Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-15

manner and that where 1t was re-
ceived as bail in order to .securep re-
leases for Humanitarian purposes" fl
was returned into the proper sources
as soon as the law was satisfied
That the administration of 1.-THE
states attorneys office under LII NJ.
MagiI was above all suspicion as re-
cards the proper settlement of ca ses,
in behalf of the people. was ICON
cerned.
That the introductioniof circunlstan-
tial evidence will bear but little
weight in the proof of charges
Battle Lines Tighten.
AS soon yesterday afternoon as the
selection of the II jurors had been
completed and Judge tGraves &had or
dered from the COURT room all wit
nesses in the case, for both the,defense
and the state, until after their testh
mony had been heard. the battle lines
became noticeably frightened. With
the execution of a 20-minuus recess.
from 1925 to 3s45, the time of the court
until adjournment at . o'clock was
taken up with the opening statements
of the opposing counsel, Special
States Attorney George W.{Wood was
given the first oppcrtunity1 in behalf
OF the states and the commencement
Of an answered. his accu sations was
made by Attorn ey G. E. Daetz, for the
defense. Mr.. nietz was i n the midst
OF his arguments when ccsrt adjourn
ed, and he resume ed and concluded his
statement this morning.
1t was a dark pictureEo f corrupt of
fetal actions in the administration OF
justice by men chosensby the people
to carry out the peoples trust that was
painted by the prosecutor, in stating
the facts as he claimed them to be.
He recited the IL counts in the indict-
ment returned by the January grand
jury and elaborated sin detail on the
specific overt acts charged in estab-
fishing the conspiracy of which Oscar
L. Bruner. sheriff, and Lawrence NJ.
Magill during his inc umbency of the
office of states attorney OF Rock Island
county, are said to have Jointly enter
ed into as means oftextorting money
from prisoners for their release and
using the processes of Ithe courts to
cover up and conceal sthe alleged IL
legal acts.
After reading the Indictment, Pros
ecutor Wood took up the bill of partic-
ulars, in which he intended to set forth
more complete information as to the
dates on which the overt acts were al
legged to have been committed. To the
reading of the bill Attorney Kenwor-
thy objected. and thei objection was
sustained by the courts who stated the
hill did NOT POnraru tho iurU
Summary of Charges.
A brief summary of the charges re-
turned in the indictment EwhichIbrought
the two defendants to trial and on
which the special states attorney
elaborated with more or less detail in
setting up his claim that the conspir-
acy was illegally entered into involves
these specific cases:
Nov Is, 1912, Marie Goldberg, alias
Marie Tavern, convicted in county
court and ordered to pay 5000 and
costs. allowed to escape from county
jail on payment of a promissory note
for S220.S5 to Bruner by Marie and
George E. Goldberg.
Nov. 16. 1912, Oscar Benson. bound
over to the grand jury under a lar
ceny charge, permitted to escape from
county jail. Magill refusing;t to present
transcript in the case to the grand
jury.
Nov. IS, 1912, Jacob O'Houtski.
bound over to the grand jury. alleged
to have secured freedom from county
Jail when Philip Dingeldein paid Sher-
ig Bruner $50. But in order to escape
detection. Nov. 80, Bruner is said to
have returned the money. 3.
Nov. IL, 1912. information was sworn
out against Nellie Hill. charged with
conducting a house OF i'll fame, but
the sheriff Is alleged to have held
capias for so days, without serving
same. MagilI later dismissed the in
formation.
Nov. is, 1912, an information was
sworn out against Maud Rush, charg-
ing her with being disorderly, but Ma
gill refused to prosecute the case and
later dismissed the case.
Information fled against Anthony
w. Billburg. charged with running a
gaming house, was dismissed by Ma
gill, although he is alleged ito have
known Billburg was guilty of the Of
Tense"
Nov IT. 1912. information was fled
against Adoiph Wander Becke OF East
Moline, charging him with attempting
to defraud the Peoples Power COM
pany by tampering with a meter reg
istering electric current. While the
case was still pending. Wander Beke
is alleged to have acted as a go-be
tween for the sheriff and former
states attorney and certain East Mo-
line saloonkeeper and is said TO have
collected 'slush fund" of SIS a month
from each OF the saloon men for the
privilege of keeping their places Of
business open on Sundays. In con-
sideration for this privilege, Magill
is alleged to have dismissed the in
formation against Wander Reke