The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-15
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aeld, I'LL. Feb. Is. - The
court today handed down
llioa in the Olson-scully case.
*zss.r out the Olson contest on
ID. ssesnd that there II no pro-
n lor survival Of the case after |
See1h Of ONE Of the parties"
" eontest was brought by Ed
4. olson. defeated candidate.
s.d Judge Thomas r. Scully,
- reelected. Before the case |
.s1l the supreme court Judge
s.iiv died and James T. Burns
~ samed to serve the unexpired
~ Of his term. Subsequently,
IN falls election. M. s. Rich
s.-er was elected to the, position.
4 5lctiopal political feeling arous-
Il the contest reached the sur
y ne last term Of the supreme
n when States Attorney Rob-
" Grove Of Cook county applied
Attorney General Brundage for
.,aisgion to appear in the case.
the peoples representative"
||1ilorney General Brundage refus-1
III regulating the charge that he
~ any interest in the outcome Of
~ contest, and declaring as the
~ was purely a civil matter the
Soples had no right to intervene.
Sentenced to Hang.
|, Three convicted murderers. I'M
W sentence OF death, were refused
- trials by the supreme court
IN, morning. They are Antonio
tiopez and Sam Cardinelli, both Of
sf1icaso. and Frank LowhOne Of
sCsrmj, in White county.
| On his plea that he was merely
= innocent bystandeS" IN the bak-
n shop Of Mrs. Rosy Cimmino, 709
syrouer street. Chicago, at the
tfme Anthony VarchettO was shot
a.d killed, and not with. Sam Fer
ma Joseph Costanzo, and Louis
le,inola, who also We're charged
!vith the murder. the case Of An
ionic Lopez, a 26-year-old Italian,
'vu appealed to the supreme court
nom the criminal court OF Cook
county. where he was condemned
b death.
Lopez appeal was made after he
Constance and sFerrara were SEN
tepced to the gallows, Lopez main
aiming he knew nothing Of the at
3mpted holdup that was to take
vlace. He admitted knowing the
three men in the store at the time
vsrchetto was killed,
A Jury in the White county cir.
| uit court convicted Frank Low.
| hone, a miner. Of murder and fi4ed
his punishment at death. He wa:
charged with shooting and killing
Nick Nottingham in Carmi, ILL.,, OF
April 4, 1919. On appeal to thu
irpreme court the verdict was re
sersed and the case remanded, tt
he White county circuit court fol
Setrial. A second jury convicted
lin and sentenced him to be hang
ID. His plea was insanity and hi!
use was carried to the supreme
eourt for the second time on tina
| tround.
Sam Cardinelli. former owner o
j pool room at PIT West Twenty
lecond street. Chicago. was con
| ncted of murder in the Cook coun
h criminal court and sentenced tt
/ h hanged. Chicago police charges
| lis pool room was a ''hangout" TO
ROBBERS and thieves, and that Car
tnelli was the leader of a band o
timinals.
l On the evening Of June "a, 1918
Il auto bandits shot and kille'
andrew P. Bowman, merchant. a
7uenty-second and Canal streets
md a customer named Wendell
While attempting to rob Bowman
tore. A pedestrian took the II
ense number of the machine i
which the bandits came and turne
I over to police. who found that
vn owned by Santo Orlando. 202
arabee street, Chicago. Orland
tsappeared and 10 days later hi
hllet-riddled body was found i
he drainage canal. Police believ
4at other members of the gan
murdered him, fearing he woul
confess il apprehended.
Later, Nicholas Viana, is year
I'D, Thomas Errico, 10, and Leor
I'd Grape, 10, we're arrested an
confessed to the crime. implicatin
0rdinelli. Viano went to the ga
Nws on his 18th birthday. Crap
"a Errico were given life ser
@ces.
Cardinelli professed ~he had n
nd In the killing Of Bowman an
case was brought to the 81
rene court on that ground.
The court set the execution
e three men for April Is.