The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-04

whole story was likely to come out so
ne said continue the case. had no at
| torney in court or anything else as
| Pothen said he would fix 1t, and
| thought 1t formality, my going to
court, but Oppenheim's attitude,
guess, spoiled his plans. Any way the
| case was about to be postponed for
| three days when Pothen or some one
else rushed up to Darragh and asked
! him to come down and dismiss the suit
! Darragh came in, wrote a line or two
| to Oppenheim, and the case was dis.
| missed. But the Dispatch gave 50
much publicity without using my name
and the G b e~referred to the matter
and did use my name. SO l decided ia
clear myself and I am going to do it,"
That is the story Of the "convivial
doctor" The night, that Dr. Wintner
was confined in the Central station the
police reporters heard the doctor call.
ing for the jailer and Capt RouIeau
gave a voluntary explanation that the
man was hungry and wanted some
thing to eat. Don't pay any attention
to him." said the captain, 1--WE won't
get him anything to eat till morning."
For the benefit of the mayor it might
also be said there are others" During
the G. A. r. encampment young
country boy was arrested and thrown
into the central station. He happened
to be gawking around near three men
supposed to be crooks and was ar
rested at the same time that the others
were. At the station some Of the wise
detectives, who were here at the time,
pointed the boy out to the local men
and said:
THAT is a clever con man. He ia
known all over the country"
'Oh yes, we know him we'll here"
said some of the amateurs now en-
ployed by the city.
AS a matter of fact tha how was a
cleriz-in a country story in little town
in Southern Minnesota, and had never
been to city before He was kept
in confinement a few days and then
wrote home telling them where he was
His father wired to the senior member
of one of the st. Paul wholesale houses,
and he walked UP and secured the
young mans release at once. The bust
ness man advised against a damage
suit in that case and the matter was
dropped
Not long ago a New York newspaper
man was going into the Ryan hotel,
and an officer thought he detected in
him a con man.
Where are you going?" asked the
officer.
The newspaper man said none OF
your business"
Don't get gay young man, don't get
gay. Come with me-"
What for asked the surprised young
man."
Never mind what for. I'm onto
your graft"
do look like con MANI" asked
the stranger.
do you? Do I look like a police
man with me buttons and billy?"
The man was sent up to the central
station only to be released when he
had got word to his friends where he
was at p3'.ii 3'sif-- ~t -af
Co7,ooti7oac ~ "a d;ffor.o,1+
A few weeks ago a man was sent
to the central police station. He had
been found standing in a hallway on
lower Seventh street. He was taken
for a burglar or sneak thief and ex-
plantations didn't go. Even the cap
tain at the station couldn't hear him
until he said:
why, was with a city official and
was waiting for him to come down
stairs" Then he walked over and
whispered a few words into the cap
tain's ear.
That man didn't have to go up xtairs
into a cell nor did he have to appear
in the police court next day.