Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
COTELORE HELD;
HOMICIDE CHARGE
Assailant in Fight Resulting in
Death of Leonan Van Hecke
Arrested in Detroit.
CoR0NER'S JURY ACCUSES
Eyewitnesses of Fatal Attack in Yer
biest Saloon Tell Circumstances
Leading Up to Clash.

Cyr1al GOtelore, who Will be held to
answer for the death of Leonan Van
Hecke. who died Tuesday evening of
injuries received in a saloon fight
Jan. 81, was arrested yesterday in De
troit on a description forwarded the
authorities there by the Rock Island
police department.
Detective James Brinn will leave TO-
morrow for Detroit to identify Cote
lore, and if proven to be the right man,
of which the local authorities have no
doubt, he will be returned here and
given a preliminary hearing on d
charge of manslaughter, for which
crime the coroner's jury recommends
he be prosecuted. Governor c. S. De
neen will be asked to make a requisi
ton on the governor of Michigan for
The fugitive. Gotelore is % years of
age and unmarried.
Verdict of the Jury.
The inquest over the body of Van
Hecke was concluded at AIS yester-
day afternoon at the Wheelan under
taking rooms. The verdict of the jury
was as follows: I'VE, the jury. find
that Leonan Van Hecke's death re-
suited from injuries sustained at the
hands of Cyrial Gotelore, whom we,
the jury. charge with manslaughter."
Van Hecke received his fatal injur-
les in the saloon conducted by Edmond
Terbiest, on Fifth avenue between
Twenty-f1fth and Twenty-sixth strtets.
The testimony of eye-witnesses of the
clash between Van Hecke and Cote
lore was heard at the inquest, follow
ing the report Of Drs. ]. c. Souders
and R H. Dart, who found that the
skull had been fractured and that
blood clot had formed, causing par
alysis of the brain and death. The
witnesses were examined by States
Attorney L. NJ. Magill The evidence
before the inquest indicated that Van
Hecke had been the aggressor in the
fight. According TO the witnesses, he
walked into the Verbtest saloon in the
morning of Jan. 81 while a number of
his acquaintance were gathered be-
fore the bar. He asked Verbiest to
trust him for the drinks for the crowd
He was accommodated. and also Dor
Towed a small sum of money from the
proprietor.
Would Slap Old Man.
Ben Johnson, an aged man. was one
of those in the saloon at the time.
Van Hecke was asked to buy a drink
for him. but refused, saying: q would
rather slap him in the face than buy a
drink for him"
Gotelore resented these words, ac-
cording to witnesses, and told Van
Hecke he did not show the proper re-
spect for the old man. Van Hecke re-
moved his coat and jumped behind the
bar and started to throw glasses, beer
bottles and other articles at the men
gathered around the bar GotelOre hit
him in the face and knocked him to
the floor. Just as Van Hecke was
about to rise to his feet Gotelore kick
I'd him in the head twice and the fatal
wounds were, it is thought. inflicted
at this time. either by kicks or the
force of the fall upon the floor Wit
nesses said Gotelore wore overshoes.
The police were Immediately sum
moned, and Van Hecke was arrested.
GOteIOre Leaves City.
Gotelore made good his escape by
running out of the back door before
The arrival of the officers. He was
found and arrested later in the after
noon, and the trial followed the next
morning, as was stated in The Argus
last evening. A few days after the
trial Gotelore left Rock Island, and
was not heard of till yesterday, when
he was captured at Detroit.
The witnesses who testified at the
inquest were: Ed Doom. 1924 Fifth
avenue; Joe Dheere, 1924 Fifth ave
nue.; Edmond Verbiest; Ben Johnson,
1924 Fifth avenue; and Felix De
Muynck.
Burial Tomorrow.
The funeral of Van Hecke will be
held tomorrow morning at o'clock
from st. Paul's church The services
will be conducted by Father Walters,
and burial will be in Calvary GENE
terry.
Appointed Rural Carrier.
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