St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-26

until after long chase, during which
several rev0lverS were emptled, it was
discovered that the prisoner had been
shot in the face, and he also complained
of pains in his stomach. His death yes
terday, it was ascertained, resulted from
bleeding of the stomach and it was
thought that he received permanent in
ternal injuries at the time of his cap
ture. Sergt. Getchell and Officer Nc
earthly, of the Rondo street precinct, are
entitled to the credit for arresting the
desperate, who was accused of several
burglarieS in the Twin Cities
during the year 1889. Prus-
sian Frank, alias Charles Miller,
alias Frank Adams. alias Charles Wood.
whose picture and record can be found
in every police album in the country,
gained an unenViable notoriety in this
city Aug. 10, 1887. A quarter before
o'clock the morning of the 10th, the safe
in the branch Office of the Anheuser-
Busch association, 800 and 302 Chestnut
street
WAS BLOWN OPEN AND RIFLED.
About $500 cash and negotiable notes
aggregating 81, 100 were secured by the
burglars, who entered the storage
house by a rear window and effected an
entrance to the office through an inner
door, which was unlocked. A hole was
drilled near the bottom of the safe door,
and powder was used to force it open.
An explosion which was heard for sew
eral blocks around forced the door off
It's hinges, and the sides and bottom of
the safe were ripped apart. After
pOcketing their booty the burglars made
their exit through the front door OF
| the building. While counting the stolen
money in lumber yard, corner Eagle and
! Washington streets. SPECIAL Officer Nc
Hale surprised them. Covering him
with their revOlvers, the burglars
! ordered him to leave the vicinity. and
they followed shortly after. They took
a roundabout course to st. Anthony
| hill. and Sergt. Getchell, of the Rondo
| street precinct, saw them cross Mac
| kubin street, near lglehart. Both men
were walking rapidly, and their actions
being suspicious, the officer ordered
| them to stop. Upon questioning them
they said that they were going to the
| Manitoba yards and had been dis
| charged from the Omaha road. They
started off again, but the officer was not
! satisfied with their explanation and
again halted them and began to search
the pockets of PruSSian Frank. His
companion thereup0n drew revolver
and ordered the sergeant to throw up
| his hands. This the officer declined to
do,
BUT DREW HIS OWN WEAPON.
As he did SO, Franks pal fired, and
the report attracted the attention of
Officer Mccarthy. simultaneously
with the second officers appearance,
both burglars started to run in OPP
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lowed the fellow who shot at him
and fired five times at him, but
none of the bullets took effect.
Meanwhile Officer Mccarthy devoted
his attention to PruSSian Frank, whom
he followed over a fence, through back
yards and around sheds and finally over
took him, crouehed behind barn.
Frank had emptied his revolver during
the chase, and when the officer covered
him he surrendered. Upon eXamina-
ton it was found that the prisoner had
been struck by one of the bullets during
the fusilade. the ball striking him i'll
the left cheek, tearing away part of
the upper law and glancing downward
lodged in his neck. Several of his teeth
were knocked out and he was unable to
speak. When searched by the officers
four burglars drills of different sizes
were found in his pockets, togetherw with
a portion of the money stolen from the
safe. Frank was taken to the Ramsey
county Jail, where his wounds were
dressed, and he was confined there until
his trial last April, when he was con-
victed and sentenced to the penitentiary
for a term OF years. He was burly
rufilan of herculean proportions, and for
long time denied that he was the or
iginal Prussian Frank. But he was too
well known in police circles to conceal
his identity long, and there was nothing
left for him but to Suecumb to the in
evitable and go to prison. where he died
I YESTERDAY