The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-07

watch. The watch is the sams th,s
was found by Detectives Sehnst
and Ginnane where Carver III
"ditched" 1t at the Milva,kse
freight house Wednesday Afternoon
before being arrested. \
Motorman Irving A. HindA N
Fourth avenue, Moline, motomaa
on the Prospect car line, VA ID
bothered by the bandits. who, attes
having robbed Hartwick, druvg
away in the hired automobile nutt
along Sixteenth street The s7sse
car men followed As fast q II
street car would run. Finally steD-
ping the car Conductor Hartvtek
went into a pool hall and called ths
police, whose investigations failed
to unearth the bandits.
HOldup Stephens Park Car.
At 1890 o'clock Wednesday might
the same gang robbed the car crew
and several passengers on the Sc
phens park car at Seventh street
and Twenty-seventh avenue, ths
end Of the line. ...
Conductor Charles Frazer. lsi!
Sixteenth street, Moline, and No.
torman Gust Engles, Thirteenh
avenue, Rock Island, were in
charge Of the car.
Conductor Frazer had Just order
ed all passengers out when two
men, each flashing two guns, board.
ed the car. The conductor, motor.
man and six passengers, thread
whom were women, were then LIND
up outside the car.
Frazer lost $46 to a third bandit
who began rifling the pockets ofts
victims. A fourth bandit stayed b
the automobile. Frazer said thstd
the money taken from him SO N
his own coin. Motorman Entl1
lost only 60 cents. Neither Of IN
three women were robbed. Dev1
Peal, one of the three men passen.
gers, living at 399.1 Eleventh
street, Moline, said he was not mo-
Tested. Peal is a son Of frame o.
ficer Bert Peal, Moline.
One OF the remaining two n
passengers lost S., while W.
amount lost by the third was a@
learned. Miss Foil Tilbury, ~.
enth street and Twenty-ffth avs'
nue., Moline, who was one Of ~
three women passengers aboarYw
car, gave the bandits . tones
flashing, which is thought resssn'
ed the stickups from robbins W
three women.
That both the holdup Of the =:
! phens park car Wednesday ny
and Of the Prospect park car
night of Dec. %, were so neaM
successful is looked upon By y
police to be greatly due to the -
that three OF the bandits arc y
street car men and knew at W.
locations and at what time the r~
berries could best be staged:
Discharged "A UNDERSTANDS !.
The three ex-street car men ~
discharged by officials OF the ~
City Railway company as unosss, .
ables. Assistant Superlntenus':
, Frank V. Sicily Of the compan! y
fused to say for just what r,% =
the men were let go, but he ia -
known that they had proven ta. ~
selves as not the type OF men :.
company cared to deal with.
All three were conductors 1s% NY.
began work for the company -.
"a, 1919, and was discharged NV.
q. 1920. - a ,,l,i
and was discharged Nov. ~, i, ,s,,:
| Carver began work June 81, 49,, s. .
and was discharged Aug. ., w. ~
OF the three men carver ..,e..
been out of the employ OF the su IA
car company the longest ,.:,-sp.
found employment at the M sl.;sst
kee freight. house as , ~
trucker. and at which place 40
arrested Wednesday afternoon 4
James had been discharge :
conductor only a little wi
month ago and had found ;. eI aSo1s
ment in the Williams & VIM, y. "a. Ssf
! in Moline. He had worker -. -
before his arrest, but had no'
to work Wednesday. a.. {
Moore, who was discnaiseI, .ms}:
conductor a few days amer ost <
had been let out. has Deen ell, ~
employment and was the ni ss n.
to be arrested in Rock lsisu . cir;
lice Chief Cox and Detect". .sodf::
name having taken him IN r. st,ee.:
at his home, 322h Twentie'H
in the rear. z
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