Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-31
MOLINE

Assaulted; AssaiIants HeId.-Axel
Johnson, a west end resident, was
the victim of assault Christmas eve in
which a knife was used His assail-
ants-three Belgians-escaped. After
scouting around for several days,
Johnson located two of the trio Satur-
day night on Eighteenth street and
Third avenue. He caused their arrest
at once. They are Arthur Weiput and
Jules Tallien. They claim they were
not the knife wielders, but that the
man not captured was the assailant of
Johnson. However, they were held to
the grand jury, each being required to
furnish a bond of 500. They refuse
to reveal the identity of the third man
in the fight
Falls Down Elevator Shaft.-Dr.
James Ross was the victim of an un-
fortunate accident at o'clock Satur-
day afternoon when he fell distance
Of eight feet dowh the elevator shaft
in the Peoples bank building, Fiji
teenth street and Fifth avenue. caus-
ing bruises of painful nature He will
be confined for few days. DR.. Ross
has Offices in the building and as he
was on his way to the outer door, he
stepped into the shaft, not being able
to see it because of the darkness.
Hand Cut Off.-Steve Oklobzyo, a
Silvis shop employee, was injured Sun
day at 9 a. m, when his glove caught
in a scrap" cutter and pulled his
right hand into the gears. cutting it
off two inches above the wrist.
Engines in Collision.-Two Bur-
| lington locomotives attempted to OPP
crate on the same track yesterday
both are now Ia the roundhouse under
going repairs. Though members of
| the crew were shaken up, no one was
! injured. The Mendoza freight train
was putting toward Rock Island. A
switch engine was running eastward.
At Fourteenth street, Engineer Lar
son ia charge of the switch engine
saw a collision was unavoidable and
I he at once applied the brakes and
| stopped his engine. He tried to re-
verse, but the air brakes clutched the
wheels tightly and the locomotive did
not bulge until it was hit by the
other. The engineer of the freight
train saw the other engine when it
was too late for him to stop.
Injured In FIre.-Miss Edaa Ray
daughter of Mrs. NJ. e. Ray, 1914
Twenty-ninth street, and Mrs. James
Smith, 1905 Twenty-ninth street, were
painfully burned Sunday foreno'T
shortly before II O'Clock when they
attempted to extinguish flames which
consumed a Christmas tree and fix
lures in a room ia the Ray home. Hair
of the women was scorched and flesh
slightly scared by the flames. While
the Ray children were lighting can
dies on the Christmas tree sparks fel
to the floor and ignited the rug. In al
instant the tree was ablaze. 1t was
consumed, as were curtains and a few
other fixtures.
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Oldest Butcher Retires.-Completin;
"a years as head of his own meat mar
ket, J. H. Efflandt will retire from &C
tive work with the entrance of thu
new year With his withdrawal from
business a new claimant to the IT'LL
oldest butcher" in Moline will be Civ
en- an opportunity, for Mr. Effland
without contradiction was the pionee
of present day butchers. No one oper
, ating a market today was in the occu
patton when Efflandts shop was open
! ed in 1878.
Obituary Record.-Word was re
: ceived in East Moline of the death O
DR.. William NJ. Patton, East Molin
, physician, in the Patton sanitarium il
, Montreal, Canada, Saturday afternoon
He had been ailing since Oct / witt
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