The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-19
THE POLICE, SLOWLY BLEEDS
TO DEATH.
WAS NOT DRUNK, BUT DYING.
POLICE SEEM TO HAVE MADE A
BAD BLUNDER IN THE
CASE.
WOUNDS MADE HIM 1Noo#ERENr.
Fracture of the Skull and Hem
Orrhage at the Base of the
Brain the Cause.

and living at 507 Van Buren, street
died at the Rondo street station yes
terday afternoon from a fractured
skull He had been arrested at 11:30
o'clock yesterday morning, and taken
to the station in the patrol sleigh. The
charge against him was that of drunk
enness, and after being placed in a cell
he was locked up, and no attention
paid to him until 1:30 o'clock. At that
hour the wagon which conveys pris-
oners to the police court usually leaves
the station, and Patrolman Beattie,
who had occasion to go into the cell
room, startled his fellow officers by
saying that the man in one of the cells
was dead. Patrolman Baer, who is
detailed at the station as jailer, hur-
riedly unlocked the cell, and super
fetal examination showed that the
prisoner had been dead some time DR..
L. c. Bacon, the nearest physician, was
summoned, but his services were not
needed, death having claimed it's vic
tim half an hour before.
Coroner Whitcomb was notified, and
the body was removed to Dohm's I'M
dertaking rooms, where an autopsy
was held last evening. The post mort
EN- made by Drs. Finnell, Mcnamara
and Dohm, and attended by Coroner
Whitcomb. revealed that death was
caused by a hemorrhage at the base of
the brain, resulting from a fracture of
the skull. DIR. Whitcomb, seen last
evening, said there was no occasion for
an inquest. From what he had been
able to learn from the police, who, after
the death of Burns, at once commenced
an investigation, the fracture was
caused by a fall from a horse shortly
after 10 o'clock yesterday morning
The injury to Burns skull was such
that he was partly deranged, and in
this condition the policeman mistook
his actions as those of drunken man.
and sent him to the station on that
charge.
About 10:45 yesterday morning Pa
trolman Kirchmaier noticed a middle
aged man lying in the middle of the
street on Dale near Van Buren, streets.
The man had one end of a halter. in
his hand and had apparently been lead
ing horse which stood near. AS the
officer approached the man struggled to
his knees and attempted to regain his
feet by grabbing the horses fore legs.
Kirchmaier assisted the man to his feet
Blood was flowing from a cut on the
mans right cheek and his cap, which
had fallen off, showed another wound in
the scalp which was bleeding. Accord
ing to Kirchmaier's statements made
yesterday afternoon the man did not
or could not speak distinctly and as he
acted in a confused manner the officer
at once surmised that he was intoxi-
Gated. At this juncture Peter Remakel
Of III Dale street, came up and in
formed the officer that there was no
need to arrest the man. Remakel said
he would take the man in his house
and in the course of an hour or so he
would be all right. Joseph Boeldinger
who lives on Ireland street near Avon,
came along at this time and explained
that he knew where the horse belonged
and would see that it was taken home.
The officer offered no serious objection
to the proposition of either Remakel or
Bceldinger so Remakel took the man to
his house, and Boeldinger started off
with the horse.
Twenty minutes later the police
officer was informed that the man
Remakel had taken to his house was
making trouble and that he would have
to be taken away. Remakel told the
officer that the man had, as soon as
he entered the house, commenced to act
quarrelsome and talked a good deal.
All that Remakel could understand
from the mans talk was that it took
a pretty good man to handle him. -
This and the queer actions of the
stranger frightened Remakel and his
wife and the police officer was called
in to take him away. Kirchmaier
pulled for the Rondo wagon at II :39
and few minutes afterward the man
was placed in the patrol sleigh and
taken to the Rondo street station. Ar
irving at the station Detective Sweeney
assisted the jailer to cary the prisoner
to a cell. Capt. Lowell who was in the
station at the time, noticed that the
prisoner was a very large man and
seemed to be helpless. 1t was at his
suggestion Sweeney went out to help
the jailer carry the prisoner in. Capt.
Lowell also noticed that the right cheek
of the prisoner was bleeding but did
not think at the time he was seriously
| injured. The man was placed in sit
ting position on a bunk in one of the
cells and left to sober up.
At 1890 Jailer Baer went into the
cell room and casually noticed that the
prisoner had changed his position on
the bunk but was still in a sitting pos
ture No one saw or noticed him again
until 100 when Patrolman Beattie
noticed that the man was sleeping in a
very uncomfortable position He went
nearer to the cell and was surprised to
find that the prisoner was not breath
ing.
From papers found in the pockets of
the dead man he was identified as Ed
ward Burns Of 507 Van Buren, street
Inquiry at that place resulted in clear
ing up the mystery. Burns, who has
lived for a number of years at Du-
buque, came to st. Paul two months
or so ago to visit his daughters. One
Mrs. Gustave KruSe. lives at 507 Van
Buren, street, and the other, Mrs. John
L. Schwenn, at 462 Thomas street
Since his arrival in the city Burns has
been making his home at 507 Van Bu-
rem street. His son-in-law, Gustave
Kruse, is teamster and there being
several horses in the barn, it has been
the habit Of Burns to exercise the
horses each morning. Yesterday morn
| ing he left the house riding one of the
horses between and 10 o'clock. Just
where he rode to- or how the accident
occurred which resulted in his death
has not been learned. Joseph Boeld-
! niger, who lives on Ireland street met
Burns on Minnehaha street about 1920
yesterday morning He was trying to
! mount the horse from which he had
/ evidently either fallen or been thrown
from. Burns requested Boeldinger to
| help him remount the animal, but this
/ Boeldinger refused to do, fearing that
Burns would receive further injuries.
At the time Burns face was partly
/ SONClSN with p1OOd anu lie was SldS-
gering somewhat. Boeldinger conclud-
/ ed Burns was intoxicated and passed
on. Some minutes later Mrs. Remakel
noticed Burns near the corner of Min
nehaha and Dale streets, endeavoring
| to mount the horse. She called her
/ husbands attention to the man and a
few minutes later when the police Of
ficer started to arrest Burns, Remakel
made the proposition to take him in
the house until he had recovered.
! The two daughters of Burns, seen
! La ST evening were cOrnnlefalu rrostr.a I Id