St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08
REVIVAL OF MEAAGslSM.
ANOTHER STORY OF THE, BANK
WREcKER'S CAPTURE
" THE RUSSIAN spy.

1t Is Said He Has Been Located
and Is or Will Be Arrested
The Little Louis Running
Pickle Factory-How the Case
Was Worked Up, and Where
Tips Came From.
VIII Menage be apprehended or will
he not? This is the all-absorbing ques-
ton in this city at the present time.
Some think he will and others are of the
opinion the little Napoleon Of busted
inStit ulicns will prove too clever and
evade the sleuth hounds who are look
ing for blood money. This revival of
Menageism is due entirely to the enter
prise and zeal of the GLOBES detective
bureau. This bureau has been enabled
through its foreign correspondents to
locate him on more than one occasion.
Owing to the inaction of the local au-
thOrities, who were notified in each in
stance, and WHO had, it was understood.
great influence with the preSl-
dent and the secretary of state
at Washington, the fugitive es-
capped. The sheriff and one of his
Grand Army friends took trip to New
Orleans and other Southern points.
They had lovely time, but did not find
Menage. They. did not follow the in
structiOns of the GLOBE bureau. Dur
ing ali this time Louis was sWelterng
in Guatemala and feeding himself on
hot tamales and red pepper pie. His
kidneys became feverish. and his liver
evinced signs of distress whenever he
was obliged to chew tortillas. A letter
was received here announcing these
startling facts, and showing to Sheriff
Eye how easy it would be to capture the
bank wrecker. Did he take advantage
of this advice? No, indeedt Instead,
he went out of his way TO receive dis
patches from all over the country i'll
order that he might read them for the
delcctalion of certain favored indiyid.
uals.
OH! the incongruties of life and the
fallacy of the parable of the milk of
human kindness! The GLOBES de-
tective bureau has discovered Menage
again. He left Guatemala one fatal
morning to solicit business on the coast
Tor the new enterprise he has launched
in that wealthy Central American state.
factory, and does.it is said q fiOurlshing
business. 1t was learned yesterday that
he had been seen at one of the coast
towns making ready to sail for British
Honduras. 1t was also learned that
there was likelihood of his capture at
the hands of the famous Russian spy,
Frank Grygla, who for time dropped
spying and took to making cornices and
tin roofs. This MIR. Grygia went to Gen.
trial America some time ago as spy toe
Sheriff Eye, but at whose expense he
travelled is not known.
1t was stated yesterday that Gov. Mel
son had issued .eXtraditiOn papers last
Thursday, and that they had been for.
warded at once. This the governor
denies. He says the story was made of
whole cloth. He had never sent the
papers" nor had he in any way conf
munlcated to any person concerning
Menage. Sheriff Eye very modestly
admitted that there was something i'll
the case, and that he had taken his first
tip from the GLOBES bureau. He re-
| marked that he was given to under
stand that Menage was running an
artificial onion factory and not a pickle
establishment. However, that did not
make any material difference. The
| main facts and tips given by the bureau
I
say about Mcnage:
Il do not know any more. than you
whether Menage was arrested at Belize.
| The story that my man, Frank Grygia,
| has been looking for Menage i'll Guate-
mala is correct. 1t is also fact that he
| telegraphed me that Menage left Lir-
ingston Oh the BOAT Thursday. If this
| beat is the Breakwater or one of that
| line of steamers, she will stop at Belize,
but L do not thlnk that Menage Will stop
| there, for he would be taken Immediate
| ly. He would have been arrested FRI
day yesterday. if he had stopped there.
If he does not stop there, the boat will
| carry him to New Orleans, its next
stopping place. Menage would be in
as great danger OF arrest at that point.
| No, do not know whether he could be
arrested OH board the boat. LII it is the
Break water, it is a British boat.
II will know tomorrow OR Monday
| whether or not Menage was arrested at
Belize. They are arresting every Amer
lean there, and he could not escape"
County Attorney Nye said he was
very much chagrined over the noto-
| riety of the Menage affair. In spite of
what Gov. Nelson denied the attorney
said:
..ihere is little that can tell. except
that am rather mad that this matter
should have been betrayed. | know
through Gov. Nelson that the United
States consul at Belize has been tele-
graphed to arrest Menage at that point.
The consul, OH the authorityof such a
| telegram, can arrest Menage and hold
him until proper papers from this gov
eminent shall arrive. The minister can
arrest him on board the ship, even if it
/ be the property of Great Britain"