Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-28
Detectives Rushed Out
With Capiases Prepared
Beforehand.
SURPRISE is SPRUNG
Some of Handbook Operators
Not Named Are Said to
Have Fled.


aimed at organized gambling forces of
the city begun yesterday when 10
men were indicted. The return of the
true bills was made before Judge
Kersten. This was the result of a
secret conference between First Dep
uty Superintendent of Police Schuet-
tier and States Attorney Hoyne on
Wednesday.
Capiases had been prepared in ad-
vance and detectives rushed forth to
make the arrests at once.
Some of the indicted men are be-
lieved to have been tipped off, by
their friends and could not be found,
but it was expected they would sur
render themselves today after night
in the county jail had been evaded.
LIST OF THE INDICTED.
| This indicted were:
- Lewis. IL East Twenty-eighth
street.
Milton Held, 2126 South Wabash
avenue.
John Garvey, S14 North Clark street
John Hayden, S37 North Clark
street.s
Lester Meadows, 264 North Western.
avenue.
Mike, the Newsboy, southeast cor
ner Van Buren and State streets.
Frank Stevens, 1877 West Randolph
street.
Jim Tooney, S55 West Madison steet
Alexander Word, 1S6 North Clark
Jim cleary. s12 soutNtlark street.
Fred Dupree, 264 Nofth Western
avenue.
- Bill, 1S6 North Clark street.
Arthur Wise, 6S West Chicago ave-
nue..
Charles Welch, 1880 West Madison
street
Matthew simeta, SIS West North
avenue.
William Frez, 6S West Chicago ave-
nue..
Frank Eberhardt, 59O1 South State
street.
Jimmy Mundy, 73s South Dearborn
street.
Louis Mundy, 73S South Dearborn
street.
ARREST SOME AT ONCE.
The following we're arrested: Frank
Stevens, Alexander Wood, Fred Du
! pree, John Hayden, John Garvey and
Arthur Wise. They were locked w
and told the police had no authority
to release them on bonds. The pris
oners succeeded in. notifying friends
who informed Judge Walker Of the
, situation. The judge went to the Chi
cago avenue station and from there tC
the Criminal Court building. He found
Judge Burke holding a night session
in the Covitz arson trial, and asked
him TO approve the bonds as the!
were brought in.
The first to take advantage of judge
Burke's session was John Hayden
. who was released on $4,000 bone
signed by Thomas Hennessy, a salooI
keeper, Ill West Chicago avenue
There were three indictments agains
5 Hayden.
SCHUETTLER LAYS TRAP.
First Deputy SchuettleT has place
: the gambling force on the defense
1t is said the work has been NOR
. thorough than at any time in the his
: tory of gambling crusades, and it
! expected that a conviction will re
suit Mr.. Schuettler took the invest
{ cation upon his own shoulders, it
I said, in advance of grand jury actio
l. and laid a trap for the unsuspectin
. persons alleged TO have violated th
? laws.
e Evidence OF handbooks in saloon
and cigar stores was obtained. Tn
races TO be bet upon were discovered
Then Detective Barden of Schuettler'
p squad was sent to Louisville 10 watc
3, a race, on which inforamtion had bee
o obtained that bets would be placed.
3. In past prosecutions the state Ia
failed to prove a race bet upon wa
actually run. In the present instanc
o. Detective Barden actually witnesse
n al least one race on which bets ha
q been made.
ASKS AID OF HoYNE.
After laying his trap, procuring HI
evidence and pursuing his secret o.
II erations without interference or pu
r licity. the first deputy called State
Is Attorney Hoyne into conference an
r. asked 10 have the evidence place
before the grand jury without goin