St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-17
PinkertOn's Detectives Capture One of the
Murderers of Geneva, Ill, Police Off
GERS Some Years Ago.
The Young Man OOnfesses His Guilt-hii
AccOmplice Soon to be Behind
the Bars.
Two Men Arrested Suspected With
Having the Blood OF Messenger
Nichols on Their Hands.
Mrs. Coolidge Pleads Guilty--OSilby
Stole $I5O,OOO in Bonds in
one Package.
a AEEmrderer Run Down.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, March 16.-Startling develop
ments have just come to light concerning
the murder of Policemen John McNett and
j. II. Grant of Geneva, Kane county, ILL.,,
who were shot down while on duty early
on the morning of Aug. rs last in a most
mysterious manner. 1t is said, on what
seems TO be reliable authority that Matt
PinkertOn has placed under arrest Harry
Estee, well-knOwn young man of Aurora,
ILL.,. a brother of Cashier EStee of the First
National bank, for completely in the crime.
About l o'clock on the morning of Aug.
rs people living in the town of Geneva
were startled by nine pistol shots which
rang out on the quiet air. Fred Bennett. a
young resident of the town, was on his
way from a party with lady. They heard
the shots and saw two men lying in the mid
die Of the street near the court house
square. Bennett woke up A. =. West,
who, procuring a lantern went to investi-
gate. He found Officer McNett dead in
the roadway and Officer Grant alive but
mortally wounded. He died while being
conveyed to his home. In McNett'S hand
was
\ SIX-SHOOTER,
five of the chambers being empty. It was
thought at the time that the officers We're
murdered by thieves Numerous burglaries
had been committed in the town and an at
tempt at a burglary was made on the night
of the killing The theory advanced was
that the officers encountered the burglars
and in the fight that enSued lost their lives.
Several trampS We're arrested, but released,
as the crime could not be fastened on them.
Stimulated by a reward of So, 900 citizens
and detectives secures the adjoining coun-
l,r,ff
failed to shed any light on the mysterious
murder and finally public interest waved,
and people, except those living in Geneva,
forgot all about the horrible murder Estel,
it is claimed, has confessed to the Pinker-
TONS. He says that they had been in the
Larrabee house, and were arrested on es-
Gaping; that they had burglars tools on
them, and that as they neared the jail,
there was nothing TO do but wheel and fire.
His pal, Canadian, shot Monett dead.
He SHOT GRANT FOUR TIMES,
but the old man was Of wonderful vitality
and died hard. Then they crossed the
bridge eastward and spent the next day in
a corn field. The next night they walked
eastward, and spent the day in a haystack.
The next night they struck the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad at Riverside
and walked into the city. There they sep
arated. EStel returned to Aurora. Then a
detective by the name of CasSelman worked
himself into Estel's confidence by holding
up pal in Aurora and relieving him of his
money. Estel and Casselman then joined
fortunes and went to ST. Paul to do some
work there, where another pal was way
laid. BY this time Casselman had
ceived EstelS confidence, and they re-
turned to Chicago on the money taken
from this last man. On their arrival at
Chicago PinkertOn's men arrested Estel as
he stepped from the train. The man who
shot McNett is known. His photograph
has been scattered broadcast. and he has
been traced from Mobile to New Orleans,
where it is thought he had hand in the
Hawkins robbery From there to Montreal
he was followed. and it is certain he will
be captured soon.
The Evidence Against Humphreys.
CHICAGO, March 16.-The developments
in the Rock Island train robbery and muir
der mystery are all in the line connecting
Mike Humphreys. desperate character,
with the crime. Humphreys is well known
to the Chicago police, having served term
OF Imprisonment in the county Jail for rob-
berry. He made his home at Morris, and
was arrested there some three years ago on
the charge of safe blowing. Humphreys
has the Identical shade of hair, tufts OF
which were found clutched in Nichols hand
when his body was discovered. He form
erly worked in the coal pit at Morris, and
when going to and from work was accus-
toned to jump on a freight train and ride.
Humphreys was an agile, athletic fellow,
and his featS of jumping on and of mov-
ing train were well known to his compan-
ions. His reputation for skill in this re-
spect was what directed suspicion against
him at first. The United States Express
company to-day settled all outstanding
claims involved by the robbery of the safe
on the Rock Island road and paid over
S21, 500 cash, the exact amount stolen.
ANOTHER SUSPECT.
SHELBYvLLE, ILL.,, March 16.-Detec-
tives this morning arrested James Beshears,
charging him with being one of the express
robbers. Beshears had just returned to
town after several days absence. He could
not explain how he received an ugIy-look-
ing wound on his head.