St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-06
TRIBUTES TO A HERO
Who Met Death While Per-
forming a Nightly Round
Of Duty.
Borne to His Last Resting
Place by Hosts of Former
Comrades.
Money the Object Of a Race
Between Husband and
Wife.
Crop Sections Stated to Be in
Danger From the Ele-
mentS.

Inc funeral OF -Ofhcer Hans Hansen,
the policeman who was shot Thursday
morning by some unknown person on
Virginia avenue, took place yesterday
afternoon from the late residence of the
deceased. 404 Aurora street. The cor
tege formed, headed by an escort of
twelve police under command of Sert.
Budy, and of 121 patrolmen, constitut-
ing the available police force of the
city, upwards of 100 were in attendance,
headed by Chief Clark. Following were
STEMS band, five platoOns of police, un-
der command Of Lieut.. Morgan, four
men from each company in the
fire department, the Carpenters
union, the hearse and the pallbearers.
Lieuts. Murphy, Dolan and Blake.
Sergts. Prudy. Larson, Zirklebach,
Schweitzer and Getchell. Mayor Smith.
the city clerk and nearly ali the MEM
berS of the board of aldermen were in
the carriages.
From members of the police force
there were sent as floral tributes to the
memory of their dead associate. d large
star in the center of which were the
figures 49, the late policeman's num-
Der. and representation of the ''Gates
AJar," snrmounted by two large white
doves. Another floral Offering con-
sisted of the figures ''25'' in bold relief,
formed of pure white fawerS, and SYM
pathiZing friends of the widow senttwo
large floral pillows bearing the inscrip-
ton AT Rest" in the center of each
The line of march was along Aurora
to Wabasha, on Wabasha to Thirteenth
to the Swedish Methodist church.
Crowds of spectators lined the side
walks the entire distance from the
house to the church, and only few of
those in the procession could obtain
admittance to the house of worship.
Rev. Robert Forbes, ID. d., conducted
the services and delivered an. eloquent
sermon. He first dwelt upon the univer-
salty of death. 1t took its victims from
ranks of ease and idleness, markets of
commerce and halls of pleasure. There
were no distinctions. Old and young,
rich and poor, alike
FELL DOWN BEEF 1T.
Addressing himself to those pres
ent DIR. Forbes said: "This case
has tragic interest and is peculiarly
sad because of the circumstances. But
we are to be congratulated that there
are men so brave and conscientious in
their discharge of duty that they are
willing to sacrifice their lives to pro-
tect our lives. families and property,
There are two classes of people in the
community whose work is likely to fail
OF just neutrality-suspicious. and
the firemen. Two classes of men whose
services are beyond all value and
whose pay is not commensurate with
the value of the services rendered
The community owed them a debt of
appreciation, and yet they were not
likely to pay it. Whatever might be its
relation to the theology of the day,
believe God finds an element of moral
worth in the fact that a man died at the
post of duty. 1t was heroic, and more
heroic to die alone at midnight than to
die on the field of battle. When next
May we go to the cemetery to scatter
flowers, where valor proudly sleeps, in
memory of the men who died for their
country, we should remember that the
grave of this murdered policeman holds
as heroic dust as any. The fact that
such deeds are perpetrated in our
midst is evidence of the old doctrine of
human depravity, and | trust the muir
-derer will be speedily
BROUGHT To JUSTICE:
not in spirit of vengeance do utter
this, but that the wicked may be de-
tered from evil-doing." DIR. Forbes
concluded with word of eXhortation to
the policemen not to be reckless or fool
hardy, Or throw away precious lives,
but to be brave and courageous, and, if
need be, to die at their posts rather
than betray their trusts. To kindly
draw veil of charity over the follieS of
their fallen cOmrade, initiate his virtues
and be Away true to the eternal right.
After the services in the church, the
procession reformed and proceeded
down Thirteenth to Mississippi and out
Mississippi to the burial ground. The
cortege was one of the largest that has
been seen in St. Paul for long time.
The relatives of the widow were in
attendance, and their grief seemed
shared by all who saw the closing acts
of this unsolved tragedy.
Chief OF Detectives O'Connor, in dis
cuSSing the murder last evening, said
1.-The fatal shot must have been fired
some distance from where the officer
was standing or approaching, for if he
received his death-wOnnd at close quar-
tiers there would have been powder
marks apparent. We looked very care
fully when the body was discovered, but
there were no signs indicative of a
hand-to-hand struggle, NOT of powder
burns in the face. The body was living
partly on the left side, as if the officer
had turned slightly after falling, and he
was on his back with his undischarged
Isrevolver tightly clinched in his right
hand. Absolutely nothing has been
learned of the perpetrators, and the
authorities are as much in the dark as
they were when poor Hansen was
found dead OH his beat. But we will
not leave anything undone to trace his
assailantS and effect their capture, for
| it is our theory that more than one per-
! son was concerned in the affair.""