Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-18


circumstances of the visit of the robbers 10
the officer and told him the direction in which
| they went. The two renewed the search,
Bickel going into the yard the same
way that he had returned while O'Cop
nell went around through the grounds above.
! The two met on the hill back of the house
| anu looked all around thr ough the
grounds and made as thorough a
| search OF the grounds as they
could, but found nothing that had
tendency to indicate where they were. Off
Ger O'Connen proposed that they should both
go over into Mr.. Otis grounds and go
through the trees and shrubbery, but Mr..
Bickel was of the opinion that the robbers
had cleared out, and besides he was without
shoes or clothing suitable for such an expedi-
ton. He therefore concluded to abandon the
search and the two returned to the house.
Mrs. Bickei explained to the officer all abodt
the attempted burglary, where the burglars
stood, what they did and how they looked
and acted. The officer expressed the wish
that the lady had had good shot gun and
fired upon them as they stood there at the
window. He remained in the house about
five minutes, when he left, saying that he
would continue the search by GO
ing around into Mr.. OTIS grounds.
The result shows how faithfully that
brave officer Kept his word. 1t must be re-
membered that he had performed his labors
for the day, had been relieved from duty and
was free to go home. Although he had been
in the service of the city as policeman but
one month, his fine sense of the duties Of an
officer would not permit him to go home. On
the contrary, single-handed and alone, with
no applauding lookers-on to incite him to the
courageous work he had undertaken. and
when no one would have known whether he
continued the hunt or went home, he pro-
ceeded on his lonely and fatal mission. From
this moment all is conjecture except the fact
of his having been shot. The spot where the
body was found is about two or three
hundred feet from Summit avenue,
amid the trees and brush. It is supposed
that he went first into the grounds
OF Mr.. George L. Otis where the men
were last seen, and after examining them,
and going through the shrubbery he passed
over into the adjoining premises which for
merly belonged to Mr.. T. NJ. Newson, but
now to Mr.. Frank B. Clarke, and that while
thus engaged he came suddenly upon them,
when seeing they could not escape they shot
him. He fell at the brow of the hill that
looks down On Pleasant avenue and probably
never moved after he received the fatal bullet,
but dropped to the ground dead man. He
was found lying on his right side with his
face to the south. His revolver was in his
right hand under him, and his rubber coat
was on his left arm. Where his head lay, on
the brown grass, the ground is discolored with
the blood that flowed from the wound !
for round space of about eighteen inches in
diameter. He did not bleed great deal but
as he was shot in the left temple and the
wounded side of his face lay up the blood
flowed over his face SO that at first it could
not be determined whether or not he had been
shot more than once. When he was removed
and the blood washed off it was discovered
that the bullet that had performed its deadly
work had entered the head of this brave and
conscientious man, through the left temple,
and that but one bullet had struck him. Thus
it was that Daniel O'Connell, as courageous
man as ever faced death, fell in the honest
discharge of his duty, by the hand
OF the assassin. The chief of
police is of the opinion that O'Connel came
upon his men and actually placed them IN
der arrest. The principal reason for this be
lief is based upon the fact that the face Of the
deceased i. burned with the powder from the
revolver, which sho WIS that the person who
shot him must have been close to him when
he fired the fatal shot.
FINDING THE BODY.
The body was found about o'clock in the
morning by colored man in the employ OF
Geo. l.. Otis, as he was walking around the lot.
One of Cooks hack drivers, who was passing
soon after the remains were found took the in
formation to the city hall. Capt. Clark and
Officer Babe hurried up to the spot. A good
many people had gathered by the time they
got there. The coroner was notified and The
remains were soon after removed to Messrs.
Mccarthy 81 Douneliy's undertaking rooms,
where they were properly cared for.
ANOTHER ROBBERY.
In this connection it NAV be stated that some
time during the night the residence of A. o.
Bailey, No. 275 Dayton avenue, was burglar
lieu. All LIE peOpie III MT. DdlieyS mousse
occupied the upper part of the house, and
when the servant girl went down in the
morning she found the windows and doors
open. As no locks, or any part OF the doors
or windows were broken, it is
believed that one of the robbers must have
entered the house before it was closed for the
night The articles taken from Mr.. Bailey's
house are mentioned ia the mayors procla-
nation to be found below.
$500 REWARD OFFERED.
Chief of Police Weber instantly notified
all the police throughout the city of the
shooting, and gave all the description of the
parties he had. AS soon as Mayor Rice
reached the city hall he issued the following
PROCLAMATION.
Five hundred dollars reward will be paid
for information that will lead to the arrest
and conviction OF two burglars who shot and
killed Policeman Daniel O'Connell, in st.
Paul, at about $50 a. m, June II. 1882. They
were dressed in dark grey clothes, pretty well
worn. One about twenty two years old, five
feet five or six inches high; the other about
twenty. six years old, about five feet eleven
inches high, slim built: both had On black
SLOUGH hats. They also burglarized dwell
ling house, and carried away the following
described articles: Two gold dollars, badly
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