Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-03
STORY OF Il SLEEPER.

Eluded the Detectives Passing to and
from Toronto.
A "Wagner Sleeper" arrived at the Union
depot yesterday from Winnipeg that has an
interesting history. About two weeks ago
this sleeper left Toronto and went to Winnipeg
and is now on its return trip. The history
alluded to is as follows:
Some time ago a man named T. J. Murray,
who was dealing in real estate near Emmer-
son close to the boundary line between the
United States and Manitoba, was found to
have INDUCED in a number of pretty heavy
swindles in real estate whereby he made an
immense amount of money. When he ascer-
tanned that his crime had been discovered he
gathered together most of his worldly
Of him he was in Toronto. How he got
through the United States, from Manitoba to
Canada, is mystery, as all the while Pinker-
ton and his men were watching for him at all
points where it was thought he would be
likely to go. He succeeded, however, in
Guiding them, and securely passed over the
boundary into Canals, where he remained in
safety, Notwithstanding all the efforts made
TO catch him this side of the line He has
proved himself altogether too smart for the
whole gang of detectives, and for every
Emmerson and Manitoba and he went there,
passing right through st. Paul, and the big
cities between st. Paul and Detroit, Mich
The manner of his going through, as told
by Toronto paper, is that he chartered a
Wagner sleeper, and being immensely wealthy
caused to be organized an excursion party
from Toronto to Manitoba. Among the ex-
cursionists were Gen. Thaeker, and Messrs.
Scarf and Lamb, prominent and well known
men of Toronto. In consideration of
his being struggled through the
he paid all the expenses of the trip to Mani
toba and back again to Toronto. This, in
brief, is the story of the Toronto paper, and,
as matter of course, the story, if taken as
true, makes Gen. Thacker and Messrs. Scarf
and Lamb guilty of aiding in keeping Murray
from the hands of the officers of the law.
Yesterday Gen. Thacker and Messrs. Scarf
and Lamb arrived i'll st. Paul, in the same
Wagner sleeper, on the way back
to Toronto. On being Intercepted
about the report In the Toronto
paper, above set forth, these gentlemen all de-
clared it to be an unadulterated falsehood.
They could scarcely set bounds to their indig-
nation. They declare that they did not know
Murray was on board the train until they
reached point near Emmerson. Their state
ment is that Mr.. Murray did not charter the
car or pay for it; that they, with others, char
tered it; that when they started from Toronto
in the car they noticed nothing par
.ticular ABOUT it: that a day or two
after they started they noticed that the ladies'
closet was kept locked and incidentally made
some remark about it to the porter, who sat
lsfied them by saying it was locked before
they left Toronto. The next dav somethine
occurred to lead them to suspect that there
was some design in that apartment being
locked and they spoke to the porter again.
The latter talked very plausibly about it and
for the sake of satisfying them said he would
get the key and unlock it. He, however, did
not get the key, and when spoken to again
said it was lost, and that he had not been able
to find it, but that he would look
again for it. In this way the opening of the
apartment was delayed.
Meanwhile the car was being rapidly whirled
along toward the boundary line. About this
time matters began to get warm. Some one
on the train had heard noise in the apart.
ment spoken of, or, at least, fancied he heard
one. Gen. Thacker became indignant and ex-
pressed the idea that they had been deceived by
the porter, and that for some reason some one
was concealed in that apartment. He went so far
as to order the porter to open the door or he
would smash it in. This being the alternative
the porter found the key and opened the door.
WHICH, Ouo "aihOu I'LL. murray. AS Inc poet
would remark, the scene that followed can
better be imagined than described. The ipdig-
nation of the gentlemen on the train was very
great, and high words followed, but all that
did not hurt Mr.. Murray, for the car by that
time had passed the boundary line and stood
on British soil. Murray was safe, and had
again defeated the law and all her
officers. The porter who had so successfully
baffied the gentlemen on the car, and saved
the fugitive from justice, was discharged, and
Gen. Thacker and his friends returned to St.
Paul without the aid of that functionary, hav.
ing left him in Manitoba with the sharp and
shrewd Murray.
This is the substance of the statements of
Gen. Thacker and Messrs. Scarf and Lamb, al,
of whom feel greatly mortified that they
should have been SO imposed upon and placed
in such q false position.