The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-06

,dup Of Stephens Park
Rsplsts With Melo-
dramatic Thrills.

sI,odramatic hokum and havoc
as5seI az the James brothers and
moyies. with a smattering OF
a comedy. attended the holding
q 4 Stephens Park street car
q nirht at Seventh street and
~ seventh avenue, the end Of
car line. j..
Al intrepid playwright with an
~ scent for the elusive plot
"a could have discerned the A.
aHcial possibilities Of the grip
a melodrama, "A Woman's Re-
~ or The Great Street Car Rob
75.s or the rib scratching COM
~Pay as You Leave" in one
ono scene and one object In
31v. which in this instance prov
r i pair Of persuasive pistols.
tRld Of the line; all QUIT" yelled
nductor Charles Fraser. 1919
Ilesuth street, Moline, as the ris-
VI curtain would have revealed
faithful street car in the act Of
eharging its passengers. Time
IN D, m. Serves 'em right for
~ out 90 late,'' was all the SYM
ny the six Moline passengers
= today, but that is something
- again.
Second HOldup Of Trip.
| Dicking to the plot, 1t was the
| ncond holdup on the trip. Eight
tnes six equals 48-cents, to be
Nocse. The passengers would
~ yielded a nickel apiece with
~ 1 tremor, but the additional
hees cents each was regarded q
1ol1up, which proved to have been
w ! rehearsal, for when the sex
M were about to alight from the
dectric gondola, three masked gun
/ tDtGFS confronted them with a grim
G1Dhy Of firearms.
Thsn the plot took . turn for
~ worse. The chief comedian.
Ib1nfman Gust Engels. COL Thir-
hath avenue, Rock Island, was
II ouly member of the cast who
II come prepared for the she'll
IT. for after the robbers conf
md to fork over cash, he yield
4 bio entire capitalize cents.
mt would have ELECTED q big
hsA wouldn't it?
~ plot thickens a. Conductor
&nef, leading man, who carried
fWening's proceeds in his blue
G saw relief from his financial
oens and yielded the stickup
lhins $3.50 of his own and
! belonging to the producers, the
MCty Railway company. Only
ling men are known to carry
M sums of money.
Dirty Work Begins.
snapping eyes cleaned impishly
afough the Sits in three black
1aaks after the conquest Of the
eading man and chief comedian
NO Of the villains backed the rest
4 The supporting cast along the
nacks outside with their revolv-
- ready to remove a protrudine
ackhead at the Slightest tremor
& resistance, while the third
1nvy man" went through the
ms land there were three) pock-
III
one Of the "supers." whose name
ah not be found on the program
the police as an encore that
- 1lay had set him back a FIVE
g Another super" got by fol-
Amg-on a pass, it would seem
H.ey Peal, end man, 399h Elev-
uA street, and a son of Traffic OF.
Eer Bert Peal, Moline, couldn't
uauibute to the fund for Bandits
hslins Babies.
Leading Lady EmOtes.
10 the accompaniment Of the
saecato clink-clink Of a distant
@ses car. the leading lady, Miss
~ Itlbury. Seventh street and
ty-ninth avenue, riveted hel
lnant orbs upon the shameless
as. She spoke her part very
sod was the hit Of the evening
was no applause, however
ss the heavy men" made the
sace keep up their hands.
- Miss Tilbery, bookkeepel
~ ne New York store, Moline
~ up the situation and ther
y acted about 80 per cent o.
Mndits' courage with the aid o.
me we'll known hokum-de.
- It worked like q mustard
sr on a black eye.
would foil the bold outrage
sne would. 1t wasn't writer
e script, but Miss Tilbury haf
selul curtain-lecture prepared
ge light-ingered dip after h
anaken down the men passen
ana thrust his itching palms
ner enticing handbag.
49, no! "You ought to b,
ned Of yourselves" she trillet
saonstrance Of the villainou,
The masked convoy lowere,
Guns fraction Of q foot-say
!ter Of an inch; while til,
! who was supposed to b
EN- on like . four-arme,
nooter. dropped his jaw, bu
y before 1t struck the pave
Neither Stuff. Wins.
you birds ought to b
y ct yourselves" reiterate'
leing lady: then she wake,
In rich, round tones Of
pleading for the life Of he
ash. Young boys like 20,
they were young and) DO