The Irish standard., 1888-05-05

. streets, Hoy and Kilala carrying the
Stars and Stripes and Erin S Green Flag
and on reaching the spot where st
Patrick was suspended in efigy the year
before, the two flags were hoisted
aloft and vociferous cheer from irish
lungs rent the air and made the welkin
ring. From that day forth no public
insult has been offered to the patron
saint of Ireland in Minneapolis, and
those who caused the memorable out
rage of '58 have since expressed regret
at their folly. In a few years after,
Americans began to think more of their
Irish fellow citizens, The War of the
Rebellion broke out, and among the
first to volunteer their services were the
same Irishmen who participated in the
riot OH ST. Patrick's day. Michael
Hoy enlisted on August %, '62, in Com
pany K Tenth Minnesota and served
gallantly III the field till April 13, '65,
when he was honorobiy discharged.
He Was commissioned Second lieuten-
ant by Gov. Ramsey and promoted to
First lientenantcy by Gov. Miller.
He served in the indian campaign
of '62 when the red savages nassacred
the whites in Minnesota, and crossed
the plains in '6S with Gen. Sib!ey's ex-
pedition to the Missouri river when the
Indians were driven across the river at
the point where Bismarck now stands.
Going south that fal! he did provost
duty for some time and was detailed by
the war department to report at Fort
Smelling t. recruit for the different
Minnesota regiments. He remained at
the Fort six weeks, and took with hlrn
200 men to St. Louis for distribution in
the various regiments. He then went
South aud participated with his regi-
ment in the engagements at Tupulo,
Oxford, Old Town Creek and the two
! days fight at Nashville, December Is
l6, 1864, where he was severely wounded
i'll the last charge on the rebel works on
! the evening of the last day of chat battle.
After the war he was elected city Mar
shall for st. Anthony on the soldiers
ticket, and William Byrnes, who was
elected sheriff at the same time, made
him his first deputy. He held the office
Of Marshal for seven years until the
consolidation of St. Anthony with
Minneapolis proper. He was then ap-
pointed Captain Of Police, afterward
Chief Of Police by Mayor Brackett, and
was given the position of detective ul1-
der Mayor Wilson, the Office having
been established by the city council who
voted unanimously for Hey. It was as
q detective that Hoy prominently dis
tlngulshed himself. He was naturally
a detective. and his exploits in this line
Of duty could not be enumerated in g.
hastilY-written sketch. Suffice it to say
that he has ferreted out some OF the
most complicated cases of villainY that
have been Brought to light in the state,
and when once on the track Of a Grim
inal he has perception, decision and
Judgment to enable him to go to the
bottom of the man S history and crime.
Th.re is not a man in the state, nor per"
haps in any other, who is his superior
in the detective business. He is per-
fectly fearless and brave. and it is SUE.
prising thatin his snumerous encounters
with desperadoes OF the worst character
he has always escaped nninjured and
never found it necessary to disable or
injure his captives. He arrested John
son, who killed Erickson in East Mill
neapolis, as the murderer was at work
chopping in the woods Of kandiyohi'
county and captured single-handed a
horse thief at midnight while concealed
behind tree in the Wilds OF Dakota
county. The criminal was armed With
revolver aud bowie knife and made q
vicious, deadly attack Oh Hoy who had
not time to draw his weapon; but he
oYerpoWered the Desperate, handcuffed
him. and brought him back to st. Paul
with the stolen property. He captured
the two negroes who had killed doctor
in Illinois and Chilly the Kid n no
torious bank robber. who had escaped
from the jail at Albany, N. Z. For
Kids capture he got $1,000. Twelve
years ago he had an exciting chase after
the Northiield robbers with Mayor
Ames and three others whc formed an
independent squad for their capture.
Though the party did not succeed in
their mission they tracked the robbers
closely, and Cole Younger told Hoy at
terWards he was within forty rods OF
their rendezvous and would have been
shot dead had not the robbers been
afraid of giving an alarm. But the
most exciting aud daring feat of Cap
| tain Hoy as detective was his pursuit
of ''Lord Gordon" fifteen years ago into
the Queens Province Of Manitoba.
This event stirred Minnesota to its
depths and nearly produced an inter
national quarrel. "Lord Gordon was
an accomplished confidence man who
passed for British nObleman, and sue
cessfully victimized Jay Gould and
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