The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-14

alleged to have been perpetrated upon
young Roebuck, it is time citizens
armed themselves and took their pro-
lection into their own hands. I adj
Tised Mr.. ZOllman to use every effort
in holding Roebuck, and If necessary
to insure his presence before the grand
Jury, hold the money which is now in
the possession of the police. The ext
gencies of the case demand some de-
termined effort to stop this revel of
crime"
After the case had been disposed of
in the police court, Roebuck, accompa-
MED by Chief Goss and Chief of De-
tectives SchWeitZer, proceeded to the
mayors office. Awaiting the trio in
the outer office were Lieut.. Pothen,
Detective Murnane and Patrolman
Carey All hands adjourned to the
mayors private office, and a confer
ence of an hour and half followed.
Assistant County Attorney Zollman
at odd times lent his presence to the
gathering, and, when asked what was
going on, said three was some discus
sion as to whether the money which
had been stolen from Roebuck should
be turned over to the owner or held as
evidence by the police to be used when
the charge against Furey is brought
before the grand jury. He stated that
he should instruct the police officials
to retain both Roebuck and his money,
and more particularly the money, as, if
the $500 was retained, there would an
/. incentive for the appearance of the
complaining witness when the case
come up in October.
Mayor Doran, seen after the confer
ence, said: There was nothing about
the conduct of the members of the
force in connection with the robbery
and arrest of Furey investigated. The
conference was to consider the matter
Of what disposition should be made of
the money which Roebuck claimed had
been taken from him. The testimony
of the officers was that the money had
been turned over at the police station
to the officer in charge by Roebuck
himself, and that none of the members
of the police department had taken it
from Furey after his arrest. Assistant
County Attorney Zollman, after a con-
Sultation with Pierce Butler, had given
an opinion that the money should be
retained by the police department, and,
following this instruction, the amount
would be held
Assistant County Attorney Zollman
called Chief Goss out of the mayors
Office. and, in a very impressive man
ner, remarked: LAS prosecuting attor-
ney, instruct you to hold that money
and, if the rest shows UP, keep that,
too Let them bring suit against you
If they want to, but you hold fast to
the money"
The reference to the crest of the
money" by the assistant county attor-
ney is supposed to relate to the $3.50
which was in the belt when taken from
Roebuck, but which had disappeared
when the police arrived on the scene
in front of Griffin'S saloon, although
$500 remained in the money belt
Roebuck was not inclined to talk
about the robbery or the chances of
his Immediately starting to the Klon-
dixie gold fields. The young man did
say that it was BANKED outrage to
keep a person for over a month mid
way between where he started from
and where he was going. Further than
this, he said he did not care to talk,
the matter of just when he would start
for the coast being left with the coun-
ty attorney. 1t was stated last night
that Attorney Howard, who represents
Furey, would also commence replevin
against the police, in order that Roe
buck might secure possession of his
$500 and HE himself to the Alaskan
gold fields. If this action should be
commenced against the police Assist
ant County Attorney Zollman will con-
test the proceedings and he claims
that all the authorities hold that mon
ey stolen can be retained either by the
police officials or the courts, to be used
as evidence in the trial of the case.
Chief GosS said last evening that he
would obey the order of Assistant
County Attorney Zollman and retain
possession of young ROebuck'S money.
Roebuck has been installed at the
Clarendon hotel under the direction of
Mr.. Zollman