Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-17

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Find Lost Cameos.-A collection Of :
40 canoes, three of the number over
1000 years old and valued at $1,000, |
which was thought 70 have been stolen !
five years ago, was discovered in an
out Of the way drawer by Dr.. c. T.
Lindley, the owner. Five years ago
DR.. Lindley came TO his Office. As he
entered the door he looked toward
the table. where the night before he
had left the collection OF gems. The
table was empty and the gems could
not be found. A search was immedi-
ately instituted by the doctor for the
lost collection. Practically every place
but the right one was looked into, but
the gems could not be located. Finally
after everything was done to quietly
discover the missing jewels, the police
were notified. Nothing ever resulted
from their search. All gem collectors
and art critics of note were furnished
with description Of the gems in the
. Lost collection. Art circles throughout
the country were talking on the miss
: ing collections, and looking for them,
but they were never discovered. One
OF the strange features in the missing
gem case that most puzzled the police
and those working in an effort to 10
cate the jewels, was that none of the
gems were ever offered for sale, and
never appeared The most valuable
of the lost gems were listed and could
not be sold for anything near their
value without being known. The en-
tire collection was valued at tri1e
over $1,000. Among the collection
were three which alone were worth
several hundred dollars. These three
jewels are each over 1000 years old.
Other gems in the collection ranged
from 1000 years old down to a few
hundred.
Arrested for Conspiracy.-Arrested
for conspiracy on a warrant brought
to Davenport by Constable Glass of
Oskaloosa Monday night, Nick Coin,
proprietor Of the Davenport Ice Cream
company, is under $1,000 bonds sign
ed by Gus Rooster to appear in Oska-
loosa on the charge Thursday. 1t is
alleged that Coin purchased from the
Oskaloosa Creamery company, owned
by c. NJ. Reisman, butter, cream, etc,
valued at $500, some time ago. A short
time ago Mr.. Reisman was in Daven-
port to collect the bill, II is said, and
meeting with I'll success, retained At
torney F. A. Cooper to prosecute Coin.
Upon his return TO Oskaloosa MI
Reisman caused information TO be
sworn out against Coin charging him
with conspiracy. The man was ar
rested. He called up Magistrate Rod
dewig over the telephone when brought
TO the police station and wanted 10 be
released on a habeas corpus writ, &C
cording to the police. He was inform
ed that he would have to go to Oska-
loosa on the warrant His bonds were
fixed at $1,000 TO insure his appearance
for trial. Gus Rooster Immediately
signed the bonds and Coin was re-
leased. His hearing has been set for
Thursday afternoon at Oskaloosa.
Charged With ootleggins.-United
States Revenue Collector George NJ.
Bird is investigating a charge of boot
Logging against Frank Middleman, iiv-
ing near Bettendorf. Complaint has
been made that Middleman has been
selling beer at 50 cents a bottle, par
tlcularly on Sundays and holidays, and
that he Is doing a thriving business.
Several women are among the COM
plainants who have called the case to
the attention of the local revenue Of
flee. In addition TO being charged
with bootlegging, Middleman is also
said TO have sold adulterated articles,
one OF the bottles which he disposed
OF as wine containing but very small
per cent Of the purported article. If
the result Of Collector Birds invesuga-
tons substantiate the charges made
against Middleman by several resi-
dents Of Bettendorf, an information
will be fled against him and he will
be brought before L. S. Commissioner
A. G. Bush.
Tree Crashes Onto Auto.-As the
auto Of Fred Roddewig was standing
in front of the Harrison street en-.
trance of the high school yesterday al
noon, an overhanging limb Of tree
broke and crashed upon the top of the
auto. There we're several children in
the machine at the time, and but for
the fact that the auto top warded on
the falling limb, they undoubtedly
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