Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-26
BONNET IN BLAZE;
FACES DAMAGED
Mrs. S. Deriske's Millinery
Takes Fire While She Is
in a Saloon.
HUSBAND BLAMES ANOTHER
Then There Is a Three Cornered Bat
tie, the Scrappers Finally Wind
ing Up in Police Court.

A small SIZED rlOJ occurred In Sd-
| loon on Fifth street and Third avenue
last evening about supper time and
gore, but no fatalities, except to a
woman's hat, which was badly burned.
The principals in the case wound up
at the police station S. Deriske and
his wife marched into saloon to down
a couple high ones and they stationed
themselves beside Alfred Coyne and
w. H. Deters. Suddenly it was found
that the f1owery skypiece of Lady De
riske was on fire and before the blaze
could be eXtinguished the hat was a
wreck Deriske had seen Coyne strike
a match and he decided that the latter
had playfully set fire to the bonnet
of his spouse. He demanded recon-
pense for the headpiece and was met
with the reply that he would get it in
the neck; in other words, nit.
BedIam Breaks Loose.
Thereupon ensued the riot Coyne
says he does not remember who struck
him, but at any rate he went down as
the result of heavy beer glass COM
ing in contact with his Uranium.
Deters, who stood beside him, went
down also because of similar collision
with glass. He deciGed upon arising
that he was in the wrong pew and he
fought his way to the door, from which
he forcibly elected himself with the
aid of the proprietor, or rather with
out his aid, because Deters says the
barkeep didn't help him at all, but
rather fought with him. Deriske in
the meantime had a pet bump on his
head which was bleeding profusely and
several others who joined in the affray
had something to show for it, and yet
when the trial came off nobody could
be found who had struck anyone else. |
Contestants n Sight.
AS the three principal contestants |
sat in Police Magistrate c. ]. Smiths /
court they presented a truly amusing |
spectacle despite the bloody condition /.
each of them was in. Each wanted /
to show that he was on the square, /
but that at the same time he was /
afraid of no one, and the result was |
thai police had to interfere several 1
times to prevent a resumption of the /
scrap. When the trial was all over /
the magistrate assessed Deters and +.
Coyne a fine of SIS and costs eacn on
a charge of assault and battery and
as the result of counter charges
against Deriske, he was fined 50 and
costs for disorderly conduct. He re
fused to pay his fine and went TO jail.
His spouse refused to desert him and
she went along, only TO be refused
to the retreat for the weary
and wicked.
HeVerling Loses Prisoners.
Constable P ]. Heverling let Deters
and Coyne slip through his fingers last
night after they had refused to pay
their fines and been ordered committed
to Jail Both thought that their fines
were unjust and that they should not
be required to pay them. but when
they found that the magistrate was
they decided to go to jail
for a day to escape payment. They
asked, however, to be permitted to
wash the blood from their heads and
faces before being taken down and
this was granted after the mittimuses
had been made out and they had been
committed 10 Ine care OF the COnSCaDle,
who gets 60 cents a head for deliver
ing them safe and sound to the sheriff
The two men walked out to the jail 1
wash stand and cleaned up, after
which they calmly walked back
through the court room, passing the
constable and out to the street, where
hey quickly melted away into the
darkness. After while Pete woke up
md missed his prisoners and the police
we're set in chase with the result that
Oeters was found early this morning
and Coyne got wind of what was going
On and came in of his own accord and
arranged for a settlement
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