St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-31
Government Detectives Run
Down a Nation-Noted
Criminal,
Capturing a Character Be-
lieved to Be the Famous
L. E. Elliott,
A Man Wanted for Crimes
Committed All Through
the West.
Scores Of Offenses Charged Up
Against the Man Who Is
Wanted.

mo! My name is not Elliottr' ex-
claimed woman to Col. T. j. Sheehan,
a United States deputy marshal, at the
Occidental hotel yesterday. Yes! that
is my husbands picture. Where did you
get it?" she snapped out, at the same
time snatching a photograph from the
officer, and tearing it to bits threw it
away.
This was preliminary scene to the
arrest of the wOman's husband on
charge of being l.. E. Elliott, who is at
present wanted in numerous places to
to answer for burglarieS galore.
United States Marshal j. G. DOna-
hover and his deputies have been on
the lookout for two men who are
charged with rObbing the pOstOffice of
COffeyville. Montgomery county, Kan,
on May IS last. From photographs in
their possession they had suspected
both men to be in the city, and few
days ago notified Postotflce Inspector w.
I. Sullivan, Of st. Louis, who arrived
in the city yesterday and made infOrma-
ton before United States Commissioner
Tighe. charging l.. E. Elliott and
another man with robbing the Cof-
feyyille postoffic of $3.50 in cash
and postage stamps worth $500.
The affidavit upon which the commits
siOner issued warrant for arrest was
based upon confession made by an
accomplish of Elliott, which was vOlun-
tarily made to Inspector Sullivan.
United States Marshal DOnahower and
Col. Sheehan. his chief deputy, armed
with warrants and pictures of the al
legged crooks, arrested Elliott and an
other young man of the city On the
charge mentioned. The younger man
arrested. whose name is suppressed for
prudential reasons, was allowed to go,
as he was identified by Chief Clark and
others as being lifelong resident of
the city, and beyond doubt is not the
person wanted, and is not the Identical
person whose picture is in the hands of
the officials.
demanded to Jail
Inspector Sullivan has two pictures
of Elliott, taken when in the lookup at
Kansas City, and asserts that he is the
man wanted for several Offenses in
Kansas. Elliott was accompanied tolthe
marShal's Office by his wife and also be-
fore United States Commissioner Tighe.
whittier he was taken for preliminary
hearing yesterday afternoon. The
woman showed considerable agitation,
and would frequently go to her husband
and whisper i'll his ear. She would go
out of the Office frequently, and glared
at the bystanderS in belligerent man
ner. The commissioner waited for an
hour for the appearance of Assistant
United States District Attorney Edger-
ton, but that official not appearing
at 3 %, M, OIL motion of
Henry Johns, attorney for Elliott,
the hearing was postponed until IL a.
m. today. Elliott was lodged in the
Ramsey county Jail. An effort was
made to have him admitted to bail in a
small sum, but the commissioner eX-
pressed the view that the bail should be
for a considerable sum, unless there
should be shown probable cause tG
make it light, and in the absence of a
hearing he thought the Offense alleged
warranted placing the recogniZance at
$1,000 or more.
Elliott is a large man, of powerful
proportions. His complexion is Swarthv
and his features rigid and determined
in appearance. He walks with crutches
because of an injury to his left leg. He
absolutely declined to be talked to by
reporters, and stated Dramatically that
he had nothing to say when asked where
he came from.
A Cory Record.
Inspector Sullivan says that the Eli
oft he is after is professional burglar,
and one of the most expert era cksmen
in the West. He has several aliases
and has long list of crimes charged
against him. One of his pals is now
serving time, and it is information de-
rived from him that led up to the pres
ent arrest on the charge named. He
claims that the man has operated in
Chicago, st. Paul and Sioux City. Eli
oft broke his leg last October by jump
ing from train running at high rate
of speed, to escape arrest for burglary
committed at Independence, 10. He
was arrested at Atchison, Kan, last
March. for burglary, but broke jail. A
short time after that he was arrested at
Kansas City for beating his land
lady ana for vagrancy, and while
In the lookup was photographed.
He shut his eyes when one picture was
taken, but the second picture was taken
with kodak when he was not on the
alert. He was allowed to depart from
the workhouSe that time before it was
known to the authorities who he was.
He has gone under several aliases. H e
has been known as Edmunds. Marshall
and Edmundsen, but generally stuck to
his first name of Edward. He was +
last, for rObblng the NJ. K. &c T.
ticket Office, but broke jail. He
served a year in the penitentiary
at joliet, ILL.,. on a convection for steal
ing jewelry. 1t is asserted that his
haul that time was $4,000, but he sur
rendered the goods. These are only
some of the Offenses alleged to have
been committed by the Elliott wanted
for rObbing the Coffeyvill pOstOffice. He
married his present wife in Milwaukee.
The st. Paul Career.
If the man arrested turns out to be the
man wanted, he has dark prospect be-
fore him, provided, of course, the Of
fenses charged by Inspector Sullivan
can be proven.
The man arrested as Elliott and his
wife have been rooming at the Occi-
dental, on East Seventh street, since
Nov. 6. He went there from the AS
toria, where they had been regular
dodgers from July "a up to the time
they went to the Occidental. They
went to the A st0ria from a private
house near the Omaha tracks. The
man was then laid up with broken
leg, and had TO be carried on a stretch
er. The proprietor of the Asto-
ria said that he never learned the
mans business, and he seldom
seemed to have money. He and his
wife roomed at the Astoria and took
their meals elsewhere. He owes about
two months lodging at the Astoria, and
left because the proprietor refused to
trust him longer. As soon as he got
able to walk about Mr.. Farriss said he
notified him to find other quarters. 1t
was stated that he stopped at the AS
toria for few days last winter.
When Elliott was taken to Jail his