Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-20
TRIAL next WEEK
Cases Against looney for 8ri-
berry and Conspiracy to be
Heard Immediately.
RULED TO PLEAD SATURDAY
DIworth Finally Provides Bail, as Does
Camille Mortier-Sheritf Ex-
plains His Acts.

Arrangements were made in the cir
cult court this morning to begin the
! trial OF the cases against Johu Looney
next week, and States Attorney Scott
| will set n trial list of the eases at once.
Judge Graves entered a rule on LoOney
to plead by Saturday morning. LoOney
was served with copies of the imdict-
ments and lists of the witnesses and
| jurors. Both IoOney and the states at
IrOmey expressed themselves as desir-
Gus that all of the cases remain in the
circuit court, and that the misdemeanor
cases be not certified to the county court
| as sometimes occurs. Judge Graves
Istated that for the present he will no.
certify the cases to the lower court fer
trial but would not agree that all the
leases should remain in the circuit court.
Bond for Diiworth.
| William II. DilwOrth, indicted with Loo
luey for libel on - indictments. ap.
lpcared in court this morning with W
IC. Allen of Moline and Herman SpitZ
llbS Oh DO'lll ltNAh INitilll do sui filt-N
land gave bail for $500 on each OF tn,
indictments against him. Looney i'll
SISTED ON going on the bond, too. and
Twas allowed to do so. though the state
lattOney showed that the bond was not
in the least affected by his being one OF
the sureties The statement of the
Estates attorney called forth such per
lsonal comments from LoOney tha
Judge Graves found it necessary t,
Iagain reprimand him. and insist that n,
Isuch cross talk be allowed in court.
Sheriff Explains.
| Sheriff kittilsen was in court, and ok
lplained TO the court his action in these
leases. He said that while he was alb
sent from the city to Joliet he did no
take the warrants against LOOney an
Dilworth with him, but that these wer,
lin his office and not locked up. He in
! lsisted that ne had not accorded them an,
Ifavors not shown to other persons I'm
der Indictment
Asked later about the papers, tn,
lsheriff stated that when he left TO
. Joliet the papers We're left in their Gus
tOmary place in the office. Asked if thu
attaches Of the office were aware wher:
= these papers are usually kept, he re
IpIied that they were. and when inform
p ed that Deputy Sheriff BTuner had sta;
ed in court that he did not know any
thing about the papers, and that 'h
was not the sheriff" Mr.. Kittilsen sal
= that he supposed the deputies did no
look for the papers. The sheriff said
/. too that he had returned to the cit
. yesterday morning, though his presenc
j in the city was not known by the a
iaches of the office. At least, if the
I were aware of his return, the deputie
did not make this fact known i'll cour
l Yesterday noon when the states attOI
lney questioned Mr.. Bruner in relatio
to the papers. The whole matter seem
rather mysterious, and the procedur
is. if anything, more difficult of eXplaI
alton in view of the sheTiff's STATE
| Iments.
; As result, the fellow, Dilworth,
a comparative stranger in the commun
$ lty, who has for two years been slanderin
f people he does not even know, was a
s lowed to run at large longer than an
a other indicted man in the history of tn
+ county.
l. ArOuses Great Interest.
il The cases have aroused the create!
). interest. and have overshadowed a
1t other business of the courts. The il
! ldictments against Looney, Diiwort
J. and C. W. Neal are the main topic
conversation still. and the trial of IL
bribery and conspiracy charges is a
ticipated with interest. 1t is expectt
IS that the testimony of George w. NJ
ID Caskrin in these cases will be som