Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-19
OR. CORA REED
IS HELD ON A
MURDER CHAReE
Is Indicted by the Grand Jury
for Death From Criminal
Operation.
TRUE BILLS AGAINST BOOTHS
Salvation Army Couple Must Answe.
for Killing of Their Two
y Weeks-Old Daughter.

The grand jury for the May term
his morning made its report to Judge
Gest in the Rock Island county
circuit court, returning 46 true
bills, and reporting 81 cases as
ignored. Two cases for murder were
among those Investigated by the jury,
and indictments on this charge are
eturned against DR.. Cora l.. Reed and
against both Mr.. and Mrs Robert
Booth. Dr. Reed is charged with the
Heath of Moline woman by perform
ng an alie"ed criminal operation. DR..
Reed was neid on the verdict of the
coroners jury which Investigated the
death, but later secured bail on hab-
sas corpus petition before Judge Gest.
Ensign and Mrs. Booth of the local
Salvation army corps are charged with
he death of their little two weeks old
laughter, who was brutally butchered
III their room on First avenue and
Thirteenth street several months ago
they, like DIR. Reed, were held to the
)
quest. but an application for bail was
aot successful as in the other case.
Those Iidictcd.
The jury reports having investigated
total of 70 matters, and examining
total of 13S witnesses. The true
bills returned were against the follow
ing:
Frank Young, burglary and larceny.
Frank Young, larceny.
William H. Miller, burglary and lar
ceny.
James Lagrange, larceny.
Roy Sharerr, burglary and larceny.
Roy Sharerr, larceny.
William LaGrange, receiving stolen
property.
Roy Hammerly; burglary and lar
ceny.
Peter Synezeal and Richard Stran-
gard, larceny.
Ed Sandell, burglary and larceny.
Ed Plunkett, burglary and larceny.
William Mertens, burglary and lar
ceny.
DIR. Cora l.. Reed, murder.
Robert Booth and Jessie Booth,
murder.
Frank Hamilton, Edward Phillips,
Ben Pickup and Arson Wilcox, rob-
berry.
| James Guinty, forgery.
| Margaret NJ. Peters, malicious mis-
chief
Margaret NJ. Peters, resisting an Of
icer.
Albert E. Bentham, burglary and
larceny.
Albert E. Bentham, forgery three
indictments).
Robert Cain, larceny 1.-TWO indict
ments).
Harvey Reed. larceny.
Peter Olderbeke, abandonment.
Lawrence Tubbs and Joseph Cooper
malicious mischief.
Fred Hoesli, embodiment.
| Walter Bracher and Frank Carlson
burglary and larceny
Edward Phillips and Elmer Hamil
ton, burglary and larceny.
Edward Phillips and Arson Wilcox
burglary anu ldTCeIy.
| Arson Wilcox, Edward Phillips
Eric Norman, burglary and larceny.
Frank Hamilton and Arson Wilcox
larceny.
Ben up and Frank Hamilton
larceny.
The Ignored Cases.
The jury ignored the following
leases:
Lawrence Smith and Clara Jackson
colored, charged with stealing chick
ems and eggs from John Looney's
farm. Looney placed a valuation O
SIS each on the hens and $15 a dozel
on the stolen eggs.
Margaret Glynn. larceny (tw
charges).
Mike Koutschos, larceny.
Ed Holm, larceny.
Fred Eipp, larceny.
Wesley w. Rounds, larceny.
Howard La Grange, larceny.
II Typhon DeSmyther, assault with
{ deadly weapon
Samuel ]. Rice, larceny as bailee.
Abraham N. Fryer, robbery.
Milton Bender, assault with dcat
lily weapon.
Julius McNabney. assault with
: ideally weapon.
julius McNabney, assault with
|; Ideally weapon.
Leonard Huffman, adultery.
Minnie Crouch, adultery.
ri Dick O'Connell, larceny.
. Frank Mcdowell, larceny.
El Fred Nielsen, larceny.
I'll James Burk, larceny.
XII Louis Conner, abandonment.
ri Charles Johnson, larceny.
al Perry Leonard, malicious mischie
Gl Lawrence Smith, burglary and la
6 lceny
XII Clara Jackson, burglary and larcen
ell Frank Young, larceny.
III Fred Black, assault with intent
9 rob.
8 james Wallace, malicious mischi,