Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-28
HOLDUP YOUTHS
ARE BOUND over
Two YOunC Men Held 90 Grand Jury
on Larceny Charge-Both Placed
Under Sl,500 Bond.
DID RUSHING BUSINESS. Is CLAIM
Are Alleged to Have Decoyed Men
Into AIIeS Wis Promise Of a Girl
and Then Robbed Them.

Walter Johnson and Walter Decker,
Rock Island youths. are languishing
in jail as the result Of being bound
% the grand jury this morning by
Magistrate c. J. Smith on the charge
Of larceny.
Business was rushing for these two
boys Saturday night. it appears, for
they are alleged to have held up and
robbed one person after another be
fore they were arrested at 1890 by
Detective Tom Cox and officer Gin
name
Decker. who is young. and small for
his age. is charged with acting as the
come-along. The scheme, as carried
ont by Decker was told in police court
ny 4 +. Frisk of Rock Island and
Cornelius Cunningham of Gregory,
IOwa-twO of the victims. Decker,
they each claimed. aCCosted them, and
after talking a bit told them about d
voune woman he had around in the
alley that he would like for them to
meet. He then led them TO dark al
ley and turned into it. After they
were well away from the street they
we're suddenly hurled to the ground by
some individual in the darkness, who
II is believed was Johnson. but whom
neither of the victims could positively
identify in court. However. the pO-
lice feel sure of their man Each of
the men was robbed and which was
the the first victim is not known, but
FTisk. after getting away. hurried
down Third avenue in search of
policeman He found Detective Cox
and officer Ginnaue and they imme-
diately got busy on the case.
About an hour after they had got
- Of
standing in 4 dark alley in the
vicinity of Twenty street and
Third avenue. Decker and Johnson
came racing down the alley. John
sons face was bleeding the police say,
and he hurried 10 a bucket of water
hanging on an ice wagon standing in
the alley and started washing his face
II was then the two bows were placed
under arrest by the officers When
making the arrest Decker whipped his
hand out of his pocket and Detective
Cox heard something drop on the
ground. He asked the youth what it
was and he replied Nothing" On in
vestigating, with a fashlight the de
toctive found 81. They were taken to
the police station and locked up and
given hearing this morning.
Other Victims Appear.
fidIHly IdU Jue ITldl Deen com plet-
ed, with the judges decision to bind
them over under 81 800 bonds, whent
Mexican by the name of Frank Whip
son, who gave his address as Daven-
port, appeared, caught sight Of the
two youths and declared they we're the
ones who had led him into an alley
Saturday night, had then given him a
beating, but found he had no money
He showed a ell-blackened eve as
evidence Of the beating he received at
their hands
After the youths had been placed in
their cells J. z. Leveridge came into
the Office Of Desk Sergeant Flanagan
and said he was just from the harvest
fields, and then followed with a story
about how two young fellows had
held him up and robbed him. But
when questioned he said he did not
want TO prosecute them, but that he
wanted to find his folks, his brother
Frank in particular. Sergeant Elan
nigan thought he was a little too I'M
steady on his feet and ordered him
locked up to see il he couldn't give /
more tangible story Of the holdup aft |
erward