Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-13
SEPTEMBER TERM
WILL OPEN NEXT
MONDAY MORNING
Docket for This Session of Cir
cult Court Heaviest =
in Years.
MANY CRIMINAL MATTERS
Grand Jury Will Report on Opening
Day but Petit Panels Will
Not Until Later.

An unusually heavy grist of business
Is awaiting the action of the Septem- 1
Der term OF Circuit court which opens T,
on Monday. The criminal docket is
the largest in years and States Attor-
ney F. f. Thompson expects TO be the
busiest man in Rock Island county for
the next few weeks
There are many defendants already
under Indictment in the county jail
whose cases were carried over from
the last term Of court waiting for trial.
The Clyde Stratton case at the for
mer session Of court took up so much
attention that il was necessary &c
continue many Of the matters until
September. Among them are the
trials of Louis Kleinau. Bert Nal
colin and Harrison Dillon. who
escaped from the county jail in
the delivery which was engineer.
cd by Stratton. who is now sery-
ing time in the state penitentary at
Joliet f. r. Cowdery will also be
tried AZ this term. He was convicted
OF former term OF the crime of in
cest, the complaining witness being
his daughter Rose. However, sen
tence for a definite term of years
was passed upon him when under the
new laws, he should have been con
weed under the indeterminate act.
Therefore states Attorney F. +.
Thompson confessed error before the
rupreme court of the state and the
prisoner was brought back TO this
county for retrial. There are also
many cases awaiting the acton of
tho grand jury.
JgRN To MEET.
The grand jury viii meet on Mon
day. the members being
Cordova-P. T. Harvey.
Coe-E II. Lyford
Canoe Creek-C. J.. Markee.
Zuma-Clyde Wake.
Port Dyron-E. II. Young.
Hampton-Harry Odendahl.
South Moline-Charlps A Joding.
Moline-John F. Rose, II. H. Kuehl,
{. A. Bcrglund, Charles Head.
ltock Island - Elmer Holmgrain,
Richard Carnes. John Steele
South Rock Island-W. T. Barnett.
Black Hawk-D c. Davis.
Coal Nalley-T. r. Lees.
Rural-M. o. Wilson.
Bowling Miller.
EdeinSton-John Nabcrry.
Administrations \. Carlson.
Buffalo Prairie-Thomas Vanatta.
Drury W. F. Pietsch.
PETIT JURIES.
The services for the petit Jurors
Cill not be required the frs. week.
The first panel will report September
g as follows:
Cordova Charles Reynolds, Wilbur
Allen. Frank Di0ss
Zuma-Martin Mumma
Port Byron-Art Avery.
Hampton--James sharp. :. f. OdeIl.
Moline--Harry w Klat.euhof. W. c.
Mueller. Frank Blom5erg. G. :. Fitz-
gibbons. r. j. Green. J. p. MARKHAM.
II s. Ransom, VI. +. Sutherlan. Frank
j.. Carlson, Clyde West. Roy Entrikin,
Mat Hall.
South Moline-Charles NJ Larson.
Rock Island. ID. Beechcr. A. p
Glass o. W. Cowden. II. =. Dunlap. C.
J.. Ruml7y. \. \. Mccartney. J. NJ.
MCCarson. John Polzin. J. A Reid r.
II Robb, c. l.. Hubbard, =. Deisen-
To.h, George w Reddig, +. NJ. Rush,
William Schmidt.
Black Hawk-Charles Olson, John
Maberry
Drury-William Zollmer
SECOND PANEL.
on October the second panel COM
posed Of the following viii report:
Cordova-Nictor Hiok.
Coe-Claus Flint.
Port Byrol-William Banker
Moiine-C. T. Johnson, Seth KEN
ball J, p Johnson. Horace Altz. H. w.
Cooper. Jr W. c. Loptien, ]. H. Wess-
ley. Sol kaufman.
South Rock Island-A A Burt,
Rock Island - W. H. Motif. John
Schmidt. Frank Beecher. James J..
Hickey. Frank Ciuskey. Herman Olson.
Nc juhI. Robert Krimealla. r. 2. VIII