Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-26
YOUTHS ARE HELD
FOR STEALLIN; CAR
FaiagbIe Machine Stolen From East
Moline Garage Of George Turner
Three Arrested.

Three lads are IN custody in East
Moline and are to have q hearing this
afternoon on q charge Of stealing an
auto, The boys are Mcclellan, Moody,
colored. better known as Rastus, and
two white boys. Roscoe Mcdonald and
Earl Bobb. They are charged with
the theft OF a valuable machine from
the Ninth street garage operated by
George Turner, This is not the first
difficulty Ill which the Moody boy has
been involved. and the garage owner
says he will prosecute the case vigor~
ously.
| It was at an early hour this morn
ing that the car was taken from the
garage, and some time later the col
ored boy was picked UP in Rock Is
land on a charge of operating a taxi
cab without 8 chauffeur's license
When Rock Island police learned that
the car had ben stolen, the East Mo-
/ line police were notified and the boys
were turned over to The East Moline
authorities.
Magistrate Niles this afternoon held
/ the boys to the grand jury under $500
/ bail each on charges Of burglary and
/ larceny. They admitted taking the
car, valued at $1,000, but said they
/ did not mean to steal it, but merely
took it to drive q couple to Rock
Island.
Carries Gun; Fined.
r. M. Freeman, A. G. McF'adden and
Frank Johnson were celebrating
/ Christmas together in East Moline
yesterday. and a feature Of their cele-
bration was indulgence in liquor.
Johnson appropriated the question
naire issued to MeFadden, as a Joke,
1t Is said, and disappeared. McFad-
/ den reported the matter to the police.
Soon afterward Freeman was found
ti0urishing a gun and it is said he was
threatening to get" someone. Ali
three OF the young men were round
ed up and Freeman was found to be
carrying revolver in his pocket. This
morning the three had hearings be-
fore Magistrate A. a. Niles. Freeman
was fined $25 and costs on q charge OF
+ carrying. concealed weapons and Nc
Fadden and Johnson each paid IS and
costs.
Ten men arrested on charges of be-
ing intoxicated were fined s. and costs
each.
Workman Is Injured.
7. Jones, known generally as Daddy
Jones, was severely hurt in an acct
dent this morning while on his way
TO his work at the Root & Wander
WORT plant. He stepped off q culver
near Sixth street along the railway
tracks, and q cut was inflicted in hiE
scalp and his hip was injured. He wa!
attended at the East Moline pslice sta
ton and then removed in the Moline
L city ambulance to a hospital. lie hal
g been roomjng at Seventh street ana
Fifteenth avenue.
Asks To Be Arrested.
b. Patrolman Frank Maberry was tray
cling his beat yesterday when an ei
DERBY man who apparently had had ;
joyous Christmas called TO the officer
Young man. I've had too much liquo
and ! want to go to the calaboose," h
said Go ahead" said Maberrr, an,
he started on his beat. concluding tina
the old man was still able to TAX
care Of himself,
Say, young man, I've had too mucl
whisky, and I want to be locked ur
We're paying you police, We taxpay
6 ers. and it's w to you to do you
7 duty I want to go to the calaboose
young man Now do your duty"
Mulberry did as he was told. and III
old man slept off the effects of hi
indulgence in a station cell