St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-11
COUP OF A COMPANY.
Colonnade Owners Manage to
Get Rid Of the Hotel
Incubus.
Twin City Bankers Fea st
.5i and Crate as an Annual
n: Event.
5sN
R<i
a a Hitch in the Law Regulat-
ing the Canvass Of the
Votes.
The City Attorney Is Hope
= ful Of the Park Law Out
come.

'e"The Seige of the Colonnade" would
not be bad title for very interesting
volume which might be written anent
the proceedings of the past few weeks
in connection with the magnificent and
popular hotel building of that name on
st. Peter street. The details of the
trouble existing between the St. Peter
Street Improvement company and
MeSsrs. Hopes IL Gorham, the leSsees
Of the property in dispute, are: Re-
Gently these latter parties were notified
by the Improvement company to yacate
the premises for with. to which notilica
ton, however, no attention was paid,
and Hopes q Gorham continued to
transact the business of the concern as
though nothing had occurred to disturb
the even tenor of their ways. Early i'll
the week an effort was made by the
company to get possession of the build
ing. Choosing time when BoOpeS
was absent from the hotel, the agents OF
| the company entered and took posses
| sion, with the intention OF preventing
Hopes from re-enterlng the place. The
latter, however, was a trifie too dOWny
for the do0rkeepers on this occasion.
an6 managed to get ill.,. when he
again took possession. and for the
| n0nce had the best of the game. Since
| that time Hopes q GOrham have re-
manned in possession of the place, and
| it was not until yesterday that the sec
Ond and successful effort was mad9 TO
| disl0Ige them. Early Yesterday morn
ing posse of men under Deputy Shcr-
| iff Cole and a youth claiming to be
| PinkertOn representative. but who
was discovered TO be relative Of j. K.
McMurran, named Leslie Mosoley. pro-
ceeded to the hotel and all exits were
guarded. w. H. Heard, the we'll
known restauranteur, entered the place
and took possession Oh behalf of the
company, despite the protests of those
in charge. The hour was 5 a. m, and
Landlord Hopes was still i'll bed.
sleeping the sleep of fancied security.
His statement of the affair is that he
was awakened by one Of his employees,
who hammered on the door and
called to him that there was
row down stairs and he had better come
down if he wanted a hand in it. Hopes
says he wasn't looking for gore. but
n'lmporte, he got it. AS soon as he set
/ foot at the bottom of the stairs he claims
I that he was requested by an emissary of
the company to leave the premises.
This he refused to do, and was, as re-
suit, administered a couple OF by no
| means gentle SmaSheS on the mouth by
| said emlSsary, and then f0rciby thrown
I out of the place. Clerk Baldwin, in the
| emyloy of Hopes IL Gorham, was not
| lm6leSted. and sIill remains in the house
| Fin an interview with young Mosely,
| that Sleutf-like Individual stated that
| lie had notified Baldwin not to enter
= ~, rb nm n
once to the lookup. Jeane EDerhardt,
the ianitor OF the house under
I the defeated administration. tells
| Thrilling story of bis experience with
| Mosely. Ebefhardt claims that he ap-
preached Mooeiy without evil intent,
Nhereupon the latteE.puledta revolver
faom his pocket. and, pointing it at
Eberhardt, threatened to shoot him if he
advanced any furtileF. MeSely was in
duced to put away the4 weapon, and
what promised to end in tragedy sim
mered down to a harmless bluff. A
GLOBE reporter called on MIR. Heard,
who satin the hotel Office, ana i'll reply
to a question rs to whether he was III
possession, said he was. He declined
| to state whether he WAS there by virtue
of contract with the company for the
management of the house, or in what
capacity. President j. K. McMurran,
of the improvement company, was found
by the reporter and questioned dis to the
situation. He met all queries regard
ing the events of the day with emphatic
| destinations to say a. word about them.
The proceedings attracted quite
! crowd of curions people who hung
| about the doors Turing the day awaiting
| developments. At O'Clock lat even
| ing Hopes and Gorham prOceedsd to
the hotel and demanded admissions.
| This being refused them forcible entry,
was attempted, and force was applied
! by one of the muscular gentry guarding
| the doors to prevent either of the
erstwhie lessees from gaining adj
mission. This ended the fun for
| the day. Hopes d Gorham
have retained MessrS. Hne & Graves,
of st. Paul, as their attorneys. and
| Messrs. Davis and Farnham. of Mime
apolis, are attorneys for the company.
+ Hopes d Gorham express: their IN
tentien of trying to enter the house
every day until the case is decided one
| way or. the other. In the meantime. the
| popularity of the Colonnade is still on
the high tide, and its guests declare 1t
| is the most attractive place in the city.