St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-22
BUGS IN HIS HEAD.
Charles G. Orr Creates a Sem
Sation in the Minneapolis
District Court.
He Is Thought to Have
Planned a Shot at Judge
CAVITY.
Finale Of the Battling Null
doom Murder Mystery" in
Plain Facts.
The News Of Saturday Gath
cred by Vigilant Globe
ENJOYS

There was excitement, and plenty of
It, at the criminal court room yesterday
forenoon, when the notorious Leo He'll
perm was brought up before Judge
Canty for sentence. The excitement
was not caused by Heilpern, but by
wlld-eyed crank vino claimed to be his
friend. The wId-eyed individual met
Deputy Sheriff Grove in the hallway
few minutes after o'clock and handed
him piece of paper bearing some I'M
intelligible marks, which he asked the
deputy to hand to Capt. Hart. Grove
returned the paper, and told the man to
deliver it himself, as he was just going
down to the jail to bring He'll
perm up to court. When Grove got
to the Jail the turnkey told him that an
excited individual had been around the
Jail, threatening to drop somebody
when sentence was passed on Heilpern.
The turkeys description of the man
tailed with that of the wild-eyed Great
ure Grove had encountered in the hall
way. When the deputy returned TO the
court room with Heilpern he saw the
strange man sitting among the Specta-
tors in the back part of the room. He
was suspicious, but said nothing, and
kept his eve peeled.
Heilpern was called on to stand up
for sentence. and he did So Judge
CAVITY began with II am firmly i'm
pressed" but got no further, when
note was handed to him by the deputy
Sheriff. The judge was astOnished to
read as follows:
Dear Judge: man in apparently excited
condition just came to the Office and used
this language: IF you hear anything drop
in the Heilpern case this morning l want
you to notice it; word to the wise is .suffi-
7 -ad hic lint no mi
stop to answer. do not know what this
means. and wish yOu would call VhianS at
tention to it. Yours truly,
BENJAMIN DAVENPORT.
After reading the communication,
Judge Canty held a brief, whispered
consultation with Deputy Grove, who
told his honor about the strange actions
of the individual he had encountered.
AS result, a couple of more deputies
were sent for, and when they arrived
the cranky individual was asked to
leave the court room. He refused to
comply with the request, saying that he
chad as much right there as any one"
Two deputies then seized him and began
to eject HIM by force. The man made
desperate resistance, and in the Scutfie
benches and chairs were overturned,
and the court room took on the aspect
of q first-claSs free fighting ring.
Speak Speak, Heilpernw yelled
the frenZied man. Say word for me.
/ have fought and worked for you
long time. Now don't go back on mel"
Heilpern turned deathly pale, his
eyes flashed strangely and he peered at
the unknown man i'll mute astoniSh-
ment.
Il don't know the man." ventured
the little POlander, as the attorneys
looked at him in an inQulring manner.
While the crank was being hustled
toward the door he repeatedly yelled for
Heilpern to help him. and intersperSed
his entreaties with prOfuSlOn Of oaths.
Finally he was pulled through the
doors. down the stairs and safely lodged
III Jail.
HeiIpern assured the Judge that he
had never seen the furious individual
before and had no idea of his purpose.
Then the court proceeded to sentence
the convicted embezzer. He said:
''Heilpern, the court is strongly i'm
pressed that you are guilty man. The
proofs are overwhelming and complete.
Of this there is not shadow of doubt.
] fail to see how any jury of common
sense could hesitate to find you guilty.
You yourself have done everything to
prove your guilt. except to confess.
Your letters and kilograms showed guilt.
''YOu are man of unusual intelligence.
To have borne the strain OF these re-
peated trials as you have proves you to
be a man of a million. You are finely
educated, shrewd, keen and quick.
Would that your talents had been put
10 better purposes. In passing sentence
] must obey the request of the jury in
their strong recommendation for mercy.
! shall also take into consideration the
length of time You have already been in
Jail. The sentence Of the court is that
you be confined in Saltwater prison at
hard labor for a term of six years.
Hellpern accepted his sentence philO-
sophically and made no scene. He
was quietly led by to the Jail.
The man who caused all the rumpus
was Charles A. Orr, lawyer, money
lOaner. spiritualist and general crank.
When searched nothing more dangerous
than an ink scratcher was found on his
person. He is Enthusiastically crazy, and
will probably be examined in the pro-
bate court Monday. lie says that he
has known Heilpern only two days, but
has been his lifelong friend. lie talks
incoherently about "a magic conspiracy
of SiX1 dead meu.tell no tales . etc