St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-28
DOING UP" A DETECTIVE.
An Attempt to Arrest II. w. Huth-
sing, a st. Louis Detective.
Was it a Sharp Scheme to Release a
Fugitive from Justices

Yesterday morning short medium
sized man stood in front of the house, No.
200 West Ninth street, looking anxiously
for another man whom he had
followed for some blocks and
seen enter there. He finally accosted a
stranger and asked him if he would bring a
policeman to the spot. He said he wanted
to have man arrested. He had warrant
in his pocket. but he had no authority to ar
rest him. He said he had seen the man
coming from the state house and had
followed him to that place. The stranger said
he would call policeman and he notified
the authorities at headquarters little
later. The man who had come from the
capitol was II. W. Huthsing, of the Nc
Donough detective agency, st. Louis, and
he was in st. Paul on official business The
man who wanted him arrested was B. F.
Paul Of Henderson. There is much of in
| tereSt in the circumstances that brought
them together.
About ten or twelve days ago Detective
Huthsing arrived in st. Paul with a requi-
sition from the governor of Missouri on the
governor of Minnesota for man said to be-
John Arnold with several aliases. fugi
tive from justice from the former state
The criminal had been tracked by De
tective Huthsing from Missouri to Ne
braska, thence through Iowa and Il,
linois, and the latter finally locate 4
his man at Henderson, this state. He a /
once sent for reQuisition papers to Jefferson
City, Mo-, and kept close watch upon his
man who, it is said, is wanted in Missouri
for swindling an insurance company.
Finally the desired document arrived from
Jefferson City, and Mr.. Hutchsing secured
he 10 II
derson where he quietly arrested the sur
prised Missourian. The latter, it was
found, had several friends at Henderson,
while he had money enough to make it
LIVELY FOR THE DETECTIVE.
He procured counsel. and the discovery
was quickly made that the requisition papers
contained a technical flaw. A writ of
habeas corpus was sued out, and hearing
of the case on the writ was booked to come
off to-day. In the meantime Detective
Huthsing sent to Jefferson City for cor
rected papers and came to st. Paul, eX-
pecting to find them awaiting his arrival
Wednesday night. They were not here,
however, and yesterday morning he was
he went to further inquire for them. At
this stage Mr.. B. F. Paul of st. Peter who
owns Touring mill at Henderson, appeared
On the scene. He had followed the detec-
tive and stood in front of No. 200 Ninth
street, where the detective had gone.
In response the notice left at headquarters,
Officer Shaeffer was sent to the house on
Ninth street, and he returned with both
the detective and MI. Paul. The latter de-
sired that Detective Huthsing be held by
the police force here, at the same time ex-
hibiting telegram from persons in Hender-
son, not officers, to ''have Huthsng ar
rQCfn0 no iC fQ6 hcf
was no specific charge, and
as the order did not come
from proper officers, Chief Clark
refused to hold the detective, who soon
proved himself to be member of the WELL
known and reliable McDonough agency of
st. Louis. Mr.. Paul had himself identified
by prominent liveryman of st. Paul, as
a straight and reliable citizen of St. Peter.
Both men were dismissed at headquarters,
and the case dropped as far as
st. Paul officials were concerned. The
idea of the Henderson men in telegraphing
Paul to have the detective arrested was
doubtless to have him conspcuously alb
sent at the hearing of the habeas corpus
hearing, in the hope that the Missouri
man would get out Oh the writ and have
time to get away before De-
tective Huithsing could return to
Henderson. But. as far as attempting to
help the detective for that or any other pur-
pose went, it did not work in St. Paul and
MI. Huthsing returned to Henderson yes
terday to be on hand to do all in his power
to hold his man as long as possible or until
the corrected requisition arrived.
An Early Morning Blaze.
At 2:20 this morning a lively blaze oc-
CURED in a huge pile of light lumber
shavings and rubbish at the corner of Third
and Minnesota streets. The alarm brought