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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-01
HOLMES HAD A COUNTERPART
OF HIS CHICAGO CASTLE
IN TEXAS. s.
EMILY CIGRAND's CASE.
HOLMES SAYS THEY WENT
THROUGH A BOGUS MARRIAGE
IN MINNESOTA.
vApoR THAT KILLS PEOPLE
Police Experimenting With the
Liquid Found in One of
the Watts.

FORT WORTH. Tex, July 31.-Wil-
liam Capps. who is now on the Holmes
case in Chicago, belongs to the firm
of Capps & Cantey, of this city, who
some time ago instituted suit against
the present holders of property owned
by the Williams sisters. The suit is
brought at the instance of the heirs OF
the girls and it is claimed that the
deeds were forged by Holmes. Allen,
the Arkansas convict who is so anxious
to tell his connection with the lnur-
derS, was at one time in the employ
of Holmes in this city. He went by
the name of 'Mascotte'' here, and i;
is believed that he can tell a good
deal about Holmes and his transac-
tons, if he wants to. Allen was an
eX-convict from the prison at Joliet.
While Holmes, or Mudgett, as he was
known here, was living in this city,
he started to put up large building.
1t was objected to on the ground that
1t was a regular fire trap and the au-
thorities forced him. to remodel 1;
somewhat. In view of the recent de-
velopments in Chicago the authorities
have made an investigation of the
building, which leaves no room for
doubt That Holmes had planned it for
d UedIn Trap. OHe ToOIil, DIT tue Top VI
the house, has twelve exits by which
a person can escape, and from it ali
enclosed chute runs down to the base
ment of the building, in which a body
could be transferred without any one
being the wiser. In this basement q
large archway had been built over the
sewer, in such a way that he could
easily put a trap door opening into
the sewer. Under the floor of the
house was found a large pit, the in
tended use of which can only be con-
jectured. Holmes probably intended
this building to be used as he after
wards used his house in Chicago.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-01
COPPERs AS COUNTERS.
minneapolis Census Would Have
Failed but for Them.

Ihe best thing that the MINNEAPOLIS
committee ever did was to institute
the police census. 1t enabled the COM
lnlttee TO ascertain that the census was
Haple TO be dangerously small, and
without 1t the gentlemen might be still
pioddlng on in blissful ignorance of
the TACT that the regular enumerators
appointed by the state missed people
py the thousands. This is hard to he
lieHe py one who saw the enumera tors
start IN on their WORK and heard their
proteStatlons that they We're doing
thorough work, but the results since
Ihe ponce census was completed show
that they fell down Wofully. 1t is q
roush guess that the citizens commit
tee, through the aid of the press and
puplc generally, has added about six
thousand names to the rolls
Inc c1tlzenS' committee was quite
comment that a complete census was
pelng taken and adopted the police CEN
sus more as precaution than anything
else. When the police completed their
work 1t was thought that the regular
enumerators were many thousands of
names ahead of the police and the
committee went to work with the idea
OIL adding to the regular enumeration
the names which the police secured
winch were missed by the regulars.
When the work of checking got under
way, however, the committee was as
founded to discover that the police
were actually ahead of the regular
enumerators, and when enumerators
were found to be thousands of names
pehlnd In some cases, there was genu-
inc alarm.
"A tremendous hustle has been made
during the last ten days. The response
10 the appeals of the citizens commit
tee was prompt and general, and with
the cooperation of Secretary of State
Berg and the city council unusual eff
forts were put forth to fill the gaps.
These efforts have been quite sue
cessful. The census will show IN
fairly well, and the difference from
what it would have been if the citi-
zens' committee had fallen asleep is
so great and SO important that it is
worth many times what it has cost.
The most general estimate of the
population of Minneapolis placed the
number of inhabitants at between 100
200 and 10000. This estimate is based
on the police census and on what 10
known of the work of the citizens.
committee
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-01
MRS. FRED WAHLGREN, RE.
PORTED MURDERED IN OMA-
HA, STILL LIVES.
WANTS HER TWIN BOYS.
AND HAS SENT A MONEY ORDER
TO A FRIEND TO PAY
THEIR FARE.
WHAT PETER ANDERSON SAYS
WahIgren Was Very Unhappy Be
cause His Wife Kept
Borders.

Mrs. Fred Walgren, the Minnea-
polls woman who was shot in Omaha
early Tuesday morning by her hus-
| band, is not dead, as has been stat
ed in telegram from the latter city.
Peter Anderson, a friend Of the Wal
grens, and who lives at Western
avenue and Bryant, had supposed
the woman was dead, but was very
much surprised yesterday morning
when he received telegram from
Mrs. Walgren announcing that she
was still alive and very much de-
sired her children. The children
two twin boys about six years of
age-were left with Mr.. Anderson, a
cook at Coffee Johns restaurant,
about a month ago. Mrs. Walgren' s
| telegram to Mr.. Anderson says that
she has mailed a money order to en-
| able him to purchase railroad tick
| cts for the children. Mr.. Anderson
! said last evening that in view of the
| peculiar and unfortunate condition
of things he would hesitate about
| sending the children to Omaha. In
regard to Walgren, Mr.. Anderson
says:
'The Walgrens came to Mime
apolis from Omaha four or five years
ago. The man was a hard worker,
and appeared to be reasonable. My
family and myself lived in flats in
| East Minneapolis when the Wal
grens lived across the hall. Later
the Walgrens moved out on Lyn-
dale avenue. There they kept board
ers. There was something wrong
when they lived there, and I think
Walgren suspected that his wife
paid too much attention to the board
erS. 1t appears that some two months
ago Maitland, who had known the
WalgrenS in Omaha, came to Min
neapoliS and called on the WalgrenS.
Maitland was all bruised up, and he
claimed that his facial and other
bruises came from a pretty severe
time with highway robbers. Wheth-
er there was anything in that story
is not known. Walgren, however, re-
Numbering old times in Omaha, and
not having any idea that Maitland
was especially interested in Mrs.
Walgren, invited him to his home.
There Maitland was cared for until
he was in good shape. 1t is now
supposed that while Maitland was
thus receiving the hospitality Of Wal
green's home he and Mrs. Walgren
were secretly planning for the run
away which came some weeks later.
Walgren wanted to follow his wife
and children as soon as their de-
parture from the city was known.
He was entirely without means, how
ever, and could not go very we'll.
Friends advised him to take things
easy, believing that it would be bet
ter for Walgren to wait until the
runaway wife had settled in some
particular place, and then do what
he could to recover the children"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-01
ORGANISE WEARS BLooMERs.
OId-Time MethOdists of Mason, DC
Walk Out of Church


MASON, o., July 31-The religious
and social circles of Mason are ex-
cited over the bloomer question; espe-
cially so are the old-time members Of
the First Methodist church.
"A few days ago Miss Ida Coleman.
county, bought bicycle. 1t didn't
take her long to learn to ride Then
she became the envy of her compan-
ions. They bought wheels also, and
finally Miss Coleman went a wheel
further, and appeared at the park in
red boomers of a very late pattern.
Ihere were many persons present,
many church members and the pastor.
Rev. John j. WadSworth. Now, Miss
Coleman has been the organist of the
First Methodist church for two years.
OF course, she smiled at her acquaint-
ances; the parson smiled back. The
others greeted her with shouts of de-
rision. This was last Saturday. That
night a committee waited on the min
lister and commanded him to denounce
boomers the following day. Sunday
Wadsworth did not refer to Miss Cole
mans bicycle or boomers. That night
he was given his ultimatum. He either
had to denounce Miss Coleman's riding
Monday to do so. Monday prayer
meeting was held. Parson Wadsworth
was in the pulpit, the benches and
alsies We're crowded. Miss Coleman
&C. eIIeeei uIlii eHe duuieiice became rest
less Tor music, then she .strode down
the aisle, dressed in the boomers as
red as the sun, and took her seat at
the organ. Some familiar tunes were
sung and played, but before the min
lister could begin to pray his audience,
or at least most of it, had dispersed
AS they were leaving the building they
We're Kissed. Afterward Parson Wads-
worth and Miss Colemans friends
continued on with the services. At
midnight the streets were still alive
with people discussing the event.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-01
GRATING ON JAYS.
Countrymen and Harvest Hands
Being RohIad nv.

Counfrymen and Harvest Hands
Being Robbed by a Gang.
Ihe police are after an organized
gang OF sW1ndlers who are robbing
countrymen and harvest hands who
come TO minneapolis. Monday a flar-
vest hand, whose name could not be
learned, arrived at the union depot
from the harvest fields. Unfortunate
~ ne had $50 in cash in his pockets
and the swindlers separated it from
nina IN snort order. The man was
naroly al1ghted from the train at
the union depot before he was met by
an lnulVldual, also apparently a har-
vest hand. A conversation followed
ana, OF course, both were going TO
Dakota, and finally the Scandinavian
was asked to come up to the express
ONCE until his companion got a pack
age.
Inc countryman was led up to the
Slole block and taken I'D stairs. His
companion went into a room which
ne said was an express office to get
MS package. Pretty soon he came IN
with a check in his hand The express
once, he said, could not cash the check
ana he wanted to know HON much
money the countryman hand. The
countryman had $50 and handed if
over and the stranger went back in
the express ONCE That was .ha
last seen of him or the $50. The co,1n-
tryman came down and reported his
loss TO Ofhcer George Revere, but no
trace OF the swindler could be found.
Inc elevator man at the Side block
says he has seen four or five of the
men hanging about there recently.
ana thinks several other men have
oeen done up in the same way.
Inc gang not only operates in the
Sldle block but goes to the Boston
DOCK as well. Yesterday Peter john
son, of Duluth, arrived in the city and
was met at the depot by a man
answering the description of the one
who secured the $50. This time the
stranger had just received a telegram
from Winona, informing him of the
serious illness of his mother. He had
no money but he had a check for $3.50
on the Washington bank. Peter loaned
the stranger 81 and took the check as
security, and the two went I'D to the
Boston block where the stranger was
TO prepare note and receipt. The
stranger went in the block and escaped
by a rear door. Artless Pater waited
for an hour and then told his troubles
to a policeman.
The police are inclined to think that
there is gang Of three or four smooth
men who are doing nothing else but
catching suckers" who come in at the
depot and working them by the
methods described.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-01
A DEMAND AND A REFUSAL,
Call on the Manhattan Trust for
Some Whisky Stock.

NEW YORK, July 31.-Samuel
Untermeyer, of the firm of Guggen-
heimer, Untermeyer & Marshall, to-
day addressed a letter to John w.
Waterbury, president of the Man
haitian Trust company, in which he
says he is attorney for certain stock
holders of, the Distilling and Cattle
Feeding company. He formally de-
mands the return of stock deposited
with the Manhattan Trust company
under the terms of an agreement of
March 8, 1895, between the stock
holders and the reorganization COM
mittee. He claims that the plan of
reorganization cannot be lawfully
carried out, and that persons par
t1clpat1ng in it may become amen
able to the penal propositions of the
antitrust statute of Illinois if the
committee pursue the matter fur
ther. Counsel Nathan Nijur, for the
trust company, in his reply says:
our letter is no surprise. The re-
organization committee has for some
time been in possession of inforrna-
ton that Messrs. Greenhut and Nor
ris We're seeking some apparently
reputable holder of the receipts Of
the Manhattan company to act as
their stool pigeon in an attempt at
this late day to check the successful
efforts of the committee to rehabili-
tate a property which the admins
tration of Messrs. Greenhut and
Morris had brought to the verge of
ruin"
The request contained in Mr.. I'm
termeyer's letter is refused, and it
is asserted that the committee has
given full consideration to the IL
linois antitrust law.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-01
GIVING BIG REBATES.
Insurance Agents. Donations EX-
coed Their Commissions.

Relating among the insurance agents
of the city has broken out anew and
there is no telling where the trouble
will end. About a year ago, at the
time number of large grain risks
were being taken, several Of the large
agencies gave rebates running from
5 to 10 per cent. Then the practice
became quite common, and for time
10 and 10 per cent was the rule. A
meeting of agents was held in the
Guaranty Loan restaurant, at which
a plan of organization to prevent the
obnoxious practice was proposed.
Committees were set at work, and for
a time it seemed probable that the
larger agencies would be drawn into
the combination to prevent rebating.
This plan in fact became generally
accepted. 1t provided a series of Sc
we're fines for a case of rebating, and
it was believed that the matter had
been fixed for a time.
Within the last month the large ele-
vator companies and other grain hand
lers have negotiated for insurance, and
as a result agents have competed
closely for the business. Two weeks
ago it was quietly announced that
menced rebating again in order to
get grain risks, and as a result they
were cutting the very heart out of
rates. One of these agencies is al
legged to have rebated to the extent of
20 per cent, much more than the COM
mission allowed him by his company,
which would lead to the belief that
the companies We're not entirely inno-
cent, but were putting the agents up
to the practice of rebating and slyly
winking their approval when business
was obtained in this way.
One agent waXed indignant over the
matter yesterday. mot only is re-
batting going on he said, but now
it is much more prevalent than it was
last year before steps were taken to
prevent it. The authorities that should
prevent it are letting the rebates go
through without any effort at stop
ping them. 1t is all a farce. I have
about made up my mind to rebate as
well as the rest of them, and the
sooner 1 do it the better it will be
for me-
Several agents have expressed the
opinion that rebating was going on,
but they were not prepared to say that
the situation is any worse than last
wear.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-01

J.: K. Mertz. Minneapolis, assistant
ad1utant general; L. o. Merriam, Min
neapolis, representative at large; Jo-
seph Weinman, alternate; representa-
yves, Edwin Dunn, Eyota; C. w. Ack-
ley Spring Valley; Harrison White,
f Beaver Creek; A. w: Foster, Itch
held; Henry Hazenwinkle, st. Paul;
3. w. Mortimer, Minneapolis; M. w
Bates Duluth; j. P. Davis, Battle
Lake. Alternates, Robert Scarf, Pipe
stone; Henry Reynolds, Waseca; J. II.
Baker. Mankato; J. F. Wyman,
Thomas Downs, Minneapolis; G. Fl
Mcdonald, st. Cloud; ]. A. McConkey.
Fergus Falls.
Past department commanders en-
Titled to seats and voices are: H. c.
6Icks, Minneapolis; H. A Castle, st.
Paul; Adam Marty, Saltwater; John
P: Rea. Minneapolis; e. G. Babb, Min
nieapoIls; r. A. Becker, st. Paul; Will
lam Thomas, Mankato; L. L. Vince
lock, 0watonna; James H. Eye. Min
neapol1S; A. Barto, Sank Center.
James Compton, Fergus Falls; L. M
Lange, Marshall; John Day Smith.
minneapolis; Sam R. Van SAINT, Wi
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-01
CONFEDERATE ALLEN.
ne Knows Something, but How
Much Is Doubtful.


Much Is Doubtful.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, July 31-Con-
Wet Allen persists in his assertion that
Minnie Williams was alive six months
ago, and in the belief that she is alive
now. He did not meet Holmes in Ar
kansas, and his connection with him
s was confined to Fort Worth, Texas.
6 he never wrote any letters to Holmes.
Alien declares that the detectives from
chicago will get nothing for their
trouble unless they are able to secure
MS release from the penitentiary. The
only place at which Allen met Holmes,
ne says, was at Fort Worth, and he
KNOWS a great deal about his crooked
ness in that city. when the authori-
lies come to my terms I'll talk, and
not before" This is all that Allen will
say IN regard to the case Allen I'M
douptedly knows all about Holmes op-
srations in Texas, but that he knows
the whereabouts of Minnie Williams.
OF that he had anything to do with
hef disappearance, is considered ex-
tfemely doubtful here. When asked
Is ne would parole Convict Allen and
uhoer certain conditions pardon him.
IoV. clark said the conditions would
nave to be presented and taken up
IN legal form before he could return
an answer to that question The chief
executive of Arkansas would evidently
90 anything reasonable to assist in
clearing up the mystery surrounding
Holmes, but he would have to be con-
Vlnced that Aliens story was not made
TOT the purpose of securing a pardon
before he would grant even parole.
can unravel the Fort Worth swim
ole' Allen said further today, eff
am paid for it, and I can show that
Minnie Williams was not murdered. I
heard from her a few months ago, and
she is afraid to come to this country"
"hen reminded that turning states
evidence by Quinlan might put him in
very bad place and convict Holmes.
Allen said, with some excitement.
Qulnlan shall never be allowed to
nave Holmes hanged, for of the two
Hol1nes is more of a gentleman. and
as Tor me, he doesn't know ANYTHING
TO cause me trouble. If he did, 1 would
nave left the country
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-01
SUGAR MEMS GRIEVANCE.
Senator White Telegraphs to
Cleveland Abouf the Rount

LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 31..-Sen-
ator Stephen NJ. White today sent
telegram to the president calling the
executives attention to the complica-
tons which will result if Comptroller
Bowler insists on his present policy of
refusing to- pay the sums appropriated
on account of sugar bounties which
mad been earned up to the time of the
passage of the Wilson bill. Comptrol-
Ter Bowler had declared recently that
he will hear arguments as to the con-
sututionality of the bounty act SEN
ator White calls the PRESIDENTS atten-
ton to the fact that the parties in
terested in the appropriations have al
ready acted on the supposition that
the government would pay the bounty.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-01
Bad Family Row

Charles Thorne, of Hassan township.
was arraigned in the police court yes
terday, charged with assault and bat
terry upon Mary Ann Mckay, an aged
woman. The case was set for Aug.
and Thorne re-arraigned OH a charge
of threatened breach of the peace, the
complainant being Martin Mckay. hus-
band to Mary, who alleges that Thorne
threatened to kill him. This case will
also be heard Aug. 8. Mckay and his
wife reside on a large farm near Has
san township. Their heir is Martin Nc
Kay Jr., who last year instituted a
suit to gain control of the farm and
which suit was decided in his favor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mckay allege that they
believe their son is DESTROYS of getting
them out of the way and has hired
Thorne for the purpose. The old man
says that last Saturday night Thorne
tried to break into his room, and struck
Mrs. Mckay a heavy blow, also
threa tening to kill him.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-01
HARRY WALKERS FATE.
He Insured His Life for $4,000 in
--.s--r HOlmeS1 EaYOr.

CHICAGO, July 31.-Harry Walker,
of Greensburg, Ind, is now believed by
his friends to have been a victim of
Holmes. Walker, it is said, was in
duced by Holmes to have his life in
sured for $4,000 in Holmes favor. He
came to Chicago and in November, 1893,
wrote to his friends that he was at
j work for Holmes. Suddenly his let
I terS ceased, but search revealed no
trace of him in Chicago. The Williams
sisters were today traced by detec-
-tiYes through several boarding houses
until in May, 1893, it was claimed they
dyed with Mrs. Moss at 613 Sixty-fifth
street. This Mrs. Moss denies and
lsays her boarder was Emeline Cigrand,
who is said to have disappeared in
December, 1892. Letter Carrier Mott
said he delivered Minnie Williams
mail at the house described, despite the
assertion of Mrs. Moss. The letter car
rier is said to have been friend Of
Minnie Williams and the police will
interview him. fl
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-01
c. b. & l.. BORROWERS.
They VIII Drag the Parent Or
SanizatiOn Into the Courts.

About fifty of the borrowing mem
bers of the Catholic Building and Loan
association held a melting in Washing
ton hall last evening to determine
where they are at. The principal topic
of discussion was the raising of funds
with which to fight the parent or
ganization. The Building and Loan as
ISOLATION recently adopted a resolution
permitting borrowers to have thirty
days after six months failure to meet
assessments in which to pay up and
become reinstated. Following this fore
closure will be ordered.
This will result in a large number
of foreclosures Immediately and the
borrowers propose to make a fight
against it in the district court. 1t
was suggested last night that all Dor
rowers agree to pay fifty cents per
share on their stock. This money will
go into a general fighting fund.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-01
VETS TO THE FRONT.

They Go to Capture the 196 En-
campment for ST. Paul.
The North Star state is to be we'll
represented at the coming G. A. r. en-
campment at Louisville, KY. There
is scarcely a doubt but what the '96
encampment will be held in ST. Paul,
and the Minnesota veterans are all
anxious to pull a thegither" for the
prize. Senior Vice Commander J. j.
McCardy, of st. Paul, estimates that
at least 800 old soldiers will attend
from this state The official represent
tatives of the Minnesota department
are as follows:
Ell Torrance. Minneapolis, COM
mander; j. J. McCardy, st. Paul, SEN
ior vice commander; E. B. Wood,
Long Prairie, Junior vice commander;
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-01
S. DIS BIG CROP.
Bishop Hare Says 1t Has Never
Been EQuaIed.

Bishop William Hobart Hare, of
South Dakota, is a guest at the Nicol-
let for few days. Bishop Hare has
been a resident of South Dakota for
twenty-three years and iswell qualified
to speak of the development of that
state. ut is safe to say that the crop
of 1895 has never been equaled," he
said yesterday. The crops are uni
formly good, except in some small sec
tions where the showers were made
quate. Crops in the Black Hills coun-
try were never BETTER
Bishop Hare, who has been very ac-
tive in the crusade against lax divorce
laws, thinks that the divorce business
is gradually dying out in South Da-
ekota.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-01

non regarding the Arkansas convict.
Miss Jennie Thompson, known also
as Mrs. Evelyn Stewart, is being
looked for by the Englewood police
omcers. Miss Thompson has been liv-
ing on May street, near Sixty-sixth,
out in that locality she has been known
as Mrs. Stewart. The police were in
formed today that she was EMPLOYED
by Holmes as a stenographer up to a
short time before he left Chicago. Her
statement is wanted in regard to what
she heard in the castle while she
worked there.