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

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edsto ne picture being taken and
voiced hiS SepttIhepts several t}mes.
do not ZEE any necessity q them
taking my picture" he said. Il am
here for the. purpose Of learning
about conditions which surround
the death Of my SON. am here %
testify and not start any copmo-
ton"
states Attorney Bell and Cor
oner Maberry said that they did not
object to . picture being taken Of
the scene and : mild discussion fol-
lowed 10 which Lo0Hey again pro-
tested. The Jurors we're then asked
their opinion, and they voiced their
sentiments that they did not deem
It necessary to have . picture TAX
en- and asked that the testimony
proceed.
Runs From Car.
Looney's story was resumed.
.. After l arrived at the front Of the
Sherman hotel / turned around ard
saw Fred Mueller come UP Third
avenue and turn up Seventeenth
street. ! looked at him and he
| passed on. I William C. Allen was
coming by and l called to him and
talked while. | was sitting in
the right side Of the auto on the
front seat. Ny son was in the rear
seat. Two cars drove up on Sew
enteenh street in the rear Of our
car and my son said, There's Bill
burg. / saw Billburg and Jake
Ramser and as I looked it appeared
as If Ramskr was looking right at
me. said. There's Ramser, look
OUT My revolver was in the right
pocket Of the car door. VI have car
ried it there for a long while. |
took it out and leaned over and put
lit under my coat. / jumped from
the car onto the sidewalk and
there l saw it all in front of me. I
told the boy to come. l saw Bill
burg, Drost and Ramser in the
cars. 1.then said again, Come. my
boy, come
II, saw Ramser and Billburg in
the car facing north. After jump
ing to the sidewalk the boy came
around IN front Of the car. II
seemed like the whole thing was
over in 10 seconds. A volley of
shots came and l reached for the
door. The boy fell and l turned
around and shot straight at Drost
The boy started to get up on his
feet. Pedigo ran up the stairs and
shot through the window. l ran
to the boy, who had fallen on the
sidewalk with his head facing west
He turned to me and said. They
got me- He told me who got him.
Describe the the first car said
States Attorney Bell.
When / turned I saw Billburg.
Looney answered. 81 saw Ramses
and Drost on the ground. They all
seemed to be firing at me. l saw
they had shotgun and rife"
In closing the testimony. States
Attorney Bell asked .Looney if he
had any statements to make
Looney said, II have nothing to say
only that these men were always
wanting to kill me. Holsapple ant
Billburg came up on the hill ant
, tried tokill me last spring. Dros
. had told number Of men that h,
, was going to kill me-"
, Have you ever had any threat.
against yourself and your boy:'
Bell questioned.
Looney then said that he had re
ceived a telegram from Buckley
, He produced a number of letter!
, from his inner coat pocket and fin
, ally found the telegram. 1t wa,
,, dated Aug. 8, and was sent from
: Bay Shore, N. Y. The Telegram
, from Buckley read:
, Remit at once $1,000 for failur,
to keep agreement and contrac
, concerning arrangements made II
> regard to Miss Billy Ray"
AS to the substance of the te.e
gram, Looney said, II have no
. the slightest idea what he meaIt
! "Drost and BiIlburg tried oftel
. to get my newspaper" Looney con
!, tinued.
To the question, Have these mel
, been friendly or unfriendly towar,
! your" Looncy answered that all o
, them were unfriendly. =
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