Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-20

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of five additional Jurors was ordered
by the court on adjournment yesterday.
The completed jury is composed of the
following:
w. b. Waite, Reynolds; farmer.
H. P. King, 2614 Fifth avenue, Rock
Island; conducts meat market.
George BASTARD, South Moline; fruit
grower.
Walter Aram, South Moline; carpen.
tier.
| A. II. Marselus, Moline; painter.
| p. H. Edwards, 27O9 Fifth-and-a-half
avenue, Rock Island; optician.
Roy Abraham, Moline; brick maker
| William McKaufsky, East Moline:
city scavenger.
E. ]. Wilson. East Moline.
E. Isaacson, East Moline.
Clark Corbin, Silvis; conducts meat
market.
John Swanson, WATERFOWL.
/ In the selection of the jury the state
took advantage of six peremptory
challenges, and the defense of eight.
Many jurors were excused for cause.
| Explains the Charge.
The opening statement of the case
Twas made by States Attorney J. X
Scott, who explained the nature of the
ease of the state. He said that the ev-
lidence he would introduce would
| show that Looney had exercised or at
! tempted to exercise more or less power
in tho i
that from the time of the election of
. McCaskrin and of himself (Scottl
, Looney had claimed an influence over
them in the conduct of their Offices
The states attorney continued:
1T is difficult to bring some offend.
, ers to the bar of justice, and harder to
prove the guilt of the defendant in a
, case like this than when a man goes
ont in the night and strikes another
down with Il club. The man of infiu
ence, who is attempting to corrupt pub
lie officials, is the more dangerous
To the community, of the two
Control of Vice.
Mr.. Scott said that he would prove
that Looney assumed to, control the
saloon business. gambling, and houses
of prostitution. and that he attempted
to make himself the clearing house
and collector Of tithes from people en-
gagged in these lines.
The. states attorney said that h,
would show by the evidence tha
Looney even went SO far with this
scheme of becoming the clearing hous,
for vice, that he suggested plan t,
have the women mulcted for specific
amounts monthly, and that LoOne,
wanted McCaSkrin to authorize the pc
lice department to collect these tithes
About sunday Closing.
Mr.. Scott said further tina
he would show by the evi
dence for the state that Looney sen
one of the witnesses in this case Il
the Rock Island Brewing company t,
= Iindace one of the members of the com
lpany to buy $4,000 of stock in a print
ing and publishing company domino
ted by Looney.
Witnesses would be put on the stand
the states attorney informed the jury
to prove that in December 1905. tn
then mayor, George w. McCaskrin. OF
dered the police to see that the Sunda
closing law was obeyed by the saloons
and that Looney went to the mayo
then and patted him on the back an
told him that now things were comin
his way and if he just kept that up
while everything would be all right
After this conversation, resolution
was introduced into the council, a
would be shown in evidence, Mr.. Scot
stated. by Alderman Sexton, with
view to opening the town and remo1
ing the lid, as the terms go. Ipmed
ately after the council had failed t
adopt this resolution. Looney ran int
McCaskrin's Office and again pate
him on the back and said, Now yo
have everything in your hands. TIL
council are afraid to act. If you wi
only leave the saloons alone and NJ
enforce the Sunday law here, l wi
give you $4,000 in cashSand $4,000
Daily News stock
Now the gamblers can be fixed SO tn;
can run, or you can have your pla
clothes man, or whoever you desi
nate. collect a certain amount p,
month from them. and you can do wit
the houses of Prostitution as the form
administrations have done-bring the
in and fine them SO much month f,
the privilege of running You can de
ignate whoever you want to do thi
and we will have the thing in our oY
HANDS,
This proposition in substance, N
Scott said. would be shown by e.
dence. to have been made at that tin
by Looney.
Was Turnee Down.
The states attorney, continuing, sa
it would be shown that the mayor !
fused to have. anything to do with Il
proposition, and that the next d
or a day or so aft
Looney sent Cation to McCaskrin
make practically the same propositi6