Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-09
SLAYER IS NOT
HELD BY GRAND
JURY;IS FREED
Henry Denhardt Who Shot and
Killed Louis HeilWagOn is Not
Indicted by Body.
KEITH DOOLEY TO BE TRIED
True Bill is Also Returned Against
Robert Cook for Double MUIR
der in Cafe.

OF AZ cases investigated by the
grand jury for the May term of
circuit court, IS true bills were re-
turned at the adjournment of the
inquisitorial body this morning
Charges against Is individuals in
Is cases were ignored, with the sug-
gSstion to the states attorney tnat
the attention of the justices of the
peace be called to a great part OF
them which should have been set
tied in the justice court.
Most important of the cases lg-
nored by the grand jury was that
of Henry Denhardt OF East Moline,
charged with being the unlawful
slayer of Louis (kleinau) He'll
wagon Shooting and killing or
Heilwagon at the hands OF Denhardt
occurred only recently, and was said
to have been the elimination OF at
tentions on the part of the slain
man to Denhardt's wife. Expecra-
tons were that Denhart would be
indicted by the grand jury and that
when placed on trial he would plead
the 'unwritten law"
Other cases ignored: Henry
Lacot, bribery; Jared Pebbles, wife
and child abandonment, the case be
ing transferred to the county court
and Pebbles held on a capias from
that court; Howard Brown. lar
ceny; Clarence Won Ach, obtaining
~XQney by means of a fraudulent
check; Ed Johnson, negro, assault
with a deadly weapon; Lee Clark,
assault with intent to commit muir
der by cutting; Albert Smith, lar
ceny; Wtadystaw GenderejesHy.
burglary and LARCENY; j. E. Scott,
violation of the barber act; an
drew Sinnett, assault with deadly
weapon. Edward Thielke. aiding in
the escape of Floyd Collins; May
Ward, negress, assault with intent
to commit murder; Earl Frazier
and lila Hodge, burglary and lar
cenry; Agnes MCEacheron and
Charles ScheIlschmitZ, fornication;
Walter d. Baker, obtaining money
under false pretense.
DOOley Is Indicted.
True bills to the number of rs,
some. of which were withheld from
publication due to the fact that
those indicted were either still at
large or out on bond, will be listed
for trial before Judge W. T. Church
in circuit court beginning Monday,
according to Acting States Attorney
Edward l.. Eagle.
Prominent among them is that
indicting Robert Cook on two separ-
ate charges of muTder-the Staying
of Cecil Nesbitt and Mrs. Ida
Woods, the double shooting taking
place in a restaurant operated by
Mrs. Woods ON Third avenue be-
tween Twenty-hTst and Twenty
second streets, on the night of April
81. Cook maintains that he was
drunk and temporarily crazed at
.She time of the crime.
Indictment was also returned by
the grand jury charging Keith
Dooley with assault with a deadly
weapon on the person of Harry Lee,
proprietor of the Oriental Cafe on
Second avenue. between Eighteenth
and Nineteenth streets, the alleged
attack taking place April 5.
Indictments returned follow:
John Casper and John Conne1rs.
Burglary. Charged with breaking
into and entering the A. G. Abra-
ham Candy company of Moline on
April 10, 1919
Clarence Van Dazzle. Larceny of
120 pounds of candy from the Abra-
ham Candy company valued at $50,
April 10, 1919.
Raymond Maher. Forgery. Charg-