St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-30
THE MURDERED POLICEMAN.
Canrieny 20 Haze Been Rescued Monday
Night-The Feeling among the

Canrieny 20 Haze Been Rescued Monday
Night-The Feeling among the
Policemen.
Doubtless it was healthy thing for Can
ieny that he was taken to st. Paul on Mon
day night, for band of determined vigil
lants had consummated an organization,
and they meant business, and had he been
in the city, a desperate effort would have
been made to get him in their hands, and
it is more than probable that they would
have been successful. To presume that the
police officers woold have used any violence
in protecting the murderer of brother
officer would be to assume that which is I'M
natural and highly improbable. They would
have performed their duty as far as they
could without shedding blood, but they Ger
tainly would not have opened fire
upon the citizens. The action of Sergt
Jacob Helm, who met a peremptory dis
missal by the mayor, is fair illustration of
the feeling of the entire department. when
ordered to get the guns and 90 to the jail, he
said: "Mr Mayor what is to be done with
these rifles! Are we to shoot with them?" The
MAYOR replied ''Yes, if it is necessary
''Then l must refuse to obey l cannot shoot
fellow citizen to protect the life of desper-
ado who shot down a brother officer rather
than be arrested for disorderly conduct. l
was at the scene of the murder a moment
after it occurred, and my heart ached to see
the poor fellow who had been ruthesslv muir
dered while in the honest performance of his
sworn duty" ''You are dismissed from the
force" cody replied the mayor. 1t is likely
that every officer of the force would have
sooner received similar dismissal thou
sand times rather than to have used violence.
Furthermore, party of not more than
score of determined men could have over
powered the guard at the Jail on Sunday
morning and effected the break. 1t was
nothing less than the dastardlv and
cowardly act of a ruffan in stoning
the officers with rocks which put an end to
the efforts of the party to enter the jail.
They were filed with disgust at the brutal
assault and at once resolved to have moth
ing to do with demonstration of that char
acter.
Furthermore, it was beyond question a
fortunate thing for our fine city that CAN'T
eny was spirited away. A desperate band
of roughs had organized with the determine
ton of rescuing him at the cost
of bloodshed. 1t is understood that their
programme would have been opened by
volley of revolver shots, fired indiscrimi
nately into the crowd, and during the tenn
porary panic that would occasion make dash
for the prisoner, rush him into hack and
drive him away. Sow the wind and you
will reap whirlwind" would have been
verified. The horrors of Cincinnati
would have been repeated and
where the onslaught which would have re-
suited would have ended no one can divine
The mayor and the police department were
determined that the rescuing mob could not
have Cantieny. and the force backed by the
militia would have riddled the ranks of the
lawless gang
Would Col. Bend Hare Fired Into the Mob!
1t was a matter of public knowledge that
Col. Bend had ordered the Minneapolis
militia to the armory again on Monday night,
but no one had supposed for an instant that
he had been guilty of the fragrant indis-
erection, to put it mildly, to have ever enter
tanned thought of opening a MUIR
derous fire upon the men and boys
who had congregated in front of
the Jail that night. 1t was known, and pos
itively, that Cantieny, the murderer, was not
in the jail. 1t is probable that Col. Bend
knew this, too. The military reporter of the
Jo'sraal who is member of Company l,
says,
''Col. Bend was called upon at the Armory
for squad OF twenty men. He replied,
however, that he should not make a move
with such a squad-n fact would not leave
the armory without taking the entire com
mand. If he was to deal with mob
he wanted to 70 at it in a
business-lille way. He was therefore directed
to exercise his own discretion, and at mid
night the troops were
ORDERED, TO FALL IN.
The ranks were unusually full-one COM
pany having forty-fve out of its total mem
bershp of fifty-ive, and the other companies
being well represented. The battalion moved
to Sixth avenue south and Fifth street, three
blocks from the Jail, where the order was
given to LOAD with ball cartridge" This
done, aud then the command awaited in
structions from the scene of the disturbance.
At the first sign of an attack on the Jail they
would have gone forward on the double
quick.n
The Journal states, moreover that Col.
Bend was ''ready for business" People
who read the above were Mortified last night,
but had the brave colonel who had been
called upon for a score of men for the sole
purpose of impressing upon the minds of the
lynchers, what few there were in the mob
which had gathered, that it would be diff
feult for them to effect break. 1t is GER
tainlY hoped that had Col. Bend given the
command Fire, his order would have been
disobeyed by the boys who would have, be-
yond question, ruthlessly shot down brothers
and dear friends and companions.
How different was the order of the city
authorities. The detachment of police under
Sergts. BuerfernIng and Fox, were ordered
ON duty at the Jail without arms, and were
commanded not to have collision with the
mob, but to use every endeavor to persuade
against violence. 1t was just this
discretion on the part of the police depart
ment which included The mob to disperse,
full account of which appeared in yesterdays
GLOBE. But had the militia opened fire upon
that crowd of boys-for they were mostly
mere striphngs-the eutire city would have
been thrown into riot aud the militia could
have done nothing but shoot down people
and get shot down in return. 1t would have
been numerous.
Thanks to John y. Morgan Post.
AT meeting of the G.. A. R. reception
committee, held yesterday, the following
resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks of this committee
are hereby extended to the commander, J.
FL. Eye, and to the George y. Morgan post,
for their efficient escort service on July II,
and %, in connection with the recent en-
campment
WANT OF FAIrH