Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-19

Man Taken on Serious Charec-Held
for deserving his wife and child and
running away with Laura Jurgensen.
p years old. Sept. 10. J. Voss, a promi-
ncnt building contractor OF Durant,
vas placed under arrest yesterday
with the girl by City Detective Frank
Brady The two were loca-ed at 1913
RocLin ram road. according to the po-
lice. vhere brother OF the girl keeps
a butcher shop. Both are beins held
until the sheriff OF Jackson county
is heard from. A warrant is alleged
to have been sworn 10 at Upton
charging Voss with wife dcsertior.-
Voss, according 10 the police, left home
last September with the Jurgenscn
woman. The two are said TO have gone
10 Canada from Durant and TO have
travelled together all over the north- |
west Shortly after his disappearance !
the Davenport police we're asked TO |
keep on the lookout fer Nos5 and ms
affinity A few days ago they came
TO davenport. TIE DOlics received
tip that they we=s in the city and S,ty
Detective Frank D-ady WIS assiEl-ed
20 the case The nan aEt wonIs
were brought 10 the station shortly
before the noon hour. ECss was in sn
/
arrest. He demanded - krOw the
charge and at first refused 70 accom-
pany the detective without a warrant.
He thought better OF this. however. and
finally consented TO cons to the sta
ton. He claimed it was an outrage"
TO lock him up. and insisted that he
be released at once. Voss also claims
the warrant charging him with desert
ing his wife and has been withdrawn,
and that there IS now no charge
against him in Jackson county. Until ]
this is confirmed he will be held. II
IL is shown that Voss paid the Jurgen- '
sen woman's railway fare when he ran 9
away with her. he may be held to the
federal grand jury under a white slay- {
cry charge. The police are making a c
thorough investigation of the case I
Laura Jurgensen has been in this I
country but a short time. She speaks !
but little English II was she who in v
sisted that Voss bring her back TO
where her brother lives.
The girls brother appeared at the po-
lice station shortly after the arrest
was made and wanted the two liber- c
ated. He stated that they were not Nv {
ing together. and that his sister was p
at his home. '
Favorable Ruling for Girl Worker u
Ely & Bush. attorneys for Gertrude .
Haigh, who was injured a. the White q
Way laundry several months ago. re-
ceived notification Of a favorable rul- a
ing from the Iowa supreme court fol- :
owing an appeal by attorneys for the
laundry. Miss Haigh's hand was
taught in a piece OF machinery. and
'he subsequently settled for SIS. Later
he discovered that her injuries were
more serious than was at first be-
ieved to be the case. but when suit
vas brought for larger sum, IL was
pointed out that she had signed a re-
ease The girls attorneys fled a pc
ftion to which an answer was filed
Ely az Bush then filed reply in which
was contended that the release was
tgned through a mistake. A demur-
er was fled which Judge Theophilus
Verruled. The case vas then ap-
ealed TO the supreme court. Today a
elegram affirmed the ruling OF the
peal judge. Unless settlement Is made
he case will be tried in district court
Licensed TO Wed-Clarence VI. En-
ions. Austin. MINI. IIilda Claunch.
ustin. MINI: Alfred V. Graham.
rinceton. Anna J. Rudolph, Prince |
IN; Arthur C. Els. Pleasant Prairie,
iva. Ella ID. NJ. Duge. Stockton; Emil |
. Schaefer. Davenport, Mae Z. John |
1n. Pleasant Valley: julius Schroeder.
Tue Grass. Ella Riessen. Davenport; |
enry MoltSen, Davenport, Irene lis |
er, Davenport; Frank l.. Peterson. /
avenport, Ella a Hannemann, Wal
III; Edward J. Peterson. Blue Grass. 81
Osa l. Ronnfeldt. Davenport; VIII
am A Meyer. Magnolia, MINI, Hen
eta c. Putnam. Davenport: George els
alveiaRe. Davenport. Hazel McCuI- re,
ugh. Buffalo; Charles G. Schurr Lee
ARE. Olga Schroeder. LeClaire: "a
rank Meyer, Dixon. Thekla Petersen. Ca
lxon; Fred c. Jacobsen. Davenport. no
'uth Dakota. Myrtle Muhs, Eldridge. ste
. fit
Lighting Main Street to BE consid- Ma
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Getting OF the special committee in SCI