Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-21

ed its hand by the energetic move
ments of Deputy Sheriff Dick Carnes.
John Looney hurried to the sheriff S
office and accompanied Carnes to the
river front, where Carnes placed Con-
stable Schmid under arrest on a war
rant issued by Justice Nissen on COM
plant of the Schaum brothers, in which
they charged the officer with larceny
Looney tried to induce Constable ST.
mon Goldberg to serve some papers in
connection with the raid, but Goldberg
| refused to have any hand in the pro-
| ceedings.
Attorney Hauberg Arrested Also.
Attorney J. H. Hauberg of Moline
was arrested on complaint of the
Schaums also. The charges against
Hauberg and Constable Schmid are
grand larceny and malicious mischief.
Each was released on bond of $780, G..
H. Richmond, chairman of the county
board of supervisors, appeared as
surety for Constable Schmid and
George w. Reddig for Mr.. Hauberg.
The writ of replevin no doubt was
simply a technical ruse to permit the
gamblers to get possession of their
tools" long enough to sift out the
more valuable apparatus and get 1t I'M
der cover until "the storm blows over"
as one of the fraternity put il. 1t is
known that part of the gambling ap-
paratus was removed to Davenport and
stored In view of the position of the
authorities IN oxarciSipo an oman pro.
tectorate over the gamblers. 1t is reason
able TO presume that before the end of
the week business will be humming
in the old stands as though nothing
had occurred to unsettle the play.
There have been previous raids in this
city within the past year, but they only
tended to make the gamblers holder.
The one fact that shocks the law
abiding element of the community is
the open defiance of the gambler in
Rock Island, and his insistence that he
be protected by the constituted author.
tiles, situation unheard of before in
an American city. Gamblers on
the streets today publicly assert that
they had been paying a license and
had as much right to conduct their bus
mess as had the saloon keeper.
Who Collects "LIcense9"
1t might prove interesting, were it
possible to disclose Identities, to ascer-
tain to whom these license" fees have
been paid. However, it is not to be
doubted that the gamblers have been
giving of their illegitimate earnings
for protection right along, as they ad-
mitted on former occasion. During the
past year there have been between 70
and 100 professional gamblers, and the
leeches that follow them of both sexes,
lowering about the public resorts of
this city. The Argus has repeatedly
called attention to these conditions.
but must admit that 1t has been power
less to accomplish an Improvement,
with the hands of the authorities ap.
parently tied. The gamblers have openly |
boasted that the newspapers, in men |
tioning their locations and business. |
were simply donating advertising that |
they could not purchase, and that as |
long as they we're secure they did not |
brought before the public eye.
Public Sustnins Crusade.
The Rock Island Law and Order |
league, in its present effort to clean up
the city, has the sympathy and support
Of every law-abiding man and woman |
in Rock Island county. The league has |
lad in its employ two months two pro-
fessional investigators brought here |
from Chicago. It is on the strength of /
the evidence obtained by these investi-
gators that the raids are being con-
Quoted. The league announced upon
It's organization that it would not in,
-erfere so long as the constituted au-
-horities were performing their duty,
with reference to public
gambling and disorderly saloons. In
stead of needing this warning, the au-
.horities have ridiculed the orgauiza-
lion, the men who comprise it and it's
purposes. The gamblers are not to be
planned for not suspending operations.
It's their means of gaining a liyeli-
hood, and so long as they are shield
I'd by the authorities they care little
for the opposition of the general citi-
senship.
Assistance Denied.
Only last Saturday, before the raid
vas made upon the Billburg gambling
looms, both the police department and
he sheriff's forces were asked for as
and in each instance it was
1atly refused, this in despite of the
of the sheriff's office to
he public through The Argus that
gambling wherever found would be |,
stopped in Rock Island county. Rock {;
sland today is regarded by the out
Tide world as a wider open and more
city than was Davenport in
he palmiest days of buck town
The Law and Order league is inter- K
yening only as q last resort to uplift