Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-02
A COLD NIGHT.

Bat it Was Warm Enough IN the Police
Station -Tramps and Vagabonsss Look
. ing for Shelter-A Case of Highway Rob
berry and Some Lesser OAensss.
The city hall last evening was the live
Hest spot on the continent. The elements
outside were tempestuous and uninviting.
and had a tendency to cause all animals to
seek some shelter where they could find
protection from the bitter blasts and the
granulated and sitting snow which
seemed to come from all points
of the compass at the same
moment The poor devil away
from home with his stomach over
loaded with pestilent and contentious
whisky, found his legs too weary to make
much progress in one direction. Yet it
would not do to lie. down, and so the I'M
fortunate inebriate was compelled to
move on. The chances were that he would
fall into the hands OF some policeman and
be taken to the lock up. So it was in real
ity last night. Every policeman in the
city seemed to be bringing in some one.
With the tramps that came in voluntarily
and the victims who were
brought in, the accommodations
at the city hall were stretched to their ut
most tension, and the only way the jailer
could get along with them up on hooks
around the room, was to hang them and
pile them up two or three deep on the
floor.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
One Of the first cases that came in was
supposed to be a specimen Of highway
robbery of an exceedingly aggravated
form, supplemented with larceny. The
victim of the highway robbery was Charles
Depois, French resident of Mankato.
who told very strange story. He said
that about 10 O'Clock, Thursday night,
while he was travelling along the highway
Just this side of Mendoza he was met by
| two soldiers who proceeded to hold him
| up and rob him. He admits that he was
pretty drunk and says that they took his
| clothes off his person, and left him naked
on the highway. In his hip pocket he had
| $40 and in his other peck
cts, scattered around promiscuously.
he had six or eight dollars more. All went
with his good clothes and he had seen none
of them since. Yesterday morning he
started out to ind the blue-coated defend.
ers of the Union who had stripped him
He found one of them in house of ILL
fame on Eagle street, and while he and Of.
ficer Moriarity who went with him were in
the house examining the soldier
one of the girls in the house Sc,
up a howl that she had
been robbed of her gold
watch. This put another and even more
troublesome element into the matter
There the men were in the house and the
watch disappeared, apparently while they
were present. This made it interesting
and important. too, that it should be de-
termined who stole it. Everybody searched
everybody and yet the watch could not be
found. The soldier was taken to the city
hall and locked up. Last evening
the unfortunate gentleman who
lost his money and Thanks
giving clothes on the highway near Men.
dota. was there, and Officer Moriarity and
TIE imposing female who lost the watch
was there, and there was lively time all
around. Officers Morgan and Walsh were
meditating. and scratching their heads
and wondering how that watch could get
away, while the female was explaining all
about its value and all else pertaining to
it, and how costly it was. Officer Moriarty
was sent over to the house again to
examine the building again, and soon af
ter reported that he could find no traces
of the missing watch. It was finally de.
| termined to let the matter rest till to-day
when the matter will be more thoroughly
investigated. In the mean time the sol
der was locked up.
| HARD CITIZEN.
| Officer Mccarthy brought in a tough
citizen. He was found on the bridge and
when arrested he attacked the officer mos:
viciously, got his club away from him
and hit him severe blow
over the head. The officer finally arrested
him and landed him in the city hall.
MISCELLANEOUS.
George Morton appeared there and told
a woful ta.e about his horse and buggy
having been stolen from him. The police
went to work and soon after had the prop
erty restored. 1t had not been stolen al
all, but had wandered away.
In the course of an hour or two ten or
twelve more persons were brought in in ali
stages of drunkenness. Besides these a
great many weary men, heavily loaded and
very tired, came in voluntarily and gladly
took positions on the floor. 1t was quite
brisk evening.
Personal.