Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-18

ton fred and then retreated for his
Office, Looney advancing to the mid
die of the street and fired at Wilmer
ton when he was retreating. He
thought there were four or five shots
fired in all.
Kit Atkinson's testimony was on
the same line as that of Charles Gil
name.
Heard Seven Shots.
Ralph Kourber was washing win
dows in the third story of the Hartz
& Bahnsen building. He saw Wilmer
ton come out of his Office. He then
saw Wilmerton fire first. Wilmerton
fred three shots and Looney four
shots. He first saw Looney behind
across the street toward the Safety
building, going west breaking his
gun, ejecting the cartridges and re-
loading his gun, and start back to-
ward the Morning Journal office.
Looney was stopped by Mr.. Reddig
and police officers came up and ar
rested him.
Orvill Wood was also washing
windows at the Hartz & Bahnsen
building and had his back turned
when the first shot was fired. He
saw Wilmerton in the street car
track when he fired two or three
shots. He thought he saw Looney
draw his gun out OF his hip pocket
and fire three times and Wilmerton
fired four. Then he saw Looney come
east toward Reddig's plumbing shop
and was stopped there by Reddig.
E. B. Kell testified he was a police
office living at $3.50 Fifth avenue and
that he had been on the force about
nine years. He had made measure
ments at the suggestion of H. NJ.
Schriver, assistant states attorney.
yesterday, and likewise had made
measurements of the different points
in controversy about the time or
shortly subsequent to the affair last
spring.
Taken Under Amusement.
Upon the converting of court at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon Mr.. Searle,
in behalf of the defense, cited to the
court and read various authorities
from appellate court and supreme court
reports relative to the admissability of
the introduction of the various papers
printed under the name of the Rock
Island Daily News beginning on or
about the 9th of February, 1909, which
said papers had been marked by the
court reporter for Identification during
the morning and which were objected
TO by the states attorney, the objec-
ffnnc having
tanned by the court, but upon the I'M
derstanding on behalf of the attorneys
for the defendant that the complain
ing witness, Looney, could be recalled
and Intercepted upon that particular
point later in the trial, the court took
the citations and heard the oral ar
gument of Mr.. Searle in behalf of the
defense on this proposition. and later
on said, 81 will look at your authori-
ties. but the court don't think It needs
to pass on the question at the present
time. as 1t will evidently come up as
a part of the defense" Thereby the
court took the matter of admissability
of the editorials and papers under adj
visement to be ruled upon later.
Parting Shot by LOoney.
Alice Keyes, being called as a wit
ness on behalf Of the people. testified
that she was a granddaughter of w.
w Dufin, and had come in from her
home at Milan on the afternoon of
Feb. %. She saw a man emerge from
the doorway of the Tri-City Morning
Journal office. and later heard the re-
port of a revolver. and, looking across
the street to the alley-way back of
Hartz & Bahnsen's wholesale drug
house she saw a man whom she later
learned was the complaining witness,
LoOney. The man she saw emerge
from the Journal Office had gotten to
the curbing and had fired twice. and
then she saw Looney turn and retreat
to the telephone pole at the alley at