The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20
ONE PER DIEM.

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ONE PER DIEM.
On the 5th day of this month the
Pioneer Press exploded in burst Of
virtuous indignation over the revela-
ton of police incompetency in st.
Paul. 1t attempted defense of the
indefensible, which is always the last
resource of a man or a newspaper
driven into a hole. 1t charged upon
the G o b e the systematic manu-
facture of fake hold-ups and other fic-
titious exploits of imaginary highway
men, burglars and thieves" With its
wonted delicacy and refinement of
touch, it denied the existence Of any
such occurrences and said that there
has been less housebreaking under
Mayor Doran's administration than
usual" We feel it a painful duty to
call the attention of Mr. Doran to the
fact that eechief stay of his admin
istration and the admirer of it's inno-
cence and beauty has itself, under the
Inspiration of we know not what ma
hgnant sprite, gone into the business
of slandeFing the present police admin
istration.5 We do not intend to depend,
for The evidence of this charge, upon
the fuller and more complete news re-
ports of the Clio b e. They, indeed,
show from its files since the article
in question appeared, a long record of
burglaries and hold-ups, a summary of
which we append:
Mrs. S. widmann, $50 Stewart avenue,
band bag grabbed by thief on Seventh street,
near Warsaw. Bag containing $40 in cash
and certificate Of deposit carried off by foot
pad. C o b e, Dec. 19.
Walter Ife, II Wilkin street, held up even
ing Dec. IT, residence; So in cash taken
by two masked men. G l o e, Dec. 49,
c. T. Doyle, SOP Walnut street, held up by
two masked men, Western and Oakland ave-
nues. early in evening Dec 1e Four dollars
in cash taken. Gro be, Dec. Is.
f. P. Hoffman, 316 Rice street, saloon door
three reyolEers and small amount of cash
taken. G o b e, Dec. u.
Rev Samuel Smith, rs College avenue,
residence burglarized GIobe e, Dec. IS.
Mrs. ]. A. Taylor, 142 East Twelfth street,
apartments bnrgiarizee. 0 e, Dec IS.
Samuel Rudawsky, 561 Canada street, house
servant girl, went into street borefooted and
partly dressed to summon police Met Of
feer. who told her she was dreaming,
laughed and walked off. G o e, Dec. 16.
w. ]. Strub, 527 st. Peter street, front
door of saloon broken open $1.25 In cash,
cigars and liquors stolen. G 0 b e, Dec. IL.
streets, front door of store broken open;
cigars tobacco and small amount of money
stolen. Gt1, G o b e. Dec: II.
Carl Anderson, Ninth and Jackson streets,
tailor shop, burglarized and clothing stolen.
G, Dec. II.
Nicholas Wild. $50 East Third street, resi-
denee ransaeked in daytime, Dec. A. 81 in
cash and fur cape stolen. GlIob e. Dec 7.
Charles Klosterman, 81 East Fourth street
tailor shop broken into the night of Dec
a. Clothing valued at s75 carried off.
Mrs. Annie Ryder, 132 Viola street. at
tempt made to gain entrance to house by
thieves. Thief claimed he was policeman,
but was frightened away by sreams of female
occupants. G o b e. Dec. 8.
These extraordinary fabrications of
the Gl oh e, which the persons victim
lied will doubtles confess to have been
invented by them while under the
hypnotic influence of Globe re-
porter. would seem to show that it's
original statement of a carnival of
crime" in this city was not far from
the fact. But what amazes and pains
us is to see that the Pioneer Press has
also opened a slander mill; that, re-
gardles Of the tender relations which
exist between 1t and Mayor Doran, and
of the fair fame of this city, which it
declares is dishonored by the publica-
ton of unpleasant facts, it, too, has
gone into the bushes of discrediting
the police administration by printing
in it's own columns accounts of alleged
housebreakings and highway robberies
An average of one such occurrence per
day for eleven days running would
| seem to establish the quality of police
protection and bring it's own charges
down upon it's devoted head. We
give below few extracts from
the Pioneer Press reports that seem to
US to join it with the G ! as a
'fabricator and propagator of false
hoods which are doing such incalcula-
ble damage to the business interests of
the city"
Pioneer Press, Dec. 81
/. The hardware store of McDough &c
Bowers, at TAT and 749 Wabasha, was bur-
! glarized early yesterday morning.
2 Four guitars and one mandolin were
| stolen Sunday night from the establishment
| of A. Johnson, manufacturer of musical in
struments, at 40 W. Exchange street.
(Pioneer Press. Dec H.
l. The residence of Mrs. KaynaI, 756 Rice
| street, was burglarized early Wednesday
morning The matter was reported to the
| police, but as yet no trace Of the robbers
has been secured.
(Pioneer Press Dec. 15.)
] l. P. 'E. Murphy, a travelling man en-
! ployed by Meyers & Seholle, recovered q
number Of valuable belongings sunday morn
| ing by following two burglars that had en-
tered his residence at 234 Harrington ave.
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CPioneer Press, Dec. I'D
l. -Four burglaries, one of them with, SEN
satlonal features, were committed early yes
terday morning. The burglary at the house
! of Mr.. Rudawski was especially sensational
2. At the saloon of w. G. Strub, 527 St.
! Peter street, burglars entered by breaking
the lock of the front door with chisel
3. From the tailors shop of Carl Anderson,
Ninth and Jackson streets. burglars took an
ulster, chinchilla oyercoat. a sack coat and
vest and three pairs Of trousers.
4. The fourth place was the grocery of
1 Vim. f Birmingham, 454 Jackson street, rob-
berS took cash box and three boxes of cigars.
8. LIE Roy Ryan claims to be the victim of
| hoid-up. The matter was reported to the
police at once.
Pioneer Press, Dec. 49,
! L. What appears to have been another
hold-up is said to have taken place at II
o'clock Wednesday night near Gretto and
Fuller streets.
2. Hold up your hands or I'll blow you
! full of holes This imperative command,
enforced by a revolver held perilously near
1 the side Of his head