Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-01
TWO ARE INJURED
IN DRUNKEN FIGHT
Cutting ARRAY in Silyis Ends With
Several Hurt and Four IN
custody.

Two men were seriously wounded /
and one or two others slightly in
jured in free-for-all battle with
knives. staged about $50 this morning
in the iaborers' box ear colony in the
Snvis railway yards Of the Rock Is
land road. near Twelfth street Incl
dentally the case has brought an echo
Of "a recent murder In the Silyis yards,
one Of the men involved in the ARRAY
being a cousin of BaIdello Pallon, who
was slain the night Of June 80
The seriously wounded
Felix Lopez. said to have been at
one time a lieutenant in the army Of .
Francisco Villa in Mexico He is SUI
fering from a deep stab in the left
side. another cut in the breast and a (
slash at the side of his left eye.
Cyrelo Sandabol Wound nearly I
three inches long across the neck. NO
large artery severed, knife just miss
ing one at the left side.
Names of the others injured were +
not secured by the authorities
Nick Agile, wAD summoned the Off
GERS, is in custody OF East Moline
police. as are Lopez and Sandahol, and
fourth man whose name has not
been learned, is in custody Of the sill
Wis village marshal. Four others
were arrested by Marshal Bahnks Of
Silyis after the ARRAY but they were
released. the officers being convinced
that they had little knowledge of The
affair
Yesterday was the railway pay day
and many Of the laborers, it appears,
INDUCED heavily in liquor during the
evening At $50 a call came to East
Moline police that man had been
murdered in the Yards and patr0lmen
hurried to the scene in the police
auto. when they sarrived they found
Lopez in a corner of d box car, Sc
liously wounded and at first he APP
peared to he dead. Nearby was San
dabol The police say there were a
dozen or more in the party. including
women and children. and all were in
toXicated TO a greater or less degree.
Information given the police was
that Lopez had been stabbed by some
assailant not yet identified He had
gone then 10 the car occupied by
Agile. who had ordered Lopez out at
the point of rife Lopez was car
rying knife Agile says that when
Lopez left his door he turned on San
dabo and stabbed the latter. Agle
went to a phone and reported the al
fair to the police. The man arrested
by Marshal Blanks was taken IN
charge because his clothing was COW
cred with blood and it was believed
he knew OF the affair.
; DIT. G. F. Johnson dressed the
, wounds OF the two men seriously hurt
This morning charges were filed in
the court of Magistrate A. A. Niles
in East Moline and continuance TAX
en- to this afternoon in order to per
: NIT the states attorney to be repre-
, scented in the case and to secure ser
vices of a Mexican interpreter
Coroner j. g. Miller of Rock Island
{ was summoned because of the first
. report that a man had been muir
r dered. It was learned that Agile was
? 4 cousin OF the victim of the murder
D in June. and that at least one Of the
t men involved in this mornings bat
, tie was concerned to some extent in
1 the murder case. Information given
r. the coroner today was that a certain
c man paid the murderer Of Pall0n $2t
= to commit the crime. Coroner Miller
devoted the day to investigating the
5 new phases Of the PallOn murder
% brought to light At the time of tn.
= PalIOn murder the corOner's jury evi
e dence showed that Manuel Serbantes
b was the last to have been with PallOr
a before the latter was slain. Serbantei
4 disappeared, but the next day he wa
0 arrested in Davenport and found car
e rving d gun For toting a gun in low
,, he went TO the penitentiary for TIVE
= years and he is now serving his sen
F. tence. No charge Of murder has beer
e brought in this county against him
and the case it is understood, ha3
never been presented to the gran,
jury Should tOday's investigation re
=. veal new evidence it is possible tina
= steps will be taken looking TOWARD
the return of Serbantez here for
k hearing
e Motive for the Staying of Pallon ha
g always been a mystery. Nor is an,
VI explanation offered as to the reason
:, why any one should have paid Pal
a Ions murderer $50 to commit tn
e crime
e Agile today talked freely of bot
e the cutting affair Of the night and o
J. the murder of his cousin and gossi
he had heard concerning the murder
He declared he had no fear Of ven
geance upon him for any possible &C
tiyity in bringing the murderer to jus
tce He is part Mexican and Chero
kee Indian and was born in Mexico
lie he says He has been here less tina
a month and was in California, h
IS says wien his cousin was murdered
Many times, in referring to Pallon,
ID spoke of the murdered man as m
brother, instead of cousin
Two Others Drunk.
IS Two others were arrested in Silvl
last evening by Marshal Bahnks 0
- charges of being drunk and disorderl.
One, a fireman on the Rock Islam
r with headquarters in Blue Islant
Il booked as John Doe, paid fine {
s. and costs at midnight session {
police court The other remained /
the village Jail over night to sobC
up. He is to have hearing today
o. JUDGMENT ENTERED.
on Judge G. O. Dietz today formally ei
ry tered judgment against, Mrs Ann
he N the Salt44 of na0 fox