St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-19
Prominent Business Men Dif-
fer in Their Views Over
the Arrests.
Many Express Themselves as
Opposed to Such Extreme
Action.
William Pitt Murray Says He
Is Confident Of Several
Convictions.
Lively Early Morning Scene
at the Office Of Commits
sioner McCafferty.

There is considerable excitement still
In st. Paul anent the arrest of the Min
neapolis census enumerators on the
charge of making false certificates, etc..
yet there is little feeling manifested.
The consensus of public opinion may
be estimated from number of inter-
views with prominent citizens published
in another column. The majority
question the wisdom of such
extreme action, while others in
dorse it and urge that a
rigid prosecution be made. The latter
contingent feel that the Minneapolis re-
turns have been Systematically padded,
and they seem to fear that the interests
of st. Paul must
Suffer From Comparison,
because the st. Paul compilation has
been honestly conducted in strict ac-
cordance with the law governing the
enumeration. Others, again, doubt the
relevancy of this theory. They main
tain that st. Paul cannot be injured in
any way because Minneapolis makes
/ the larger showing, and should
Minneapolis make false returns,
they argue, it cannot be long concealed,
and Minneapolis will be the sufferer
and not st. Paul. The conservative
view is that what has been done had
best not have been done at ali, and if
done it should have been by the gov
ernment officials.
The only startling episode Of yester-
day occurred at 4 o'clock in the morn
ing. Ed A. Stevens, of Minneapolis.
had sworn out a search warrant in the
| with this. Capt. Jake Helm and Sergeant
Coskran, of the Minneapolis force,
Fortified by w. HI. Eustis,
visited the Office of Judge McCafferty in
the Court block in this city. Officer
Casserly was found in charge. Capt.
Helm read the warrant. and proceeded
to search the Office for the sacks OF re-
turns that had been brought down by
the deputy United States marshal in
evidence of alleged frauds, and which
are to be introduced in the case before
| Judge McCafferty tomorrow. Officer
| Casserly objected to the course, and ig-
nored warrant issued by Minneap-
oils court to search federal office for
| property in the possession OF United
| States circuit court commissioner, and
an exciting scene enSued. The Ian
guage that passed between the officer
| and his Minneapolis callers was more
| emphatic than polite or euphonious. A
| collision was imminent, and Officer
Casserly pulled his gun and ordered his
nocturnal callers to vacate at once, and
this they did. During the day the
| papers were removed to the Office of
| the United States district attorney in
| the custom house for safe keeping.
Later in the day delegation
Called Upon Judge Nelson,
of the United States district court. and
there was talk of documents compelling
the release of the papers, but nothing
was done.
W. p. Murray was seen by GLOBE
reporter. He was in joyous frame of
mind, and seemed inclined to feel that
his had been heroic course.
"They say this is all bluff" he ex-
claimed with feeling, "but l will show
them that we mean business. We
charge fraud, and we are going to prove
it. We have got the evidence all pat
| and nothing can prevent conviction."
"What have they done thatis wrong?''
| he was asked.
"What have they done? They have
| DduuGu buClL CCHouo lOpOl Gos 10 IL
wrong!" he exclaimed with contempt.
"Is it wrong for an enumerator, for in
stance, to ask boy like that" pointing
to youth standing near, ''how old he
was, and when told nineteen years to
mark it down as forty, and then emu
merate him the
Father of Six Chi1dren2
What do you think of that? Mime
apolis people say the documents we
have amount to nothing and that there
| is no eliminating evidence in them.
| Why should they try to turn heaven and
earth to get possession Of them before
| the hearing comes off? We want five
more of the Minneapolis fellows
against whom we have a big
| lot of proof, but l understand
they have skipped out. l want to say
| that when was told that they had pad
| ded to the extent of $4,000 l hadn't a
word to say; 1 didn't care; but when
| they came down here to enumerate half
OF St. Paul's population, then l kicked.
! do not think they will be able to get
/. the case transferred to Minneapolis.
/ Commissioner Odell would, no doubt,
| dismiss the case at once"