Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-01
SHOOT up 4 CAFE
CLOSE TO POLICE
BANDITS At CHICAGO WOUND CIT
ZEN. ROB 70 PEOPLE AND
MAKE ESCAPE

OlAEAkRs ~ As--E 10 l. u
-.-s-sone say a half hour-aster the
MARVEL street police bad received
ao.ice % q restaurant hol6up a block
away. four hishvayuen who
lad engaged IN a revolver battle. shot
ous man and narrowly missed wound
* two others. drove past the police
station In a black limousine with their
boot When the police put in an ap-
pearance the highVaymsn were at
tempting % hold up another restaa=-
an a saort distance away. They es-
caref.
TIE proprietors and patrons OF
Prnferc restaurant az S07 West
Tue.fth street were the victims OF
le holdup. The restaurant j. the
gathering place for the managers.
singers. actors. musicians. ticket sell
srs and lesser lights OF the and 10
cent theatres Of the Ghetto. Sixteen
reu. romeu and girls were grabbing
y bite between shows shortly before
g O'Clock in the afternoon when the
four men stepped iauntiiy inside and
swept ths room with as many revoIv-
e-s.
tflgn Fsyu1an 40. / removed a dia-
mord =tickpin worth $50 from the
re % William SpieEler. the proprietor.
ras- mp a g. sale on the cash register
and Cmu-ied 90 OF sf7
Hard over them diamond earrings.
said the hiEhwayman. turning on Mrs
Ida srieEier-
The earrings were worth 1925. Mrs.
spierier picked up a carving knife.
THE robDer struck her on the right
side % the head with the butt OF his
wea2ou. Mrs. Spiegier fed screaming
90 the rear. She called her 12-year-old I
son Abe. and her l-year-old daughter. /
Evelyn. and pushed them through the
window. with Instructions TO run for /
help.
The hiEhwayman was about TO drag
the little girl back when a bulldog be .
longing 90 the Spiegels Iuuged at him 1
and Bit him IN the leg He shook the I
an nal loose and fred several shots /
40 TO- but missed.
Meanwhile the patrons mad been lin
81 10 against the wall. Adolph Gard
rsr. who runs n nickel show az ia
Tgelfth street. stuffed a diamond
studded watch and chain under a
tabl-cfoth IL was overlooked. Mary
1IANAarAa ~ " U.s. AN1NHH.taA AA--N NAAa-
m0nd ring under a table and saved f.
Hiss Israel. a pianist. turned her dia-
moud ring stone in toward the palm
sac stiH has H. Becky Marsoiia OF
1925 Newberry avenue. singer. sue
ceeded IN slipping a diamond ring I'M
der table
ono Of the men took 1886 from
samuel 4. Cohen Of SOS North west
sru avenue. but handed a penny back
sith the remark
Take this and buy a paper and
read about IT.
Max Kaufman Of eos South Ashland
boulevard contributed 81 and the 9th
sr patrons were relieved OF about SEQ.
Gardner refused to lower his hands to
get his po-ketbook and got a bullet
.hrogEh his left pants leg
The Spiegier children had run
through the alley and into the saloon
y Morris Abrahams AZ s21 Twelfth
street. where they told OF the rob
berg. -. J Brawnsteln. who was IN
tie place. called up the police. Hyman
Goldberg. n bartender. picked up a re- b
Eolvsr and ran towards the restaur- h
Int b
Goldberg saw the four hishwaymen !
smergs from the restaurant They {
lcattersd and opened fire on him The
after fred three shots at them and Z
hen dropped 10 the sidewalk with 4 9
'Eilst In HIS left hip. Jacob Schinman I
y 1902 Twelfth street pursued the 7
'O5bers toward Salgamon street and 4
i-sd several shots at them A bullet ]
rom one OF the robbers revoIvers '
ifted the cap from the head Of Sam T
Weinberg OF 1O4I Fourteenth street. ]
The hishwaymen turned south. jump T
d into a black limousine driven by a J
.sgro. and were driven south past the Z
Maxwell street station I
During the fusiIlade dozens of resi- y
tents % the vicinity were calling up =
BE- police. but none had arrived Cold r
'eFg lay on the sidewalk until pri- v
ate ambulance came c
While the police were obtaining de- A
cripti0as OF the men the highwaymen L
sisureiy drew up in front of the res +
aurant % Alex Miller az 1890 South J
ialsted street Miller drew his pistol =
nd backed them out OF the door. They I
ssped for the machine and again q
rove south. T