St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-02
MORE OF The MURDER;
Public Sentiment Aroused te
a High Pitch.
SEARCHING FOR THE FIENOS
Masked Men Hold Up a HaeH
After the Murder.
ARRESTS UPON SUSPICION
Suspicious Character Seen on
the West Side.
UPON SUSPICION
ONLY CLUES, NOTHING SURE

The murder of Joseph Hedra by
gang OF masked thdgs in the saloon Of
Matthias Valek. on Michigan street, was
the general topic of conversation yeS
terday. The public have been advised
by the GLOBE of the numerous robt
berries and "hold-ups" which have
caused CONSERVATION to the storekeepy
ers and pedestrians during the last two
months, and, while several of the
victims have been brutally beah
EN- by the ruffians, no serious
results have followed. The MUIR
der of Hedra was so cold -blooded
and uncaIled for that public sentiment
has been aroused. and while the police
department has been paying little, if
any, attention to the carnival of crlme,i
the taking of the life of respectable
citizen will undoubtedly result in the
authorities who are in a measure re-
sponsible being held to strict accounts
ing. /
The body of Hedra was removed,
from the city hospital yesterday morn.
Ing to the undertaking rooms of Gross
IL Dohm, and yesterday afternoon Dr.
Il. A. Wheaton made an autopsy. The
autopsy showed two bullet wounds,
either one of which would have been
fatal. One of the bullets entered the
back just above the right hip and
perforated the kidney and intestines.
being found beneath the skin to
the right of the navel. The other
bullet struck higher up in The back, but
was not located at the post mortem.l
There was confusion on the left fore4
head and the nose was skinned, but
these might have been caused when
Hedra fell to the floor. DR.. Wheaton.
who is also deputy coroner, seen last
evening, said an inquest would be heldi
but probably not unlil tomorrow, as he
was waiting to hear from the police au-
thorities before deciding as to the time
of holding the inquest. {
Mayor Wright visited the office Of
Chief Garyin early yesterday morning,
and was cloSeted with Chief Garvin
and Chief of Detectives McGinn for
twenty minutes. Just what was said by
the chief to his right and left bowers Isl
not known, but the interview caused an
activity i'll the detective and police de-
partment that was in marked contrast
to the usual happy-go-lucky SYSTEM
which has characterized the department.
for the past six months. 3
During the day detectives arrested
four yonng men who have at yarious
times been arrested for offenses, and
after each of them had been subjected
to examination by the chief of detect;
ives and police, they were locked up at
the central station. The men taken in
custody gave their names as Smith,
Winch, Hoban and Convey, the last
named being better known as "Jocko"
Conway. The theory advanced by the
police and detectives is that the men
who committed the robbery and murder
were not what is termed professionals,
but young toughs. The reason for this
theory is that if the men had been old
hands they would have sluggedHedra in-
stead of shooting, unless they were
about to be captured. The quartette
arrested were charged with vagrancy,
and will be held at the station until
investigation has been made as to their
whereabouts at the time the murder
occurred. 1t was reported last night
that the arrest Of the four men
was simply blind and the detectiyes
were OH the trail of the parties con-
cerned, but this both Chief Garvin and
CHER of Detectives McGinn denied.
Neither of the officials would talk about
the case but intimated they had a clue
to the murderers.
A well known resident of the West
side informed the police that shortly be4
fore 6 o'clock yesterday morning he was
accosted by man, evidently stranger,
on Hall avenue, who inquired the wa
to the union depot. The man, who
seemed very nervous. explained that he
had lost his way in the fog and was all
turned around. The citizen. who at that
time had not heard Of the murder, took
good look at the stranger and gave thet
necessary directions. AS soon as he
reached his place of business he noticed
by the GLOBE that the description of the
clothing worn by one of the murderous
gang tailed with the stranger who had
asked the way to the union depot. The
nervousness exhibited by the fellow
convinced the West-sider that he was
one of the men concerned III the crime,
and he lost no time in acquainting the
police. The man he described as about
five feet seven or eight, thirty-iye years
old, with short whIskerS and dark COM
pleXion, and wore brown oYercoat and
brown derby hat.
The detectives undoubtedly think
that in the man met on the West side
they have clue to the murderers, as
David johnson, hack driver, gives
the same description of one Of
the robbers who held him up
on Pleasant avenue between mid<
night and o'clock yesterday morning.
John son, who took two we'll known
business men home about midnight
Tuesday night, started back from st.
Anthony hill by the way of Pleasant
avenue. When near the corner of ST.
AlbanS street he saw two men standing
in the street. As he neared them the
men split out, one going on each side
of the hack. OBe of the fellows
made careful search of Johu-
sons pockets, taking 1925 in silver,
all the cash he had. He asked
for his keys, which the robber who was
searching him had taken, and they
were handed back to him. He was
ordered to "Get on your wagon and
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