Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
WHISKY LOADED
AUTOS HALTED;
| CAB ESCAPES
Near S11O0 Worth Of Liquor Con-
fiscated and Three Men
Under Arrest
Especial Moline service.)

Especial Moline Service.)
One of four cars loaded with
whisky from Peoria escaped the
Moline police in a gun battle on
Bridge lane at IL o'clock last
night. The Moline tax-cab which
evaded the police and which is
supposed to have been loaded with
! bootleg whisky, is believed to have
swung on the lower road and to
have gone on to Rock Island.
Three other cars which were
halted and searched revealed %
cases of whisky valued at s1100,
hidden in the machines. julius
VanNevel, H. w. Campbell and
/ William GabeI were arrested as
drivers of the three machines and
are being held under $500 bonds
awaiting preliminary hearing at 2
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon in the
Moline police court. Peter Stone,
who was in the Van Newell car, and
Rene Van Haberbeke in the Camp
bell machine, were arrested, but
were released to appear at the
hearings as witnesses.
Two other cars known to have
gone to Peoria Thursday were not
seen, and it is believed that note
ing the excitement on the Bridge
Lane route, their drivers detoured
going either through Rock Island
or by way of Colona bridge.
Gabel's car contained the largest
cargo-22 cases worth, according
to the bootleg scale, 5000. There
Q in
Newell machine. Campbell carried
i've cases.
Police Out in Force.
Police were stationed on Bridge
Lane since yesterday afternoon. The
police patrol and every spare night
officer were placed on duty there
about 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon. Finally Van Newell drove up,
politely asked if he could assist
the officers, whom he evidently
thought were stalled in the road.
and back came the answer from
one policeman who had lifted on
the cover of case of whisky:
Eyes, I'll jump in and you can
drive to the station"
From that time on all cars were
searched. Just before dark Camp
BELLS machine sped along. He was
taken to the station under guard.
At 10 o'clock Cables taXi-cab
came along. Motorcycle Cop Neg
ley accompanied him TO the sta
ton.
a few minutes later another
taxi came down the road An Off
Ger stood in the middle Of the
road. his uniform and star clearly
visible to the driver of the ma
chine. The officer waived to the
machine to halt. Instead the driV-
er opened the throttle and raced
passed at so miles an hour. The
policeman jumped from the road
in time to save his life. The police
car turned and took, up the pur-
suit. Officers fired several shots
and ordered them to stop. One
bullet is said to have punctured
tire, but this did not prevent the
driver from making his escape. It
is thought that he turned into the
lower road and went to Rock Is
land.
Complains of Bandits"
Within an hour a much fright
ened taxi-cab driver appeared at
the Moline police station and ask
ed Chief Ben DeJeager to get after
the holdup men who were busy on
Bridge Lane. Meanwhile officers
were searching tn cab which was
standing in front of the station,
but they found no evidence.
The two other machines that
were expected to come back did
not show up on the lane, although
a faithful watch was kept all
night. They are said to have left
Peoria and have probably I'M
loaded their whisky in local
coaches