Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-19

window. He remained in the house about
five minutes, when he left, saying that he
would continue the search by 60
ing around into Mr.. Otis grounds
The result shows how faithfully thai
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 60 home. Although he had beer
in the service of the city as policeman but
one month, his fine sense OF the duties Of az
officer would not permit him to go home. Or
tie contrary, single-handed and alone, with
no applauding lockers 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. 1t 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 fella 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 a 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 it's 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'Connell came
upon his men and actually placed them un-
der arrest. The principal reason for this be
lief is based upon the fact that the face of the
deceased is burned with the powder from the
revolver, which shows that the person who
shot him must have been close to him when
he fred 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 ofCook's 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 & Donnelly'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. 273 Dayton avenue, was burglar
lied. All the people in Mr.. Bailey's house
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 in 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 hot 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-five 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 g. dwell
ling house, and carried away the following
described articles: Two gold dollars, badly
worn, with monogram W. G. B. and W. ii.
H.; two ten-cept pieces, with monograms L..
T. E, and W. 81. H; one quarter anG two ten
cent pieces, Canadian; one pocket knife with
hole in the end, and glass for picture,
one blade broken; one gold pig with red eye,
and one eye gone; one twenty five. cent gold
piece; one gold collar button, white top,
| patent spring. EDMUND RICE, MAYOR.
st. Paul, June II, 1882.
MISCELLANEOUS.
| Mrs. Bickel and her son heard the fatal shot,
and at the time supposed the officer had been
compelled to fire at the robbers. A man
named Charles Gerhardt, who was going up
the stairs on Walnut street, from Pleasant to
Summit avenue, at the time, heard the shot
fired, aid shortly after saw the two men run
ming along down the hill, and heard one OF the
men hurrying the other up, and telling him
they had got to get out of there. Of course
he did not know the fatal result of the shot.
A hack driver also heard the shot, and saw
what he supposed to be the two men run out
| through a clump of trees. All the descrip-
lions of the two men agree with that given
| by the mayor.
POST MORTEM.
| Drs. Wheaton and Witherle held post
mortem examination yesterday afternoon, and