The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-23
THE DEED DONE IN DAYLIGHT.
VICTIM WANDERED UP TO NORTH
MINNEAPOLIS WITH HIS
ASSAILANT.
JOHN MosHEK UNDER ARREST.
Ct P,uI Man Suspected of Having
Committed the Deed-Fought
When Arrested.

desnerate resistance and locked up on
eusnicion of being the person who as
saulted and fatally shot John Lemke
in MINNEAPOLIS yesterday afternoon.
Moshek, the police say, was released
from the penitentiary three days ago.
Thomas FIaherty was engaged in
chopping wood at the rear Of his nome,
at 1905 Humboldt avenue, yesterday
afternoon, when he heard somebody
say: I'm shot" He looked up and
there appeared before him a sight
enough to frighten those not the most
timid. His face covered with blood, is
suing from an ugly cash above his left
eye, his clothes covered with dirt and
with two bullet wounds in his back,
from which streams of blood rushed,
John Lemke was ready to faint away.
Flaherty quickly procured water and
did what he could for the suffering
man. In a few minutes there passed
along Humboldt avenue, in front of
the house, a man, who seemed to be
leisurely walking along the road. As
soon as the wounded man saw him, he
exclaimed, eXcitedly, as he tried to hide
behind the house:
There is the man who robbed and
catch him.
The wounded man was taken into the
house, where the families of l. Ponier
and D. A. Mccullough reside. What
temporary relief could be afforded him
was given.
AS the stranger passed the house he
was seen to put into his hip pocket
what was supposed to be q revolver.
He looked behind several times and
continued along the road until he came
to the 500 tracks, which he began to
follow. Thomas Flaherty started on
the trail, but being unarmed, was
afraid to go too close to the man, who
seemingly would shoot again if he had
to. Flaherty went down Forty-second
avenue, while the stranger followed the
tracks until he came to Washington
avenue. He walked through Camden
place and Flaherty continued after
him until the man boarded a street car
at Thirty-siXth avenue. This was the
last seen of him.
On the way down, Flaherty says
that he told several men of the shoot
ing, but they all seemed afraid to go
near him as he was supposed to be
armed. F'laherty then telephoned the
police. He says he would have board
ed the street car also, but did not hap
pen to have the car fare.
From the story given the wounded
man Of the affair." it is known that it
was a deliberate case of highway rob-
berry. Lemke's condition is very Sc
of murder DR.. G. a. Smith was sum-
rloned by Flaherty after he had lost
the trail of the stranger. The ply
sician afforded temporary treatment
until the city hospital ambulance took
the patient to the hospital. Here the
surgeons found that Lemke had been
twice shot; one bullet entered his back
and is supposed to have penetrated
one of the lungs; the other imbedded
itself in the wounded mans loin. The
wounds are considered very serious
and, under the influence of opiateS,
Lemke was unablee to give any de-
tailed statement of the circumstances
of the affair.
From the disconnected pieces of in
formation, which the police obtained
it is known that Lemke came to Min
neapolis on an interurban car yester-
day morning. He says he met his as
sailant at the union depot between
noon and 1 o'clock yesterday after
noon They walked down Washing
tor avenue south, but denies that they
were in any saloons. In a jewelry
w
Lemle purchased gold watch. His
companion gave the wounded man
story of poverty and the latter gave
him a small sum of money. Then they
started to walk about the city. They
continued walking until they reached
the scene of the shooting, which is
| about sixty rods beyond the house
where Flaherty was working, or just
across Shingle creek, on Humboldt
| avenue The man whipped out a re-
| Volver and ordered Lemke to hand
| over his money. He resisted and re-
ceived two severe blows with the butt
end of the gun. One struck him above
the right eye while the other caught
him souarely on top of the head.
Both are ugly wounds. Then the rob-
| be- shot at him three times, two of
which took effect. The revolver used
was supposedly of thirty-eight callber
Lemkes pockets were then rif1ed and
their contents SIT in cash and his gold
watch were taken.
Lemke told the police that his home
| is at 2024 North Lake street, saltwater
| Inquiry at the prison town revealed the
fact that his parents reside at the
! above number, in that part of the city
| known as Dutch Town" His mother
| has not heard from him for four years,
when she sent him money to hospltal
in Texas, where he was lying i'll. Lem
| kS clal0lS 10 nave pScII CiilpAOS e1o
| A machiniSt at ClOQuet.
AS soon as the affair had been re-
! ported to the police, Supt. Smith sent
! out Inspectors Nick Smith, Morrisey
| and Stavalo They had been preceded
! by Sergeant Kennedy and Officer Gus
! ter. of the Fourth precinct. A descrlp-
| ton of the highwaymen was secured,
! and after a search Of the central part Of
| the city. some of the force came to st.
! Paul in search of Moshek, whom they
! thought from the description, might be
! the man needed.
Detectives Morrisey and Stavalo ar
| rived in st. Paul at 10 o'clock last
evening in search of Moshek, who they
! claimed was the person supposed to
have shot Leml1e. They got photo
| graph of the man wanted and Capt.
Rouleau notified Lieut.. Pendy, of the
Margaret street station, to aid the Min
neapolis officers in their search for
| Moshek
The arrest was made at the residence
of Moshek's brother at Reaney street
! and Duluth avenue, by Detective Oh
berg and Sergeant Gebhardt and De-
tectives Morrisey and StavalO, of Min
neapolis Moshek was in bed when the
| officers arrived and made q desperate
| fight, but was oVerpoWered and taken
to the Margaret street police station.
| Detective Morrisey, during the strug-
gle, was knocked out by a well direct
ed kick in the stomach from Moshek.
The prisoner refused to talk or say
anything to the officers when ques-
toned. The Minneapolis detectives
say that Moshek answers the descrip-
ton of the person who Lemke says
shot him.
The prisoner is known to the police
of this city, having been arrested Jan,
| s, 1894, with John Rogan in this city on
the charge of highway robbery. The