Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30

twice and warned the crowd sufi-
ciently before shooting.
Nathan Harris, 2716 Fifth avenue,
Rock Island, age IS, occupation news
boy, said the crowd was throwing
bricks ten minutes before any shots
we're fired.
Theodore C. Bos, cement contract
or, $50 Fourth avenue, admitted that
he had the offending pictures of
Schriver and the woman in the case,
cut from the front page of the News
and pinned on the front of his vest,
Tuesday night. He heard McCas-
krin make the statement that if
he was elected, he would send Schri-
yer 70 the penitentiary.
REPULsED THE MOB.
Peter P. Hayman, of the merchant
police. sos Fifth street. told of the
mob gathering in front of the Rock
Island Hardware company's store,
and Of his repulsing them. The glass
in the front windows and doors was
broken by bricks, but he heard moth
/ ing to indicate that the crowd was
in search of firearms.
STUDENT TEsTIFIEs.
Lyman L. Weld. student. 111O
Twenty-first street, Rock Island, told
Of McCaskrin's speech Tuesday night.
He credited the speaker with
saying that he was glad The crowd
got the papers the night before as it
was vindication for the freedom Of
the press; that McCaskrin denied that
he had invited resistance against the
police; thatsR II. Wells made the
statement that he would rather be q
henchman of Looney than a friend
of ''Schriver, the coward" that Wells
stated that the police had helped the
mayor beat up Looney. The witness
! then told of the gathering in front of
, the News office, the cutting and pull
ing down of trolley ropes, the chas-
ing of three policemen and the march
OF the city hall. In his opinion the
leaders of the mob were saloon buns
and the riffraff of society. He did
not recognize any OF them.
} John p. Lannon, COS Seventh ave-
nue., Rock Island, heard the speeches
and got paper at the News office.
OTHERS TELL STORY OF RIOT.
James Lannon, 917 Eighth avenue
Rock Island. admitted that he had cut
, the fire hose Monday night. He
= qualified his action by stating that ht
merely scratched the hose with ;
small pen knife, because he had got
ten wet. He did not see the affail
Tuesday night.
Louis Funkenstein, 2424 Eighth
= and-a-half avenue, heard the speeches
! Monday night, in which McCaskril
- denounced the mayor for beating ~
s Looney and berated Archie Hart. HI
g heard McCaskrin say go to the New
office and get a copy of the paper
: and If the officers interfere over
t power them"
T. /. Stanley, Moline, heard tn
speeches Monday night. He told o
McCaskrin's condemnation of Schri
s yer and the police and heard him say
q There are 1000 copies of the New
at the News Office which are free
There are a good many men here an
r IL the police try to stop you, over
:. power them" He got a copy of tn
It paper. Tuesday night he heard Gard
,e ner's talk on the recall. Phil Well:
h. condemnation of the mayor wa
e cheered by the excited crowd. Tn
e witness was also at the police sta
ton and saw nothing thrown befor
s the shooting. He did not see Nj
n Caskrin, Gardner or Wells there
lie William Mccarthy. 1889 Eight
and-a-hah- avenue Monday nigh
10 heard McCaskrin tell the crowd {
Ig get the papers and to overpower tn
police il they tried to interfere. II
heard McCaskrin say, ''If am electe
/ will put Schriver behind the bars.
ID Fay Taylor, sos Twentieth stree
h, although closely questioned, coul
d, tell but very little of either Monda
ID or Tuesday nights affairs.
he He saw the bricks thrown at th
at windows of the Rock Island HarC
re ware store and heard the crowd sa,
a. Let's break into the hardwaI
r store" When he passed the static
a the windows were broken and all va
dark.