Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-08

Drug Robbers at Doctors Office
Drug robbers got but a small loot at
the Office of DR.. P. A. Shrader, Third
and Main street, Sunday. The robbery
was reported to the police and DeteC-
tive John Kinney was assigned to the
case. All drawers in the desks in the
room were ransacked by the intruders
and they went to all three rooms in the
suite. In the rear there is a sort of
an apothecary room, where the ply
stefan keeps a ready supply OF drugs
and medicines. The robbers overlooked
soft opium powders in this room and
also passed up pint OF alcohol, plain
" labeled Dr. Shrader had left his
Offices wide open. Jewelry and wearing
apparel were overlooked. Dr.. Shrader
told the police he had been administer
ing the drug cure to two persons.
They had taken "a supply in advance"
he said. He was informed that the
supposed cure patients were mere
~ using this as ruse to obtain drugs.
DR.. Shrader has been in Davenport
about three weeks, coming here from
Silvis where he had spent the winter.
He had previously practiced in Iowa
many years.
Court to Settle Family Dispute
Four claimants have appeared for the
! insurance money derived from the
death of the late late William Titus, a
| former restaurant man OF this city.
| Three children, James and Bessie
! Titus and Mrs. Verona Swanson. are
! lined up on one side, while the wife
and stepmother of her opponents, Mrs.
/ Minnie Titus, glares balefully from her
/ legal trenches. The three children first
/ filed suit against the Modern Wood
men of America, asking the payment
I of $4,000 on an insurance policy is
sued at Cordova. H., from Oak Park
/ camp there, on Dec. s, 1915, to the de-
ceased Mr. Titus. He died seven days
/ later. Attorneys for the children are
/
came the second wife OF the deceased,
and stepmOther of the original plain
tiffs, and files a petition in interven-
, ton, that the $4,000 belongs TO her,
and that she has been paying assess
ments upon it since August, 1908. Her
attorneys are Clarke & Claussen OF
/ Clinton. In her petition she alleges
that the policy on which her step
children are applying as beneficiaries
was one issued to the deceased in
1908. and that her stepchildren were
made benefciaries, by asking for a
new policy, claiming that the original
had been lost. She claims that the de-
ceased was influenced to change the
beneficiaries, and that at the time the
last policy was issued Mr.. Titus was
lying i'll at the home of one of heI
stepchildren. The Woodmen, through
their attorney, Truman Plants, Of
Rock Island, filed an answer admitting
that $4,000 was due on the policy anC
Judge Let's issued an order that thu
insurance society pay over to the clerl
of the court the amount of the policy
to be held by the court officer, pending
settlement.
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Kerosene In Stove: Face is Burned
A sheet of fame issuing from the opeI
door of a stove, following the throw
ing of the contents of can of kero
sene on the fire, painfully burned thu
face of H. Refer, an employee at tn,
second hand store of Jacob Rubin
stein, SOC West Second street, yester
, day. The fire in the stove was burn
, ing low yesterday morning. ShOrtl.
. after 8 o'clock Refer, the clerk
thought he would give it a good start
He filled up a can with kerosene, ant
J opening the door of the coal stove
threw the liquid inside. A fash o
fame swept out of the open door an
enveloped his head and shoulders. Fir
has no effect on granite and his hea
was therefore uniniured. His face wa
badly burned as were also his hand
!, / and armA