Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-10
nEATHISDEMAND
Of THE STATE IN
BIC MURDER TRIAL
,ssis,aut County Prosecutor A. c. Ed
wards Asks Jury to Give Dan
ChaSteen the Limit
o,sr TO BE ENDED TOMORROW
n.,.rse Alleges Malice Not Been
shown and Charges in Indictment
Cannot BE Sustained.

a-,atber Daniel Chasteen. East Mo-
.-n switcbman. who shot Hugo AL
~ a. Rock Island road detective
-. sfternoon of Dec. 8, last, in the
a,d nit near Silvis, will be hanged,
,.;ron life imprisonment, sentenced to
aoAnite term in the state peniten
.,s~v or liberated, will soon be deter
,nined BIZ the jury in the sensational
case which is pending in circuit court.
sreumenrs Of counsel started this
r,orujug and the case should get TO
the Jury tomorrow.
An abrupt end TO the testimony came
yesterday afternoon. when II. NJ. Nc
raskriu. of counsel for the defendant,
Suddenly announced that at the re-
opest of the defendant, Mr. Chasteen,
testimony tending to show viciousness
and mental inCapacity on the part of
Alvine. following an injury on the head
received while turnkey at the county
in the daring jail delivery of Louis
Kleinau, would not be introduced.
81 object announced Satte's Attor-
new F. L Thompson, jumping TO his
feet. Are YOU abandoning this attack
because you cannot prove it,
Mr.. McCaskrin in his opening state
ment TO the jury declared that it
would be shown by competent wit
nesses that Mr.. Alvine had been af-
fected mentally by the severe beating
received al the hands of kleinau and
that Alyine, while still suffering from
this mental condition had made an at
tack on Chasteen, pointing a revolver
at him and forcing the defendant to
using his own weapon in self defense.
With the refusal of the defense to
open up this new line of inquiry which
would have probably meant consider
able delay in getting the case to the
jury. as the prosecution was ready to
meet this proposition with scores of
witnesses ready TO testify to the san
ty and good nature OF the slain de-
tective, the trial came to a standstill,
oH0AN-A, al u4LtlAlS vi NOuuS6t-
Women Are Anxious.
Yesterday afternoon the court room
was filled with what court attaches
say was one Of the largest crowds
ever in it. Special benches had been
brought in and scores struggled to get
in. Deputy Sheriff Jesse Hanna. sta
toned at the door. was kept busy
keeping the crowd quiet and when re-
cess time came, had difficulty in keep
Ing the struggling pushing stream OF
oVer-curlouS humanity moving. One
oficious onlOoker who refused to get
out OF the door and insisted on irving
10 stem the tide, was promptly shovel
out Of the way and forcibIy escorte
to the steps and shown the door. l;
vas interesting to note that no part Oh
the audience paid closer attention Il
the recital of the staying of Alvine al
gwen by Chasteen, than the women OF
whom there were a large number
With morbid curiosity they viewed the
bloody garments Of the fallen detec-
tive as they were thrown over the
bench in front of the witness stand.
More character witnesses were plac.
ed on the stand for Chasteen. Mrs. E
+. Cherrill. Silvis; Carl Carlson, East
Moline; Thomas Emmert, Silvis: Har.
ry Harper Silyis; Roy Dicks, Silvis;
L! c. Redland. Silvis; William Nor
gan, Silyis, all testified as to the gooC
reputation Of Chasteen as a peaceablt
and law abiding citizen.
Abandon Attack.
Following the announcement of Mr.
hcCaskrin Of the abandonment of the
attack on Alvine's sanity, the defense
rested. In rebuttaI the state put OF
ofo Haller, former deputy sheriff ant
at present on the Moline police force
VINO testified relative to Alvine's gu1
and cartridges. which were taken b!