Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-02
INDIAN BETRAYS
DAVENPORT GIRL
William Eagle Eye, in Jail
Here, Has Another Black
Crime on His Hands.
GEORGIA HURST is VICTIM
Fourteen-YearOld Child Led Away
From Home and Used to Pass
Forged Checks.

Overcome with emotion at the
sight of her 14-year-old daughters
betrayer, Mrs. Mary Hurst, mother
of Georgia Hurst. the little girl who
was seduced from home by William
Eagle Eye, an Indian, clasped her
hands to her head this morning and
Rock Island county Jail but for as
sistance. The mother, accompanied
by Mrs. Sarah Schneider of Daven-
port, an aunt Of the girl, upon
learning that Eagle Eye was in Gus
tody here, came to Sheriff Bruner
with the request that they be per-
mitted to look at the monster The
ladies we're admitted to the Jail and
Eagle Eye summoned. The man did
not know that he was confronted by
the mother Of his girl companion.
The sheriff then got Eagle Eye to
talk by leading him to believe that
he eagle Eye was wanted as wit
ness against the girl.
MOTHER IS BROKEN HEARTED.
woman, is broken hearted at the
downfall of her little girl, but Mrs.
Schneider Is more positive in her
stand and with fire flashing from her
brown eyes, said, "Oh, if l could just
get my hands on that man. If had
gun 1 would shoot him.
The public Is familiar with the
story of the disappearance of the
Hurst girl from her grandparents
home in Davenport She was ar
rested in Cedar Rapids Nov. "a for
! forging a check for S21 and upon
confessing her real name, the po-
lice matron wrote the girls mother,
informing her that her daughter had
been found, after she had been lost
for six weeks, during which time her
picture and description had been
sent all over the United States and
Canada.
LED ASTRAY BY INDIAN.
When interviewed by an Argus
reporter this morning, Mrs. Hurst
had the following to say, Georgia,
who is but IA years old, was raised
in Hamburg, where we live, and has
had the best Of training. 1 never
let her go with the boys. because she
was too young. She had always been
good girl at home. About the first
of September, we sent her to the
home of her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George B. Vollmer of Daven-
port, to attend school there this win
ter. On Oct. 81, Georgia was sent
} on an errand and was never seen
again for six weeks. We advertised
her description all over the country.
The colored porter at the Rock IS
land depot in Davenport has told me
that he now recalls that on the even
= ing Georgia disappeared that my
: daughter and Eagle Eye together
: with an older girl and an older man
; boarded the train.
J Eagle Eye and Georgia then
) went to various towns, among them
Rock Island, and put up at the var
} ious hotels as man and wife, Al
{ Marshalltown, the hotel clerk asked
Eagle Eye the morning after they
had staid there, if they were mar
ried, to which he received a mega.
tive reply. The clerk advised the
| couple to get license. Georgia die
t not want to marry the man, but he
threatened to kill her If she would
l not comply with his wishes. Eagle
Eye went out for the license, but
when he returned, Georgia had dis
appeared.
Z ESCAPES FROM COMPANION.
4 'She sought refuge at a private
!, home and the lady took her il
: where she remained in hiding fol-
= several days. Eagle Eye firing o.
r the search, then came to Rock Is
: land where I am told he was arrest
d ed for receiving stolen goods Eagl.
b Eye stole things from the hotels ant
f then tried to place the guilt OF
Georgia. Georgia gave a locket ant
chain to the daughter of the Mar
shalltown lady who took her in ant
+ this was stolen by Eagle Eye, VIII,
It now is trying to hold my daughte
f for the theft
). PASSES FORGED CHECK.
S Georgia arrived in Cedar Rapid
d penniless, her clothes in rags and II
a pitiable condition. Here she go
s21 suit of clothes at a clothin,
store on a forged check, the writ
y ing on which resembles Eagle Eye
5 a good deal. She went to the hotel
d put on the clothes and had just gon
II out on the street when he was nab
bed by detective. She went by tn
8 name of Ruth White. She was com
s mitted to a girls home at Mitchell
e vile until she is Is. / could no
e ask her anything about the case,
7. was too broken hearted.
e Georgia says the Indian induces
her to go with him and that it is al
), his fault 1t is my hope that Eagl
II Eye will be punished as his Grim
n deserves"
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