The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-21
WHICH STRUCK MRS. O'TO0LE.
THE OLD LADY'S INJURIES sIJcH
THAT DEATH ENsUED YES
TERDAY.
POLICE LOOKING FOR THE MAN
Who Disappeared From His PIace
OF business Early In the Day and
Wasn't Seen Afterward.

Nortnern Express company'S barns, is
believed to be the man who was driv-
ing the rig which knocked down Mrs.
Bridget O'Toole at Sixth and st. Peter
| streets Wednesday afternoon.
| Mrs. O'Toole died at the city hospital
yesterday morning at o'clock. The
body was removed to O'HaIloran e,
Murphy's undertaking rooms, and yes
terday afternoon an autopsy was held
| by the direction of Coroner Whitcomb.
The postmortem was made by Drs.
Ffnnell, Skinner and Wheaton, and re-
vealed that Mrs. OToole had been
frightfully injured by the accident. six
of her ribs on the right and two on
the left side were broken, and the skull
was fractured across the back of the
head 1t is supposed that her ribs
were broken by the shaft of the buggy
and that her skull was fractured by
the hoofs of the horse After the au-
topsy the remains were removed to the
residence of her son-in-law, Walter
Curtiss, at 346 Market street The
funeral will take place Saturday morn
ing from the cathedral.
The police and detectives were at
| work on the case early yesterday
morning, and, although there were as
many descriptions of the buggy, horse
and men as there were informants. the
| oHlcefs finally settled down to the de-
scrlptlon OF the rig and men as given
! by George j. Flint and D. D. Dona-
nue.. These men were the ones who
IoIloWed the rig about two miles out
In the West Seventh street district.
but finally lost the trail near ST. Clair
street and Oakland avenue Thomas
Burke, who lives at $50 Banfil street,
and is employed as street sweeper on
Sixth street between Wabasha and
Seventh streets, said he made an at
tempt to stop the horse and buggy
after Mrs. OToole had been run down.
but the driver swore at him and threat
ened to run over him and he allowed
the rig to pass. About noon the de-
tect1ves were given a tip as to who
the driver of the rig was. and at once
three detectives were sent out looking
for the man. The tip came through the
young man who was one of the occu-
pants OF the rig at the time the acct
dent occurred and who, it is under
stood, is son of an employee of the
Great Northern Express company.
Chief of Detectives Schweitzer was in
cilned to be very non-communicative
ABOUT the identity of the occupants of
IAAO L 10 WlICA CduS0Q the u6dCn or Mrs.
| O'Toole, but said the names of both
parties were known. The young man
who was in the buggy, but not driv-
Ing the horse, was, he said, not wanted
by the police, as he had nothing to do
with the accident. The name, Of the
driver he was not ready to give out
until he had been arrested, but he
thought the man would either give
hive himself up or be arrested within
few hours. Up to midnight last
night neither had happened.
1t was learned, however that John
Stratus, foreman of the Great Northern
Express company's barn was the driver
of the rig and that the other occupant
of the buggy was g. young man whose
father is employed by the same COM
pany. Straus, who has been in his
present position since the company
started, is foreman of the barn located
at 264 East Ninth street and lives at
the same place with his wife and three
small children. Wednesday afternoon
he started from the barn shortly be-
fore o'clock, intending to go to Mer-
Ram Park and select some horses for
the company. On the way up Sixth
street the accident occurred, and then
followed the chase after him out West
Seventh street. He returned to the ex-
press barn at $3.50 o'clock Wednesday
night, just after dark Yesterday
morning he learned that Mrs. .O'TooIe
had died from the effect Of her injur-
les and about $50 o'clock he left the
barn and up to midnight had not re-
turned. From an associate 1t was
learned that StrauS was excited and
greatly worried by the accident, and 1t
is feared that something has happened
to him. Friends of Straus say that he
is an expert horseman and that the ac-
0id nr1f III Hob 1k11 H. Il.
Mrs. O'Toole could not have happened
by reckless driving, but that it was a
mistake or misjudgment on the part
of Straus who evidently thought the
woman would cross the street before
he reached her. This opinion is born
out by the statement of jeremiah o.
Brien, who is employed as janitor at
the Cathedral, and says the horse
which knocked down Mrs. O'Toole was
not going at very fast gait The &C
tons of StrauS, after the accident can
not be explained by his friends, how
ever as the least he could have done
would have been to stop and ascertain
the extent of the woman's injuries in
stead of whipping UP his horse and
making his escape.
Mr.. Curtiss, the son-in-law of Mrs
O'Toole, called at the central police
station last night and made inquiry
as to whether the parties in the rig
had Deen arrested. He was informed by
Capt. Rouleau that they had not but
that their identity was known and II
was expected that they would be in
custody before monring. Mr.. Curtiss
expressed himself very forcibly and in
timated that the parties would be pros
ecuted to the full extent of the law for
the death of Mrs. O'Toole.
Coroner Whitcomb seen last evening
said there would be an inquest, but as
to just when it would be held he was
not prepared to say. If the police sue
ceeded in capturing the men who werc
in the buggy, which, he said, was very
likely to occur during the night. the
jury would be empaneled today. but
the taking of testimony would not com
mence before Monday.
MRS. Straus is Frustrated by the shock
and could not be seen last evening
detectives Swallowed the house yester-
DAY afternoon and last night. but with
out success. Those best acquainted
with Straus say that it would NOT s1,r-
prise them If, under the nervous strain
to which he has been subjected. he had
committed some rash act.
HI. NJ. LyttIe's New SIT.
/ A New York Associated Press teIeeram =,
last night says: H. NJ. Lyttle formerly of
Louisville. later of st. Paul, but more re-
Gently of Brooklyn, was today appointed man
ager OF the Metropolitan Street railway OF