St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-23
MINNEAPOLIS.
The WOrkhouse Couldn't Hold the
Batch Received Yesterday.
TOO MANY HARD MEN.

The WOrkhouSe Couldn't Hold the
Batch Received Yesterday.
Yesterday morning, before the regu-
lar hour for opening the municipal
court. and before the crowd of loungers
had collected. the following well-known
gentlemen were rounded up, found
guilty of ASSAULT with intent to kill
time and sentenced to the work house:
John t. MCGOWAN, f. Brueshaber Jr,
George A. Durham, E. u. Potter, S. b.
Loye. Henry w. Brazie, John A. Swan
son, Chris Ellingsen. John H. Parry,
Ole p. Flaten, Melvin Grimes,
J. c. Sterling, Herman Vogt, Benja-
min III. Billings. A. S. Adams,
D. ID. Farnsworth. James S. Gray. E. G.
Babb. III. NJ. Norton, E. j. Sturtzel, ii.
NJ. HaZen, John Mcconnell and Rev.
William Wilkinson. There were too
many of them for the BLACK Maria" so,
partially, too. because Of their prom-
nence and previous good standing in the
community, carriages were secured to
transport them to the famous boarding
house above Single creek. Capt. Mar
TN Buerfening, Lieut.. Fred Coffin and
Lieut.. j. S. Bean were detailed to
guard the prisoners. AS soon as the
workbouse was reached. Supt. West
threw up both hands in establishment
and CONSERVATION.
"What does all this mean." said the
superintendent. II never can handle
this crowd. The force of guards will
have to be trip.ed."
He thought moment, investigated
and found that he had no authority to
hire more guards or build an extension
TO the wOTkhouSe, so he telephOned to
Judge MahOney asking if the infant
army couldn't be released during good
behavior. His heart was gladened by
an affirmative reply"
The judge says | may let you fell
lows co." said the superintendent, ad-
dressing the crowd, ''but just 10 keep
you from coming here again, I'll show
you what you will get when you're
locked up here"
Then the wholeinsttution was visited
from cellar to roof without event, ex-
cept that Aid. Farnsworth and Jack
Mcconnell would sneak behind doors
and come back smacking their lips, and
that Aid. Ellingsea would fill his peck
cts full of raw potatoes. Aid. Adams
and Lieut.. Coffin explored the ''medita-
ton" cells but they were let out Oh the
chaplain'S remarking that bad man
left alone with his conscience is liable
10 90 mad. A tour over the farm gave
hlu Ordy an opportunity 1Of featuring
on agriculture and horticulture. A
grand free-fOr-all 100-yardS race, single
dash, followed for fame alone. Lieut.
Coffin honored the police department by
running last, and Aid. Potter could get
no better place than third, which he
seemed to consider an ill omen Then
came dinner. of the quality of which it
sufficient to say that the table had to be
moved before man could rise to his
feet.
After dinner Rev. William Wilkinson,
the newly appointed chaplain, made a
few remarks, full of hard sense and
sound argument, during the course of
which he pleaded for some action by
the city government toward move
ment to carry on reform at the work
house. He thought missionary at the
workhOuse could do as much good, and
should be worth as much as police
man. Mayor Babb, Aid. Potter, Supt.
West and Aid. Sterling followed. Some
one called for Aid. Loye, land everybody
fed from the room.
There is good deal of doubt as to the
efficacy of the lesson which Supt. West
attempted to teach that aggregation of
"bad men" by showing them over the
workhouse, because all declared with
out hesitation, on leaving, that they
would come back again as soon as pos
sible, and do all they could to get life
sentence.