Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-11
10 BILLS BY The
MAY GRAND JURY
Partial Report Returned to
Judge w. II. Gest in the
Circuit Court.
MRS. PETERSEN INDICTED
Charged With Criminal Operation
Upon Hilda Schmidt-RecOm-
mend Revocation of License.

The grand jury for the May term of
port to Judge w. H. Gest at 8 o'clock
this afternoon. In the report were 10
true bills, nine of which were suppress
ed for service. Those made public
are:
Northumberland Gotelaere.
Abortion-Mrs. Ernestine Petersen.
Receiving stolen property-Thomas
Maxwell
Burglary and larceny-George Ho-
mer and Edward Harrison.
Burglary and larceny-Fred Welcher,
alias Wesley Rounds.
Larceny-Thomas Carroll.
Larceny-George Williams.
Larceny-Alonzo Hussey.
Assault with intent to commit muir
der-Charles DeWinter.
Larceny-William Mcbride.
Mrs. Ernestine Petersen was former
ly matron and superintendent of The
Red Cross sanatorium at $50 Twelfth
street The indictment against her is
for an alleged criminal operation upon
Hilda Schmidt, the operation, it is
Charles DeWinter, it is charged,
tried to kill his wife, Zefarina De-
Winter, in a family quarrel Jan. IA,
at Moline.
The indictment against Cyriel
Gotelaere for manslaughter follows
the death of Leaven Van Hecke,
who. it is alleged, he kicked in the
head In a saloon fight in this city
Feb. 1.
Ignored Cases.
The jury ignored the complaints
against the following:
Charles Thor, false pretenses:
George Taylor. confidence game; Os-
car Fladlen, confidence game; Frank
Dierinski, fornication; William Lam
gren, larceny; Victor DeCock, lar
ceny; Fernando L. Wheeler, false
pretenses: Charles McMullin, rsceiv-
ing stolen property; Gus Hansen,
burglary and larceny; Frank McCon-
nell, larceny; Frank Wilson, lar
ceny; Joseph Morgan. attempted
burglary; Jerry Hickson, larceny;
Jerry Richtmyer, larceny; Frank
Franklin, larceny; John Kelly, re-
ceiving stolen property; Marie De-
Wilde, adultery; Rufus Basset, lar
ceny; John McKaufsky, larceny; Os-
car Wiclund, larceny; Simon Myers,
receiving stolen property; Laura
Vaughn. false pretenses; Fred Quinn,
larceny.
Recommends License Revocation.
The following recommendation was
returned by the Jury:
I'VE, the members of the grand jury
of the May term, 1910, of the circuit
court of Rock Island county, after hear
ing the testimony of Charles Virden,
state agent for the board of admins
tration, and other witnesses, and the
presentation of certain instruments
used for the purpose of committing
Illegal operations, and having made a
thorough Investigation. of conditions
existing In the Rock Island Maternity
home, conducted by DIR. Cora Emery
Reed, in Rock Island, beg leave to re-
port that we consider said institution
morally and physically unfit for the
purposes for which 1t is advertised,
and. that same is being run contrary
to law, and would recommend that the
state board of health revoke Dr. c. E
Reeds license as practicing physician
~. w. NJ OMhA, FOREMAN.
"F. W. Anderson, secretary"
JAN Is Crowded.
Thomas NJ. Dougherty, F. W. Ander-
son, William Hayes, Charles Sallows
and Frank o. Larson, a committee
named by the jury to inspect the coun-
ty Jail, returned the following report:
1--WE, the committee appointed to in
vestigate the conditions of the county
jail, beg leave to make the following
report: We have made thorough in
vestigation and find that the Jail is
kept in a very sanitary condition and
that all inmates are well pleased with
the treatment they receive and that
their rations are kept up to the stand
ard.
1--WE also find that the Jail is in
very crowded condition and that the
quarters are entirely too small, and