St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-25
SENTIMENT IN ST. PAUL.
Awaiting Report From the
Washington Delegation.

Awaiting a Report From the
Washington Delegation.
There were no developments in st.
Paul in the Minneapolis census enumer-
alton investigation yesterday. Indeed,
thele is really nothing to be done now
but to await the result of the efforts of
the embassy sent to Washington, and
intelligence is expected to-day that will
shape the ensuing course of the ex-
is expected that District At
forward to the department in Wash
ington the documentary evidence
that he has taken possession of-the
gunny sacks of alleged fraudulent re-
turns captured by Marshal Daggett at
the time of the raid on the ''manufact-
uring annex" in the Vanderburgh
block in Minneapolis. The executive
committee desires that Superintendent
Porter and Attorney General Miller
shall compare the returns with those
taken to Washington by the ST. Paul
delegation. 1t is claimed that these
documents will corroborate every fact
shown by the detective in the case.
Therefore it is considered essential that
they shall be exhibited together.
Yesterday morning Gen. Sanborn and
Capt. Berkey called upon Marshal Don
ahower and asked if he was willing to
take exclusive charge of those gunny
sacks of documentary evidence. Of
course this was entirely unnecessary, as
it is a matter of record in the commits
sioner'sa court that he is in possession
and nothing came of the interview. 1t
goes to show, however, that the sensa-
tional story to the effect that this evi-
dence is being tampered with has taken
certain effect. There is no occasion for
alarm upon this score. Judge McCaf-
ferty, who has complete jurisdiction
over the case so far, in an interview
with the GLOBE related last evening:
"In this case, as in all cases that
come before United States commits
sioner, the evidence that is seized at the
time of the arrest Of the offender
against the federal laws is placed in
the hands of the United States marshal.
The United States district attorney has
access to such evidence, but the evil
dence never passes from the responsi.
bility or custody of the marshal. The
records show that this evidence
was passed into the charge of
Marshal Donahower through Deputy
DdSStUts IL Was SuIlISly plOpOIs MI.
McCafferty pursued, "that Mr.. Hay
should have taken them for inspection.
He has perfect right to such privilege
in all cases, and it is necessary
that he should, in order to prepare
himself for the preliminary hearing.
The history of this evidence is briefly:
Detective Doggett brought 1t down to
my office with the prisoners. That
night when the Minneapolis delegation
were there In a towering rage over the
arrest, Mr.. Eustis made remark that
made me think of a possible contin-
gency. He asked me if the warrants
that had been served on the seven
enumerators were the only process that
had been issued. l told him that it was
the only process that l had issued. I
thought however. that possible effort
would be made by the Minneap-
oils people to regain possession
of that evidence, and accordingly in
structed the deputy marshal and Off
Ger Casserly that no papers could be
properly issued upon which they should
deliver up the papers. AT o'clock in
the morning they come down from Min
neapolis with a Minneapolis municipal
court search warrant for the documents,
but the officers very properly refused to
give them up. In the morning when
people began to come in thought it
best ethe marshal should take the evil
dence to the custom house, where it
could be locked up. and ! SO requested