Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31

time Of the shooting, and y y
opinion Of all these men tha
was mentally unsound
| Earl Cummings, grand lar
| Convicted May IA, 1913, ssnte
May "a, 1918, ~ Feformatf
/ Pontiac, ] To 10 years
Harry Hopkins, assault
! tent 10 murder Convicted
1918, sentenced May IS. Il
reformatory at Pontiac. 1
f years.
Dec q. 1917, the defendant
! John Henry Williams. The
+ bullets entered williams head
I of them through the bridge Of
nose directly between the eyer
other through the inside cornt
/ the right eye Williams and
kins had an argument on the
ming Of the zsth about 9 &C
+ which amounted 10 little but
I kins seemed aggrievsd over the
come Of it and lay In wait for
kins.
! Reitah PoweIs, bigamy. q
victed March IL, 1918, prona
March IS 1918.
Dick Brewer. burglary and H
ceny Convicted May 20. 1918.
united to probation May %, I9t
Arthur Barnes, grand Iarct
| Convicted MAY Is. 1918, seuteu
May I3, 1915, 10 psHiteut.ary, 4
10 years.
William SchilIecker, assam
with invent % murder. ConYie' T
sept. %, 1918. sentenced Sept +
1918, to penitent!ary. ] to u yea
The defendant a man about 20
years old, resided near the vif&
Of Hampton. His half broth z
George W. Johnston, also rssbl
in Hampton There had been som
family trouble between the two III
some time On the morning Of Md
p Johnston was on his way fros
Hampton to the Silyis railroad
shops where he was employed lis
usual route was down the MiIWau=
kee tracks. On this occasion be
was accompanied by David Patton
and Steve Odeil Shortly after be
left Hampton. the defendant raises
himself up from behind SOM
bushes armed with a shotgun add
ordered the other men 90 get oa
Of the way, stating that he was go-
ing to get Johnston. He fired ths
shotgun at Johnston and spriuklsd
his legs and body with shot
Robert Mulcahy murder Con
yicted Oct 10, 1918. sentenced Oct
26, 1918. TO penitentiary, Is years
Aug. 8, 1918. at a. u. Mulcahy vas
accosted in Garnsey square in Rock
Island, by police officer Harry Lib
man and was told to go home al
the time MulCahy was in CompauJ
with Esther Johnson, a woman b
the streets. The two were drink
ing in the square al the time and
when Officer Libman ordered then
TO leave the square an altercatioH
arose between MuIcahy and Lila.
man and the officer was knocked
down and brutaliy beaten by Null
cahy. Libman died as a result OF
his injuries. MulCahy was en-
ployed as a painter at the Rock Is
land arsenal and was apprehended
there at his work in the afternoon
of the same day When brought %
the police station. and before be
knew of Officer Libmans death, be
made a complete statement Of the
alteration. MuIcahy took the Of
ficer's club, gun and searchliIgat
to his home with him. lie pleatid
guilty,
James Polk. murder. Convicted
Sept. 10, 1918. sentenced Sept ts.
1918, to penitentiary. % years.
James Polk and William Harvey
were boarding in Rock Island and
were employed in this locality.
July 81, 1918, in the residence et
2502 Fourth avenue. Rock Island.
they became involved in q quarrel
over a woman. During the quarrel
Harvey, the deceased, armed him
self with a knife. and James Polk
armed himself with a reyolver
They continued the quarrel in the
back yard OF this premises and on
into the alley at the rear OF The
premises. At the time of the
shooting the parties were some teB
feet apart, facing each other and
according 10 the witnesses boA
were standing still. Two disinter-
ested witnesses said that Polk and
Harvey had approached each other
to this point when they both stop (
ped and quarrellcd for an instant.
and then Polk fired two shots a.
Harvey. striking him in the abdo
men, he shot passing through Ae
intestines Polk turned AROUND.
walked out Of the alley back OF tht
premises from which they haa
come, left town and went 70 Peoria.
Harvey was taken 10 the hosp a