The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-06

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walter J. Griffin and Clarence s.
Christensen. Burial will be in Cal
vary cemetery. Police Of the Rock
Island department will attend the
funeral services in a body.
Relatives Of Mr.. Ginnane had no.
ticed a great change in him in re-
cent weeks, especially the last rev
days He seemed to be very rest
less yesterday, they said, and got
IN from his bed at different times.
He seemed ais though he was not
able to sleep. Close friends OF Mr..
Ginnane,s had also noticed q
change in him recently. He was
solemn at all times and very rarely
had anything to say.
His aunt; Miss Kelly, a short
time before she heard the pistol
shot, went to the room OF her
nephew and gave him a glass OF
milk. At that time he did not have
anything to say, she said. 1t was
his usual custom to sleep nearly
the whole afternoon and arise at
4 or 1870 O'Clock to eat supper and
get ready for work. Miss Kelly
saw no more of him until she ran
to his bedroom after hearing the
pistol shot.
Detective Ginnane had talked
briefly with his aunt, Miss Kate
Kelly, with whom he lived. a few
minutes before the tragedy. She
had left his bedroom and was ex-
pecting him to arise to get ready
for night duty. She went to the
rear Of the house and heard q re-
volver report. Miss Kelly ran to
the bedroom and saw blood stream
ing from his chest.
DR.. A. N. Mueller was notified
and was the first to arrive at the
house. Detective Ginnane was dead
when the physician arrived. Death
must have been instantaneous, DR..
| Mueller said. Rev. c. P. O'Neill.
pastor of Sacred Heart church, was
notified, and arrived at the home
shortly afterward.
Immediately after the tragedy
Miss Kelly became h%ysterical and
was taken to the home OF a neigh
Dor. She could not realize that her
nephew had taken his life because
she had been talking with him only
a few minutes before.
The police station received q re-
port of the tragedy at 3:05 O'Clock
from Father O'Neill. Officers at
the police station were scarcely
able to realize the report was true.
Officer David DeSmet and sew
eral city officers, went Immediately
to the Ginnane home. The gun
which Detective Ginnane employed
in taking his life was a .38 caliber
revolver which he used while on
duty on the force. The. smoking
weapon was lying on the floor on
the right side of the bed and was
still warm. The detective was still
in his bed clothes and his arms
were stretched above his head. The
tragedy occurred in the bedroom al
the front of the house on the east
side.
Dependency Noticed.
Detective Ginnane had been de-
pressed for the last few weeks &C
! cording to intimate friends and
fellow police officers. Father
Or,eill also said after the shooting
that he had noticed that Mr.. Gin
name had been respondent recently
No notes or evidence of any kind
which might explain the act were
found in the room by Coroner John
F. Maberry.
Detective Ginnane, since his &C.
tivities on the Rock Island police
force. has been an efficient officer
Acting Chief of Police Fitzsim-
mons said in speaking of the af.
fair. "Since l have been head OF
the department he has been very
punctual in his work and has al.
ways obeyed orders. The tragedy
! certainly came as a surprise to the
officers Of the police department as
we'll as myself. Detective Ginnane
was well liked by his fellow Off.
GERS"
Records at the police, station
show that Detective Ginnane, who
first Joined the police force as 8
patrolman, had been steady in his
work and in very few instances
had he eve taken any time off. OF
the four city detectives he was sec.
ond oldest in years of service rem.
dered. Mr.. Ginnane joined the de.
partment Nov. IA, 1904, and served
as a patrolman until May 6, 1907
He was OF the force for two years
and again joined the police depart.
ment May 6, 1907 From that time
he had served continuously until
his death. He had served as a de.
tective since Thomas Cox was ap.
pointed chief of the Rock Island
police department in 1919. Detec.
tive Ginnane reported at roll cal
at the station Monday evening at
O'Clock and worked through the
night.
Detective Herman Sehnert, who
was Ginnane's associate in NAM
police Investigations, the two work.
ing together under orders first Of
Cox and later Of Ftzsimmons, said
OF Ginnane last night: He was a
capable detective and had done
some valuable work for the depart.
ment. Ginnane was respondent Of
late, and several times l asked hin
what was troubling him. He die
not take me into his confidence
however. His nearest explanation
was that he has been unnerved sincf