The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-30

16uA ~ r1ie Z ~ undesvorl1
i g1tnmeL Nae 81 pEogroo1 the1o
49, aswlng i teua betw664 rival
un64vor31 fAct3ens 8 Tia city.
Antkoay ~. Hillhurg 81 him
L0oasy wsro sworn ohen6fe6 Ea0A
vAs the lea1ee of = gang. All The
1nenhgB - WAieh Wofo eotng about
- CITY Arnnnd. The Argus per-
eigte Narned the p4lifA eutholk
de- - Aiearm tAese fendistb IN the
inteto0e ccmmoft safety.
In1re haA ben previous gun play
hetNoan the Looney and Bfilburg
x1Mps. II Wa& Inevitable that they
steaM 16mo dnt meet n moral
scoGphk II sdn1. came On the eth
81 s0c36e9e IN lorkeA square. You
are f114lIfar NJ the details.
Neantda<kls word had gone
Abetod1 TINT ROCK Island was expert
encIng reigA g terror. This was
not N exAGG6f11l1 assertion Looney
courtd alnArtyxdcm for his dead
son. dslaytn& h1a hnriaI for . week
In 8 theatricAf effort to excite pub
He eympa1hf. An the while Looney
mas attempting to promote a fkac-
fa66 aSaipst The Argus for The
service that it had performed In
lehan of the decent citizenship OF
ne community. He had himself
1ptefyfewed BY the metropoii-
IN neNDpapeEs. @boasting his power
and hts aetefulnation to 6venga the
sdoofh Of his 1on. He defed all gov
Eerlmsntal authorities. proclaiming
his virtues and 7denouncing those
that Ind coun1cted him with any
wronedoing. It was but natural
that Looney should have lamented
the death Of his son, but what he
|.lamented most was the loss Of the
;dulaari that he was <wringfne
from his underworld connections.
Eponey tried to. impress people
With his fearlesspess. Thel Argus
alMayB knew him to be q coward,
but he was Completely shorh OF
whatever bravery he possessed
when >he lest the protection of his
son. Young Looney was a>-crack
|mArksman,- and he was constantly a:
the side Of his father. The son had
uttered threats against various citi-
gems or Rock Island with whom his
father had had trouble in the years
before the young man came upon
the scene.
Demands End Of News. ~
The Argus. as one of the acts
necessary to the delivery of the city
from the domination of its govern
ment of murderers, blackmailers
and, extortionists, demanded the
suppression of the Rock Island
News. The city administration had
the power to suppress the News, but
it lacked the courage to do 1t until
| it wZs forced by the thrust of ae-
cuiaulating public opinion and the
prospect OF an injunction asked by
the attorney general Of Illinois, who
| in the meantime had been induced
to take charge of the local vice and
crime situatioH in order to deliver
the community from the affliction
with which it had been burdened
over a long term of years.
Looney, when he saw his house
Of cards crumbling, grew uncon-
troilably mad and reyengeful. He
had convinced officialdom that he
. had the power with his blackmail-
ing newspaper to silence The Argus
OF. any other institution or indiyid-
uals that might raise its voice
against continuance of the condi.
tions for which his organization
was responsible. When Looney
| found that The Argus was not to be
diverted from its objective it. was
planned to begin a campaign OF
! scandalous attack in the Rock Is
land News against all of the socially
prominent families in the city
Photographs Of the homes of lead.
ing families had been obtained, and
scurrilous propaganda was to BIZ
started in last desperate attemp'
to arouse such a turmoil among ths
prominent and Influential citizen
ship, that peace terms would bs
forced. But once more .LOoney fel
short in his calculations. Crane
J juries were in session at Peoria ani
Rock Island Looney had thrown
his final bluff. People no Longer
feared him. He was being haunted
by his own shadow. One day HI
suddenly disappeared from the city
and has not been seen since. Their,
are federal and state indictment;
against him charging him with muir
! der and various other crimes. Hi
chief lieutenants are either in jai
or under heavy bonds facing grant
jury indictments Officials whom b.
used in the promotion of his crimi
nal activities are also under indict
ment Leoney deserted even thos,
who defended him with their live.
af a time when they still heiiorof