The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-01

\. Geyefal nock Islaad followers Of
~ AteeeAinsD q IL 1ats Pastor
1Ina1ol have tAlEsa exception to an
o15oGG6 suggeGf3oa that moonshin-
~ would red he works Of the
1a1o eminent So1l91ous man.
e ~ been inferred In telephone
en(IB received by The Argus that
thi0 paper cast detrimental sugges-
49, ppou the teachings Of the
lfto<PoGtor Russell and up0n his
f6lIolRG1s n the publication Of N
\ aSticlo n Tuesdayis Issue relative
70 : raid ON Z moonshine den in =
wnoded hollow In the heart Of the
city.
6fsvsn Rodooovich, formerly Of
K6wAnes, was arrested ct the den
~ the police Monday evening. and
tho higgest moonshine outlay In
~ history Of this community was
u4coyered.
v Argus 6Atsd Facta
In chDonicling the facts Of the
case, The Argus gave . word de-
seription OF the house, It's contents
anA surroundings.
Il was stated that q picture OF
Christ and one of Pastor Russell
were found on the wall, together
with Z number Of cards with re-
ligious printings. and that also a
bible and numerous volumes OF re-
ligious works we're found. 1t was
mentioned that. due to the find
ing Of these articles, that Rodono-
vich or his friends were evidently
Of . religious nature. In short,
The Argus handled the case &C
cording to Information at hand.
A Receive Complaints.
.rOne complaint received today
was to the effect that this paper
cast reflections on the religious
Views Of . woman. Neither The
Argus nor the police we're in pos
session of knowledge that q wom-
an ever lived In the house. The
person making the complaint. how
ever. asserted that the house was
owned by q man by the name of
Thompson and that the religious
works were the possessions Of his
wife. This paper was also called
to task on the charge Of inferring
that . moonshiner would read re-
hgi0us works.
Little Learned Of Thompson.
A man giving his name as J. H.
Hayes called over the telephone
and registered . complaint. He
referred to Henry Frank, 110z
Twenty-sixth street, - . man who
would be able to tell Of Thompson
and clear up the alleged stigma.
A telephone call to the Frank
residence was answered by Mrs.
Frank, who said that her husband
could not come to the telephone
but that she really knew more
about the 'Thompsons than hel
husband.
She said that she did not know
Th0mpson's first name, but that b.
and his wife and child came t,
Rock Island about two years age
and he is . teamster and hors
trader. She said that he built tn
house in the hollow with barn &C
commodations underneath tn
house for several horses. She sal
that the Thompsons leave the cit
In the summer to allow Thompso
70 90 on grading work. and tina
they return in the fall.
Nay Have Rented House.
She said that they left last Apr
to 80 on some grading work, b,
was unable to say vhether or n,
Thompson rented the house to Il
men. one of whom was arrestt
for moonshining.
Mrs. Frank said she knew MI
y Thompson and that 1t was the Ia
te-'s religious books that the o
a lice found In the house. She ma
no complaint of the article pu
lished in The Argus Tuesday.
No more arrests have been ma
by the police in the moonshi
case. United States Commission
7. P. Sinnett has ordered that
articles found iE the house Dc
tanning to the making of moo
shine whisky be confiscated and 4
st1Uyed.