The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-05
CART WRIGHT IS
NOT WANTED IN
OUTSIDE JOB


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Plainneld, H., bank. which was the
scene Of . robbery last July exc
cuted BY the same gang held re-
sponsible for the robbery Of the
Commercial Savings bank Of MO-
line last August. failed today to
identify either Thomas Martin or
W. H. Cartwright At the request
of Attorney c.. e. Dietz, Magistrate
Frank Gustafson granted contin-
uance of the case Of the two men
until next Thursday morning. The
bail remains at $4,000 and Cart
wright and Martin are still in jail.
This morning the police station
was filed with q crowd Of curious
men, who fiocked there to attend
the hearing and catch . glimpse OF
Cartwright, the silent man with a
record, under suspicion of taking
part in robbing and shooting up the
Moline bank.
The spectators saw Cartwright,
but were disappointed with the rest
Of the procedure. The three men,
Cartwright, Martin and Chess Lee
mans, the youth from Chicago be-
ing held as q witness, remained in
court only q minute.
Cartwright entered court dress
ed as we'll as the bankers who were
present.
Good morning." he said to r.
NJ. Johnson, cashier of the Moline
bank, who is the principal witness
for the prosecution. How are
you?"
Mr.. johnson nodded pleasantly.
"Mr. Cartwright" said Magistrate
Gustafson, your attorney, c. E.
Dietz, has requested me to con-
tinue this case until Thursday. The
case will, therefore, stand contin-
ued until such time. And the bail
will remain the same, $4,000.
"Is that all, your honor" asked
Cartwright.
That's ALL" replied the magis-
trate.
Thank you," said Cartwright.
Although Cartwright has not
been identified by either the Mo-
line or Plainfield bankers. the au-
thorities are still working on the
theory that he was a member Of
the gang.
There were six or seven men in
the gang" said one official. Its a
pretty hard matter to identify all
Of them. You might see them all
and you wouldn't be able to iden-
tify more than two or three of
them"
A MIR. Baker, who is supposed to
be a Rochester, N. Y, attorney, was
in Moline yesterday, but left last
night. 1t is thought that this is
the eastern attorney for whom
Cartwright sent. 1t is generally
believed that he will attempt to
product an alibi for Cartwright.
1t was agreed today by all au-
thorities working on the case that
neither Cartwright nor Martin has
been definitely identified by anyone
in Moline.
The prosecution also is satisfied,
according to authoritative state
ments, that Martin, the Detroit boy,
was not in Moline last August.
Martin will be held because he had
in his possession the satchel con-
tanning $500 worth Of travellers
checks. He may be held only as
witness, but 1t Is possible that he
Jill be charged with passing some
of the checks.
w. E. Martin, the boys father,
who\ is in Moline, stated today that
his lson was in Detroit during all
Of July and August. The prosecu-
ton lis inclined to accept this state
mef1t. Mr.. Martin declines to be-
lieye that his son was connected
with the robbery in any way.
Mr.. Johnson advised Mr.. Lam
bert. the Plainfield banker, to talk
to Cartwright, but the Plainfield
man declined, declaring Cartwright
wouldn't talk.
'3It's worth trying" said the Mo-
lirle man. I'VE got him to admit
that he wrote my name on some of
the travellers checks