Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-30
TROUBLESOME EDITOR
ANE|D BY THREATS J
LooNRY, WHO STARTED RIOT At
ROCK ISLAND, REFRAlNs FROM
PRoM,SEp ATTACK.
lsauE OF NEWSPAPER
ALLOWED TO CIRCULATE

neesos Before coron0r'0 Jury Isti OF
Shooting City 10 ouist-saloe"s to
Reopen.
Rock Island, March 3o.-The weekly
newspaper under Investigation by the
postoffice authorities and the publica-
tions Of which are alleged to have been
In measure responsible for the recent
Rock Island riots. appeared without
sensational statements today and was
permitted to circulate.
. IohneLooney, the editor. did not make
good his promise that it would contain
another attack on Mayor H. M.
Pcstoffice Inspector Hadsell, who had
been assigned here to conduct the led
era1 inquiry, is expected to arrive In
the city tonight from Chicago.
The. investigations by the coroner
ana grand Jury were resumed today.
The city is quiet.
s.loons Allowed 70 Reopen
Another indication Of the returning
confidence is that the city and county
ofacers have decided to permit the
saloons to remain open until o'clock
in the evening. The saloonkeepers
pleaded for chance to get the pay
day" business, which otherwise "oulo
% across the river to Davenport or up
to Moline.
Thev were called together In the
council chamber, where Mayor schrlver
and Adjutant General Dickson warned
them that the temporary opening IS
only an experiment. II disturbance
orisinates in any one place all OF therh
Win be kept closed next week.
The number of military patrols IN the
streets was decreased without any PAD
results. Even the number OF soldiers
around the courthouse was lesseneo
otter the hour set for the convening
~ the coroner's jury and the special
vra,d Jury. This was possible because
~ ,,nnaual croxd appeared In the
ne,rhborhood and there k an entire
/ company sauartered in the building.
E,tt ,the innuirtes were continued until
Sso'ciock this nncrntns.
Aooounts Of MocsskrtnS speech!
The coroners jury examined fourteen
witnesses. -Four Of them swore that
Harry NJ McCaskrin incited the Mon
day nights demonstration by teiling MS
audience to "overpower the police. II
NECESSARY to obtain copies OF Looney's
.unnressed paper containing an attack
on Mayor Schriver. Three versions OIL
this utterance were given
"There Is a crowd enough OF you to
cot these papers II you have to over
nower the police" was the way Cnaries
thornton. q Moline carpenter. remem-
bered 1t.
"He told them they could get the
an.rs" testified Lewis Funkenstein.
= salesman Of this city. "'1f any Of the
ofAcers interfere with you, overpower
them," he said.
@"Mccaskrin said, there are a good
MANY men here, and II the police at
+amnt to stop you, overpower the po-
lice !" was the testimony Of Thomas l.
stanley. a Moline newspaper man.
STha evidence included statements
that while driving in carriage around
.he city after the mass meeting. Mr.
McCaskrin told the crowds at difrerent
corners that he would put shriver IN
the penitentiary II elected states at
torney." Theodore c. Bos. cement
contractor, was one OF the witnesses
Who sWore to this. He also said NC
Caskrin at the mass meeting displayed
a bloody collar. which he said Was
worn by Looney when whipped by
Schriver.
Boys Tell Of Shooting.
There was q discrepancy IN the tes-
timony whether the police or the mob
started hostilities Tuesday night. Ly-
man weld. o high school student, said
bricks were thrown at the city hall be-
fore the police fired over the heads CT
the crowd
Nathan Harris. 1s years old, news
boy. supported this testimony, but
Fred w. sporrey. Moline resident.
said nothing was thrown at the station
before the police fired in the air.
Young Yields testimony concerning
events before the riot started was
dramatic. He told Of the shouts, Get
rope! Hang schriver!" during the
speech Of. e. E. Gardner, editor of the
Tri-City Labor Review. He said the
speech Of Philip Wells. justice Of the
peace. also excited the crowd.
McCaskrin, he said, had merely de-
ni6d tl1at he advised violence the night
before, but gthe high school student
criticised the speech. He said it was
delivered in the tone Of Marc Antony's
funeral Grafton over the body of
Caesar.
sAhAong the witnesses to be called are
Mayor ectriver. ,AcCaskrin, Chief Of
Polics Brinn, gend members OF the po-
lice and fire departments.