The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-09

cmbwg Out on SO, 000
/ Han and Citizens Fear
| I'll of Further Clashes
Of Old Enemies.
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ID uSrs arrests n ~ Lseney
4 eun fIght death case ere re-
II eards6 ~ possibilities, though
K I'M were net expected to take
n p1sce todAy, according 10 I'd
ward L. EaSie, assistant state's
4 Attorney.
A. ". DlllburE, one Of the
lour defendants, WAS released
O : On, 100 cash benA 1ate Sat-
urisy afternoon. ban D6ost,
0eOrge ~CriMps" Heleapple sn1
Gesrge Buckley, held ~ sus-
peets, were IN the county jail.
The ease wifi undoubtedly be
put into the hands Of the grand
jury some time this week, Ar.
Eagle SAID to-day.
The inquest into the Looney
death II 10 take place at 2
o'clock tonight In the Moeller
un1eftakisg establishment, at
/ TWenty first street and Fourth
avenue. It may be continued,
/ md not finished At that time.
Investigation OF the case con.
Gnues IN Mr.. Eagles hands. He
has already examined 60 wit
neSses. he said today, and their
! statements have been recorded.
Quiet reigncd in Rock Island to-
lday, with an apparent lull in the
! Operations OF the factions whose
deeds threw the people Of the city
land the official forces Of the cit,
and county into turmoil at the enc
lOf last week and over the week
lend.
Deadly enemies are at large ant
able to strike, but what their plan!
| ARE - whether the trouble is tt
lbreak out afresh or where the out
break will be-is unknown.
In the arraignmeTt Of A. w. Bill
burg, fourth man arrested as a sus
\ pect in the killing Of John Come
I Looney, Saturday afternoon in pc
i lice court a lively legal tilt between
5Cyrus E. Dietz and Assistant State
! Attorney Edward, l.. Eagle ende'
{ with a victory for Dietz and hi
i client, Billburg. Eagle expresses
himself as unalterably opposed t
Billburg On bond. Diet
land 8. H. Kenworthy defended Bill
sburg's privilege to be freed in tina
smapner.
4 Eagle Is Angered.
I After points OF law and jurispru
tdsnce were banded back and fort
flor some time, Police Magistrat
I'D. ]. Cleland ruled that the bon
sshould be set at $4,000.
u you might as we'll make it l
fcents," said Eagle, angrily.I Il don
}care to argue the case with 20,
1.-THE amount of bail suggested b
ftho court is a joke. won't have
thing to do with the bond. I won
lpass on it. either"
II At 8 o'clock Saturday night
s$20, 900 bond offered by the Eide
sity Surety & Deposit company,
(which Fl. H. Cleaveland is loci
manager, was accepted.
Warrants for I'VE arrests G
charges Of murder have been swor
out by Mr.. Eagle, and four Of the
have been served, on Drost, Bill
burg, Buckley and Holsapple. tt
fifth is for Tommy Murray, who:
whereabouts are not known, b'
who is being traced throughouktl
middle west.
"There is quite possibility tn
| we will issue more warrants" M
Eagle told representatives of Il
press this noon. you needn't lo<
| for them today, for don't think v
will get that far today. Remembe
though. that it is only . possibilit
not q probability"
Mr.. Eagle is the man in char
OF the investigation. and his orde
are relayed to city and county pea
A officers by Acting Chief Of Poll
n william H. F1tzsimmons and She
III John G. Miller. He has exami
1 ed at least 60 witnesses Of Il
l Market square shooting OF Frida
4 he said today. and has record
| their testimony.
Stories Conflict.
"These testimonies present diffe
emit stories, Of course" he said
day. "Only one witness, howev,
hs6 said anything to shake the &c
efal trend OF evidence-that
men who fred on the Sherman h
l tel from the automobiles Frid