The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-28
ADMITS
That He T0TED
GUN FOR NEGRO
...,ve in Attitude of Prisoner and
ladItlonaI Evidence Making
Murder Case Stronger.

rsh the obtaining of additional
zasuce and upon the admission of
negro himself, the police are
..sipg the mesh of guilt tighter
.-,und Arthur Brooks, 2510 Eigh-
,..nth streets Moline, who is being
IA for the killing Of Harry Stew
another negro, who was found
-, 10 death Wednesday night.
brooks was arrested in his Mo-
- home early yesterday morning.
- denied ever having made threats
s-sinst Stewart and would not ad-
=, Mat two men who confronted
=, were telling the truth when
a.. Az said that he had told them
.sst he was "toting a gun for Stew
ri"
"a admitted to Chief Tom Cox that
- story told by John Kicks, por-
a. at the police station, was true.
ujeks had said that on the night of
nsc rs he had walked from Fourth
sysnue and Fourteenth street to
,ss home of Andrew Hoskins, 1902
Eighth avenue. and that with him
ras Brooks They were going to
attend, a lodge stag, both men be-
sg members of the Island City
iodge. No. 81, Knights of Pythias.
pIrks declared that while walking
siong with Brooks the latter pulled
iortb a revolver and said that he
vas carving it for Stewart" and
synlained that there was bad blood
betWeen him and Stewart over a
uagress. Hazel Sims. who lives in
the west end of the city.
Admits All is True.
Brooks had denied these allega-
TONS. even when faced by Hicks.
but last night he admitted their
truth
In addition. the police have the
word of r. L. Steele, negr, 2710
Ninth avenue. Moline. that on the
night of Jan. 4. at lodge meeting
in King Solomon hall, Third ave-
nue and Seventeenth street. he saw
Brooks shove a gun under his belt
and that Brooks said he was car
rving the gun for Stewart, who had
resigned as chancellor commander
Of the order when Brooks was
elected secretary. Steele says that
there was some trouble with the
books of the order and that there
was enmity between the men on &C
count of this. Brooks has made nc
admission to the police as to the
truth Of this story.
Identification May Come.
Identification of Brooks as the
man who was seen running away
from the scene of the murder may
come before the police have eX-
hausted all of their witnesses. II
was announced this morning that
a woman and a small girl have
been located who saw the murderer
at fairly close range. Chief Coz
says that these two have seer
Brooks and declared that he look:
very much like the man they saw
running away from the scene
Even more important developments
in ciinching evidence against the
prisoner was expected before night
Holding as contrary to the strong
array of circumstantial evidence
held by the police. the wife o.
Brooks declares that she met hel
husband at $50 O'Clock Wednes
day night in the home of JohI
Hoskins, negro. 1850 Twenty-fiftt
avenue, after having parted will
him at 1880 o'clock in the evening
The murder was committed at S:3(
o'clock or possibly little earlier
Yesterday statement was made tha1
Mrs. Brooks met her husband il
this city at $50 o'clock in the eve
ming, confusion of the names Hos
kins accounting for the location o.
the accused negro in this city the
night OF the murder. Mrs. Brooks
never said her husband was il
Rock Island that evening or thai
she met him here the night of the
Stewart murder.