ing one of the stores in the block
K could not leave the hotel office, b
Ii supposed, of course, that the poll
as had responded at once. About 10 mi
Il. utes later the hotel telephone ran
SIS and a voice from the police staff,
en- ssked me If THE WAGON WAS Still
> THERE IN THE ALLEY
81 ran to an upper floor, and glanci,
into the alley, saw that the wagon w
~ still there. hurried to the phone al
Ia ] informed the police. All right, VIC
be right up was the answer. 1t w
e; some time later before the police &
come. and then the men had gone wi
~ the wagon.
90 During the entire time the m
were engaged in the burglary, do
tn were barking loudly in the stores nc
where the men were working
fth 1--WE WENT OUT AND GOT IT,
,th
-" In his speech in Market square t
weeks ago. McCaskrin made the
u" mark that THE Argus got smart
short while back and offered a rew5
20 for burglars. WE WENT OUT tt
n.y. NEXT DAY AND GOT IT." 1t "
u The Argus offer of reward Il
brought temporary IuI! in the blu
'th Iares in Rock Island last fall and WI
the man who was arrested by Spec
Officer Ludwig Mas convicted, TIE
en- o3id him raNnard 1