Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-06
FEAR NOTED DIP
IS HERE AIDING
CAUSE OF CROOK
nsputy Sheriff overhears Man
Talk TO Harry Fields, Pick
pocket Arrested Recently.
THINK PAL IS IN CITY
AsvIees from Chicago Indicate That
,he Two Are Big Criminals Want
ed in Many Large Towns.


,seials that Charles Whiting, thought
- he a pa and fellow crook % Harry
rysIds. the pickpocket who was arrest
~ after a chase lead by the wife OF
- n the victims OF the dip at the
u-.tchtower last Saturday night IS in
,sfs CITY and is cNerting his efforts TO
ct bonds for Fields and blow" town
The fear Is based on an incident
,rich occurred in the court OF JUS
,,-s Of the Peace G. J. Schroeder. The
c,se came up before Justice Schroeder
,his morning. and Attorney Ben Schri-
vs- representing Fields. asked for
change OF venue 10 Justice James W.
waucker. which was allowed and the
case continued until next Saturday
rno-uing The bonds were reduced
from $1,000 20 $500.
Stranger Talks 70 Fields.
At the conclusion the stranger in
the court, stepped towards Fields.
vfnked al him and said: III see you
the first OF the week" This man Is
thought 10 be Whiting and according
70 information received from Chicago.
Fields and Whiting are alleged to be
clever New York crooks.
Il will be recalled that Mrs. George !
Huu. iII2 II Twelfth street. turned |
slsuth after her husband had been /
robbed at the Watchtower park of $40 I
and chased the man until he was ar
rested on a street car ready to leave \
the place \. J. Coleman, 1912 Fourth /
avenue was robbed of a purse con-
tanning SIS, Charles Donovan Of SIS,
and R z Mcnamara, of Chicago Of
card case.
Fields was taken before Justice
Schroeder last Monday and was held
az the county jail in bonds in the sum
Of $1,000. During the week. however.
Sheriff fBruner Investigated the
case. and found that he had In Gus
tody a man, noted as a criminal in the
larger cities.
During the fore part of the week.
Fields wrote a letter to Charles
Whiting. Netherland Hotel. Chicago.
IL, corner OF Michigan avenue and
Tventy-second street"
Wires Chief HaIpin.
Instead OF sending the letter Sher-
il Bruner wired chief of detectives, J.
J. Halpin. Chicago. asking that he in
vest.gate Whiting. and that he send
any information regarding Whiting or
Fields {
Plain clOthesmen made two trips to I
the Nstherland hotel brit on each in
stance Whiting was absent After the I
second trip 10 the hosiery. one Of
thief Halpin's men received a tele- /
phone call from Whiting, IN which he
stated that II would be useless for the
ulcers to call at the place a. he would
'sfuse 10 see them He later intimat-
d that he had left the hotel in fear Of
'eing arrested
Claim Both Big Crooks. .
Chief Haipin in his reply TO Sheriff
'runer stated that he had good evil
enee that both Whiting and Fields
ere clever crooks from New York
ny and that they were criminals q
'snted in all Of the large cities in the
asst.
Fields IS Of Jewish nationality. f
'rmer pugilist. and a heavy, well 1
1ilt muscular fellow. ]
The officials are afraid that Whiting +
III attempt 70 give the bonds OF $500 Il
ID that the men will blow town.
he officers feel sure that the man in ~
'urt this morning was Whiting and I
effort vii be made 10 watch him. .
Sheriff Bruner is Of the opinion that =.
eds was a member Of the gang 20 :
sich the four ether dips arrested By -
electives Cox and Sehnert Decora.
1n day belong. He further be II
ives that possibly Whiting was one Il
the four nabbed a
however. as the case may be, the Of u
aals are on their guard against any g
lpS and are on the lookout for any
tsmpts % allow Fields TO evade the le
". in
Captain HalpiH in his letter % Sher- "
Brunsr asked that q BertiilioB pho 81
graph Of Fields be taken and sent TO "
q, The picture was made this morn ~
8 ard was sent this afternoon. Fur
er Information is awaited from Chi Ia
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