The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-17
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DOCTOR JAILED and OFFICER
|, BEATEN INDAvENPORT FRAY

On the tide of the Head by, the butt
o. IL run IN the hands Of Oedin8.
BenAdom ana others are said then
TO have taken part in beating the
constable.
Ten minutes after Benadom had
been taken to the police station an
emergency call for the ambulance
waS sent in from the Oeding home.
where the man had Ned after the
nght. He was taken to Mercy hos
pital under the care Of DR.. George
Braunlich, who found that one Of
the two bullets that had hit the
man had entered the LEFT chest and
passed straight through and lodged
underneath the skin In the back.
The other bullet struck . glancing
blow on . rib and emerged under
the right armpit.
At the same time Dr.. Benadom
WAS put under arrest Constable
Thelemann was taken to the police
station in Q half conscious condi-
ton. He was treated Ut the house
Of detention BY DR.. Fred Lambach,
who found NO fractures on the.of-
flcer's head, where there were sew
sfal cuts and evidences Of his hav-
ing been kicked. Heel marks show
cd about the face. However, 1t
was said today that Thelemann's
injuries have not hindered him from
being about
While DR.. Benadom denies hav-
ing instigated or taken part in the
assault on Thelemann, the latter
claims that Oeding first came at
him on Benadom's orders.
Thelemann went to the bar to
! serve legal papers on Benadom in
a Judgment for $173.37 issued from
the court of Justice w. w. Scott.
The story told by DR.. Benadom
that he and others in the place
had lirst seen Thelemann when he
entered the place with q pistol in
his hand and thought him q holdup
man, is also denied by the con-
stable.
The officer claims that he was in
The place for several minutes be-
fore the fight started. Benadom
was busy at the bar and the con-
stable waited for some minutes and
then called Benadom to the end of
the rail. He showed his star, he
said, and started to read the notice,
but was interrupted by a burst OF
profanity from the proprietor.
In the meantime Oeding began to
draw closer and was ordered by the
officer to keep away. Thelemann
put his hand on the revolver in his
;; pocket Benadom hurried to the
other end Of the bar taking an auto
matte revolver from its hiding
place, saying:
I'VE don't give a damn for your
gun. We have guns Of our own
down here" and sliding the weap-
on toward Oeding he told the lat
/ ter to take this and 60 get him."
Oeding grasped the gun and
started toward the constable, and
was again warned away, according
to the constable's story of the af-
fair. However, Oeding kept coming
closer and the constable pulled the
trigger of his revolver. which he
had withdrawn from his coat.
The constable's memory Of en-
suing events is hazy, but he recalls
being attacked by both Oeding and
Benadom, and on being beaten to
the floor felt the impact Of boots
on his face and head. Recovering
partially, on his assailants leaving
OF in their assault, he left the
place and called the police.
Police Get Busy.
| Benadom was arrested at his
home, where he had gone after the
fight, and Ohncers Blickhan and
Rodgers found three witnesses tt
the battle. They were Henry Den.
ger, 1914 West Sixth street; J. A
Cox, 1882 West Sixth street, and
Ivan Mast.up, r. r. No. 2, Daven.
port. They could not remember
who. what or why relative to the
battle, and we're released after an
hour Of fruitless questioning.
/; Dick Snyder, q park policeman
! was on the scene when the fighl
started, but he ned through The
door at the sound Of the first shot
according to the admission he made
to Night Captain Schlueter, who
made an effort to get some infor.
nation from him relative to thu
battle.
Il was there, but when they
started to shoot l got out" Snyder
told Captain Schlueter. II dom
like gun play and when anyone
starts 1t where am, ] leave. That's
what did tonight. l don't know
anything about the details Of the
fight"
Constable Thelemann has been in
Office only two weeks, having taken
over the duties Of the retiring con.
stable. ]. w. Mullen. on Jan. l. He
was sent out Saturday night BY
Justice Scott to serve the notice OF
execution on DR.. Benadom.