Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-19
|!BANOON SEARCH
|pOR ASSAILANTS
island Police Drop Quest. Real
srming opinion That naYen-
porter Was Not Attacked.
aiRkS FoUND on HIS BODY
A.ritics Declare That There Would
:, Indications Of Struggle ii He
Had Been Attacked.

Il ..rsnrinE the search for the al
sssailants Of Arthur F. Neader
davenport. who was rescued by
i Island police after he hattled
| \, IN the waters o. the Mississippi
Z .o- 81 minutes SUNDAY morning.
.,rs-ies .oday reafirmed their
/ ..s,- that Noader was not attacked,
|. he said he was.
5,rf-r toId tho police that he was
|, M an an the main draw OF the Rock
~ bridge SIuCCed. robbed and
" thrown iu The river, police i'm
safely began work on the case To-
\ tAsv nnfrted ont that no marks
=, found on headers body 10 indi-
hat nc Had been sluEEed. that
/. n be hai been attacked so that
I. roglf have been rendered unable
s~h- MS assailauts il would have
- impossible for him to have swum
\. ~ water AZ Tie did when ne was
,rr off. that ~ is entirely prob
/. hat ho was nor slugged that II
ras uor aS DE IS 1870 pounds in
7tt he would have been able to
~, aT tie two men ar least TO the ex-
u thar he could have prevented
~ from throwing him over the rail
of the bridge
Ter. too. police expressed in GER
NJ tones that Investigations showed
ar the water was little Bit 100
Asked vs. interpret the mean
7' the statement. authorities de-
.-s5 that MeaGer might have jumped
~ bridge end then changed his
urrons. Police pointed out that
=.ert noise would have resulted
-n seunlc If Meader was attacked
attract the attention OF the bridge
-sris. The latter heard no commO-
until cries came from Neader af-
y NJ had struck the water.
tesder's condition showed a marked
movement today. He is still AZ St
irhony's hospital where he was TAX
\ after a medical examination at the
lca station Regardless Of how he
11e TO be in the water police say the
w that Ee struggled for life in the
i'd swift stream for a half hour is
Ir-satiCn III itself. and then they go
10 say tina; as he was able TO float
IS likely able % swim on his back
Q thus should have been able 10 have
gsrvei his course so as 70 have
ached one shore OF the other, where
h Be was floating in the middle o. the
.r.zm al Fifteenth street when res
Isl by parTolmen-
Gun TateT is Fined.
0,ly few minor cases were
brought up ia police court today. prin-
pal Of which was the assessment OF
i1e 81 S25 and costs on Frank Cas-
E0 said ru DE from ST. Louis. who
70. picked up by Patrolman Ristau
tr larryiHE concealed weapons. A
IN vas detected in Casinos pocket
willie he was standing near Second
rect and Fourth avenue.
Harry King paid IS on charge OF
assault and battery. preferred Iy
s-eahgn told r1a court King attacked
Elm last night Nature of the trouble
.aVeea the two was not brought out
a The evidence
Three negres-es were each fined IS
AID costs ON charge of dizorderly
conduct They were picked up on The
Streets last night.
. ElaN tent belonging 70 Fred Mar
iT Ta.cl he had pitched on 4 vacant
ira-t "a Eighteenth avenue near
wa. would BE- Second street if cut
'1Folgn was stolen last night he re-
i7'ie1 the theft 10 the police
bicycle found early today at EiEh-
.7e1tl street and Second avenue by
n w.