St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-26
A DETECTIVE SHOT.
Detective Gleason is Shot While At
tempting 20 Arrest TWO Burglars.

BeTeCTEVe Gleason Is Shot while Al
temptingtO Arrest EvvO Burglars.
For two weeks it has been known that
gang of four burglars was working the city
with varying success. The detectives got
good clue and following it up located the
crooks, but they could not secure evidence
sufficient to convict in case of arrest. Con-
Sequently the quartet was not moleSted.
Yesterday, however, after the UnderhllI
robbery. Detective Gleason believed that
Underhill could identify the men, and
also that it was quite likely that some of
the booty would be found in possession of
the burglars. Therefore, he determined to
make the arrest. Two of the number were
met on Second street last evening and cor
raled. After lodging his catch in the
First-precinct station the detective visited
Mrs Kings house on South Second street,
next TO the Garfield house, where
he knew the other two roOmed
Inquiry of Mrs. King elected
the information that the detective was cor
rect in his suppOsitiOn. Mrs. King pointed
cut to him the room which the two young
men occupied. As Gleason passed the
threshold one of the two men in the room
pulled revolver with the exclamation:
"YOu ---- get out of here!" The
@etective deXterouSly sprang forward and
grasped the revolver. At the same instant
the man pulled the trigger.
SHOT THROUGH THE HAND.
Fortunately the direction of the pistol
had been turned aside, and the bullet hit
Gleason in the hand. \ desperate struggle
ensued. The two grappled with him and
endeavOred to wrench the revolver from
his grasp, but he held on tenaciously. He
noted that one OF the men made frantic
,-,f Of Il IN, Il
case. Being suspicious of the movement
he managed to throw his knee against the
drawer. and while holding the two kept
them from opening the drawer. He shouted
for help and Mrs. King sent up a man
who boarded at the Garfield house. Mean
while. in struggling about the room the
furniture was knocked down and the door
shut. so that when help arrived tine door
had to be broken open.
Gleason called out to ''cOme in!'' and the
two men yelled, "Come in pal and help
us" The man did come in, but he did not
help the two. Instead, after taking in the
situation at a glance. he dealt the man with
the revolver a singing blow, causing him to
relinquish his hold. Gleason then let
go of the other and the latter
darted down the stairs. Gleason
then turned the removing burglar over to
the new arrival and started in pursuit, but
the man had got a big start. The pistol
shot had attracted a crowd, and the man
dashed into the midst. Unfortunately the
gap was closed up behind him, and by the
time he had reached the sidewalk beyond,
he was nearly a half block in the lead. The
detective called to the people to stop the
man but no one stirred. He then
sent a leaden messenger whiStling after the
fugitive, and it is thought that he hit the
mark, as the man jumped nearly two feet
in the air, but lie redoubled his speed and
escaped.
The remaining man was locked up in the
central station and DR.. KilvingtOn dressed
GleasonS wound, which proved only a
flesh wound, the bullet having entered the
hand near tine base of the little finger and
merely grazing the bone.
The three prisoners are all young men,
who are thought to have came TO Mime
apolis from Detroit. They are scarcely %
years Of age each. neatly dressed, and quite
gentle in appearance and of good address.
The one who did the shooting is known by
the name of Boullion, but what the names
of the others are is unknown. Boullion
had a cheap silver watch and S42 on his
person. In the dressing case drawer, the
one the men tried so hard to open during
the struggle, was found to contain only a
fine thirty-eight calibre Smith Il Wesson
revolver. None of the stolen property was
recovered.