St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-31
A POLICE SYMPOSIUM.
A Few Burglaries Reported in Spite Of
Officers,
BUT EVERYTHING IS QUIET.
Perhaps the Reorganization Of the Po-
lice Force Is 0pportune at This
Time.

Despite the fact that the city police,
the merchants police and Quinlan &
Kings night watchmen patrol the bust
ness streets every night, the festive
burglar continues to work his little
game and escape detection. Many bur-
glaries that take place, and are reported
to the police, are never made public,
the police alleging that the lends of
Justice would be defeated" if the news
were printed. John III. Doran, residing
with his wife at 400 Nicollet avenue,
the latest sufferer, and his
oss will run pretty well up into
the hundreds. Day before yesterday
Mrs. Dorm er spent the day at friends.
When she returned home she was as
tonished to find the door open, bureau
drawers lying on the floor, the contents
scattered all around the rooms, and her
trunks wide open. She at once made
an examination and found that during
her absence the room had been entered
and two silk dresses and sew
eral hundred dollars worth of
jewelry taken. Everything in the rooms
had been overhauled in thorough man
ner, and every portable thing of value
taken. A close examination showed
UIldU oil oHUIduCc udu Uccl cllCcUoQ over
the transom. The finger marks in the
dust on the ledge there showed that the
person who crawled in and unlocked the
door was very small, probably a little
boy. The supposition is that the burg
lars were two men, and that they used
the small boy merely to aid them in get
ing into the room.
q A WIDOWS EXPERIENCE.
Mrs. COpely, an aged widow lady liV-
ing in Richfield, yesterday reported to
the police that shortly before midnight
Thursday night four men broke into her
house, Two of them entered her room,
and after binding and gagging her pro-
ceeded to search for money and valua-
bles. In the meantime the two others
had gone up stairs to a
room occupied by two hired men. whom
they inundated with revolvers while
their clothing was searched. A gold
watch and some Jewelry was secured in
Mrs. Copely'S room, but no money was
found. This eXasperated the burglars
and they repeatedly struck her, and,
putting a loaded revolver at
She either had no money to give
up are else had the courage to refuse
to tell even when one of the villains pro-
posed to set fire to the bed. After search
ing the house, but securing no other
booty, they left and, hltching up the
widows horse. drove off. The animal
was found yesterday morning at a
house on ROckland avenue, between
Lakes Calhoun and Harriet, by Thomas
Hand. 1t had evidently been driven
about two miles and then turned loose.
1t is clear that the burglars knew whose
premises they were entering. Mrs.
Copely has pretty young niece, who,
fortunately, happened to be stopping
with friends in Minneapolis. One of
the men demanded of Mrs. Copely,
"Where's the girl?' and upon being told
that she was absent, proceeded to search
the house from top to bottom for her.
He WAS SANDBAGGED.
Leopold Keihn, barkeeper at the
United States hotel, reported to the po-
lice yesterday that Thursday night he
was sandbagged while near his resi-
dence, 1416 Fourth street south, and
robbed of sl75, gold watch and
chain, and some certificates of deposit.
CARRYING OFF A CIGAR STORE.