The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20
HARLEY, STAR NO. rs
COMPLAINT FILED WITH MAYOR
DORAN AGAINST A WEST SIDE
OFFICER.
He ARRESTED J. H. REIMER,
AFTER TAKING In HIS COMPANION,
ON SUSPICION OF BEING A
BURGLAR
OF OVER THIRTY YEARS
tiOn of Patrol Ride and Place
in a Cell.

Officer Hanley has distinguished him
self by the arrest of two men well
known to the German and Holland citi-
zens Of this city. The arrests were
made by Officer Hanley Friday night,
and the circumstances surrounding the
affair are peculiar to say the least.
John H. Reimer and Gottfried Frankot
were arrested Friday night at 12
o'clock by officer Hanley, both charged
with drunkenness. Reimer was first
accused Of burglary, but before being
taken to court the charge was changed
to plain drunk. The two men are
highly indignant at the treatment they
received and retained Otto L. Haese
as their attorney. The following is Mr..
Haese's statement Of the case:
1t seems that Reimer and Franlxot
were in Fritz Tegeler's saloon, corner
Of South Wabasha and Fillmore streets
enjoying a sociable drink together
Tegeler was q police sergeant under
Mayor Smith and was let out by Mayor
Doran. The two had first visited the
saloon Of Joseph Heinselman, situated
on the opposite corner Reimer hitched
his horse In front Of Heinselman s
place. When they left Tegeler's hos
telry they found to their surprise that
the animal had been united and led to
a place near a neighbortig patrol box
and fastened there. Reimer started
over while Frankot, who is a HoIlander,
living in the West side Holland settle-
ment for the past sixteen years and
brick maker by trade, stepped into an
alley, to reach which he had to descend
an incline. When Frankot was about
to ascend to the street again, according
to his story, he was surprised to feel
the grasp of mans fingers about his
neck and later to have the shining bar
rel Of revolver showed into his face
The fingers and revolver belonged to
Officer Hanley and were accompanied
by a command of
Throw up your hands,
AT first Frankop imagined he was the
victim of a highway robbery, and was
about to make resistance when he no
ticed the patrolman's star and heard
the bluecoat say:
I've caught you this time, nv man.
You are my prisoner"
FrankOp demonstrated in vain He
was dragged over to the patrol box and
sent to the station charged with burg
larry. At the central station the officers
looked wise and determined that the
prisoner was a dangerous fellow. and
one of the gang" they were after.
F'rankop was not tabled, but put in a
solitary cell
Frankop protested his innocence. civ
| ing his address and referring the Cap.
I tain in charge to number Of proul.
| nent citizens. But no attention was
| paid to the matter. The exaspaxated
man offered to give bail, having little
money on his person.
| AT $3.50 o'clock yesterday morning,
| when the day force took charge of the
! station, some one recognized Frankop
as being g. respectable man, and he was
| tabled as a drunk and allowed to go
free upon putting up $40 bail
/ The later arrest of Reimers for
| drunkenness only makes thu case more
| peculiar. He was arrested by the same
| officer, Hanley, while unhitching his
| horse, and was also forced to take a
ride in the hurry up" wagon to the
| station and occupy a cell. Fortunately
| for Reimers he is well-known as a re-
| spectacle resident, and he thinks that
/ this fact alone only prevented his being
accused Of burglary by the energetic
officer.
| Reimers also protested against his
| being held in custody, and was allowed
/ to send home for money. He was
! obliged to put UP $50 bail before he
| could gain his freedom. Why such a
sum should be necessary to effect the
| release of a prisoner charged with be
| ing intoxicated is beyond the compre-
| hension of Attorney Haese, who repre-
| sented Reimers and F'rankop in the
| municipal court yesterday morning. He
demanded continuance Of the case un-
| til Wednesday morning, which was
! granted.
| The following complaint was handed
to Mayor Doran yesterday morning,
signed by John H. Reimers, Mr.. Haese
and Mr. Frankop:
Complaint of John Reimers against Of
fcer Hanley, Star 25-Complainant, for cause
| of complaint, respectfully shows and alleges
| that he is and has been a citizen and resident
of the city OF st. Paul for more than thirty
| years; that on the evening of the 18th day
of December. 1896, while complainants horse
was standing in front Of Joseph Heinsel-
/ mans saloon. corner Of South Wabasha and
! Fillmore. securely Fastened and well covered
| with blankets, and while he was in the sa-