St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-30
MADE 4 HOME RUN
OFFICER O1BRIEN SENDS WILD
BALLS AFTER AN ESCAPING
BURGLAR
AND RUNS HIM DOWN
AFTER A HOT CHASE-WAS EN-
TERING c. e. M,GEEs RESI-
DENCE.
Fl. NJ. SULLIVAN UNDER ARREST
On Suspicion of Having Stolen
Countess Maurer5s Diamonds
at u Levee.

John McAllister was discovered
yesterday morning attempting to
burglarize the residence of c. E. Nc
Kee, 657 Lincoln avenue. He was
captured by Officer O'Brien after a
long chase and the explosion of sew
eral police cartridges.
Between and 10 a. m. Mrs. G.
r. Morton and daughter, of No. 656
Lincoln, and Mrs. E. j. Bowling, of
No. 655, saw a man enter the back
door of the Mckee house, which has
been closed during the absence of
the family. Suspecting burglary, the
ladies FASTENED to inform Emil Bull,
the druggist on the corner of Grand
avenue and st. Adams street. Bull
ran up to the scene of the crime.
The burglar had just succeeded in
getting through another inside door
by cutting out panel so as to reach
the catch, when he saw the valorous
druggist preparing to surround him.
The invader then withdrew, trav-
ersed several blocks of adjacent
sidewalk with the alacrity Of
winged Pegasus, and was shortly
within the domains of Officer
O'Brien, a famous ball player and
hence a sprinter of renOwn. Bull
had not lost track Of his burglar,
and was bearing down upon him
from the northeast, half a point off.
Catching sight of the officer, he
hastily whispered in the latter's ear
a prescription to be taken by the
burglar and administered by the pa
trolman 1t was, plumb bulls II.-R.
To be taken While exercising" Then
Emil held his breath with admira-
ton, as he watched the ball player
remove the slack from his big black
belt and take after the fleeing burg
lar. One, two, three, four blocks up
Sherman street fed
THE OFFICER IN PURSUIT.
He was almost on the point of
abandoning a game in which the
bases were half a mile apart, when
he recalled DR.. Bulls remedy. He
drew his revolver and administered
the first dose. But it was greedily
swallowed by picket fence on the
other side of the street. A second
dose was taken with equal avidity,
by grateful shade tree. The burglar
would probably have escaped had he
been able to leap 100 feet in the air.
for Sherman street at this point runs
abruptly into a high bluff Unable
to accomplish this miracle, he threw
up his hands and told the officer in
ejaculatOry style that he felt much
better and had no need for a dose
of DR.. Bulls medicine
Mr.. Mckee, whose residence was
entered, is a travelling salesman for
j. H. Allen e. Co., the wholesale
| grocers. He was out on the road
yesterday, and his wife was visit
ing in another city. The same house
was entered on a recent occasion.
| when several small articles were
| taken, and presumably by the same
| invader.
| The supposed burglar gave his
name as John McAllister, and his oc-
| cupation as that of cotton oper-
ator." From his appearance the DO
| lice are of the opinion that his opera
tons in cotton have long since been
exchanged for the vocation of a
tramp thief. officer O'Brien feels
that he made a home run in spite
Of two wild balls, although he was
not success as a short stop.