The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-03
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FEDERAL COURT


AgDoUeo4 Auoe 6t0tSo 1eoSS
Selnin y Charge.
8: 1.ach warrants issued b. Judge
80 FIt1Henfy IN Peoria were
I i;;v1d on II Of = men Arrested On
4 Ssser selling charges during the
sffo convention, BY . deputy
i,sitad States marshal yesterday
sSarnoon. All gave bonds Of 81 500
- for appearance in court.
u ID . neW move On the part
6hcmas Wifliams, newly ap- I
sslsasd U. 8. district attorney. en-
sl1rfng law not commonly fused,
~ certain to give quick action in
~ cases.
Il vas expected heretofore that
~ alleged bootleggers would be
ma preliminary hearings before
csnuissioner Thomas p. Sinne.t,
= ugocedure' in the cases Of three
4 hem had been. II he thought
ssi1mce against them sufficient
~ would b held to the grand
m. 4
III preliminary hearings ind
rsIi jury action are avoided in
q eases by the latest move Of the
Nslict attorneys office. The
toeeh warrants take the defend
aats directly before the court.
Al hearings were set for Oct is
belore Judge Louis FitzHenry in
Peofia, when bonds were given be-
fore Commissioner Sinnett yester-
dsy afternoon in his office in the |
state Bank building. The charges |
ase possession and sale Of intoxi-
oting liquor.
They will there be accorded q |
regular trial by jury, with John
Looney as attorney for the most Of
them, Cyrus e. Dietz, attorney for
Herman Banker and C. B. Marshall
representing Timothy Collins and
Alex L. Anderson.
Evidence against the alleged
bootleggers was probably gathered
during the grotto convention by q
squadron Of government prohibi-
ton agents, one Of whom, wearing
the Prophet fez. represented him
self as q visitor seeking alcoholic
I merriment. It is not believed by
Commissioner Sinnett or other fed
efsl authorities here that any addi-
tional evidence against the men
whose cases are pending was gath
cred by the Crosse squad which
4 left the city yesterday.
No New Arrests.
All bench warrants served by
Assistant Marshal Ted Selmin YES
terday we're for the men arrested
previously, and no new names were
included In the list. His presence
here was thought to indicate action
on evidence collected by the Crosse
squad, but yesterday he had no
warrants to serve here except those
naming men arrested in the con-
vention time cleanup.
The previous cases against these
alleged violators Of the Volstead
act we're dismissed yesterday by
Commissioner Sinnett. in favor Of
the bench warrants. The bonds
they gave at the time Of their for
mer arrest we're Cancelled and in
4 many cases the same bondsmen ac-
commodated the defendants or the
Same property was named In the
new bonds.
Only IA were served with bench
warrants by Deputy Marshal Sell
min yesterday. 1t Is understood
that he is to return within short
time, when J. E. Mcclure, Carlin-
vile, United States marshal, may
also be In the city. At that time
other bench warrants on several
more of the defendants who could
not be located yesterday will be
served. The list will not reach the
original %, it is said, because some
Of the defendants have left the city
and cannot be located. This is true
Of John and Thomas Lewis, 200l
Third avenue. though the third
brother, Theodore, is held. Their
place, The longest bar in The
world" has been closed.
Collins "ln Again"
Timothy Collins Of the New Har-
per bar, whose case was dismissed
u the preliminary hearing before
Commissioner Sinnett two. weeks
ago, is again arrested. Dismissal
q his case was based on the mis-
ipelling Of his name in the previous
warrant. The bench warrant
ierved on him yesterday names
Tim Collins" Alexander l.. An.
derson, New Harper bar proprietor
whose case was bound over to the
srand jury at the previous hear
hng, was also taken on bench
warrant yesterday, the former &C.
uot dismissed, and he will appear
With the rest of the group in Pc.
osia at court in October.
/ William Thorpe, whose case was
dismissed, Is not included in the
MT Of bench warrants.
The IA against whom the more
Nlect action was taken yesterday
ne:
Ann Cosey (negress), 2211 Thirt
avenue.
lawrence NJ. Pedigo, and Patricl
= Murphy, 229 Seventeenth street
Gus Lage, Twenty-fourth stree
ma Third avenue.
Dick Prendergast, 119 Eighteenth
street.
Lewis Neumann, 1915 Second ave
hue.
george Kell, 2107 Third avenue
u. Bornemann, First avenue ant
Gghteenth street.
Emil Tank, 1928 Second avenue
alexander l. Anderson and Tim
why Collins, New Harper.
Louis Van Acker, 213 Twentieth
afeet.
A G. Schmidt, 800 Twenty-fourtl