Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-02
DAVENPORT

DAVENPORT
Sustains Observation-Disclosures Jackson
yesterday sustained the motion of Ruel
b. Cook to instruct the jury in the
case of S. A. Long against the Daven-
port Locomotive works TO return YER
dict for the defendant. The verdict
was accordingly returned. Mr.. Long
was injured by reason of heavy iron
frame falling on his foot and crushing
his toes Through NJ. V. Cannon he
asked for $4,000 damages. The ground
was taken that Gus Claussen. the man
who was assigned TO help him pile the
heavy frames, was incompetent.
Sends Young Burglar to Home.-Ar-
thur Hillman. 10 years old. one of the !
BOYS arrested for breaking into the
Duggleby meat market and robbinS the
cash drawer of SIS, was taken before
Judge Jackson in the Juvenile court
late Tuesday afternoon. Assistant
County Attorney Bawden appeared for
the state, and after due deliberation 1t
was decided TO send the boy TO the
Orphans Home, rather than 10 the re-
form school His mother has been
dead for a number of years and the
father is unable to give him the proper
care and attention. The father agreed
to pay Sc month for the keeping of
the boy at the home.
Threatens Detective.-If Detective
George Stanley is caught in fervent
PRAYER during the fair days of May,
attends church more regularly than us
ual. displays an unusual amount of
Ieniency towards his prisoners, and in
other ways shows himself growing bet
ter day by day. his friends will know
il is because he realizes his days on
earth are numbered. If the threats of
Mrs. LeOna Wedley, wife of the col
Ored burglar, George Wedley, are car
ried out. Mr.. Stanley will be a dead
one in less than six months and will
be placed under the sod before that
time This is the warning Mr.. STANLEY
received in a letter from Sheriff Jack
son al Ottumwa, where Wedley was
convicted and sentenced to eight years
in the penitentiary Tuesday.
Big Suits Settled The two suits
brought by w p. Halligan against the
Tri-City Railway company for the
death of his child Marie HalIigan, aged
II years on Sept. /. 1906, will not be
tried in the district court. The matter
has been settled out of court and the
two suits will be dismissed. The Tri-
City Railway company, through its at
torney. f. f. Cook, and Mr.. Haliigan.
through his attorney, NJ. V. Cannon,
effected a settlement for $3.50 and all
litigation will now cease. The father
entered suit first for $25 .OG0 by reason
of the child's death and later filed Il
second suit in the sum of $4,000, claim
ing this sum for the loss of the child
services. Now both suits have been
settled and dismissed for the sum of
$3.50
May Have Been Accident.-Coroner
Lambach held an inquest Tuesday af-
ternOOn over the remains of Nels En-
gel. at his late home, 1912 Hancock
avenue. Young Engel, it will be re-
membered. was found Monday morn
ing in his room at the above address,
asphyxiated by gas. Constable Miller
summoned a jury composed of H. p.
Christensen, c. JOhansen. and H. w
Claussen. After hearing the testimony
they returned the fonOwing verdict:
I'VE. the jury. find deceased Nels En-
gel. came to his death by suffOcatiOn
from gas from a pipe in his room at
1912 Hancock avenue. Whether said
death was suicidal or accidental We
are unable to determine"
Half Money Raised.-The committee
of 80 members of the Davenport Out
ing club met at the club house Tues
day evening to review the progress be
ing made in the canvass for the clear
ing away of the Outing club debt L
was found that the subscriptions have
passed the $1,000 mark. If all the
- members of the committee take up tn,
work in earnest, and if there is pa
triotic support not only from member!
of the Outing club. but from citizens
of Davenport generally, the necessar!
100000 can be raised and the Outin:
clubs fine property saved.
Death at Enthusiastically. at tn
home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Armentrou
of Buffalo, occurred the death of Mis-
Elizabeth Dersie after two weeks il
ness from pneumonia. She was bor1
in Jefferson county, New York, in tn
year 1871. She is survived by he
brother, Ellie Dersie of Buffalo. an
three sisters. Mrs. Carrie Reynolds @
Muscatine, Mrs. p. Bailey of Moline
and Mrs. Cavelery of Chicago.
War Hero 1906 Years AGO.
Robert Amber Bruce, who was Dor
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