The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-28

- etr3cken, Mrs. Ceci1ie Co.,
davenport bsstsiy ~ n
80 stsnd this morning 81 d.
5ss q her son. Norris, who, with
21ann Convell, u charged with
1ifing Morris NafblsstonA
~ Ialand paWnbruk1S, with IN
8 rob and mufdar.
sS;sfs streaming down her
~ Nrs. Costello Pleaded for
q -. She rsitFatsd on the
|51Iud 10 plea she made to Chief
! pnilce Tom Coz when ~ told hef
u ~ might 20 TO prison for 20
5ara Or even life. q
\ n IN 70 In his p1ace.s sAe sAid..
~ vill b greater suffering for me.
" ronain behind.
d Conposing herself with . marked
lIoft Mrs. Costello repeated what
S1rris had told her when he II Al
lr1a q have admitted completely
SfjoDA day, mother, you will learn
iS6f / am innocent"
~ defense lost both it, objec-
1fns 10 admission Of the confession
/ ~ evidence and the calling Of Harry
0ekroedm to the stand BY the court.
~ state opposed to calling
{ehroeder, who was one Of the party
~ fonr said to haveNbeen implicated
Is the act, as its witness because
y would have left It without 0ppor-
unity to cross examine.
Schroeder Testlies to Court
schroeder occupied the stand yes
19day afternoon. He said the plot
3 raid the Marblestone establish
imeut was made In Davenport and
tHst the four came to Rock Island in
4 machine driven by Costello. This
.Vas the morning Of April Is. Leav-
~ the car in Costello's charge
nore than a block from the pawn
hop, three of them. Schroeder.
sConwell and Russell. went to the
Dlace Of business in the guise Of
tustomers, he said. While Marble
stone was taking down a. pair Of
shoes from a shelf, he was attacked,
6chroeder admitting he welded the
blackjack The trio escaped with
out taking any valuables..
Schroeder stated Marblestone was
selected by them because it was re-
ported he handled large quantities
Of valuable stones, particularly dia-
nords, and they thought the under
taking would be easy. He admitted
that Costello might not have been
s1ully informed of their plans. Co.'S
tello has always maintained he did
not know all the scheme.
l Neither Costello or Conwell took
ME stand, except in the absence Of
The jury when arguments were
hard on the admission of the con-
4essfon. The court held that that
art of the confession pertaining to
~ trial was admissible.
4 Concluding arguments were be-
IN shortly before noon. Attorneys
tbf the defense base their case on
Ne grounds that Costello was inno-
eent Of what was to transpire and a
Slain that Schroeder has attempted
70 get of easy by making the others
he goat" The confession is at
Hacked on the grounds that third de-
Efee methods were used to induce
Ne youths to throw themselves on
NE mercy Of the court.
Pleads for Client
I Attorney P. r. Ingelson, who
With John K. Scott, is counsel for
Costello and Conwell, pleaded
With the jury to recognize
re position of Mrs. Costello. He
lserted no evidence had been in
hoduced to question Costello's
palm that he was without
knowledge Of what the others were
6oing to do, and held that both boys
ne entitled to the chance to re-
4eem themselves.
He bitterly attacked what he
armed laxity Of the state in not
occurring the arrest of Russell, who
y pictured as now roaming the
country at large without fear Of ap-
rehension. He charged response
iity for the crime rests with
schroeder, the "squawker," and
With Russell.