St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-04
BURNS IN LIMBO.
His Bondsmen Surrendered
Him on the Strength Of
the Last Charge,
THAT OF HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW
Was Hiding in st. Paul Over
Sunday--Then Submitted
to Arrest.
CASE CONTINUED TO DEC. IL.
Talks of "the Gang Conspir-
ing Against Him"--Pro-
tests Innocence.
CASE CONTINUED TO DEC. IL.
JIM GETS QUITE FACETIOUS.
He Joshes the Detectives, and
Seems to Keep Up His
Usual High Spirits.

James ii. Burns, the eX-cOInty audi
tor, was in the beginning and Is now in
the city of St. Paul. He Is also in the
county jail. MesSrs. Maloney and Egan.
his bOhdSmen under the two indictments
already over him. surrendered Mr..
Burns yesterday. after he had already
surrendered himself. Mr.. Burns made
no effort to secure other bondsmen. He
simply resigned himself to a cell in the
county jail 20 await his trials in the
other cases.
Mr.. Burns never left the city from the
time the warrant for his arrest wa S
issued last Saturday afternoon. He
had been in Minneapolis during the
middle Of the day. but returned about
4:30 p. IN. He had scarcely stepped
from an interurban car when a friend
Informed him that warrant for his ar
rest had been issued on complaint of
his mOther-in-law, Mrs. Reidel. Mr..
Burns did not relish the prospect of
Sunday in jail. so he laid low. realizing
that it was too late 10 secure bail. EX-
actly where he spent his time until yes
terday morning is not known. 1t was
given out that he secreted himself with
in the premises occupied by MalOney,
one of his bOndsmen. but this report
both Mr.. Burns and MIR. Maloney deny.
But HEr. BURNS Admits
that he slept in st. Paul Saturday and
Sunday nights. He made himself
scarce merely to avoid spending those
hours in jail.
Yesterday morning about 9 o'clock
Mr.. Burns walked Into the Office of
Comfy Attorney Butler. As the ex-
county auditor stepped across the
threshold he remarked:
"Where are Meyerding and McGuig-
gan? l understand they've got war
rant of arrest for me, and I've been
looking for them ever since Saturday. l
saw the track Of wooden shoe up near
the Arlington, and that's the only trace
Of Meyerding | have run across"
"Sit down, Jim,' remarked Mr.. But
ler. land Well try and find you de-
tective."
A telephone message to the central
station resulted in the appearance of
Detective MeyerdiDg. who at once placed
Mr.. Burns under arrest. Half an hour
later MIR. Burns appeared IN the mu-
nicipal court before judge Twohy. His
counsel, Mr.. Woodruff, of Bowe &
Woodruff, waived the reading or the
complaint, and asked for continuance
| OF two weeks, which was granted, in
aSmuch as one of the former indict-
ments of Burns is to come before the
court next week. The case was ac~
cordingly continued until Dec. II, and
bail was fixed at 81, 500.
Mrs. Reidel, the m0ther-in-l law of Mr..
Burns, was in the court room, but she
did not speak to him. She was laboring
under considerable excitement.
Mr.. Burns spent the afternoon look
ing for bail. Deputy Sheriff Courteau
was his escort. But while Mr.. Burns
was seeking the bail MesSrS. Egan and
MalOney, his old bOndSmen, called upon
County Attorney Butler and notified
him that they
Desired 10 Surrender Mr. Burns
and retire from liability on the two
| $500 bonds they had signed. So when
Mr.. Burns returned to the sheriff's Of
| flee shortly after p. N. he was in
| formed of the action Of his bondsmen.
! He at once gave up seeking bail, and
| said he was ready to take up quarters
| in the county Jail. To GLOBE reporter
| who saw him IN the jail abOut6 p. m,
| Mr.. Burns said:
~ have been in town ever since this
/ warrant for my arrest was issued.
| did not give myself up at the time be
cause | preferred not to remain III iaiI
| over Sunday. but now that my bonds
| men have surrendered me. [ do not pro-
| pose to even try to secure bail. AS far
| as this last case is concerned, there is
nothing in it. | am prepared to prove
| that have paid Mrs. Reidel $3.50 a
! month for twelve months, and, as for
any embezzlement Oh my part, l can
| also show tnas am entirely guiltleSs of
that. The fact is, this is simply a
scheme on the part of the gang to pref
| udce me in the coming trial under the
former charge. That is all. If this
| charge were prosecuted i'll good faith
why Wasn't 1t Pressed
during the earlier part of the week?
! You see, the object was to give me the
worst of it right OH the eve of the other
| cases.
"As to the report that had sent my
| wife away. there is no truth i'll it. Mrs.
| BurnS Is stopping at the Arlington
| hotel. We gave up housekeeping and
went there in order TO escape unpleas>
| ant surroundings, for my enemies were
| prosecuting her as well as me. But |
will show them, when the time comes,
who is the strongest. Those indict-
ments won't last a minute after the
evidence is ill.,"
Mr.. Burns was evidently perturbed
by the action OF his bondsmen, but he
showed no signs of encouragement.
| MesSrs. Maloney and Egan will appear
\ before Judge Brill this forenoon at 10
O Oclock and formally surrender Mr..
i Burns to the custody of the court. The
/ case under the first indictment against