St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-27
TIRED Thief TAKERS.
St. PauTs Paid Detectives in
Disgrace Again.
HUNT FOB A VICIOUS CRIMINAL
Conducted on the Quiet by
Mill City officers.
GLOBE MEN UNCOVER A TRAIL.
Bold Hold-Up OF a Traveller
on the Mendoza Road.
HUNT FOB A VICIOUS CRIMINAL
GLOBE MEN UNCOVER A TRAIL.
ROBBERS GOING A SWIFT GAIT.

Henry st. Maur is young man of
twenty-one for whose capture sub
stantial reward is offered by Wisconsin
officials.
The GLOBE detective bureau has as
certained that st. Maur has been leis-
urly loltering in st. Paul and vicinity
UP to very short time ago. Yet our
keen (?) city sleuths-Who are alleged
TO live Oh razor soup. official perquistes
and an occasional 'bit'' out of a haul
made by a ICON" man or burglar
either did not have gumption to bag the
game or were too busy working the To-
cal snaps to give attention to the cum
ming young man from Wisconsin.
st. Maur comes of highly respectable
family living at Rhinelander, Wis. He
has an aunt and several other relatives
in st. Paul, all respected and good citi-
Zens. At Mendoza he also has numer-
Gus relatives. He first arrived in st.
Paul about year agO-in November,
1892, to be accurate-but only remained
short time. Shortly after, i'll Decem-
ber or January, he was married at
Rhlnelander to a young lady named
Webb. After five months of mar
rided life she died in Min
neapolis. ST. Maur has told conflicting
stories as to the cause of her death, in
one place saying she died from eating
ice cream, i'll another asserting that
peritonitis killed her. The wife'S par
ents, it is alleged, have always been
suspicious of the circumstances sur
rounding Mrs. st. Maur's death, but it
is not now definitely known whether
the young man is wanted III connection
Herewith.
A long chase by GLOBE reporters de-
velOpS the fact that while in this neigh
borhOOd ST. Maur dressed in fine clothes
and had plenty of money. 1t was only
by the most persistent questioning that
his relatives could be induced to say
anything. Apparently he had never
been very communicative as to his af-
fairs. From others. however, it was
learned that he was known in the neigh
bOrhood of his Cousins home as 1.-THE
A1Olll 1uCO Iiidb lC
wore a very large spark in his shirt
front. st. Maur was quiet and gentle
manly appearing chap, albeit somewhat
awkward in manner. 1t is now recalled
that he never allowed himself to be
seen in public places, and always car
Tied revolver.
While staying at his Cousins he
always insisted oD paying his board,
and in the evenings would mix freely
with the younger people. He let it be
understood that he got his money by
card-playing, and irtimated to chance
acquaintance that there was no sense
in working when he could live without
doing so. The last time he was seen IN
st. Paul by any of his relatives was two
weeks ago Sunday night. On that occa-
sion he was in gathering of young
folks, when his brother, who resides in
Minneapolis, rushed up, out of breath,
called Henry to one side, and whispered
something to him. EXcusing themselves
on the plea that they would be back in a
moment. the two left, and since then st.
Maur has not put in an appearance at
the homes of any of his own people.
One fact anearthed by the reporters
search is that this black sheep of good
family is just as shrewd as need be.
When first in st. Paul he wore a black
mustache and his hair was cut short.
On his latest visit he had sacrificed the
mustache and wore his hair heavy and
long, arranged very artistically
in front. To requests for pictures
ho+
he would gladly give one-but
he never did. Further, he stated
Oh one occasion he so far forgot himself
as to say he had taken pains to gather
up and burn all he ever had taken or
distributed. The stories told by the
fugitive differ widely. He was going to
Colorado according to one story; at
Rnother time Iowa was to be his deStina-
tion; once, to account for a plethora of
money, he said he had married rich
widow in the South, and had got what
he called ''her swag."
st. Maur is wanted in Green Bay,
Wis, and Wausau. Wis, for robbery.
1t is also hinted he is a rapist and a
highwayman who tortured an old man
by burning the SoleS of his feet to make
him reveal the place where his money
was hid. In appearance he is anything
but desperate or dangerous man, vet
there is something about him that on
closer acquaintance reveals the dare
devil spirit acquired during two years
spent as cowboy on the plains. He
has been heard to speak of "doping'
race horses.
While st. Paul detectives have been
apparently asleep, Sheriff Eye and Min
neapolis ely bobs' have been energeti-
cally at work in ST. Paul. Last week
two men. thought to be Eye and Detect
i've Hankinson, went with search
warrant to the house on Lafond street
where st. Maur boarded for nearly two
weeks, and searched the place from
cellar to garret. The lady living in the
house was soreIy distressed on being in
formed of the charges against her rela-
tive, e,and since then she has been greatly
annoyed by Shadows" one woman,
who keep almost constant watch of her
place.
It's not impossible that this same
young man was one Of the two highway
men who managed to hold up" hack
on the Mendoza road, which IS chron-
icled elsewhere. 1t can be positively
stated that he has been seen in ST. Paul
since the Sunday night when he disap-
peared from his relatives. He is about