St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-04
A QUEER QUARTETTE
The Four Men Implicated in the Mime.
apolis Stamp Robbery Have
Hearing.
And Are Held by United States Commits
sloner Hoyna for Further Ex-
animation.
oEe Is a Chicago Official, and the
Others Are Local Poll
tfcians.
The Record of One of the Gang Ex.
ceedingly MaIo-
dorous.
A Nice Gang.
Special to the Globe

aug o. lie IOuT men ar.
rested by the postofice inspectors and
Plnkerton's men for attempting to sell L.
Il. Crandam d Co. $4,000 worth of post
age stamps, supposed to have been
stolen from the MINNEAPOLIS post.
office, were taken before United States
Commissioner Hoyne late this afternoon.
Ihey were David Shanahan, supervisor of
the South town; Thomas Finucane. a we'll
known Fifth ward politician: Moves T..
thomson. an employe in the county in
Urinary, and Frank Wickes, formerly
Well-to-do commission merchant, but now
employed in the telephone exchange. Fin
ucane was the coolest and least communi.
catlve OF the four prisoners, and is the one
whom the officers regard as the chief
offender. He has been in trouble before
and never bore good reputation. About
TOUR years ago he was arrested with several
otner persons for breaking a safe in the
once OF the Union Steele company and
stealing $12, OOO 1t was generally believed
guilty as any of his companions.
yet he was the only one Of
the number who escaped punishment. the
rest all being convicted and sent to the pen-
ltentary. His fathers standing and in
huence were the agencies that saved him.
Since this, his father has died, leaving him
about $4,000. He is the owner of Finu-
canes hall at No. 2,907 Archer avenue.
where he keeps saloon. David Shana-
han is
A YOUNG REPUBLICAN,
and has always been considered honest by
his associates in the town board. He was
first elected to the office of South Town
supervisor in 1885 and was reelected last
spring. His friends express surprise
that man of his intelligence
and seemingly good character should
have compromised himself in this way, and
they predict that he will prove to be the
innocent tool of Finucane. 1t is well
known, however, that he has long been an
intimate friend of Finucane, and the in
spectors do not think it "a compliment to his
Intelligence to say that he suspected
nothing wrong il so large a
speculation in postage stamps. His state
ment is to the effect that Finucane repre-
sented the stamps to be the property of an.
other man, who had offered him PERCENT
age of the proceeds If he would sell them.
Finucane asked Shanahan to assist in this
and the latter agreed to do so, without sus-
pecting that he was handling stolen prop
erty. Shanahan undertook to sell them
through Thompson, who in turn procured
the aid of his friend Wicks. These two
were to receive as their share of the pro-
ceeds all over so per cent. of the face value
of the stamps and their
NEGOTIATIONS WITH MIR. CRANDArr.
were on the basis of 60 cents on the dollar.
AS soon as Thompson was arrested he told
the officer he had received the stamps from
Shanahan, and when Shanahan was found
he said he had received them from Finn.
cane. The latter, ON being arrested.
declared this to be 10s a. lie.
and attempted to shield himself
at Shanahan's expense. He did not repeat
this assertion afterward, but became az
dumb as an oyster, refusing to answer any
inquiries on the subject. The theory Of
w. A. Pinkerton and Inspector Kidder is
that Flnucane knows who committed the
Minneapolis robbery and that by a
prior arrangement with the thieves
portion of the 'swag" was
turned over to him for disposal,
while the rest of the $4,000 worth wai
sent to Eastern points. When he was ar.
rested letter was found on him from Tom
Cullen, well-known thief. who IS now
serving life sentence in the Columbus
Penitentlary; 1t was addressed to Thomas
Baldwin. No. 297 Archer avenue, Chi.
cago. The letter urged Baldwin to
induce Finucane to use his political infiu.
ence in securing the writer's pardon. In.
spector Kidder says that when Finucan(
was first arrested he confessed that h(
knew
THE STAMPS WERE STOLEN,
and that he supposed they were part of tho
property taken from the Minneapolis post.
office. When the prisoners wert
taken before Commission Hoyne ex-
Gov. John M. Hamilton appeared az
Shanahan's attorney, and William Starkey
represented Finucane. The other two
prisoners had no counsel, and were expect
ing to be used only as witnesses. Both the
attorneys asked for continuance, and il
was finally agreed to hear the case Friday
morning at 10 o'clock. The four men were ar
rested on one warrant, and the commissioner
says they could not have separate examina-
lions. He fixed the bail at Sc, 900 each and
Finucane was the only one who procured
bail at once. Shanahan went for his father,
George Shanahan, cooper, residing at No.
1922 Maine street, who appeared shortly
after 6 o'clock and furnished
bail for his son. Wicks and Thompson were
kept in the commissioners Office until
o'clock in hope that someone would appear
to go on their bonds, and then, as no ono
came FORWARD 10 De1rlend them, they were
taken to jail. 1t was evident that both fell
their humiliation keenly. The OF.
ficers say that they expect ia
find the men who committed tho
robbery before long. A warrant has beer
issued for another person, but no additional
arrests have been made. The police at the
central station have in custody TWO mel
named Henry Devine and c. Leahy, wht
are suspected to know something of tho
robbery and who are held pending further
inves LEGATION.
Cincinnati BrickIayers,