St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-02
Continuation Of the Policy OF
Picking Outsiders Ito
Draw Fat Salaries.
Pinkepton's Nan, McGinn, Re-
places Mason as Chief OF
Detectives,
And His staff Will Comprise
Several Strangers to the
People.
A Clue to the Reason for
Cooks ~Let-Down--Slug-
gers Victims.

What special purpose the n
Press and Dispatch have hadi IN falsify-
ing the facts concerning the urmo
over Chief Detective Mason and making
it appear that no changes In the make
up of the city detective force were con-
templated, it is difficult to see. Ii it
was to create the impression that the
GLOBE was lying, it was, to say the
least, childish, for the public must
know for a certainty soon that the
GLOBE was not lying. but publishing
the news, while these sheets were con-
cealing the news and publishing silly
twaddle.
w. A. Pinkerton is iii the CITY to place
W. II. Crabtree, the assistant Superin-
tendent of the Kansas City Pinkerton
agency, in temporary charge here until
he and his brother Robert Pinkertor
can decide upon a permanent snperln-
tendent. Mr. Pinkerton was seen last
evening at the offices of his ST. Paul
agency, and said that MI. Crabtree had
been here two weeks to gather from
McGinn the details of the work on hand.
McGinn, he said, had resigned to be-
come chief of the detective service OF
St. Paul, and that, whenever the city
became tired Of his services, the I'm
kerton detective agency Is ready TO
take him back into its service.
1t was the intention to have Mcdlnn
sworn in yesterday, but, as reported,
Mason declines to resign. and must De
fired bodily. A good many people were
called before Mayor Wright yesterday,
and il has leaked out that they were
asked concerning various features Oh
Mason's conduct, the purpose being 70
lay an uuquestiOnaLle OF
the discharge of the official. As quickly
as Mason is disposed OF coin VIII DC
Installed in the Office. de VIII most
likely take charge today.
picking Up Outsiders.
McGinn has been accorded the prlyI-
lege of selecting his own operative.
Tom Cleary, who was his assistant a
wear ago in the Pinkerton service, VIII
be one of his detectives. And he Will
have j. Ryan and two young men named
Haney and Roland, ali OF whom nave
been Pinkerton detectives a good Wnlle.
William Mctetridge OF the Irlor ave,
II division, will be brought in and
placed in the central detective service.
Werrick will be retained. and posSiDly
Gerber for a brief period. but the rest
OF the detectives VINO have served al
the central station since the mlnist
ton went i'll are ont.
1t is stated that John harris was notl-
fed a few days ago that he Would De
reduced to a patr0lman; so ne at once
handed in his resignation. McGulggah
who was detailed from the patrol Serv-
ice to look after the ~pawnbrokerS ana
secondhand stores II keep a record OF
the same. it is believed, will be retained
i'm that service. The Pinkerten men
chosen by AIcGinn will be made full
iedged detectives. McFetridge holds a
position which draws 500 d month;
hence it must be that he will be made
full detective, so that his salary VIII not
be reduced. As the chief of d tectlyeS
is only allowed four full detectives, the
question is where do McFetrldge, Wer-
rick and Gerber come IN?
VIII Garyin Quit?
All sorts of rumors relying around
Yesterday. One of these was that Car
vim had sent i'll his resignation. Il that
ex-Chief Clark had been asked by the
mayor to take the position OF chler.
Chief Clark was seen, and said there
was no truth in the story SO far as he
was concerned, and he doubted ii there
was any truth in the story that Garpln
had rendered his resignation. Further
investigation showed that the rumor
throughout is probably ~groundless.
Chief GaryiD goes East today, ana II
NAV be the rumor grew out OF hat tact.
But he was commissioned by Mer-
Ram to represent the state III the Ma
tional prison congress which conveneS
at Baltimore on the Sd, to sit until, the
evening of the 9th. The chief will be
gone until about the 18th. He will go
to New York, Philadelphia and some
other Eastern cities before returning.
MIR. Pinkerton last evening took occa-
sion 10 say some very flatterlng things
of ex-Chief OF Detectives john d.
O'Connor. He said that he was n OF
the b~rainiest and brightest detectives
i'm the United States. John G. McGinn,
he said. had been in the Pipkerton serv-
ice twenty years and over, and was one
of their ablest and brightest men.
"Whenever the city wants him ho
longer" said Mr.. Plnkerton, 1--WE are
ready to take him back. We have fur
nished a good many men from our sefV-
ice to the cities OF the UniGeu 0t"teS.
The chief of police of Philadelphia was
taken from us. He was IL OF our
| superintendent, and, though a strong
Democrat, the Republican admiGistra-
ton of Philadelphia insisted on hav,
| ing him. We yielded. as we have
done in every case, but with
regret at parting with a valua
Bile man. A good many other mel
have been taken away from us in this
way lately. John O'Connor, like Nc
CHM and all our men, is one who has
all the names and records of all the
crooked fraternity, not only i'll his OWL
city, but all over the country at his fin
ger ends. O'Connor has long made
careful study of all crooks of which thu
newspapers give any account. As sooI
as he reads of a crime in New York, O.
any other city, he at once sit
down and finds out all that it is possible
to learn of the perpetrator. He gets
careful description of him and a picture
if possible. He learns all about hi
life and his methods of operation
When he is through he knows that NAL
as well as though he was personally &C
quainted with him, and can PICK him GU
of any crowd"
To Gentlemen of Taste.