The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-10

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CosusM l11beffy, Assistant States
Aftorney Edward Eagle, States At
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and i sfepographtr, who recosded
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scarcely heard ~ The jurors Hho
yer. soatA al he opposite side Of
de table hom him. He was atked
"a tstk LOADER 20 that he could "
heard. Spectators in the front OF
the establishment at times could
be heard rressirE close 70 the door
which reiterated he two rooms in
an attemEt to catch each word Of
His testimopy They became noisy
and restless at times and were
warned to keep quiet.
pr Joseph. De Silva. who at
tended young Looney, was the next
to testify. He described the nature
OF the wounds and gave tire loca-
tions OF the bullets which he
found in the examination at the
hospital. DIR. De Silva told OF the
shot that entered young ;.ooney's
body in the center Of the abidinen
and perforated the intestines : "a
times, and the charge OF buck slot
that entered the right bullock and
in fine regiei. j. the back and legs
He said that ceath was caused by
shock, from bullet wounds. II Inc
| physicians testimony be also de-
scribed the shots which struck the
gun victim iii the leg and arms
Blood TRANSMISSION and every means
was employed to save his life, the
doctor said
| One Of the closest witnesses tC
the shooting who was not involved
in the fracas was William G. Allen
/ Rock Island attorney. Mr.. Allen
said that he was crossing Seven
teentE Street and started to wall
north wien L.ooney called to him
He SAID, III vent over to the cal
and talked with him a while
Pedigo came up and handed Looney
a paper. Looney then engaged il
a conversation with his son, who
was In the back seat. l saw two
il not three autos, pull up in the
rear of the Looney car. Looney ex
claimed, It's come, it's here.
Looney jumped from the car to tht
sidewalk from left side Of the cal
and his son from the right. Aftel
a number CT shots were fret
Looney reached for his gun ant
then put it away and dashed fol
the Sherman hotel door. SOol
afterward more shots were FREE
and / seemed beWiIdered. Young
Looney fired Cne shot and startet
to walk north. The two car
stopped and there were two men il
them that recognized. and thirt
that l thought l recognized. An
/ thony Billburg and Thomas Murga.
were in the larger car. | heart
someone say They got him ant
when 1 turned around l saw ;
crowd and young Looney was lyin,
on the sidewalk. His father as
sisted in putting him in car ant
rushed him to the hospital.
Shoots From Shoulder.
Il saw one of the men fire
shoulder piece, but my vision wa
obstructed by tops Of autos whicl
, were parked along the curb. | wa
short distance north of the from
of the Sherman hotel and saw ST
men in the first car and four me
in the smaller car on Seventeent
street. was about IL or IA fee
from the shots which were fired a
the Looneys. Young Looney wa
about four feet from the curb an
only saw him shoot once, then
thought it was time for me t
move"
Lawrence Pedigo. 1923 Thir
, avenue, one of Looney's men an
! proprietor of the Sherman 'hote
! was the next to take the stand. H
said that he had been in charge {
g the hotel for six years and ha
known John Looney for about
5 year and a half. He seemed cor
y fused when asked how long he ha
been acquainted with the Loonsy
Il was in the soft drink bar whe
III was attracted by the shooting
S Pedigo said. l grabbed my shell
: and called to John Looney to CON
S upstairs and shoot out of the VIII
n dow. l saw a white wire-wheele
4 car and fired FIVE shots from u
3S caliber revolver / was at tt
e third window from the south sic
. of the hotel. In the cars l reco,