St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-11

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successful rObber must combine superior
qualifications to make him an adept at
the business. Locks and bolts cannot
be relied on as a rampant against these
men, and but few buildings in the city
or country are proof against the assaults
of the burglar and sneak thief. The
average thief laughs at the fiimSy bar
riers and can undo every one of themwith
few simple instruments he carries In
his vest pocket. Some houSebreakerS
are daring and desperate raScalS, and
are the ones that enter dwellings, at
night with masks on their faces and
murder in their hearts. They work as
eXpeditiOuSly as possible and very care
fully. Naturally, burglars are not
brave, and it is only when cOrnered
that they become bold and desperate IN
their anxiety to evade long sentence.
There is one class of burglars, however,
the members of which are usually bold
and fearless and seldom fail to succeed
in their work. l speak of the gentle
manly burglars" and the two men [
have most prominently in mind at pres
ent are George EllwoOd and Joe Wilson,
who have operated successfully here in
st. Paul. Ellwood is familiar to
the people here as the man who
burglarized W. r. Merriam's residence
in the month of August, 1885. His
of Edison w. Baumgardner's home, in
Toledo, o., and this case was the one
that led to his arrest. He is daring
Colorado thief and a murderOuS deS-
parade. and it is said that out West he
at one time murdered two of his aSSO-
ciates. He is now thirty years of age,
about five feet nine and One-half inches
high, weighs 1853 punds, and has large
black side whiSkers. He and Wilson
went from Detroit to Toledo, on a
pleasure boat plying between those two
yonng Toledo ladies, who were
these innocent girls they learned
of some of the best people in
Toledo, and afterwards selected
Baumgardner's residence on ParkwOod
avenue. On the following evening the
deed was committed. Wilson remained
outside as stall and Ellwood easily
effected an entrance through the base
ment. He wore heavy mask, and car
ried a small tin lantern and immense
self-cocling revolver. On the dining
room table were the remains of that
evenings supper, and EllwoOd, lighting
the gas sat down and ate quite hearty
meal. He then proceeded upstairs to
the room of the servant, Miss Kelly, and
sat down on her bed. He awakened her
quietly and she was paralyZed with fear
on looking into the muZzle of that forty
eight-calibre. He held quite CONVERSE
ton with the girl and found out the
exact of Mr.. Baumgardner'S room. He
bound and. gagged her and then went
int dina X,
He leiSurely lit the gas and this aWak-
ened Mr.. Baumgardner. "Who, in
heavens name, are you, man?'' cried
Mr.. Baumgardner. Just lie down
again, please" said Ellwood in sooth-
Ing tone. ~ wish to have a little con-
Versation with you," at the same time
pointing the revolver at him. Mr..
Baumgardner sank back on his pillow
and his wife woke up. She was soon
quieted and Ellwood placed chair
alongside the bed.
said with slight laugh, "and most sim
cerely beg your pardon.''
Mr.. Baumgardner and wife only
stared at him.
'l must say" he continued in the
same gentiemanly tone, THAT l en-
joyed your turkey immensely. You
certainly have an excellent cook. Now,
Mr.. Baumgardner, would like to know
if there is any likelihood of Frank Hurd
being renominated for congress from
this district" and he began picking his
teeth.
Mr.. Baumgardner was badly fright
ened and made no reply.
Excuse me minute" said EllwoOd.
He stepped to the bureau, all the while
keeping his revolver leveled at Mr.
Baumgardner. He picked up cigar he
had left there, and placing it in his
mouth, relighted it. He settled him
self back comfortably in his chair and
continued:
Pardon me, please, but 1 would
really like to know where your valu-
ables are"
Mn. B. refused to tell him.
"Oh, just as you please" he said
lightly and then moved about the room
picking up rings, watches, etc. "I'm
surprised, Mr.. Baumgardner, that you
show so little consideration for a
guest" he said, returning to his seat
and leisurely slowing away the articles
in the large pockets. "DO you know of
anything else l wish, or have missed?''
"Yes, you have missed hanging" said
the helpless victim.
Certainly" with a laugh, "and 1 am
right glad of it, too. You must GER
tainly know what an unpleasant sensa-
tion it is. Isn't that true. Mrs. Baum
gardner?"
"Oh you wretch" answered the wife.
$50 sorry you have such bad opin-
ion of me on such short acquaintance -
he said, smiling.
Now [ must leave you, as l have
other things to attend to. If either of
you move until get down stairs I'll
put a bullet through you. Good even
hn l,n Ina ~
the door. In an instant he was gone.
Mr.. Baumgardner cried for help out the
front window, and Policeman Mohr,
who attempted to stop EllwOod, re-
ceived big ball in his left leg for his
pains.
Some time after that Ellwood and
Wilson were spotted in New York al
their rooms, 220 Forsyth street, by De.
tective Sergeant Richard O'Connor and
q brother officer. who hired rooms across
the street and shadowed the two
burglars. They arrested them as they
were about to leave for Saratoga on an
extended burglarizing expedition. In
trsir possession were found Baumgard-
ner'S articles, bearing his name, and a
telegram to Chief O'Dwyer in Toledo
brought Detective McMahan to New
York, and the two were turned over to
him. They were returned to Toledo
Aug. 90, 1885. On their way to the
depot the prisoners hailed policeman
and told him that they were kidnapped,
crying and struggling to escape. The
policeman took charge of them until
Detective O'Connors appeared. In To.
ledo the evidence against Ellwood was
overwhelming, and he was sentenced tC
ten years in the Ohio penitentiary
where he now is. Wilson's trial was
peculiar. His wife, very pretty young
woman, captured the hearts of all the
reporters, and in their reports they sc