The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-28
For Men.
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of Novak was picked UP from the ap-
pearance of a passenger on a train
bound for an Eastern port, and, taking
up the same, it developed that this
man was Bohemian, and, as Novak
was Bohemian-American, it was be-
heved to be the same party. The trail
was followed to Baltimore, Md, where
shipping agents and others recognized
the photograph and description of No
yak as being Identical with a man who
had arrived at that port and shipped
for Bohemia, Feb. 10. A cablegram was
sent to Mr.. keenan,, American con-
sui in Germany, who had the passenger
described .apprehended ON the arrival
OF 1.-The steamer Halle at Bremen.
March l, and after several days ca
bling and comparisons of description it
was decided that a case of mistaken
identity had led to the arrest of
the wrong man, and this clue had to be
dropped. The detective again returned
to Iowa City and a clue was finally
struck March IL in the shape of a de-
Scrlpt1on of a passenger who bought a
ticket at midnight Feb. to Omaha,
Neb., over the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific. By a diligent inquiry among
railway and sleeping car employees who
had charge of the cars and train on the
date named, the representative of
Th1eIS service was satisfied that he
was on the right track and immediate
ly went to Omaha, where, by the aid
of the local police department, in the
course of couple days the fleeing
mans Identity was once more establish
ed by description and photograph in
person of passenger who bought a
ticket over the Union Pacific from
Omaha to Vancouver, B. c. The de-
tectlVe was now five weeks behind the
fleeing murderer, but took the next
train for Portland, Or, where a stop
was made and search instituted to see
if the ticket had been used through to
Vancouver, or if the passenger had
stopped off at Portland, as is fire.
quently done by persons seeking to get
cut rate to the Pacific coast. The de-
tective's knowledge of this phase of
railroad travel proved most fortunate
for after couple of days, it was dis
covered that NoVak, under the name of
Frank Alfred, had stopped at Portland
and cashed the portion reading to VAN
couver with a broker. Being at sea
once more as to the probable course
taken by the fugitive, Portland and its
suburbs were submitted to an eXhaus-
tive kind of inquiry for a number of
days, without discovering any trace
whatever of Novak'S presence or move
ments. Inquiry was finally extended
to San Francisco and other seaport
towns on the Pacific coast with a view
of picking up clue at some remote
point on the belief that Novak had
eluded notice in passing through Port
land. All returning steamers from
ocean voyages as they landed at Pacific
coast points were met on their arrival
and the several crews and any return
ing passengers who had been on the
outgoing trips were carefully question
ed touching anyone answering Novak's
description having gotten aboard at
any other coast point on any of the re-
cent trips of the steamers since Feb.
T. which was the date of his arrival at
Portland. March 81, the steamer AI-ki.
returning from Sitka Alaska, was met
at Seattle, Wash, and upon being in
terrogated all of the officers and crew
and one returning passenger at once
recognized Novak's photograph as a
passenger who embarked on the Al-ki
at Port Townsend, Feb. %, ticketed
for Juneau, Alaska, and with the fur
Their information that he had been seen
in Juneau, a week or ten days previous
aSSociating with a proSpector who was
talking of going into the mining dis
trict up the Yukon. This information
was promptly wired to headquarters of
the Thiel detective service at st. Paul,
where steps were at once taken to pro-
cure requisition papers for Novak.
While these proceedings were being
had in Iowa, the agent of the service
who was following Novak embarked
on the first steamer for Alaska the
Al-ki, leaving Seattle, April T. and the
requisition papers were forwarded to
him at Juneau by mail.