The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-04
WHAT LOOKED LIKE WAR.
Settled Over q Glass OF Ice Cream
Soda.

Soda.
Charles White. James Nalley and
John Sullivan the trio arrested by
Detectives Gruber and Werrick for bur-
glarizing the Minnesota Soap Co.'S build
ing We're before Judge Twohy yesterday
morning. One of the party took an old
hat from the building and another q
bar Of soap. Assistant County Attorney
Donnelly, after hearing the case, de-
cided 1t was not worth while to hold the
prisoners to the grand jury and they
pleaded guilty to the charge Of larceny
and were sent to the workhouse for
ninety days.
John Brennan who had been in COM
pany with the three men during the day
was arrested shortly afterward on O.
charge OF stealing a valise and cloth
Ing from v. Holm an employee Of the
CITY hospital. Brennan claimed that he
took the grip by mistake but as the
officers found the articles had been sold
by Brennan in different places the mis-
take would hardly go down. After q
consultation between the city and coun-
ty legal representatives Brennan was
allowed to plead guilty to petty larceny,
and was sent out for ninety days.
Chief Of Detectives Schweitzer, when
he heard what had been done with the
desperate burglars" Waxed wroth and
rushed into print with a story of how
MS department was hampered by the
courts and legal department of the city
and county being SO lenient with thieves
after they were caught. He suggested
IN the newspaper that the men should
have been given suspended sentence
and few dollars and turned out to
carry on the good work
Messrs Donnelly and Oppenheim had
the news Of what the chief Of detectives
said carried to them at once and both
gentlemen had few words to say. Mr.
Dcnnelly said Chief Schweitzer should
use judgment and make his talks in
person rather than in newspapers The
men accused Of breaking into the soap
factory, Mr.. Donnelly said, went to the
place and found the door open. One
of them took bar of soap and the other
an old hat. They might have been held
to the grand jury and boarded in jail
at the expense of the city for four
months and then discharged as there
was certainly no case of burglary
against them. Chief Schweitzer, he said,
had been connected with the police
force for a number of years and knew
1t was customary in cases Of this kind
to allow the men to take three months
sentence in the workhouse rather than
put the county to the expense of board
ing them. Mr.. Donnel1y intimated that
promotion must have materially chang
ed the Chief SchWeitZers attitude and
disposition.
Mr.. Oppenheim said 1t made no differ
ence to him what the police depart
ment said about the manner in which
he attended to his official duties. Some
times the officials took one end of the
stick and were greatly interested in
having persons let off light and at other
times they took the other end and how
led about the courts and prosecuting
ATTORNEYS being too Jnnient
For time the thing looked like war
but, yesterday afternoon, Mr.. Donnelly
had a talk with Chief Goss and Chief
Schweitzer. After the interview Chief
Schweitzer and Mr.. Donnelly went off
to have an ice cream soda and Chief
Goss said the matter had been amicably
adjusted.