The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-17
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ROBBERS RAID JORDAN STIPAg's
SALOON AT WAbAsHA AND COL
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Are snatched From Hia Private
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Lightning may not strike twice in
the same place, but burglars do. al
though not necessarily the same ones
On the northeast corner Of Wabasha
street and College avenue is, a saloon
where three years ago was perpetrated
one of the most cold blooded murders
for robbery purposes ever recorded lin
local annals of crime. Last night the
gentry with the light fingers again es-s
sayed to and, in fact, did rob the same
saloon, although this time they did
not find it necessary to kill any one,a
or even to modest the tenants of the
block
Although the place has changed,
hands since the dastardly crime which
Ermlsch and Wonigkeit explated on this
gallows two years ago the 18th of this
month, and those who were involved in
that tragedy are not now there to.
watch, 1T might at first be thought, that
the terrible punishment melted out TO
the two culprits for their venture on
| the, former occasion would deter. the
crooks from making a second trial on
l'the same territory. It seems not, how
ever 5f
The present proprietor of the place
| Is Jordan Stipan, and by thrifty man.
agement he has succeeded in laying
away $500, which by reason of sundry
misgivings as TO the permanency of
financial institutions known as banks,
he had not entrusted to other hands
than his own. but kept in what he con-
sidered safe place in his living apart
ments over the saloon The little pile
was. kept handy, too, to draw upon in
hot Il,
day to day, and 1t was when the pro-
prletor went to the place of deposit
about s o'clock last evening to ger
cnange for a big bill that he made the
sad discovery that his savings had
been stolen. 81
Some thief OF thieves had evidently
sneaked upstairs in the absence of
both Mr.. Stipans and his wife from the
rooms, and in some way found out
where the money was That any man
or men was enabled to do this is con-
s1dered somewhat remarkable, as be-
SIDE there nearly always being some
one in the apartments, Mr.. Stfpan is
the owner of a huge ST. Bernard dog.
who Is accustomed to sleep in the sa
loou nights. and who makes a ;yrear
disturb ance on the occasion of any an
IL.
seems not to have been attracted, how
ever, by the stealthy movements of the
robbers in this case, and it is thought
by some that possibly one Of the
thieves engaged the dog in friendly in
tercourse, while the other made his
raid aon the upper apartments ,s=.ls
1t is not known what time the = rob-
bers visited the place, but it was some
time prior to 8 o'clock, perhaps even
In daylight, although it is more likely
that the guest or guests took advan-
tage OF the early nightfall.
The loss was reported to the police
last evening. any they promptly in
structed Mr.. Stipan not to say any
thing about his loss to the newspapers.
evidently supposing that If the rob-
bers knew they had the money they
would not walk into the station and
give themselves up For that reason.
when q b e reporter called at the
saloon last evening, the proprietor re-.
sponded to his inquiry that the rob-
bers had only taken "a couple of
cents" He hoped there would be moth
ing said about it in the papers
The city detectives are working on
sired to have as little publicity as pos
sible. The municipal sleuths desire
to have the case SON which they are
working kept as dark as possible in
order that their hair-breadthJ escapes.
from catching the crooks may not be
observed, 9e14RsCr pste ,feos -
Besides. these burglaries have been
occurring with too. frequent regularity
lately to; speakscwell for some Of the
amateur detectives which Mayor
Doran discovered after his election.