The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-19
TRIO OF ALLEGED HIGHWAY ROB
BERs HELD IN HEAVY
BAIL.
THEIR CAREER REMARKABLE.
LONG LIST OF HOLD-UPS IN WHICH
THE GIRL PARTICI-
PATED.
POLICE ARE ON NEW TRAILS.
Other HOld-UDs and
Burglarics.

Miss May White, John Quinn and
William Mitchell proved a big drawing
card at the municipal court yesterday
morning. The announc'la mt that the
court was to make preliminary dis
position of the case served to dra.y a
large crowd Of curious lepole, .amcng
them were to be seen many cf the al
legged victims of the hold-ups.
The young people were arraigred he
fore Judge Holt, charged with robbery
in the first degree. The men were
faced with two separate charges, the
complainants being j. F. Avery ard C.
W. Davidson. The girl was chal ged
simply with completely. in the 1oblery
of Mr.. Avery Saturday night.
The prisoners waived examination
and were held to the grand jlry, bail
being fixed at $4,000 in ach case.
Tom Devereaux, who was held up by
the now famous trio of footpa Is, vas
probably responsible for the first clew
that the detectives received The story
had gone the rounds that Devereaux
had an appointment with the White
girl. This he vigorously denied. He is
a student at the university and Is reg
ularly employed evenings. He SAYS
that he met the White girl while en-
the way home from work She asked
MIN where she could find a certain
number on Seventh street. He told her.
but she was afraid that she could not
lind the place alone and asked him to go
With her. He agreed to assist her in
nnd1ng what she wished, and it was
while walking with her that Quinn and
Mitchell stepped up with their reyoly
ers. Devereaux followed the men af-
ter they had gone through his pockets
until he met Patrolman Mcnamara.
VINO made an effort at arresting them.
He took good look at the trio and
was able to give the police a good de-
scription. and this description doubt
less assisted materially in the arrest.
1t is evident that May Whites par-
ents never realized what, kind of a, girl
they had. If She were reasonably
modest and we'll behaved at home she
TOOK 1T out, in being the "nerviest" Girl
VINO ever was ambitious to shine as
sporting character in the city. She
tfaFeied entirely upon her nerve. She
wanted to be bicycle rider, and her
1deal OF q career was one like Dottie
W - NAAy VI OlUEI I6Hldl0 crack
plcycle riders. Her penchant was for
taking trip into the country with
some of the boys on tandem. This
is now she acquired the sobriquet of
cranberry" by which she was known
70 some of the wheeling fraternity. She
had what she called her mash In one
OF the bicycle stores, and she lavished
attention upon this young fellow to an
extent which would make Quinn look
after his jQI1Tn1cr
and furious at times. She was quite
gambler understood how to shoot
craps, and could take hand at poker.
and, according to the story of Mitchell.
she slept one night at a place on
seventh street which was recently
pulled as blind pig.
She had number of schemes for
making money, including a theory that
she would like to get hold Of some
rich fellow and blacknail him. One
or the stories she told was that a GER
tain man offered to give her $50 if she
would manage to get his wife into
some disreputable place or a wine room
and make 1t so that he could catch her
there. She said he was tired of her.
and wanted to get a divorce. The un-
expected arrest will probably prevent
her from getting the $50, and, if there
Is any truth in the story it may be
q Wc1l A1lAAS ~ lI1C Iild1l 10 20 SLOW,
Quinn had kept cQmnany with the
White girl and when he proposed that
they hold up people"fof a living she
readily agreed. Shea told Quinn and
Mitchell how easy 1t would be to COM
NIT burglary at the residence of q
Mr.. Smith, who lved-in the same fiat
building with her family, at 1904 Fifth
avenue south. The burglary was sue
cessfully performed, and from that
ti107Q vi
of robbing people. o.
A house on Clinton avenue. between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets.
was entered soon afterward and a
quantity of silverware; watches and
Jewelry were taken. The next place
visited was the office of James Gilbert.
in the Berglund block on Franklin
avenue, where silver, ware, etc.. were
taken. The residence occupied by the
Peterson family, S14 Seventeenth ave-
nue. south, suffered next and a uuan-
tity of jewelry was secured The wo-
man figured in all the burglaries, ex-
cepting the one at Gilbert's.
Then commenced the hold-ups. The
list is as follows:
Two young men, names unknown.
Park and Franklin avenues, nothing
taken; Chicago avenue and Sixteenth
street, man held up, nothing taken:
Eighteenth street and Park avenue,
nothing taken; Fowler Avery, Nicollet
avenue and Fifteenth street, Saturday
night, fifty cents and watch; Eleventh
street and Third avenue south, two
young men held up, amount taken, ST.;
Sunday night, Murphy's Park, man
named White, S.. Sunday night, Twen-
ty-fourth street and railroad tracks,
young man, gold watch and 81.
The police have secured large
amount of the stolen property, which
awaits the Identification of the owners