St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-12
AT A PISTOLS POINT.
A Colored Bandit Holds Up a
Cigar Store Pro-
prietor.
The Booty Not Large, but the
Act Just as OAR
ing.
Authorities at Work on the
Inquest in the Dunno
back Killing.
Damaging Testimony Direct
ed Toward TWO Sus-
poets.

| Election is over, and the detectives
have plenty of time to devote to the
capture of crooks and the prevention
of crime, but they don't capture OF pre-
vent. Burglaries and hoid-ups are of
daily and nightly occurrences, and most
! of them are reported ut police head
quarters. They are there kept very
secretly, however, and not given to the
reporters. The GLOBE gets on" u
good many of the cases, but cannot get
them all, for time and space must be
! given TO other news. LII nearly every
case that Is reported to the detectives,
they impress OH the victim the impor-
lance of keeping his mouth shut and
| saying nothing to anybody. VI course,
! it is apparent to the most obtuSn that
| the only reason for this secrecy is that
| the people shall not hear OF all Tue
| crimes committed, and thus know how
many failures to charge up to the de-
partment. One Of these cases, and per-
| haps as bold robbery as the city bias
| had in many day, occurred night be-
J fore last Oh Robert street, in the very
| heart of the city. The victim was Joel
| DanZ, who runs cigar and candy store
| at 379 Robert, between Fifth and Sixth
streets 1t was early in the evening,
and there were many people on the
street, when a coored man walked in,
presented a gun at DanZ' head and de-
manded what money there was in the
place. He was not very black, and
seemed to be mulattO, but he had a
look on his face that meant business,
and DAM passed over $l5. all there was
In the money drawer. You have more
than that somewhere, and L want 1t
d--n quick" said the ''coon," as his
fingers began to work on the trigger OF
the gun. Danz found so more in
small box and passed. it over. This
seemed to satisfy the fellow, and lie
backed out of the place. keeping DanZ
behind the counter by holding the gun
OH him until he closed the door and dis
appeared.
The detectives failed to find the
'coon," but some policeman arrested
man after l o'clock this morning that
they believe is the bod robber He iS.a
tall, 1.-the Young fellow, and gives his
name as Robert Jackson. He was found
in bed with Myrtle Evans, colored
lass, who says she is not married, at 430
Franklin street. lie and Myrtle
were booked as dsorderlies until
Officers Brogan and Frazer, who
have been working in citizens
clothing, and Sergeant Sexton,
working with them on this case can
gather more evidence. Frazer was ont
duty at q colored danre the night of the
robbery, and saw Jackson there trying
to get in without money. He did not
succeed but later he came back, and
seemed to have plenty of cash. The
officers found a coat in his room that
they think was stolen. and say that he
has been wearing light, short coats as 4
disguise. LII his pocket was also found
pawn ticket from l.. Lehman for a
watch, and the officers think he is con-
siderable of thief.
That the burglars who are making
life miserable for many citizens are still
with us is shown by IA visit they made
the other night to the house of Mark
Costello, corner Summit avenue and
Rice street. They got no plumber, how
ever, for the little dog with big bark
awoke Mr.. Costello, and they left be-
fGre really getting at work. Mi. and
Mrs. Costello did not want the fact TO
get into the papers that they had been
visited, and when asked about it yes.
terday by a GLOBE reporter Mrs. Cos
tello said that she die not see any bur
glars, and, if any were around, 1t must
nave been when she was asleep. A
number of questions i'll different forms
brought the same answer, and the Ie-
porter concluded that there is one
woman who can keep a secret whenshe
sets out to do so.
Frank Donnelly says he lives in Still
water He wore a white plug hat and
jag last evening and he was insulting
ladies. Officer Mcbride doesn't allow
that sort of thing and took Donnelly to
the station.
Harry Moore. a young local petty
thief, was run in last night as vagrant
by Detectives Gerber and Leyde.