Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-04
SHERIFF IN RAID
ON FOUR JOINTS
Thirty Men and Women Ar
rested in Visits Conducted
Last Night.
NUMBER FL0ATERS FOUND
Believed That at Least Two Hundred
of Latter Were Driven From
the City.

AS the result OF numerous COM
plants received at his Office, Sheriff
10. L. Bruner End his force made
raid on four saloons last night between
$3.50 in the evening and O'Clock
this morning. Thirty persons were
arrested. The raid served a two-fold
purpose. that of clearing the city TO
great extent of the alleged fioaters
who had been brought in to vote in to-
days election, and that of frightening
the disorderly women out of town. AT
the saloon of Louis Ortell, 1907 Sec
ond avenue, - men were arrested on
charges of disorderly conduct. Sher-
if Bruner and his entire force visited
this place, as the sheriff had been ad-
vised that numerous foaters were be-
ing housed there. From OrtelPs the
raiders went to the c. B. & Q. sample
room, Twentieth street and Second
avenue, where in back room a group
of men and women were found.
WOMEN GATHERED IN.
Sheriff Bruner gave orders to arrest the
women and seven of them were taken in
tow and hustled TO the county Jail.
The men disappeared. At the saloon
and chop suey restaurant of A w.
Billburg, 221 Twentieth street. four
more women were picked up and
three more were arrested at Dave De
Smet's saloon, on Fourth avenue and
Seventeenth street. DeSmet was
away when the officers arrived,
but later on he appeared at the sher
ifs Office and made dire threats as
the result of his place having been
raided. No attention was paid to him,
however, and finally he cooled off
and paid the fines assessed in the
against two of his women
inmates.
PATROL THE STREETS.
After the four saloons had been raid !
ed, Sheriff Bruner divided his force |
into pairs and had them patrol the |
streets until late hour this morning. |
The result was the arrest of half a |
dozen DRINKS and alleged fioaters. |
These were taken to the county jail |
and tried Immediately. The officers /
visited numerous places where they |
had been informed the alleged fioaters |
were congregating, but in each case
they found they had come too late,
as the f1oaters had left. The deputies
are confident that 200 fioaters escap-
ed through word of the first raid be-
Ing hurriedly sent the rounds over the /
telephone. Numerous disorderly wo-
men also got out of the city and the
taxicabs did a business for a while
hauling them to Davenport and to
Moline
HOLD COURT AT ONCE.
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court as soon as there was any one
10 be tried and Justice P. H. Wells
convened his court at the sheriff's Of
ice as soon as the crowd from Or
tells saloon were brought in. Out of
The whole crowd which was gathered
IN, there were still Is in Jail this
morning, three of these being women
With one or two exceptions the re-
paid fines Of S. and costs and
we're released upon their promise to
get out of the city. Most of the men
'ound at OrtelPs place were tried on
charges Of vagrancy and eight of them
we're sentenced on that charge The
other four plead guilty to disorderly
conduct and were given FIVE days in
all The first eight have 6S-days sen
ences to work out.
WILL PRESERVE ORDER.
Sheriff Bruner ated today: 81 feel
certain that last nights raid resulted
N chasing out of town nearly 200
Illegal voters. and l am going to see
hat order is preserved at the polls
ind If possible that the foaters are
lot brought back into the city This
election has got to be on the SQUARE -
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