The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-07
PEDIeO ARREST
ANeERS oR1ELL,
bERATES EAGLE


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Assistant States ATTORNEY Ed
ward L. Eagle, assisted by Acting
Chief OF Police William =. FitS-
Sheriff John G. Miller,
and numerous deputies. dstSctives
and uniformed patroimen, W0rke0
late into last night compiling evl.
dence And oiling the machinery q
the Law to function in dealing VIII
the participants In yestefdays
shooting ARRAY.
1t Was after l O'CLOCK tnis mofn
ing when Mr.. Eagle completes nis
labors with the issuance OF war
rants for Holsapple, Dfost. Buckley
and two others unnamed, cnasging
murder. and agai4 Pedigo ana
Taxman on . charge OF carrying
concealed weapons. Taking Of evil
dence and the griIi1ng OF all known
participants. with the exception OF
John Looney, ST., was held behind
closed doors in the private Office
Of Acting Chief Fitxsimmons.
About 1880 in the morning Acting
Chief Fitzsimmons was called to
the telephone by John Looney, who,
it transpired, sought q guard to re-
main with him during the remain
der Of the night. In the CONVERSE
tfon which ensued Looney appar-
emily requested that Lawrence Ped
igo be released on bond. Fitzsim-
mons called Eagle tothe telephone
and after considerable discussion,
in which Mr.. Eagle expressed him
self as 1oath to turn Pedigo, who
he termed a dangerous character.
loose upon the community, it was
finally arranged that he would be
released ON bond and Looney de-
clared that he would have sureties
1or Pedlgo at ponce neaoquarters
lmmeolately. QnIy lew minutes
elapsed until Louis Ortell arrived
at the station, collarless. and In a
high state of nervous tension.
He paced the floor and made i'm
mediate inquiry as to whether Bill
burg was behind the bars, and
when told that he had been releas-
ed he displayed deep emotion. Its
a pretty state OF af1airs, ne 1erked
out Ine man VINO framed tnls
whole en1ng, the most dangerous
man in the bunch, you turned loose.
what IN D" Is the matter down
mere. anyway foa got the rest OF
EN- IN here, Jerking ms tnumo TO-
WARD the ceiis' out biliourg ID a.
io"eo W 90. ihe Iact apparem.-
~ escaped orteli mat Whlie BILL
ourg nad peen released penang
iurther inVes'ieation VI the shoot-
ing ARRAY, Looney mad not YET even
peen questloneu Dy tne auInorities'
Orteil Excited.
Ortell was then taken into the
Office of the chief for questioning.
Only one or two queries had been
put by Eagle when Ortell lost his
head entirely. : ~ tell you this is
serious BUSINESS" he fairly shrek
ed, what in h kind of
business is this. / NAV be a boot
logger and all that. but this Is get
ting serious. The boy is dead. All
We want ia a fair deal-tust fair
NAV We want fair treatment
and
"Cut all that out-cut it out right
now. ordered MIR. Eagle II am
CONFLICTING this investigation An.
sver ouestions whom they're askef
of Won don't want your osinior
Az on ora+ion-n
"pnt u,hat uo ort 10 fo;r n,.,
snr.ra dea1" shortod orta1i
"I,vo Got witnesses Who cav Ri,l
brrv ana that crowd of
drive nm Third avenue and RIGHT II,
~ pi,1hnrg,s saloon and dunn ,boi
Guns aftar tho shoot;ng teie
Showed fba station and ssled thu
someone he sent nm there and 90
EN- hut as far as know nobod,
was sent until thew had time I,
nut oil their waanone .wav"
Never mind never mind-we.v
| been at work on fhis investigation
we've rat the guns If Won accus
any of us with neelectine our dut
I'm throw YOU in" Mr., Eagle an
eriiv retorted
Admits He's Bootlexper.
"Throw me in. throw me in.n ex
citedlv broke in Ortell ~ admit
NAV be a bootlegper. hut I tell yo
this a serious business-seriou