The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-29

#, Only one witness was heard. It
was Deputy Sheriff James NJ. Kelly
of Rushville, the only one of the
sheriff's peace force to escape
death. He left the place where his
three dead comrades lay, and with
| in three hours at the head of q
/ posse had accounted for the Both
| Greek.
Two Greeks are still at large,
, and 20 are under arrest at the city
! Jail at Beardstown. In their effort
to escape 2S of them jumped from a
passenger train as it pulled into
BeardstOWn into the very arms OF
| Chief of Police Robert Patterson
and his entire force of four men.
The chief had heard the volley OF
shots across the flooded river. and
lhad suspected the trouble.
Feeling at Boiling Point.
Return of the body OF Sheriff
Lashbrook of RushviIle, according
! to States Attorney Paul Morning.
has made the bringing Of the cap
tured Greeks to the county jail
| here impossible" Feeling over
the death of the sheriff was de
clared to be at the boiling point.
Arrival of the Creeks, under such
7 condition, Mr.. Morning said, would
be an act of folly.
| At the BeardStown jail, the IS
and one more who was captured at
Browning, are crowded together.
None of them except one has spOG-
en- intelligent English. That one.
acting as an interpreter, answers
all questions with the same general
denial.
Defense of the BeardstoWn jan
is sure, especially under present
flood conditions, Chief of Police
Patterson said. There is II inches
of water at the entrance Of the
jail and more than that at the rear
and sides.
Justice of the Peace George T.
Saunders of Beardstown said there
was no present indication of vio-
lence at BeardstOwn and added that
"Beardstown could handle the sit
uation and would not need troops. q"
"RiVer Rats" Blamed.
River rats" was the way in
which States Attorney Paul Morn
. ing described the alleged labor agi-
tator, who had attacked the Greeks.
Trouble commenced soon after
) the section gang came here Mr.
| Morning said he had learned. "Agi-
tators in Frederick and recruits Of
their same sort from Browning,
five miles up the river, gathered
, about the box cars housing the
Greek workers and sent them an
iultimatum to quit their jobs or suf-
, fer the consequences. That gave
rise to shoOtings which continued
three nights.
, when Sheriff LashbrOOk and his
. three deputies went to the Greeks
/ last night, it was TO protect them.
/ Deputy Carl Neff had had a con
/ ference with the ring-leaders and
! had told them they came as ofi
{ GERS of the peace.
; They found them FABRICATED in
, box cars, with railroad ties against
= the doors.
, 35 Guns Flash.
"As Neff drew away from the cars
containing the Greeks and started
: with the three other men down the
/ track two shots rang out from the
, hillside, a distance away. 1t seemed
it was a pre-aTTanged signal. Imme-
diately Yolley of 35 guns or more
flashed out streaks of fire com
ing from every one of the cars
containing barricaded Greeks.
Sheriff Lashbrook fell first and
: then his two deputies"
All three Of the dead men were
married. The two deputies lived at
Frederick and their bodies are still
there. That OF Sheriff Lashb-ooli
reached RushvilIe at 1870 this
morning. His wife, who. it is de-
clared, looked forward to his re-
tirement from Office this fall, is pros
trated and under care Of physicians
Beside her, he leaves three children
a son aged 20 who teaches school, d
daughter of II and younger son
2 of D.
- Wants Federal Probe.
Y Coroner Fred Harvey said he be
e Iieved the riotous condition existen
j at Frederick last night and the tw
$ previous nights, called for fedora
d investigation. He said he belieYei
G the federal district attorney shOul
e take a hand in the investigation be
Aeansa Of the '.incitement to Ei0t