St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-30
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS.
A Mob Clamoring For the Life Of TeipneI
at the County Jail Repulsed
by the Police
The Irish National League Formally Ex-
presses it's Sorrow at the Death of
Vice President Hendricks.
Last Weeks Real Estate Record Shows
Largely Increased Demand For
Suburban Property.
This Weeks Outlook--The December
Term--Status of Police officers
-.Bits of News.
THEY WANT TEIPNER.
The Scandinavian Cprisins--As
tenlpts to Break Into the Jail

The Scandinavian UprisinS--At-
tempts to Break Into the Jail.
After the GLOBES Minneapolis report
closed yesterday morning the mob BENT on
breaking into the county Jail for the pur-
pose of taking E. j. Teipner out to mete
out to him summary justice after the CODE
of Judge Lynch rallied in more formidable
forces. But they seemed to lack organl-
zation. Some 800 men armed with revolt
yers, clubs, rocks and other missiles FORMED
on the corner of Fifth street and Eighth
avenue south. and about as many more on
Ninth avenue south and Fourth
street. The latter crowd was DEM
onctrative and shouted themselves
h0arse in attempts to screw up sufficient
courage TO make sally for the barred doors.
The police. about fifteen in number, in COM
mand of Chief West and armed with Win
chester rifles and revolvers, were placed on
nickel duty. surrounding the building, and
continued the vigil throughout the night.
AT about 1870 q. III. the column which had
formed on the corner of Ninth avenue,
with the right resting on Fourth street, be-
gan to move, at first quite rap
idly, but as they neared the
court house yard they grew more
cautious and waivered. Finally the leader,
armed with ponderouS sledge hammer,
cried out for the mob to follow him. and a
rush was made. The police formed in an
instant and with fixed bayonets repulsed
the onset. The leader was captured. His
face was blackened with burnt cork, and he
gives his name as Swan johnson. He is
still in custody at the jail To Chief West
he stated that he had not intended to take
part in the attack upon the Jail. He had
retired for the night. when a deputation
from Norden hall, in Centennial block,
where the crowd had assembled early in the
evening to consummate an organization,
called upon him. At first he declined to
participate, but after listening to inflamma-
tory speeches he hurriedIy dressed himself,
taking the precaution with many others
to blacken his face, and finding a
sledge hammer assumed the leader
ship He said another committee had
been sent to get railroad rail to be used
as battering-ram. but the latter failed to
put in an appearance. Some of the
officers are acquainted with johnson and
they agree that he is not a vicious charac-
ter but is looked upon as peacable and
law-abiding citizen.
After the arrest had been made the mob
began firing pistol shots and yelling like
demons. At o'clock a four-horse team
Loaded WIN ocanullldFlallS cdme udSnlhS
up the streets, the men yelling and keeping
up a continuous volley of revolver shots,
but when they reached the jail they did not
halt They drove past with the horses at
full gallop, returning few minutes later,
repeating the same program. With the
dawn of day the crowd dispersed and the
officers retired to their homes for needed
rest.
Yesterday Chief West detailed one man
from each precinct station and the four de-
tectives for duty at the Jail last night, in
structing them that if raid was made to
capture as many of the mob as possible in
order to make an example of them. He
said; ''These attacks on the jail must be
stopped. This is a civilized community
and as the chief of the police department 1
shall perform my duty"
johnson will be arraigned to-day and
then held to await an investigation by the
grand jury on Wednesday.