The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-26

evidently on information received from
someone, and rumor says from Rosen-
quist, the sheriff arrested Sheehan at
his home and brought him to the ST.
Paul police headquarters.
Yesterday afternoon Chief of Detec-
tiveS Schweitzer Chief of Police Goss,
Chief of Police McIlree Sheriff Smith
and County Attorney Manwaring, of
Saltwater, met at the central station
and held an investigation. A steno-
grapher was sent for and during the
wait White and RoSenquiSt were taken
to Palmquists photograph gallery and
their pictures taken. After this was
done each of the prisoners, White,
RoSenquiSt and Sheehan, was given an
examination separately, and their
statements as to their movements on
Saturday and a day or so before and
after that date taken down by the
stenographer. Just what each of the
suspects said is known only to the
officials who were present, and they re-
fuse to talk. 1t is given out, however
that the stories of the men, especially
White and RoSenquist, do not dovetail
together and indeed are very contra
dictory, particularly as to their move
mentS on Saturday during the day and
night.
Miss Josephine Haney, a daughter of
August Haney, a letter carrier in Still
and told her story Miss Haney was
the lady who was with Sheehan in
the buggy, which Sheriff Smith stopped
near Saltwater as he was going to
the scene of the murder. Miss Haney
seen last evening at the residence of
her sister, at 3S1 East Sixth street, said
she had driven to st. Paul with Shee-
han Saturday evening. They reached
the house of her sister about o'clock.
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to ST. Paul by rail in the morning, to
the union depot in time to take the
II 80 p. m. train, both she and Slfeehan
started for Saltwater. A short time
afterward. On the way to Saltwater,
they had met a couple of buggies some
distance this side of Lake Elmo, and,
as she remembered. there were two
men in each rig. She did not know
who the men were, and Sheehan did not
say anything to the occupants Of the
rigs. Sheehan drove her to her home
in Saltwater and then drove back to
his own home. She said she was GER
tain that Sheehan had nothing to do
with the affair." as he knew Curtin well,
and was a friend of the murdered man.
The examination of the prisoners by
the st. Paul and Saltwater officials
lasted until nearly 5 o'clock, when the
visiting officers left for home, telling
over early in the morning. Sheriff
Smith said he, did not intend to take the
prisoners to Saltwater, as the Jail was
somewhat crowded and arrangements
were made to have them kept at the
Ramsey county jail AS soon as the
Saltwater officers left, White, Rosen-
quist and Sheehan were taken in the
central patrol wagon to the county Jail
and given separate cells in different
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were left with the turkeys that no
one was to see or talk with them with
out orders from police headquarters.
Chief Of Detectives Schweitzer, in
speaking of the case last night, said
nothing defin tie had been learned, which
would fasten the crime on any of the
prisoners, but there were a great many
circumstances which looked bad for
White and Rosenquist. The circum-
stances which seemed to point to their
having been about the locality, might,
he said, be explained satisfactorily, and
in the meantime, the Saltwater officials
were making an investigation and veri-
flying certain statements in that city.
White, it is understood, has been
away from st. Paul for the past six
weeks and reached home either Satur-
day or Sunday morning. According to
the statement made by Rosenuuist
y.
it is said, admits that he was at Lake
Elmo Saturday evening, but claims to
have no knowledge Of the robbery or
murder. According to the statement
made by Rafferty,, one of the men with
White, was short man, and the other
very tall so much taller than White
that the difference in their height was
particularly noticeable.
White, who is twenty-five years old,
is we'll known to the police. He was
arrested the evening Of June Z last,
charged with picking the pocket of J.
P. Johnson of a watch at the Swedish
church on John street. When the case
was tried the evidence failed to prove
that White took the timepiece and he
was discharged. Rosenquist, the police
say, has been arrested several times,
charged with larceny He lives with
his widowed mother on Preble street
about block from Whites home
Neither White nor Rosenquist seemed
at all put out by their arrest and take
the matter very calmly. Sheehan. or
Shea, as the police call him, lives on the
Burns farm near Saltwater, and moved
with the family from ST. Paul to that
place some four years ago. He is a
single man and about twenty-three
years of age.
A special from Saltwater last evening
says:
Saltwater people had a touch of in
tense excitement this afternoon. and
about $50 Saltwater people, comprising
attorneys, doctors, bankers and other
leading citizens participated in a man
hunt in a swamp near Lake Elmo.
Ever since the murder of Curtin resi-
dents there have kept watch for
strangers, and Sunday afternoon two
tfamps came to the house of Fred
Albrecht. After going to the pump for
water and the orchard for apples thew
disappeared and were not seen again.
This morning when one of them came
out of the swamp, he went to the house
and attempted to get in. Albrecht's
daughter was alone in the house and
when the tramp left she told her father.
who came to the city and notified the
officers. Report soon spread that the
murderers of Curtin had been dis
covered and were surrounded in the
swamp and 200 brave men and BOYS
took W1nchesters and shot guns and
started for the place When they ar
rived there they found that the tramps
had struck out in a southerly direc-
ton. A skirmish line was formed and
the country was thoroughly hunted.
but no trace was found of the two
fellows who had evidently gone to the
station and boarded passing freight
train 1t was an exciting but fruitless
adventure.
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