The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-09
new YORK LADS
ARE HELD FOR
!. THE GRAND JURY
uArks and Eschenhaeh, Whe Bar.
glarixed the Helngren & Lage
Store, Returned to Moline

william Marks. Is years of age,
and Ralph Eschenbach, 10. pleaded
guilty today to burglary and lar
ceny in Moline police court and
we're bound over to the grand jury.
The clothes the boys took from the
Holmgren & Lage store have been
recovered and once more they are
clad in the Great Lakes uniforms
discarded by them in the basement
Of the Moline store a week ago.
All Of the loot, worth $500 or
81 900, taken by the boys from the
Moline store, has been returned to
Holmgren & Lage, the adventures
of a pair of restless New York City
youths have come to an abrupt
ending and the boys bid fair to
spend q term in the penitentary
or reformatory.
Both Marks and Eschenbach ar
rived in Moline early Saturday eve
ming in company Of Officer Wilbur
Wilkinson. Eschenbach's arrival
created somewhat of a surprise in
Moline az the police believed only
Marks had been captured by the
Des Moiues officials. Eschenbach
had grown lonesome for his part
ner, and besides, he was penniless.
In desperation he walked around
the Des Moines police station 4
couple of times last Friday night
and then went in and gave himself
up. Both Of them admit the rob-
berry OF hardware store at La
Sale and a soft drink parlor on
Forty-sixth street, Rock Island.
They deny r0bbing a tailor shop at
Waukegan- They also deny hold
ing up u restaurant at Iowa City
and shooting a waiter in that
place.
Marks and Eschenbach will be
taken to the county Jail. Bond
was fixed by Magistrate Gustafson
at $4,000, but the prisoners haven t
a cent.
The Great Lakes sailors made no
attempt, at least no successful one,
to dispose of any merchandise stol-
en- in Moline. The loss of the
Holmgren & Lage store was two
pair Of hose and two suits Of IN
derwear. The boys are wearing
these articles To-Day.
The Rock Island soft drink par
lor nettcd the burglars few car
tons Of cigarets and a few pack
ages of gum. Knives, safety raz-
ors and revolvers were stolen al
LaSalle. Des Moines police have
the hardware merchandise and will
return it to LaSaIle.
According to information from
Great Lakes naval training sta.
ton. Eschenbach's home is also in
New York, but according to the
story told Ofiicer Wilkinson, Esch.
enbach's parents live in Moline.
Marks INDUCED an easy flow OIL
smart" talk. but his partner re-
fused to talk when a newspaper
reporter called on the two youths
In the Moline city Jail Sunday
morning.
Marks was anxious to see all the
newspapers which contained de.
scriptions of him and his escapades
Eschenbach kept away from the re-
porter, although his pal urged hin
to get in on the entertainment.
Il was in the navy long enough
to get out" said Marks, in response
to a question, and that is the boy.
attitude.
Search me-" replied Marks, wher
asked why they had robbed tn.
hardware store at LaSalle and wha
they were going to do with tht
guns taken from that place. g.
don't know. We were going Il
Kansas City to get Jobs"
To get clothing, and not money
was the motive of the Holmgrer
& Lage burglary, the boys declar
ed. I'VE couldn't get by in thes;
outfits" Marks said. I'VE had tt
have clothes if we were going t.
get jobs" He was apparently un
certain how it came that the Holm
gren & Lage store had been select
ed. Before that question was ask
ed him, however, he fastened u
absolve everybody but himself AM
his pal from the burglary. Jus
why he made that declaration il
not clear, unless he believed tina
1t is the proper way for a New
York lad caught in a middlewes
hurplorv IN OFF