The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11
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! " Dsc. 11.-wIth : man
y Rubenstesn sAfely !
~ ~ in ct Carthage. III,
na partiAlly identified o
story fails to Oonvince
7Sglfjes that he ID not the
ia the shot that ended
Robert Ewearingen on
r ~ county jail 1t Kso-
~ the unfaveiing Of the
S1fder case seems Nearer
!. - time since the time Of
.Is,s1Iin vas arrested yestef-
Fl ri vas placed in the jail q
ssssSa Word was Immediately
1nefi6 Fleming. who was
~ ire In Keokuk. Fleming
49, 70 70 from Keokuk to
ss511p today and pick up the
a. mi Il he answers the descrip-
Y the man wanted and ID un-
~ = 1fcduce an alibi he will be
f1At 70 Aledo.
SSl !. Who WAS arrested In Keo-
y tofether with his wife on last
iis1sdsy, for child abandonment,
sfs hivirg been In Aledo on
- aieht Of the murder, but denies
ii 4 the guilty man. He tells
ipliow:pg story:
M IA Csdar Rapids, Iowa. and
~ d Davenport or Rock Island.
~ time left Cedar Rapids my
- ~ With me. She LETT me at
ns Rsbidp and went to Keokuk,
m / took the Rock Island
800 ito Aledo. l arrived Ia
~ about 1870 or 2 o'clock on
31nAsday, think, and took a
M to the fairgrounds. I was at
= islr grounds all afternoon up
7 about 1880 or II o'clock
1el1esday night. Then went to
- apd vent to restaurant and
r Du11ethins to eat. From there
IVeat over to the hotel and asked
~ ! room. Finding no room |
n the hotel and started back
IN ne street. I went a block
= and turned south, when |
lnM shooting in a building on the
cDosits side Of the street. l saw
ina run out Of the building with
|trn ID his hand. l did not see
III o.hses run out, at that time,
II man went west around the
urnsf and got into q car. As he
| lgve away he fred a shot through
| u back curtain Of the car. There
/ = one other man in the car and
| II top was up. 1t was about then
| II | think l received a wound on
| y noe. l do not know whether
|kvu caused by a shot or by .
| Ia Of brick or something hitting
II After the man had driven
ny stayed around with the
| Ineh that had gathered. l talked
iChief d Police Reed at the time
u asked him if he knew where
lpsld get a room. He said no,
Iinald try the hotel or 60 out to
r hir grounds. l saw the sherih
~ down the stairs after the
laing. | hung around for a
NJ and then went out to the fair
sads. | walked out there. I
NM met anybody going out but
Fl txo night watchmen outside
q pta They asked me what my
oiaaes vas and l told them l
ND to sleep in the fair grounds
llsht. They searched mo and
~ Of the men, an old man,
\ ne ! rife and helped patrol
~ evssds. l had told them what
I h1W Of the shooting. After .
tHA about 1 o'clock l guess l
Ut over to a tent, where thresh-
4 nltAines we're, / think it be-
oed 10 Ralph Thede and q kid
~ loaned me q sweater and gave
! cot to sleep on. l was dis
M several times in the night by
police coming in to look
lllad. The next day I went into
10 md got my breakfast at the
Alfant and took the Rock
~ Southern out to Monmouth.
IN there l went to Galesbufg.
p to Quincy and then to Kso-
y visited my folks ut Quincy.
Old TIE watchman the same story
Y ! have told YOU"
Ah wife, Q frail little woman.
% u the mother OF seven chill
aisn, told Z story that correspond
~ no way with that OF her hus-
- Although Red has never pro-
9 home for her, and her life
~ her marriage with him has
one Of trouble she refused to
ve that he had been implicated
u! way with the murder except
- ne vas here at the time. She
sne had never known him to
gun. and if he had ever
~ poker she had never known
y She said she did not know
40 was even in Aledo until
70 her the following story:
Ussf leaving her at Rock Is
70 sad that he went to Aledo
fred Sweuiker. He said that
~ swearingen. whom he had
~ ior . number Of years, and
1ed him up to his room for q
ne said he did not play, but
I'VE 10 the room. He did not
sy OF the men In the rooms.
aa taat he did not play in the
Ausr being in the room for
70 san that someone knock
ue door and that Swearingen
- me door and someone pok-
ea IN. The man then came
uaed them all up with their
" the door and ordered them
uear hands up above their
-. - 'aid that Swearingen started
ana then bullets went In
S..ect'on. One Of the fellows
Up the money and went
4 we door A u ,~~r lie ~ 3N