The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-26

FOUND DEAD
NEAR CORNER
Friends Left Him Moment
Before Waiting Car;
Shot Above Heart.

Harry Stewart, negro. aged 2S
years, 1916 Ninth street. Moline.
was murdered at $50 O'Clock We'd
nesday night on a Rock Island
street corner
The murder was probably com
mitted by a holdup man. but this
theory has not yet been establish
ed. Stewart has no enemies. and
as past chancellor commander OF
Island City lodge. No. 81, Knights
of Pythias OF this city and secre-
tary of the Arsenal lodge. No. 60.
Masons, Molin, he was widely
known and popular in the tri-ctties-
Stewart was almost instantly
killed by the one shot fired into
his body. 1t was stated Stewart was
probably shot from the right side,
when it was found that the bullet
had passed through the lower lobe
of the heart, and the point on the
right side was lower than that on
the left. The gun was undoubtedly
held to an upward angle. Police
Chief Tom Cox has the bullet, which
was found in the mans clothing.
having spent its force after pass
ing clean through the body. The
bullet was fired from .3S caliber
revolver. The shooting occurred
on the corner of Seventh
avenue and Fourteenth street.
No one saw the shooting but
several persons were nearby. One
of these was an unknown white
woman and two were negroes
People living nearby rushed out
! and found the negro lying dead on
! the sidewalk. c. c. Bell, 72l -Four
| teenth street, white, was among hrst
on the scene and it was he who
called the police. Coroner John
F.. Maberry was called and ordered
the body taken to the Moeller IN
dertakiHg establishment The pO-
/ lice and the coroner worked
throughout the night TO gain clues,
but were only slightly rewarded.
According TO A. MOeller, the
undertaken, the position OF the
body and hands would indicate that
/ the murder was the sequence of
I holdup. The position OF the arms
| showed that the negro had had
his arms extending upward, and IT,
/ is probable a holdup man had a
revolver close TO the negro's chest
and fearing some move of Stewart $
had pulled the trigger of the gun.
/ Il is not believed that anything
had been taken from Stewart s
pockets. as his watch and money
/ were found on him.
Seeking HOldup Men.
Police today are hunting not only
1 the murdeFers of the negro. but
are trailing the hOldup men VINO
staged two street robberies not
long before the murder was COM
mitted. Two men lost valuablss,
one a watch and the other s. in
/ money. One holdup occurred at z
O'Clock and the other at 20
O'Clock. 1t is known that in one
case an automobile was used for
a get away,
A coroner's inquest will be held
at o'clock tonight in the Moeller
undertaking parlor.
R d. Pollard, negro. 1918 Eighth
avenue, saw the slayer from dis
tance of about $50 feet, as the
killer was hurrying east across
Fourteenth street from the south
west corner OF the intersection
where the shooting occurred. Pol
lard saw the slayer walk fast ac-
cross the street, after his atten-
ton had first been called BY the
sound of the shot and the cry from
Stewart He did not see Stewart
as the trees cut of his view. Pol
lard had Just left the home Of mis-
daughter. Mrs. Lizzie Migons, 73l
Fourteenth street. and stepped into
the street and started south With
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