The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-17

1Iov police ofncefs will -
~ sSruFe It the funerals u Ed
4s;1 1lfner and James Green and
- e the city hallswill b closed
1n9 the time Of the obs6Qofes
4 Ark Of respect 70 the families
~ policemen who INST death
10y night.
80 the death Of the police on
80 ~ door entrance to the police
ss1Isa has been draped with =
s,srsInepe and the nag on the city
ssS - been at hak-mast.
ral services for James Green
sS'1e held in the family homo Of
Greens parents. S45 Twenty
srfh street, at 2::30,o'clock tomor-
~ afternoon. Rev. C. p. ONeill.
1870 Of Sacred Heart church, will
ss1dsct the services. The pallbear-
20 vill be officers William Epper-
-. OYville Bragg. Rollin berry
Pm Herman Sehnert AND MARX
lardsr and Charles Murrin. Bur-
~ Vim be beside Mr.. Green's father
"a mother in the family lot in
0lyary cemetery.
Funeral services for Edward
liner will be held at 2 O'Clock
fAursday afternoon in the Evan
nncal Church Of Peace. Rev. F..
!. Rolf. pastor Of the church, will
conduct the services. The pail
boarers will be Officers Arthur
Elnsley, Roland Berry, Herman
sehnert, Edward Bealer, Charles
EIeuer and Rudolph Gundrum. The
Iody will be taken to Buffalo, Iowa,
ior burial. S.
The Moeller funeral parlors last
night was the. scehe Of an inquest
conducted by Coroner John F. Ma.
berry over the bodies of a murder.
Il, the murderer's victim and vic
tim OF an accidental shooting. The
Jury determined that Robert Scott
usgro, was the murderer; Edward
Miner, police officer, was the muir.
derers victim and James Green
the other police officer, was the
yctm of an accidental gun dis
charge.
The three verdicts returned b,
The Jury were:
I'VE, the undersigned Juror.
sworn to inquire into the death O
Ngard Miner find that he cam,
to dis death from a gunshot woun,
inflicted from a shotgun in tn,
hands of Robert Scott at 307 TWEEN
ty-second street, fired with muir
derDus intent. :
We, the undersigned juror
sworn to inquire into the death o
James Green find that he. came t.
bis death by a bullet wound in tn
heart, accidentally inflicted, in
gun battle between police officer
and Robert Scott while he wa
struggling with Robert Sect.
I'VE, the undersigned juror
sworn to inquire into the death Q
Robert Scott find that he came +
bis death from bullet wounds in tn
abdomen inflicted during a gun bat
lie with police officers and Will
he (Scott) was resisting arrest"
The jurors were w. A. Frewert
foreman; Sherman Brinkerhoff,
c. Moffitt, William Mold, A. E
Johnson and w. H. Brough.
Two inn t:nv, Of tho Il -
night was made by Coroner Johl
r. Maberry and States Attorne,
Ben S. Bell. The chapel of tn
Moeller establishment was crowd
ed with witnesses, police officer
and friends Of the slain policeman
Before and after the inquest
friends of the slain policemen dis
cussed the shooting affray and al
" Of sympathy was prevalent il
The throng. Hundreds viewed tn
remains of the two police officer
hiring the day.
The first witness called to. tn
stand last night was Mrs. Mand,
Russell, negress. 800 Twenty-sec
oa street, a nNghbor of the Scots
uhere the shooting occurred.
Questioned by states Attorne
Ben she said, Il have known, MI
Scott for about two weeks. H
said that he and Mrs. Scott cam
home yesterday afternoon abou
80 o'clock and was at his resi-
dsnce when he arrived. He cam
nom Bettendorf where they ha
lived a short time. l and my hus
hand have lived in, Rock Islam
aoout nine years, and this is tn
INST time that we had ever seel
me SCOTS. Mr.. Scott cam