The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-27
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ctss NJ ananeiAl aiRicslsiaD with
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hapesasd tAat As holas - many
!. o. US from John Looaey.
LOoney IL gone, and Emeal doesn't
ngufe him to return ct IN early
date. Even II he should, EmeAl Il
sat1snsd TINT the harB u To county
Jail will keep Looney in durance
vile Tor some time to come.
4 hseney Gets It AL
1--WE figured up just exactly how
much Looney owes me-" said Davis.
and that sum reaches 81 ,z53. Now,
I'm not including a4f the tine and
labor I devoted in his behalf. 1t Il
money he got out Of me on pre-
tense that l was paying him at
.torney fees; money to buy me an
automobile with; money paid FOR
paper on which the Rock Island
News was printed; money, that ]
paid out OF my pocket to feed my
self and the other boys when he
had us with him up there on~the
hill. We gave, but never received. :
Didn't he ever offer to pay you
backT' asked the reporter.
II should say not. He always told
us our money Was safe, and not tc
worry. We didn't worry because
We knew it was no use. People
might have thought I had a lot OF
money, but he had it. Whenever
got into trouble Looney always
took 5000, but the funny thing about
it is he never gave me any defense
in court
Davis doesn't know how much
money Looney squeezed from the
other members Of his immediate
forces. He only knows that all OF
them claimed to have been heavy
losers financially because they wero
unlucky enough to have become &C.
Quainted with the king" Law
renee Pedigo, now lAnguishing In
fail on . charge of numbering Bill
0abef, and for failure to give bonds
amounting to $4,000 in murde.
conspiracy and graft indictments
against him, is said to have been
the heaviest. loser. Looney's obi
cations to Pedigo reached $1,000, il
is said.
Substantially. the same process
that worked SO we'll in relieving
Davis of surplus cash was worked
against the other members of the
Looney gang, it is said. Looney's
game was to shake down" the
Shakers" He kept his underlings
close to bedrock all the time, per-
hitting them no opportunity to
gather enough money together to
break loose. All hands were Obliged
to stick close in the hope that some
day their financial troubles with the
boss would be wiped out.
Is Framed On.
Davis tells how he first came to
know John Looney. Il got into
trouble and Cy Hazlett said to me !:
I'll get you a good lawyer He did.
That was when I was doing most OF
my business in Davenport, at the
Red Rose. l gave Looney money
then to defend me, and had to keep
on giving after that"
Davis has had two automobiles,
but both Or them are gone from
him now. The first was an Odds
mobile. <Emeal gave John LOoney
$500 TO purchase the car for him,
For a while Emeal drove about
town in real style 1t was not long,
however, before there were attach
ments and counter-attachments.
The machine changed hands SO
often that Emeal couldn't keep
track Of its whereabouts. But al
ways Looney cautioned him not to
become discouraged; that he would
recover the car. OF course Emeal
now has his suspicious that there
was a "frameup" somewhere or
him. He frankly admits that he got
dizzy trying to keep check on the
technicalities Of the law, as point
ed out by Looney. Emeal finally
SOI u ICCclRt " oAVW OWANAohAP vi
the car. but he never got the ma
chine again.
After the Oldsmobile, Davis puff
chased a Hudson on the mortgage
plan. While LOoney was in power
Davis managed to keep going on
his payments, but when the crash
came and the boss suddenly left
Emeal found himself up against it
Right now the Hudson is being held
in a local garage pending the set.
Element Of $25 repair bill. But
what's the use of me getting 1t out
Of hock," says Davis. 1.-THE man
who holds the mortgage would STEP
in with an attachment. Anyhow,
haven't got enough to pay the bill.
When Davis place on Third ave.
nue. and Twenty-first street was
closed to business he tried to make
90 Of things in Davenport, At the