Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-10


be introduced by Mr.. Jones will be the
Porto Rican bill, which failed to reach
the house last session.
Ties with that Of Mrs. Mohr. asked
Nicoli for ride in his machine, de-
claring that she had just arrived in
Muscatine on a midnight train and
was walking to her home. She told
him. according TO Nicoli. that she lived
about mile west He continued on
his way with the woman as his pas
senger, the farmer informed the sheriff
but it was not until about four more
miles had been traversed that she
asked TO be allowed to get from the
machine.
Stops at Farm House.
Then she got out and told her bene-
factor that she lived in the farm house
where the machine was brought to a
stop. The place is that of Frank Hub
bard Of Lake township. Familiarity
known as the old Butler place, approx
imately six miles west Of Muscatine.
My two sons live here Mrs. Mohr
told Nicoli. They did not know / was
coming home tonight or they would
have met me at the depot
After thanking him for the ride Mrs.
Mohr walked toward the house while
Mr.. Niooli continued on lis way to his
home. No one stopped there during
the night, according to the Hubbards,
when queried over The telephone by
Sheriff Wiley
1T was not until yesterday that the
suspicious Of Mr. Nicoli became
aroused that he had been the uncon-
scious aid Of q iail-hreaker, Upon
learning Of the escape of Mrs. Mohr
from the county jail he Immediately
communicated with Sheriff Wiley and
informed the official Of the circum-
stances surrounding his homeward
journey to Nichols.
Late yesterday afternoon he came
to Muscatine and reiterated his story of
/ the previous DAYS events.
Bl00dhuuuds on Trail.
Subsequently the two bloodhounds
which we're brought to this city yes
terday from Waterloo at the behest Of
the sheriff were taken to the Hubbard
place, but after apparently picking up
a scent, the animals lost it.
With their intelligent noses endeav-
oring to find clues to the woman, the
two animals invariably ended their
quest in the automobile of Nicoli, a
HupmobiIe coupe. The bloodhounds
demonstrated to the satisfaction Of the
sheriff that Mrs Mohr had been con-
veyed in the Nicoli auto, but aside from
that nothing definite could be ascer-
tanned The woman had apparently
vanished into thin air,
Mrs. Mohr Again.
That Mrs. Mohr is most versatile
woman was again proven. One man
informed Sheriff Wiley late last night
that he had taken her across the Mis-
sissippi river in a rowboat at o'clock
Sunday morning.
1.-THE informant, who refused 10 give
his name over the telephone to the
sheriff, according to the latter, asserted
that Mrs. Mohr had engaged him TO
row her across the river into Illinois,
but after reaching the opposite side of
the river he was told that she would
return the next day to pay him, as she
had no money in her possession.
Little credenee is placed in the re-
port that the escaping woman had been
taken over to Illinois in rowboat,
the sheriff believing that the woman
who was taken in the automobile OF
John Nicoli having been Mrs. Mohr.
And In Muscatine2
Another report that gained cur
reney today was that Mrs. Mohr had
disguised herself as a man In effecting
her escape.
Various residents telepboned Sheriff
Wiley last night and this morning that
man attired In overaIls. black coat
and cap with shoes that resembled
those usually worn by woman, had
appealed for various clothing acces-
series. The man. according to the
telephone calls, IN many respects re-
seu1bled Mrs Mohr's description.
Warning by Sheriff.
Sheriff Wiley, who Is confident that
| the woman is still within the confines
of Muscatine, issued warning today
asking all residents in the county not
| to harbor the woman.
If you do his broadcast warning
asserts. you may find most OF your
home to have vanished In company
| with Mrs Mohr.'
THE sheriff expressed his belief that
| she was being harbored In some home
after having won the sympathies OF
1.-THE owners
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