Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-12
MORE TRUE BILLS
ARE RETURNED BY
THE GRAND JURY
l. M. Magill, Ben Schriver, o.
L. Bruner and William
Brough are Indicted.
CONSPIRACY IS CHARGED
alleged That officials Accepted Money
For the Release Of Prisoners
From County Jail.
INDICTMENTS RETURNED.


Lawrence ~. maaiII, Ben Sehriver
ard william 5roush, conspiracy.
Lawrence N. masiII. Oscar L. 7run-
o. ard Ben sehriVer. conspiracy.
Lawrence ~. MasiIl and Oscar L.
z-vner. conspiracy and bribery.
Lawrence NJ. masill. Oscar L. Brun-
81 and Ben Schriver. bribery.
lawrence NJ. MagiIl. bribery.
Above are the indictments returned
bv the grand jury in a partial repO<
which was made to Judge r. W. Ohm
sted in circuit court shortly after the
mon hour. Bail was fixed in each in
stance az $500 for each defendant.
In ali OF the cases il is alleged that
defendants paid the officials in ques-
ton money for their release from the
county Jail before trial
The Charges.
Former States Attorney Magill. Ben
Sehriver and William BrOugh. deputy
sheriff. we're indicted for conspiracy.
The witnesses before the grand jury
we're {. Temmerman. Mary Temmer-
nan. G. W Gamble. {. Isaacson. Rene
Tan Spreybroeck- II j. alleged that
on June Il. 1912. CAMEL Temmerman
vas arrested on a complaint sworn
cut before Police Magistrate {. J.
Smith. the defendant being charged
with burglary and larceny and that he
vas held 10 the grand jury II is
charged that Temmerman paid the
sum Of S135 for his escape from prose
eution and 10 prevent the presentation
o. the case 10 the grand jury. II is
charged tlat Mr. Schriver. attorney
FOR Temmerman. filed an information
n county court where Temmerma1
plead guilty and was fined 81 and
costs. but that the matter was never
presented TO the grand jury.
Mitchell Case.
In the Indictment brought against
L NJ. Msgill. Oscar l.. Bruner and Ben
seariver. charging conspiracy. it is al
legged that on May %. 1912. a COM |
Ilaint charging J. y. Mitchell and |
Thomas Mitchell with resisting an Of /
fieer, vas filed in the court Of Police I
Magistrate {. J. Smith and that the I
latter held him 20 the grand jury and I
that he paid the sum OF 800 TO 1
Buner and Maziil for his escape on I.
June Il. 1912. II is charged that after I
The escape Of the prisoner an informa- I
ton was filed in court on October 5. /
1921 but the papers were not served A..
or an attempt made 10 apprehend the
prisoner. Witnesses before the grand /
Jury in this case we're Carrie Peters.
William Mitchell. 3. F Fetterman.
Walter Kittelson. J. n. Cleland. c.
saacson and G. ". Gamble
fonda Matter.
The true bill returned against Ma
Eli and Bruner. charging conspiracy
sad bribery, is based upon the Alfred
The grand jury were Alfred fonda.
Frank Teiger and c. VI. Isaacson. Il
is charged that there was filed in
county court an information on May
81 1872 against Alfred fonda. charg-
ing him with operating a house of i'll
fame in the Commercial hotel building
Do Seventeenth street A capias for
his arrest was issued and II is alleged
hat tae defendant entered into an
agreement with fonda that for the
sum Of 800 the prosecution would be
dismissed and his escape from jail per
nitted. u is alleged that there was
withheld from the clerk a true return
lpon the capias.
Charge Bribery.
Ar. Magill was indicted alone, on a
'1bery charge in the Temmerman
'ase- Il is charged that on June p.