The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-11
SELECTED A DOWN TOWN SILK
OFFICE FOR AN EVENING
ROBBERY.
ELECTRIC ALARM WORKED,
AND MESSENGER BOYS HAD AN Ex-
CITING TIME WITH THE
CROOKS.
THEATER CROWDS
PURSUED.
Hundreds of Citizens Joined in the
Chase for the Thieves, Wh1
Are Captured.

pair or daring burglars planned
to loot the warerooms of C. P. Howes
& Co., local agents for the Belding
Spool Silk company, on the second floor
Of SO East Sixth street, during the early
hours of last evening, but after an ex-
citing encounter with several A. D. T..
near the scene of the attempted rob-
berry, while his alleged companion was
later arrested by the police The pris-
oners are Daniel Burgoyne, recently
paroled from the state reformatory, aft
er serving nearly two years for bur-
glary, and Butch" Corcoran, also we'll
known in local police circles, both of
whom are charged with burglary.
The attempted robbery was a particu-
larly bold conception, and was only
forestalled by the A D. T. burglar
alarm, with which the wareroom is
fitted. That the thieves expected a big
haul is evident from the fact that a
horse and buggy, identified as having
been hired by the burglars, was found
in front of the entrance ready to carry
off the plumber. The burglars cunning
ly selected q time for the job when
the streets Of the vicinity were filled
with people going to the theaters, when
their presence would be less likely to
excite suspicion. Driving up to the
street entrance, they left the horse I'M
tied and boldly assembled to the second
floor of the building, where they were
practically secluded in forcing open the
door to the Wareroom. The regulation
Jimmy" was used in this task and the
heavy oak door frame was literally
splintered, before the lock gave way
and the thieves were free to plumber
the stock.
But they were in ignorance of the
burglar alarm, and with the opening Of
the door the signal that something was
wrong was communicated to the A. D..
r. office. Edward Barry, a messenger
boy seventeen years old, was sent to
inquire into the mater and the authori-
ties at the central police station noti-
fed When young Barry reached the
wareroom he found the door open and
stepped inside to throw the switch
which would let the Office know of his
arrival. AS he crossed the threshold
he was suddenly seized by two men, one
of whom choked the boys startled
cry, while the other thrust a big revolt
yer in his face with an admonition to
be quiet or he would be killed. The
lad was badly frightened, and while the
man with the revolver kept the weapon
pressed to Barry's temple the other
robber continued the interrupted opera
ton of filling a large sack with boxes
of silk thread.
When some minutes had elapsed and
Messenger Barry did not send in the
accustomed "taps' to the a. d. II.
office, the other employees became
alarmed and Electrician Waller Nc
Glynn and Clerk Robert Henderson
started on run for the source of the
alarm.
The burglars heard them ascending
the stairs and met them at the open
door The released messenger boy had
hidden behind q counter, and the bur-
glar with the revolver promptly poked
the weapon under McGlynn's nose
and ordered him to throw up his
hands McGlynn carries a pistol him
self, however, and, instead of obeying
the command, drew his own weapon
and blocked the doorway.
"Shoot him, let him have it, cried
the unarmed robber to his companion,
and both rushed at McGlynn, who
tried to discharge his revolver, but in
the excitement, the cartridges fell out
of the cylinder and the weapon was
useless. Both burglars grappled Nc
Glynn, when Henderson took hand
in the struggle. The thieves doubtless
feared to add murder to their crime,
for there was no effort on the part of
the man with the gun to shoot both
trying merely to escape. Finally, the
armed burglar broke away from the
struggle, and bounded down the stairs
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tempted to follow suit, but Hender-
son tripped him on the landing and
grappled with him before he could
pick himself up at the foot of the
stairs. But the burglar was desperate
and tearing himself free again
dashed out of the doorway. Hender-
son was but a few fecet behind, how
ever, and an exciting chase began.
The man ran into a blind alley between
the New York Life building and L. L.
Mays feed store, closely followed by
Henderson, who twice secured a grasp
on him, but was each time shaken off.
When the pursued man found his es-
cape stopped in the areaway, he
showed fight, but Special officer Mo-
Rarity, who had joined in the chase
with nearly 200 other people, placed
him under arrest just as Henderson
had again manifested pluck by closing
in on the man. At the central station
Capt. Rouleau recognized the prisoner
as Burgoyne. Corcoran was arrested
by Detective Mckinley an hour later,
while crossing the Robert street
bridge to his home on the West side.
Both men deny the charge against
them, Burgoyne claiming merely to
have joined in the chase.
The buggy found at the scene of the
robbery is owned by Frank Wolf, a
liveryman at 203 East Eighth street.
He~called at the station after Bur
goyne's capture and at first declared
he was one OF the men who had rent
ed the rig early in the evening. On a
closer inspection of the prisoner, how
ever, he changed his mind and said he
was almost certain Burgoyne was not
the man.