The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-30
JOHN GILMORE
BADLY BEATEN
BY PLAYMATES
bathing Suit Quarrel at River Is
Start Of Plight; Lad Paints
ss FROM Blows.

Practical joking had a serious
result for Johnny Gilmore, aged
IL. who was beaten and thrown into
the river yesterday afternoon by
two lads of his alse who believed
johnny had stolem a bathing suit
Another youngster of the party,
which had been bathing and play
ing together a short time before,
had hid the bathing suit ass a joke
and then blamed itssdisappearance
on young Gilmore.
When about 4 O'Clock Johnny
staggered into his home ands faint
ed on the floor, his mother Mrs.
Charles Gang. 215 Seventh I street,
notified the police. Raymond
Grigsby. aged IA. son of Mr.. and
Mrs Roy Grigsby, 522 Twelfth
street, and Morris Norton, aged Ia,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Norton,
1917 Fifth avenue, were arrested as
the assailants OF the injured lad.
sGrigsby told Assistant States At
atorney Edward l.. Eagle today that
he himself had struck Johnny Gill
more than three times and pushed
rim in the river, but that Morris
Norton had delivered no blows.
aH After being detained in Jail all
night, the boys, Norton and Grigs-
by, related the story to Mr.. Eagle
this morning. Mrs. Gang, mother
of Johnny Gilmore, and Mr.. Grigs-
by, Raymond's father, together with
one of Morris Norton's brothers
We're present.
The Grigsby and Norton boys
will appear in county court Satur-
day morning, July s, for hearing
and in the meantime are at liberty
Z he continuance. was made to allow
the Gilmore boy to recover suffic-
iently to appear in court.
Conclusion Of Brain.
Johnny suffered COMMISSIONS about
the head and face, a discolored
left eye, and a possible slight con-
cussion of the brain. DR.. Joseph
aDeSilva, who was called immediate
~ly after the boy reached home, said
the injuries are not of serious
nature, but the lad must remain in
bed several days.
According to Grigsby's story, one
of the several other boys in the
party-a boy whom it later de-
veloped had taken Grigsby's bath
: ing suit and hid it-told young
. Grigsby that Nthe Gilmore lad had
taken the suit The boys had been
{ in swimming at the foot of Tenth
{ street, in the Mississippi, where the
beach slopes gradually into the
! water so that deep water lies far
from the shore. They were all
8 dressed again when, the quarrel
started.
The other boys, except the three
! represented in court this morning
had gone home. Grigsby demanded
that Gilmore give up the bathing
suit Gilmore protested his inno-
I cence and said he knew nothing OF
NJ its whereabouts. The other two
boys then pushed him out on div
ing board they had been using.
Thrown Into River.
"We1l count ten," Grigsby says
he told the boy, land IL you don't
give up the suit by then, I'll push
you in the water"
They did push him in, made him
stand about in the shallow water
for while, and then ordered him
to come out" On the bank they
renewed their attack, striking him
several times more and then leav-
ing him
Shaken with the shock OF the ex-
perience he had undergone, and
badly bruised, the Gilmore lad
made his way home with difficulty,
Falling down several times. His