St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-01
THEY JUST MISSED HIM
Pinkerton Detectives Looking
for the Denver Bank Rob-
Der in Minneapolis.
A Story of Romance Crops
Out Of the Baker opera
Company.
G A Harris ReSionS From the
S. A. Harris Resigns From the
Presidency of the North
western Bank.
Terrible and Probable Fatal
Accident to a Little Girl
at Lake Minnetonka.

Something over year ago the whole
world was amazed by the cleverneSS OF
the trick by which the First National
bank of Denver was robbed of S2l, 900.
The robber, it will be remembered,
presented himself to President Wal
colt of the bank as a desperate man,
resolved to secure money or die in the
attempt. He showed the muZZle of an
ugly looking revolver under the preSi-
dents nose, exhibited bottle which
he declared was nltro-glycerlne,
and swore that if the money
were not Immediately handed over to
him, or if an alarm were given PreSl-
dent Wolcott would die and the whole
building would be shattered by the eX-
plosive. How the money was counted
out to him and how he Immediately dis
appeared as if swallowed by the earth
has been detailed before. Nor has there,
so far as the public knows, ever been
found further trace of him. His scheme
for Guiding capture must have been as
original as was his plan for getting the
money, for he has never been caught.
Popular belief has it that he never will
be caught, his method being so original
that detectives know not where to place
him nor where to look for him.
In this case. as often before, public
belief is at fault. The pursuit of this
smooth burglar has not been abandoned.
Experienced detectives hold that no
thief is SO clever as to never make
slip. Hence a case is rarely given up
until all known eXpedientS and methods
of search have been abandoned. This
Denver robbery is no exception to that
rule. The case was placed i'll the hands
of the Pinkerton agency, by the en-
ployes of which it has been carefully
year. Two PinkertOn men, as result
of this persiStency, were in Minneapolis
less than four days ago looking for the
man who so successfully Ibid up' the
First National bank of Denver.
The rObber, when he took that
money, insisted that he be given $1,000
in gold and the remainder in paper,
which was done. That freak will event
| ually lead to his apprehension. A man
who passed under the name of MetZger
| is known to have passed notes supposed
| to have been in that 10000 roll. Some
| of the bills were of the 81, GOO denomina-
ton, new silver certificates of certain
date, hence the facility with which they
| nave Deen traced. 1DlS man M6UZgef was
recently located in Minneapolis. That
| he was here there is no doubt. The
Pinkerton agency was equally we'll sat
istied that he was their man. He was
in Minneapolis and felt himself safe, so
they felt confident of bagging him, con-
sequently two of the best detectives in
the employ of the Pinkcrton agency
were dispatched to Minneapolis to make
doubly sure of the matter before arrest
ing him, as hitherto there has been
nothing said about the pursuit of Metz
ger, and the detectives disliked letting
the case into the papers and thus
putting Metzger on" They arrived
here Saturday night and registered at
the Nicollet as S. B. Holden and j. E..
Mulligan. They found their man living
here as quiet, peaceable citizen, with
fair income and a prediction for a
quiet life. Just as they were about to
gather him in, however, and while they
had but momentarily lost sight of him,
he left the city. AS near as. they could
learn Metzger went to Duluth or to
| West Superior, and thither Holden and
Mulligan followed yesterday. The cap
| ture of one of the smoothest robbers of
| recent times will result in few DAYS,