St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-30
SMALL GRIMES GALORE.
The Courts Busily Filling the Peni-
Tertiary.
COLWELL FREED ON BAIL.
ALI Crimes in the Calendar C0l0red
Convicts Get Light Sen
fences.

The following parties VINO were con-
fined in the county Jail, and against
whom indictments were found by the
grand jury, were arraigned yesterday
before Judge Hicks:
John La Ford and Edward Hogan.
charged with stealing forty yards of
silk from the store of o. L. SWEET,
pleaded not guilty to an Indictment for
grand larceny, second degree.
Joseph Murphy and Thomas Harri-
gan, charged with burgfariZing the
store of j. Stoft, pleaded guilty to an in
dictment for grand larceny, first degree.
Sentence, five years in states prison.
George w. Eubanks and Joseph Aims
worth, charged with stealing wearing
apparel from w. j. Merrill, pleaded
guilty to an Indictment for grand lar
ceny second degree. Sentence, ten
monies in states prison.
Elijah S. West, a hard-looking char
acter, through whose hair and whlskerS
appeared great many gray hairs,
pleaded not guilty TO an Indictment for
attempted rape. He is charged with
trying to commit rape on a little girl
under the age of ten years named
Emma Kurigan. His case was set for
trial July 2, and bail fixed at 800.
Thomas Byrnes and Albert Cramer.
charged with burglariZing the house of
William Heffner, pleaded guilty to an
Indictment for grand larceny, second
degree. Sentence, one year in state
prison.
William White and Bert Craig,
charged with stealing a silver watch
from the store of Jonas Rosenberg. were
arrIigned together, White pleading not
guilty and Craig pleading guilty to an
Indictment for grand larceny in the sec
ond degree. Sentence will be withheld
on Craig until after the trial of White,
which will take place to-day. g. f.
Baxter was appointed by the court to
defend him.
John r. Schuyler, the real estate man
who had an examination in the munlcl-
pal court Oh the charge of obtaining the
signature of Carrie S. Carr to a deed of
four lots in New Lisbon, Wis.,, by false
pretenses, pleaded not guilty to an in
dictment for obtaining signature to
deed by false pretenses. Bail was fixed
at $500. The property involved is val
ued at $1,000.
Oscar Davis, who pleaded not guilty
on Thursday to All Indictment for grand
larceny in the second degree. changed
his plea to guilty, and was sentenced to
serve eight months III the state prison.
William Morton, charged with steal
ing gold lOcket from the store of j. nj.
Donaldson, pleaded guilty to an indict-
ment for grand larceny i'll the second
degree and was sentenced to serve
eight months in states prison.
James Lonsdale. charged with steal
ing wearing apparel from j. III. Tall
madge, pleaded guilty to an Indictment
for grand larceny in the second degree
and was sentenced to serve eight months
i'll states prison.
The following parties, who were con-
fined in the county Jail awaiting the
action of the grand jury. were ordered
DISCHARGED from custody, no indict-
ments being found against them: Will
lam Barry. Charles Bragg, Joseph Gal
lagher, William Daniels, William
Schifty, Nicholas Johnson, John Miller,
julius Hort, Charles Sawyer. Eliza
Miller, Stephen Collins, Edward Moore,
Elizabeth LeatherS and Nettie Mulhol-
land.
Clarence Morey, charged with forg
ing tee names of Miller Bros IL Fletcher
to check for sl4, asked time to plead
to an indictment for forgery in the sec
ond degree. Bail was fixed at 1000.
James Collins, charged with burglar
izing the store of j. Hoffman & Son,
asked time to plead to an Indictment
for burglary i'll the third degree.
John Thompson. charged with at
tempting to rob Henry Kraft's store, at
1903 Washington avenue north, pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to serve three
months in the states prison.
John Ii. Colwell, one of the detectives
on Quinlan d Kings force, pleaded not
guilty to an Indictment for perjury.
Last fall Quinlan & King were employed
by the county attorney to secure evidence
against certain blind pigs which were
running in differentpar of the county,
and COlwell was the officer sent out.
Several of the keepers of these blind
pigs were afterward indicted on Col
Wells evidence, but when the cases
from that he gave before the grand jury
and the blind pig keepers were acquit-
ted. At the next meeting of the grand
jury both Quinlan and King were in
dicted and afterward tried and convicted
of compromising a crime. 1t was dur
ing their trial that Colwell was put on
the stand and confessed that he had
testified one way before the grand jury
and another ON the witness stand. The
court Immediately ordered him arrested
on the charge of perjury and bound
over to the grand jury which has just
indicted him. Bail was fixed at $500.
John Riel. small, pale-faced boy,
who gave his age as fourteen years, was
charged with stealing some wearing APP
parel from II. S. Silsby. He pleaded
guilty to an Indictment for grand lar
ceny in the second degree, and said he
took the articles and sold them to rag
picker. He was sentenced to serve two
years in the reform school.
William Buchanan, young man of
rather a rakiSh. appearance, charged
with attempting to commit rape on Mary
Beach, aged eleven years, asked time to
plead. Charles Gable was appointed by
the court to defend him.
John II. Brown, charged with forging
the names of Miller d McAnney to
promissory note for $50, pleaded guilty
to an Indictment for forgery in the third
degree, and was sentenced to serve two
years in states prison.
William Slavin, rather tough look
ing individual, charged with stealing
large amount of underwear from w. NJ.
Lawrence'S laundry, pleaded not guilty
to an indictment for grand larceny in
the second degree. Eben Thompson
was appointed as his attorney and bail
fixed at $3.50.
Elijah Modem, colored man charged
with asSaulting George Hancock with
razor, pleaded guilty to an indictment
for assault in the third degree. He was
sentenced to pay a fine of $50, or serve
torty-fve days in the county Jail.