St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-10

months. He then went to the Elite He
was there three weeks, and Officer Kelly
one nlght came to me and said, DO you
know who that man tsp / said No, but
he has bad looking eye.' He then said a
druggist could give his record At my re.
quest the officer got it and said his folks
lived in Philadelphia, and that he was
wanted for doing night work and that he
had shot man. / said if this was true he
can't live in Minneapolis About three OF
four days afterwards | met ex-Chief Mum
ger. and he asked If | thought l could
ever recover the sealskins, and that
was the first time L knew
of the robbery. 1 went to Mr. Wheeler,
the owner of the seal skim He said his
girl Helen could tell something about the
robbery. l said, Send Helen to me- She
came and said that on Saturday night two
men came into the store and asked for seal
skins, and seemed to take minute observa-
tons of the rear of the store and the win
dows. She described the man suspected.
She had seen him on the street that day.
L went to the business man and said. There
has been robbery He replied Yes ]
said, have every reason to believe that
this man Blank stole the goods. Many
have said why didn't Quinan arrest this
man" l will tell you. He is clever and
he stood pat l might have locked him
up but that would have ended the case
would never have recovered the goods.
was told that the people could get $500 fol-
the goods, and that they are cunning
enough to dispose of them and not gel
caught. l told my informant that he could
use what money he chose. and while
have no money to lose, and the city gives
m I told him, T al
every cent when the goods were re-
covered. l was told that the goods
were sent to Hastings. and was asged to 90
again at 9 o'clock. did so and was told
that if | would go any place out of town
the goods would come to me, if no questions
were asked. | named Lake street and ]
went there and waited an hour and a hall
and no goods came. | returned and was
told the man was afraid of ME. | said. he
don't need to be- He asked where | lived
and told him. He said, if the goods are
brought to your place tonight will it be
all right? At about midnight the goods
were thrown into my yard, wrapped up in
an oilcloth. l then went back up town and
got Tom Kelly and we remained up all of
two nights to pinch the man. Mr. Wheeler
offered me check and told him, no, sir:
| do not want it now. There had been eX-
pended 1927 and Mr. Pillsbury, after con-
sultatiOn and explanation, advised me to &C
and get the 5000 and reimburse the party
who had expended the $127, and did So
never informed the detectives how I got
the goods"
Aid. SLY am glad this has come out.
have heard many street rumors about the
goods being found at Detective Quinlan'
house and this explains an important fact
EXoNERATED QUINLAN.
Aid. Lawrence-I want to say that am
satisfied that Detective Quinlan is fully ex-
onerated.
Quinlan-It is in saloons and houses OF
prostitution that l get my pointers CT
thieves and not in the churches.
At this juncture the commission stated
that the two gentlemen sent for to corrobo
rate the testimony of the detective would
not be needed. They were satisfied.
OFFICER Truworgy was next sworn.
II might know of certain cases where
Capt. Chase had drank glass of beer or
perhaps glass of whisky"
Have you ever known of any Officer
being drunk?"
mo, sir"
do you know of Sergt. Kirkhams bring
ing bottle of whisky to the headquar-
ters?"
II do not know whether he brought il
there or not, but l remember that there was
bottle there once"
Ibid you see any one drink out Of the
bottle?"
Il did,"
"Whe were they?"
THAT l shall decline to say"
GLOW many drank"
81 don't know. Perhaps two or three. .
''Have you ever seen money paid at the
lookup for the appearance Of prisoners?"
Eyes, sir"
''To whom?"
''To the janitor and to Capt. Chase"
elbow much?"
81 understood that at one time $75 was
paid to Capt. Chase, but do not know how
much it was"
''Was it publicly Or in a secret way?"
''Publicly."
''Did he attempt to disguise it in any
way?"
mo, SIR"
''How many saw it?"
81 should say a half dozen or more"
SIS it an universal thing for parties to
put up money for appearance in that way?'
lit is common"
"Do you know of any man on the police
force taking any money to prevent all ar
rest?"
81 do not of my own knowledge"
'sWere you ever requested to go to Capt.
Chase and tell him he was drinking toe
much?"
Il have heard such talk"
GLOW often?"
HE HEARD 1T QUITE FREQUENTLY.
II have heard it quite frequently on the
street"
Have you heard Kirkham talk more
about Capt. Chase than any other officer?''
Il can't say that he did"
''WaS you ever told that part Of that
$75 was to be paid to you?"
mo, sir; do not know in fact that il
was SIS. No money was ever offered to
me-"
'Have you ever told any one that you
knew things that you would not testify
to?"
81 do not know that have"
"You ought to know"
''Well, will say no."
Kirkham-Did you not tell me this fore
noon that Capt. Chase said that he was
going to give you S25, me s25, and keep
the other S25?
mo. sir; did not will tell You just
what was said Capt. Chase did say to me
if the parties did not appear he would di-
vide with me; but it WAS my sup
position that he was trying
me to ascertain whether or moi
l was honest. | told HIM | never got a
dollar dishonesty and did not want tor
Kirkham-I want to ask if Truw0rgy did
not say that Capt. Chase could not possibly
keep his position for thirty days more if he
did not stop his drink?
DID THE SERGEANT TALK TOO MUCH?
Aid. Clough-Don't you think, Kirkhan,
that the police force would be better if you
had not talked so much?
81 do not know that it would"