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

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At this botQf RI ~ Testimony
Pedieo displ9ted cQp{RqaqR ~
neryousnes3 81 in1ieD&a In. ~
statemept, I'D ne ,sin.li err -
Hois CItmpssppie. AttsT being
sSsiSted ~ Stafs5 Attorney 'Hell II
getting the nanet straig1ten1 ont,
Pedigo continueds with his stesu-
m0Hy. :.
@Thsr looked as,is they vsrp all
friux toward ux Pe44kp 4dded.
-Dif0st vas EhoCil& # nee md I
That I III hin, bptsSm not safe
: Nhe4 ouerid 4sifo hoy phg hs
had kRo1l 4llpaux. Psdtx0 ! an
svered II an odd manner, 6aying:
~You can answer that better than
I On" Seeming % realize that
the 4Aswef vas Cloudy he correct
ed & IN SKIING; Il year Andsa hln.:..
He satd {hkt Young Eoops{ car
ried . 34-2o talibSf FstolSef With
six shelf chamberS.- He always
ZEN one chamter empty and there
we're two fulf Shells ia his gun ind
one was damned, Pedigo said
Il asked him what was the mat
ter and he told me.that one Of the
shells jammed' on him when he
started shooting. Only one shot
was fsred from his fathers gun. nv
bullets were Of the uead type"
John Looney interrupted Pedigo's
testimony by saying. ! might add
that my son was Especial officer
and was granted Permission 70 car
nv a star and gun SIX or eight
months ago. The bond will show
that" =
3'sFor what purpose was he . spe-
cial oficerr' BeH INTERCEPTED. z
3"To guard the News plant, .
Looney responded.
Mrs. Charles Downing, 1913
Fourth avenue, who said she
scrubbed and didawork around the
Sherman hotel, twas questioned
next.
Bullet GraxeS Woman.
Il was In the front Of the hotel
when the shooting started and l
was horrifed. 1 looked out of the
| window and saw q man standing
on the corner He wore big
glasses, had full face and wore
a pepper and salt suit. ! think he
was OF a sandy complexion, from
the looks of his face. He fired right
| on the lad and emptied his gun at
him. | saw a car with men in il
and they fired one shot right after
! another. They were about fifteen
or twenty feet from the young man
A bullet whizzed over my head and
l moved. The men were all strang-
ers to me"
| Looney conferred with Attorney
Bell in low tones and Bell then
asked her if she Was called to
Identity any of them. She said frcm
the accounts that she read In the
newspapers it must have been Dan
Drost that was injured. She was
taken to the station, she said. ard
saw q man walking anOund with a
cane.
F., II asked him if he was wounded
in the battle. He said NO. AND
laughed. That was Billburg,
think. l was taken to identify Z
man in jewelry store across
from the New Harper hotel. HI
looked like the man who was doing
the shooting on the conner. He die
not have his glasses on in tht
store and it was dark: lin there ant
l could not see him very WE'LL" sh,
said, expressing doubt. that i
looked like the man on the corner
and was told that this man WHOM
she was taken to identify was Jak'
Ramser. she was taken to Bill
burg's house but she said that sh'
had never remembered seeing hin
in the shooting play. the first TIM
being at the police station.
Mrs. Margaret Zones, 2231a Sew
enteenth street.. two doors north o
the hotel, said that she saw tn,
shooting from her window upstairs
She testified that she did not rec
ognize any of the men. She sal
she saw the cars they we're In ant
one man was firing shotgun
which was resting across anothe
mans lap in the rear seat. TIL
: man with the gun across his knee
was waving his hands as if he wa
wounded, she said.
Another resident in the neighbor
hood, Mrs. Jennie Sebastin. 1851
Seventeenth street, was across tn
street from the hotel looking on
of the window in the fat. She dc
scribed big drab colored car wit
7 white wheels. She said that sh
: saw the men shoot and there wer
2 two men in the front seat and on
in the rear seat Of one of the cars