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R. I. EDITOR’SSON SHOT DOWNMPtSTOLDUELPI tlTConnor Looney Victim ofGangsters’ Bullets.DIES IN HOSPITALBattle Rages jn Busy DowntownyiStreet While Hundreds of Shoppers Look On.(Associated Tress Leased Wire.)Rock Island. III., Oct. 7.— (By theIchI! tlt;tlt;Associated Press.)—Connor Looney, known as John Loonev, Jr..died at a hospital last night of gunshot wounds received yesterday afterrioon in a gun battle in the heart of the cltv between political factions. Looney was seated in an automobile in front of a hotel with J his father. John Looney, publisher ofthe Rock Island News when fired upon by the occupants of two passing automobiles. The lives of hundreds ;^of citizens were menaced by the shower of bullets. All of the participantsin the battle were armed.The fight was the climax cf a war that has been raging between factionsIn connection with an agitation againstvice conditions in the city. Among ^ those arrested in connection with the jbbattle are A. W. Biltburg. Dan Dorst, 1 formerly associated with Looney and ■ b¥sveGeorge Holsapple.A feud bad existed for months be- 1 1tween this trio and the Looneys and ^ the clash was not unexpected. Looney in his paper, the News, printed weekly, has been championing the city andcounty administrations, both of which Uhave been under public fire for fail- if ure to suppress commercialized vice. I f Hundreds Witness Shooting. !lThe shooting took place in front of |S the Sherman House. Rock Island’s leading hotel, and in sight of a crowd of more than a thousand men. women t and children, who were watching a i score board for returns from the 11world’s series. ! *John Iooney, Jr.. his father and 1 Pettigill had just driven up to the ho- itel in their car. ,The vouneer Loonev and Pettigillstepped to the pavement and stopped i to talk to the elder Looney. Sudden(Continued on Page Two.)
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Muscatine Journal and News Tribune
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Sat, Oct 07, 1922
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