Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-18

( Flagman Dead.-Hfs head dropped
forward on his chest in an attitude
Of meditation, the lReless body OF
Dan Homer. an aged crossing flag.
man, rested In a chair In his shanty
at the foot Of Howell street for sew.
eral hours before discovery. For the
past several years Homer had as
stunned this attitude when no trains
were passing and when seen Tuesday
night nothing was thought Of t.
When q friend spoke to the aged flag
, man at o'clock he did not answer.
Thinking he was Ill the friend sum-
moned DR.. T. o. Ficke, who, on his
arrival, pronounced the man dead.
Horner had been dead several hours.
Coroner Rudolph was notified al
once. He stated the cause Of death
vas heart failure. Homer had been
81 some time prior to the stroke. The
aged man resided in a room in the
Tri-City Packing company's building.
He was over rs years old. No rela-
tives survive. so far as is known.
%
Falls Down Stalr~ay.-While at
tempting TO carry a bench up a fight
of stairs at his home, 1872 West
= Thirteenth street, Frank w. Crump-
ton, an old soldier. toppled over and
d. fell down the stairway, sustaining a
severe cut in the back of his head
and other injuries. The accident hap
, pened at IL o'clock yesterday morn
ing. DR.. Sala was summoned and
dressed the wounds. II is not known
just how seriously Mr.. Crumpton Is
injured. His advanced age Of 70
years makes his condition grave.
The old man Is a veteran of the civil
war and a member Of the G. A. r.
o.
In District court.-Winifred Bar.
nett, charged with murder in the first
degree, William Sayles, held on in
dictments for breaking and entering
and robbery, and Earl Burke, charged
with assault with attempt TO commit
8 murder. we're arraigned before Judge
Donegan in district court yesterday.
g Attorney c. H. Murphy was retained
70 defend Sayler and Burke. Mrs.
Bennett, through her attorney ". NJ
Chamberlain, waived the reading of
the Indictment and entered a plea OF
not guilty. Attorney Murphy entered
pleas Of not guilty for Sayles and
Burke.
Save Fldo.-A four-year-old boy
toddling after little black and white
mongrel puppy with two other little
youngsters standing guard over tn,
animal and all three crying as 3.
their hearts would break, was a sigh.
one could have seen at the pole,
court yesterday morning. It all hap
pened when John Golowitch, Rus
sian, was arrested for not having {
dog license. Golowitch paid $3.50
got a license. and his three children
dried their tears as the happy family
left for home.
Y. M. c. A. Retreat-A retreat wa.
held at Linwood yesterday by the mel
OF the Davenport Y NJ. c. A. Genera
Secretary Mott r. sawyers, Associate
Secretary ]. b. McNeal and Assistan
Secretary S. A. Cohagan left yester
day morning for Lnwood. and othe
members and friends OF the associa
ton viii follow by train or by auto
Last night DR.. Frank Cole. pastor o
ST. Johns VI. z. church, led the d
votional exercises.
o
X. Of c. Plans.-At the meeting O
Loras council knights of Columbus
Lecturer Bert Halligan announce
that the annual banquet for tn
Knights and their ladies would b
held in honor of the Landing day
Oct. 10. at the hotel Davenport, thi
year. Landing day. or the commemC
ration Of the discovery of America b
Christopher Columbus, falls on DC
IL but as this date is on Sunday thi
year the observance by Loras couT
Gil was postponed until the followin
Monday. The lecturer also al
nounced that, as the leading speake
OF the evening, he had secured Alto
ney Jerome Crowley OF Chicago On