Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-31
MOLINE
HoesIi Bound over.-Fred Hoesl

Hoesli Bound Over.-Fred> HoeSll,
former police magistrate of East Mo-
line, was yesterday bound over to the
grand jury on charge of embezzle-
ment by Harry Hill, police magistrate
of Silvis. His bond was placed at
$500. The hearing which Magistrate
Hills decision follows was held Fri
day. 1t is charged against Roesli that
| he embeZzled $282.45 of the fees he
collected as police magistrate, in that
! he extracted that sum in addition to
his salary of $500 from the amount
(, paid to the city at the termination of
his incumbency. His defense Is that
the city owes him something over his
salary, and that as soon as civil
suit, which is pending, determined the
amount, he will settle
Motor Kicked Back.-C. H. Van
DervOort sustained a severe and very
painful fracture of the right wrist
Sunday when the crank of an auto
mobile which he was endeavoring to
start kicked back Although his
| al Ill WIS udHSillS luOSC "Ieh tl0
crank struck his wrist the bones of
the forearm were broken and there
were several fractures among the
small bones of the wrist, broken bits
of which all but protruded through the
skin
/ Police Stop Bout.-A card of spar
ring matches that was to have brought
together Purtell and Mckinley in the
windup was scheduled to be pulled
Off Sunday afternoon by the West
End Athletic club but police interior
ence caused a postponement. The
!, basement of the old Gustaf Adolf
church at Third street and Fourth
avenue had been secured for the show
and ring had been built. When o.
NJ Bisant, chief of police, got wind
of the affair he dispatched three Off
GERS to the place with orders to ar
, rest any men that entered the ring.
The officers, on entering the building,
, found the room filled with sports
ready for the bouts to begin. Those
ir charge explained 10 the officers
that it was strictly a club affair and
that proposed matches were between
club members and solely for points
They were notified that the bout
would not be permitted and the dis
. appointed crowd fled out of the build
ing Three matches were to have )been
staged, Young Mahoney of this city
and Young Sinnett of Rock Island
meeting in the semi-windup.
%
Il Fills the Vacancy on Ticket
Frank w. Anderson is the republican
e candidate for alderman in the Second
ward. He was the choice of the city
!. central committee to fill the vacancy
d on the ticket caused by the refusal
of C. V. Johnson to allow his name
}. Ito appear on the ballot.
o.
\. Did Not Appear to Play-The has
!. ketball game scheduled for last Satur
day night between the Moline indie
l. pendents and the Kappa Delta team
! Iof Davenport was called off. The
!, Davenporters claim Moline player:
nave SHOWN an aversion to meet then
and that they now claim the amateur
championship of the three cities.
To Condemn Way for SEVERITY,
board of local improvements has voted
D to proceed with the condemnation O
land in Sugar Hollow to be used as
s right of way for the Sixth ward sewer
An ordinance providing for this con
demnation will be presented to tn,
city council at its next meeting.
d Name Is Changed.-Stockholde o
n the Moline Candy Manufacturing com
,r pany have authorized a change in tn,
D. concerns name, which hereafter will
,ri be the A. G. Abraham company. TIT
sr company will continue in its presen
IS location on Second avenue under tn
e. same management. A. G. Abraham
remains In charge as president an,
ID manager of the concern. The com
20 pany is employing about As peopl
'G and strictly wholesale business i
Is carried on.