St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-20
SLEEPING ''SLEuTAS,a
Detectives Fat and Lazy on
High Living,
THIEVES ALERT AND VICIOUS
Ready Cash Hunters Pound
and Rob a Nan.
DEED DONE IN HIS OWN HOUSE,
H. 4. Sehroeder'S Residence Is
Looted in Daylight.
DEED DONE IN HIS OWN HOUSE
SPECIMEN CASES OF REGLEcE

W ECfhaGH EhOEo OG BS0EEt "a
Why this hiding of rcbberss doines by
the poliee2
A particularly atrocious piece of
eludgeon work was done by masked
men Monday night, and. on notification
from citizens, Police Sergeant Zirhels
bach and another officer were on ihs
ground within an hour OF course. thew
reported the occurrence TO headauRrx
ters. but not word of information was
given 10 the newspapers. And despite
their policy OF eep-it-guIet-or-wo-wi
be-discoVered. Mayor Wrightis wise
guys" have not caught the outlaws. Ih
Is doubtful if they tried, from all ae+
counts.
No $50 Randolph street. corner of.
Victoria, is q saloon kept by Engelfriedi
WiTmer,a asteady-going, ,laW-abiding Ger$
nan. Ihe location is rather isolated, ,aBd.s
IN pursuance Of the plan OH which all the
thugs are apparently working. il WAs-
picked out as Offering opportunity to
secure more or less ready cash.
Monday evening, shortly after IL
O'Clock. while Wilmer was sitting in
his saloon, four masked men entered the
front door and covered hiin with their.
TevOivers. One of the men went be-
hind the bar aud gathered I'D some
thing like $50 which was in a drawer
and on the back bar. Tnen the bandits
sought TO frighten WiItm4r into open
ing small safe. He doggedly refused.-
when a fifth man. VINO had entered
from the rear and frightened Mrs. Witt
mer into silence. ordered the others to-
throw the old man out:' that he WOaldA
make the old womSn open it,
But Mrs. Wittmer had seized the cps
portune moment when the robbers
back was turned and fed TO a neigh
boris. Maddened at being foiled and
fearing interruption, one of the villains
dealt WittIHeE several vicious bleWs4en
the head. and. leaving him senseless in
ms gore. the party fed. WnSn the
aroused uglghtUrs caTHe -tfIEE f1Ez4rss
Wittlner insersible on the foar. Mes
sengers were dispatched for doctor
ana TO notify the police. DR.. McEoFd
put sixteen stitches in the wounded
mans head. which was fearfuliy >cut.
IL Is simply wonder that the skull was
not fractured.
When seen by GLOBE reporter yes
terday WittIner looked fit subject for
hospital. His head was sWathed ini
bandages and his face wore u NOE be-
gone expression. he coG4d nor give
any sort of detailed description OF the
men, and could not swear positively
what was used to knock him
out. 1t might have been a revolver or a
bludgeOn for aught he knew. Sergeant
Zirkelbach had viewed the scene the
night before, he said, but that was the
last he had heard from the polIee.
Are the "hy bobs'' waiting TO bs
tipped" before they try to round up
these midnight marauders? Or are they
afraid to attempt pinch as Chief
McGiEn calls an arrest?
4 DAYLIGHT LooTING.
The residence OF II. Il. Schroeder at
"a Lexington avenue WAS looted bv =
bold sneak thief Monday afternoon.
During the storm Mrs. Schroeder was
called TO the upper story of the house.
and during her short absence the thief
went through the rooms. From the
manner IN which he did his work it is .
evident ne was no green hand at the
business. a systematlc search of the
TOOms was made, and when Mrs. Schroe-
der came down stairs the house mad the
appearance of having been struck by
cyclone. The thief secured a gold watch
and chain, IS in money. two fur capes, a
lot of siiverware and other Yaluabies.
In the aggregate 10 500.
Several Of the ueIghbors saw the thief
when he left the house with the stolen
property, ana the detectives have been
given an accurate description of ths
fellow.
FARMER '-FRIskED.n
On the evening Of Tuesday, Sept. Il,
a German farmer named John Kuntz,
living about three miles from ST. Paul
on the Saltwater read. was robbed Of
$3.50. Kuntz put up his team in a
barn out on Reaney street, and. as the
night was warm, he went TO sleep IN
the barn. he was evidently followed,
for during the night ne was ''frisked''
for every cent he had. The robbery
was reported to the police, but they
never said word, and the thieves have
not been bothered 70 the extent OF being
brought into court.
No HELP FROM POLICE.
The loose, If not eTIminally negligent.
of the police department are
we'll exemplifed 10y the case OF a horse
and buggy stolen from Frank Larpen-
5eur, CT Last Eighth street. Five weeks
ago Saturday night two men hired a
rig to which was hitehed ''old Buck
skim horse we'll known in ST. Paul.
But they never came back-and the 20
ice were emphatlcally Botified-until a
liVeryman unearthed the
horse and aided M. LaTpenteur IN re-
covering il. The horse had been twice
sold and the buggy had likewise been
disposed of. and was again up for safe.
Another case: Two boys hired two
ponies and saddles. and rode out Of
own. When they did not return on
line the iiyeryman notified the police.
As the poaies we're not Forthcoming. the
owner sent Z man cut himself. He
found that one one pony was soid at
MENDOZA ami the other taken down to
Faribault Tor sale. Both were recovered
entirely without any aid from the po-
ice, but to this day the Iiveryman Is
minus ens saddle.
THE FRANZWA ASSAULT.
s desperate effort was Yesterday nadt
oy the afternoon administration organ
to discredit Peter FranZWa's stery. The
most langhahie break made vas in the