St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-27

slightly stopped when walking, legs
rather long for the body, quite dark
complexion, no superfluOus flesh, heavy
dark hair, and smokes cigarettes inceS-
sanity when he can get them, but
drinks very sparingly.
THE MENDOZA STORY.
Town Marshal lie Claire, of Mendoza,
who Is in this city at present for treat
ment of the eyes, was seen last evening
and told the story of st. Maur coming to
Mendoza and the search of the Mime
apolls detectives for him. LIE Claire
confirms the statement above that st.
Maur has many relatives living at Men
dota and also in St. Paul, and that the
first time he saw him was little over
year ago, when he came there on a visit
and remained but short time. The next
time he saw him was about two weeks
ago, when he came to Mendoza and said
he was cowboy from Montana, where
he had been since his previous visit.
About the same time there were two
strangers around the streets of the town
VINO were lnQuirlng for a man by the
name OF 81. Martin. Asked to tell in
detail what he knew of the entire mat
ter, Marshal LIE Claire told the following
facts:
"a week ago last Saturday st. Maur
was sitting i'll the barber shop of my
Son-ln-law being shaved when | no
ticed two strangers coming up the
street, and after crossing over and back
they finally went into the barber shop
and began talking with my sOn-in-law.
st. Maur bad his coat off and revolver
was protruding from his hip pocket.
One OF the strangers said he was bar
Der, and asked the liberty tu hone one
OF the razors, apparently to get good
view of st. Maur. but was refused, and
during the conversation
ST. MAUR WALKED OUT,
and then the two gentlemen came over
to me and asked me many questions
relative to st. Maur. l told them the
time st. Maur had arrived and also that
he was accompanied by three women
the first time l saw him. After talking
and standing around awhile the men
left and did not see them again till
clock Sunday morning when they
came back in carriage and woke me
up. this time being accompanied by a
third party. They SAID they wanted to
arrest st. Maur for committing crime
and wanted me to show them where he
Was. told them he had
so many relatives in Mendoza
that L could not tell which
house he might be sleeping at and ad-
yised them to wait till morning and
watch for him. This they finally de-
cded to do and | saw nothing more of
them. The last of the strangers to ar
rive was Detective Quinlan, of Mime
apolis, and he had warrant from the
Green Bay, Wis, authorities to arrest
st. Maur for crimes committed in that
neighborhood which were o f the most
atrocious character. They said that for
the detection and arrest of the criminal
there was reward of 81 800. After
waiting around the greater part of Sun
day all three disappeared and l saw
nothing more of them or st. Maur
either"
DETECTIVES EASILY ELUDED.
1t has since been learned that the two
lSlS1lOu w oOOtO COullIR
to Mendoza were Sheriff Eye and De-
tective HankinSon, of MINNEAPOLIS, and
that when they had st. Maur in the
barber shop at that place they were
either afraid of the gun they saw pro-
truding from his hip pocket Or they
were not enterely sure of their man.
At any rate they made no attempt
to put him under arrest, and
went back to Minneapolis to get De-
tective Quinlan, and after arriving at
Mendoza early Sunday morning they
waited too long and gave the bird
chance to fly. 1t has further been
learned that during the entire day Sun
day. while the officers were looking
around the streets of Mendoza, st. Maur
was concealed on the drawbridge, run
by his uncle, and at an opportune time
made good his escape. A private detect
ive1 agency is shadowing the villain,
however, and they expect to have him
in their net before many hours go by.
1t is not quite positive for what par
ticular crime the police want st. Maur,
there being SO many suspicious that can
be traced closely home to him, but from
the sheriff of Sparta, Wis, who was in
the city the other day, it was learned
that if he is the right man he has many
otfenSeS to answer for.