The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-17
FOUR MEN WERE ROUNDED UP
AND SOME OF THE STOLEN PROP
ERTY FOUND IN. THEIR Pos
SESSION,
USED FORCE ON THEIR VICTIMS.
Domestic Runs Out in Her Bare Feet
to Notify a Policeman, Who
Laughs at Her.

= y NAOOIA 0dy no less
than four residences and stores being
robbed. and in one instance, a woman
being badly beaten in resisting the
thieves. The depredations were all the
work of one gang of night workers.
Chief of Detectives Schweitzer had four
men under arrest within q few hours
after the robberies and believes he has
the right men. They are Joseph Moore,
alias. ''Moldy," twenty years old; Daniel
Reid, alias Schauer, twenty years old;
Harry White, alias "Elms,'' twenty
years old, and Patrick Rogan, seven
teen years old. The men, with the ex-
ception of White, were arrested by De-
tectives Daily, Gruber and Murnane in
room at No 46S Temperance street,
where most of the stolen property was
found and subsequently identified by
the owners. White was arrested at his
home on Dayton's bluff by Detective
Olberg
The most daring piece Of work ac-
>complished by the robbers was the
burglary of the residence of Samuel
Rudawsky, No. =. SCI Canada street,
shortly after O'Clock. Eva Lenda, a
domestic in the employ of Mr. Rudaw-
sky, succeeded in escaping from the
house While the thieves were strug-
cling with the inmates, and running
to the corner of Grove street, a block
away, in her bare feet and scantily
clad, informed an officer whom she
found there of what was going on Ac-
cord1ng to the girls story the police
man laughed at her. and telling her
she was dreamin 6, rWalked off down
Grove street. The girl was afraid to
return and ran two blocks in the snow
to her uncle's at Grove and John street,
where she remained all night The
robbers had just effected an entrance
to the house when the girl left and
brutally beat Mrs. RudaWsky and
Tansacked the rooms at their leisure
after the officer had been notified of
the robbery. In speaking of the matter
yesterday Chief Schweitzer said:
Any officer who was approached by
a woman in her bare feet, practically
without clothes, at that hour of the
morning, and no matter what her story
was, did not investigate it should be
Summarily discharged from the force
The burglars entered the Rudawsky
residence through a window opening
from the basement to the sidewalk
Mrs. Burton, Mr.. Rndawsky's mother
in-laW, heard the thieves at their
work She got out Of bed and went
to back room where Mr.. RudaWsky,
MS vile anu TWO Slldll cD1lQf6n were
sleeping, and told him burglars were
in the house. Mr.. Hudawsky thought
the woman mistaken and simply called
the hired girl to go down stairs and
ascertain the trouble. The girl lighted
a candle and went into the dining
room, where she discovered one of the
thieves and then ran out the back
door to summon assistance.
After the girl left the house Mrs
Burton started down stairs onH
met by one Of the men on the way to
the sleeping apartments. She screamed
and ran to the room of Mr.. RudaWsky
with the robber and two companions
who had been attracted by the cry,
close at her heels. She managed to
get into the room, when Mr.. and Mrs
RudaWSky fastened to her assistance
as she was holding the door closed
against the burglars AS the door
was pushed open about six inches, one
Of the robbers reached in and struck
Mrs. Rudawsky a vicious blow in the
face with a revolver The woman fell
to the floor and the thieves rushed in
Mr.. Rudawsly was throttled and
thrown on a bed with an admonition
that a sound meant the taking of his
life. Mrs. Burton was firmly held by
another robber, while no attention was
paid to Mrs. RudaMslgl who was lying
on the floor bleedingIlfrom the blow
in the face. tr .
Two of the robbers had white hand
kerchiefs tied over their faces and the
third had been similarly disguised but
the mask had slipped down about his
neck in the struggle ito get into the
room. He was the spokesman for the
desperadoes. Give 3is your money,
and be d--quick,' said he, cor Wen
blow your brains OUT The remark
was addressed to Mr. Rudawsky, while
the man holding him frightened the
grip on his throat and showed a re-
volver in his face When the grip was
released Mr.. Rudawsky declared he
had no money and the burglars de-
manded his watch. In the, meantime
Mrs RudaWsky had lcraWled to a table
where her husbands vest lay and
secreted his watch in her bosom. After
searching for the ticker the thieves
again demanded money.
Il have none" said Mr.. Rudawsky.
search the house, but spare our lives
This the robbers proceeded to do and
threw back the lid of a trunk on
which lay Mr.. Rudawsky's trousers In
the pocket Of which was $40. The
thieves pulled quantity of clothing
from the trunk, thus covering up the
trousers and missing the $40 They
took three dresses, silver watch and
two plush capes. Every bed in the
house was torn to pieces and closets
and bureaus turned topsy tUrvey. They
made their way out of the house
through a front window, taking two
spring overcoats from the lower hall.
When five minutes had elapsed Mr..
Rudawsky ran to Seventh and Wa
couta streets, shouting burglars all
the way before he found a policeman.
The robbery was then reported to the
central police station At l o'clock
yesterday the alleged thieves were ar
rested in the midst of their plumber at
the Temperance street house. Mrs.
Rudawslzy subsequently identified Reid
as the man whose mask had slipped
off, and also Moore, as the man who
struck her, by a noleoon his upper lip
which was. not concealed by the mask.
The other robber was a tall. slim
fellow. who matches Whites physique
exactly.
Earlier in the morning the same gang
broke into W. ]. Strub' 81 saloon at No. 527
st. Peter street, securing half dozen bot
ties of brandy and whisky, which was after
wards Identified by the owner as that found
in the burglars room. Mr. Strub also lost
SIPS in money in the cash drawer. The
thieves gained an entrance by breaking the
! lock of the front door while two large lamps
were burning ia front of the bar.
| At about 2 O'clock the burglars forced the
bolt of Birmingham Bros grocery store
at Eighth and Jackson streets, with cold
4 chisel, and rified the place of three boxes
| Two cash drawers were broke open, but only
| few pennies secured. A lamp was also
burning in this place. The cigars were found
/ in the room when the gang, with the excep-
| ton of White, arrested.
Carl Anderson's tailor shop at Ninth and
Jackson streets was next visited by the
/ ing a big haul. and several overeoats and
pairs Of pants stolen. An entrance was Sc
cured by breaking out the window in the
front door Moore wore a suit of clothes
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