Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-13

MOLINE

Sher1n k1ttilsen was led on a wild
goose chase Sunday as result of
telegram from Chicago police that
the two negroes who held up and
fatally shot Edward Wyman Of this
city Sept. 3, had been found. Chief
Bisant received a telegram Saturday
night from Chicago police, which
read: do you want. two negroes who
committed murder In Moline? Have
them located. Send officer" The
chief of police communicated with
Sheriff Kittilsen, who decided to go
to Chicago at once. He departed at
1880, arriving at his destination
early Sunday morning. He called at
police headquarters Immediately.
The Chicago police had received in
formation that the negroes, supposed
to be wanted here, were at GER
tain address, but they had not ar
rested them. When Sheriff Kittilsen
and two officers arrived at the adj
dress the negroes had disappeared.
The sheriff spent the entire day
searching for the negroes without
satisfactory result. He learned that
two negroes, supposed to be the MUIR
derers, had gone to Hammond, Ind.
Whether the two negroes, the Chi
cago police had located" were the
ones wanted here was not learned.
Month to Rsze Buildings. Friday,
Sept. %, is the date set for the be-
ginning of the end of the Moline
Pump company plant, the buildings
of which occupy a part of the site of
the proposed new Burlington depot
and yards. DR.. A. H. Arp has let to
Robb's Express company of Rock Is
land the contract to wreck the five
buildings he purchased when the
plant passed under the hammer of
Burlington railway auctioneer. Ac-
cording to terms of the contract the
express company is to wreck the
buildings, remove the brick and Ium-
Der onto DR.. Apps property and re-
move the debris from the old sites.
This work is to be completed within
month after the time of starting.
The wrecking force will be composed
of 30 men and seven teams. Build
ings to be wrecked are two four-story
brick structures and three smaller
structures. This is the part of the
plant which houses the boiler rooms
and other departments of the pump
company. b. Ritter will superin-
tend the work of reducing the plant !
to mere wreckage.
Pastor Reappointed.-At yesterday !
mornings session of the Swedish
Methodist conference in Chicago, |
Rev. n. P. Glemaker, pastor Of Swed- |
ish Methodist church, Moline, was
reappointed to that position. Rev. |
]. w. Swanson was named superin- |
tendent of the Galesburg district. |
Rev. Mr.. Glemaker came to the Mo-
line church in the fall of 1909, sue
ceeding Rev. ]. P. Miller, who left |
Moline to take charge of Swedish |
Methodist missionary work in Chi |
cago. During Mr.. Glemaker's first |
year of service in the local pastorate |
the church has enjoyed a prosperous !
condition and a movement for a new |
church has been launched, a cam |
paign for funds begun. and the build
ing of the proposed new edifce ac-
tually begun.
Former Resident Murdered.-Word |
received here by friends announces |
the tragic death of Joseph Steke- |
loum, former Moline bartender and |
more recently a saloonkeeper at Mar |
shall, Mimi, who was murdered at |
his place of business last week by |
Desere Satnat, aged so years, who |
claims that Stekeloum stole his wife |
away from him. According to the |
message received here Satnat visited |
Stekeloum's saloon last week and |
called for a beer. While Stekeloum |
was drawing the beer with his head |
near the bar, Satnat drew a knife
and slashed Stekeloum across the
throat nearly severing his head from
his body. Strekeloum died almost
Instantly. The murdered man is we'll
known here. He was As years old
and was single and leaves quite an
estate to his relatives in the old coun-
try.
Obituary Records. - Mrs julius
Johnson received a telegram telling
of the death in Palisade, Colo, of
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Charles G.
Bengston. Mrs. Bengston was a
cousin of Rev. Frank e. Shut of
Rock Island and an intimate friend
of Miss Fannie Freeberg of this
city, in addition to being known by
a number 'of other tri-city people.
Mrs. Julius Johnson, Rev. F. e.
Shut, Mrs. F. L. johnson of Lynn
and Mrs. F. A. Bengston of Andover
left to attend the funeral which takes
place at Gowrie, 10. Gowrie Is the
former home of Mrs. Bengston. Mrs.
Johnson of this city recently visited
the Bengstons at their western home.
The husband survives.