St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-24

Tere put to work on that case. Last Monda
became evident that Harris and Comstocs
rere the men who had done that job. March, .
>. Hsyne, Col. Vests attorney had charge q
he case. AS stated in the GLOBE YESTERDAY
: was learned that an effort was bein
11aqe to get Harris out on bail. A womal
Tho lives in the house of III fame run l.,
lottie Layton, in ST. Paul, was the mOvir
pirit in the undertaking. Hayne made ar
.lngements to see that Harris was not re.
leased. and this is where the negligence q
nc court officer comes in. Nj. nayne swor
ut the warrant for the arrest of Hsi
rs on the charge of grand larceny j;
ne first degree-the morning theft a
he West previously spoken of-at 2:30 Tue
lay afternoon. TO be sure that there woul,
would be no hitch he secured an order fron
he county attorney for the serving of the
arrant at the county Jail snd put ii in tbs
court, with the warrant. The warrant wa
turned over TO the court sergeant, and he de
allied Officer Erlichman 10 make service. Er
lehman received the warrant before O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon. About 4:30 Mr.. Hayne.
% reaSsure himself that there would be ne
lelay in serving the warrant. telephoned the
clerk of the municipal court. asking If the
warrant had been served. He was told tina.
the officer had been sent 10 serve it.
But the warrant never was served. At 6:3r
Harris was free man and had left the city.
No one knows where he iS)pow. 1t is almost
Il certainty that he viii never come back.
One of the best catches made by the police
Tor long time has been allowed 10 slip away
There is a good deal of doubt rs TO the value
of the bond was raised. 1t was signed by ID.
". Shepard and l.. T. Heyman. Neither of
these men are known in MINNEAPOLIS. Their
names CO not figure in the directory. They
may be from st. Paul. No one in Minneapo-
lis knows anything about them. Judge FL
liotI accepted the bond, so il is probable that
il is all right But the payment of this sec
will not make ND for the loss Of big thief
who was almost certain to receive a long
term in the penitentiarv, where he belongs.
Supt Henderson investigated the case of
court Officer ETlichman yesterday. Erich
man does not seem to have made an inten-
tional mistake. He offers as all excuse that
he had some private business to attend to,
and that he thought he would have time TO
look after that before serving the warrant.
lie claims that he was at the sheriff S office
at the court house at 4:45. The people
down there say that the ONCE was open
at that time and that had Erlichman been
the warrant Anyhow, the warrant was not
served. ErliChman and the men in the
sheri1f's Office must settle that among them
selves Mayor Winston has not yet taken
action on Erlichman's case. Ii is not prob
atIe that Erlichman excuse will answer. II
was his business to serve that warrant tefore
be did anything else. He had ample time 10
do it.
There is another feature of the case tina
has queer look. 1t is said that the jailOr
never reported 10 any one the fact that Har-
us had been released. No one knew any
thing about it until yesterday morning. a
man from the sheriff Office was in police
Helm that both of the thieves were all right
in Jail. There Will be full investigation
into all the features Of the case. There
seems to he need of one.