Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-03
LOCAL POLICE
NAB MURDERER
IN ROCK ISLAND
William Sheets, Aged 10, Con-
fesses to Staying of Dali
dorf, Last Thursday.
ACCOMPLICE ALSO TAKEN
Boy Bandit Hides at Schmidt Hotel
for Week-ImpIiested In Other
Grimes

BY a master stroke, the Rock Island
police force, working in conjunction
with Detective Packey Phelan OF Dav-
export, Saturday night effected the
capture OF the boy bandit who muir
derer Ernest Dalldorf in his grocery
store at Rockingham and Paramount
street, Davenport Thursday night.
The capture was made at II O'Clock,
exactly three hours after Detective
Phelan had passed the tip TO the Rock
Island authorities, and 10 minutes later
the nan had made a confession be
fore Night Captain Kramer, Officers
Neenan and Furiong, and Detective
Phelan Of Davenport in the Rock Is
land police station. The self-confessed
slayer who is but 10 years OF age, is a
resident OF the west end OF Davenport.
and his name is Floyd Sheets. Later.
at the Davenport police station, Sheets
confessed TO having held up the Schuet-
zen park street car New Years eve,
the robbing Of Christ Volquardsen. a
Northwest Davenport saloon keeper.
~ $50. and the robbing of two restaur-
ants in Chicago. The capture of Pat
McAnna. who is believed by the an.
thOrities 70 have been implicated in a
number OF stick up" jobs with Sheets,
was effected a few minutes OTTER the
big criminal was landed. McAnna
Is we'll known in local police circles.
and some time ago was implicated in
the robbery OF a local saloon Both
men are being held at the Davenport
headquarters pending a more thorough
investigation.
PHELAN GETS TIP.
While bloodhounds were trailing sus-
poets on the Davenport side, Detective
Phelan obtained information which led
him 10 believe that the murderer was
I'm Rock Island. and boarding Bridge
line car. he came over TO Rock Island
about 7:3O and enlisted the aid of the
local force. Some time ago Sheets
stole $35 from his father. and # was
on this charge that Phelan wanted the
man, although he told Captain Kramer
CUufdentially that there were good
reasons TO suspect that Sheets was i'm
plicated in the Dalldorf job. A descrip-
ton Of the man was given 10 the en-
tire night force. and Officers Meenan
and FurlOng. together with Night Cap
tain Kramer and Detective Phelan com
pressed a special detail TO land the man
II was the plan TO scour the down
town district until midnight. visiting
every saloon. and in the event Of this
search proving unsuccessful the DO,
lice planned 10 first visit all the res
faurants and then raid every roomng
house I'm the city.
NEENAN GETS MAN.
The first clue as 20 Sheets where
abouts was obtained shortly before 6
O'Clock. when a visit 10 Andy Brady s
saloon. 1919 Second avenue. by Kramer
and PhClan. disclosed the fact that the
suspect had been i'm the place about
half an hour previous. Had it not
been for the fact that Sheets became
dry and started for a bottle OF whisky
his capture would possibly have never
been made. but az 10 o'clock the mar
left his room I'm the Schmidt hotel
.l9ia Seventeenth street. and repaired
% the Brady saloon for a bottle Of
whisky Leaving the place, Sheets
who i'm the meantime had been joined
ny McAnna stopped at the corner o.
Nineteenth street, and stood on tn,
sidewalk while his pal went into the
stanton pool room for a package o.
CiEarets OfiCer Meenan stepped M
and grabbed Sheets When McAnns
emerged from the pool room and saw Z
policeman, he started TO make track,
for safety Leaving the prisoner {,
Turlong. who had arrived on the scene
Nocuan followed McAnna and captured
him before ne had Travelled more thar
half a block Both men were taken {,
the station. where Sheets was put il
the sweat box and Immediately con
fassed TO having murdered Dalldorf.
HERE SINCE MONDAY.
Sheets came 10 the Schmidt hote
last Monday night and registered al
H. r Thomas Of Cheyenne, Wyo. III
remained in his room most of the time