Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-10

more ~ impossible to get at the true solution of
.,ie lace murder. The night of the occurrence.
f eue newspaper reporters and the police cleaned
fn eUm me ne lew Few witnesses to be
+;ae at that time descrip-
ZION OF the man who fired the shot namely
that he was tall, dark-complexioned dark heard
On cneehs and chin ii not stubble growth all
over the face. The fact that he had q short
Gay Guilty" pipe in his mouth was also noted.
Ix Lamb nor the Sheeney corresponds to
ms t description, although there is likelihood
Slss' Inc latter was In the wagon with the MUIR
derer. The day after the murder the T,il,1ne
puo1shed the names of the gang who were sup-
poseo 10 De the perpetrators Of the burglary
ana murder. These were Philo Durphey the
Sweeney, James Orr, alias Griffin. also one
OF Inc stein cloth robbers, John Melville,
a 81 one OF them Charles Denis, James
n1 tho Glllen brothers, and John Lamb.
Two OF the above have been captured and vet
the testimony is said to be by those who know
oes5 ans tticlent to convict man of stealing
peanut
In an interview with prominent detective
mo LAS Tor years been engaged in the business
d reporter was Informed that out of the num-
Der OF criminals mentioned above only one fol
lied with the description. and that was phil
Durphey. who correspondent exactly. and that
IN MS opsnlcn no one memb of the gang was
more apt TO commit such a desperate deed
IMAM TINS same man, who has been desperat.
ana al. dangerous character ever since he was in
n ~, Teens. That he was as much implicated in
tne ,oDbefy as Lamb or any of the others is
clearly shown sby all the testimony now at
hand. He was only slightly, if at all. known
10 tne ponce, having just come out of the peni-
tentlary along about the middle Of August
last; Durphey was born and brought up
~ tnis CITY, 10 about 80 years of age, and has
prominent relatives and family friends all
throughout the northwest His father was
wel,-known reputable citizen years ago, and
wac the hrst to apply the kind of dredges now
N na use , to the channel of the river Along in
% or % young Durphey was deeply implicat-
ed IN some heavy silverware burgiaries. and
was arrested after cart-load of the plunder
was discovered under a church in the North
DIVISION. lie was s-nt to Joliet for a long
Term, and was not heard of again in connection
WIN any matter OF Importance until arrested
IN september, 1874, for tapping the till of a.
grocery and saloon on South Water street. He
was pursued by one Of Pinkerton's force, and
DetectlVe Mundane was dangerously wounded
py one OF them, and lay for long time at the
county no p-'al. For this robbery he was SEN
fenced to four years in the penitentiary. and
was released, after serving nearly full time
last August -N-- 'it'Ae'
The police have said but little CONCERNING
Durphey's connection with the affair. bnt this
may De Que to the fact that only half dozen
members OF the department know ANYTHING
ABOUT hlm, and there is no photograph or ac-
curate description of him to be obtained
in1,owever the prevailing opinion is, that if the
SSneeney does not divulge anything, the muir
uei WI De seStied upon Durphey, and the
burglary upon all the others whose names have
been mentioned
The GLOBE takes occasion to reiterate ;ts
former congratulation to the St. Paul police
force. They did big day. work when thew
captured that one little man