The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-10

the act the police were reluctantly forced to
admit that the evidence against him was
without special significance. Rather there
was manifest the anxious longing that some
thing might turn up to substantiate their
suspicious.
However, the move was sanctioned by the
county attorney. Inspector Stavalo conferred
at length with him yesterday afternoon, pre-
senting all possible facts and current sur
muses. resulting in the county official ad-
vising the formal arrest of Hansen upon the
charge of murder. The latter cheerfully as
scented to the action Of the authorities and
was not the slightest disturbed by the turn
in affairs. He smilingly allowed personal
sketch to be drawn, and upon being placed
In his cell lazily stretched his frame upon
the hard board and quietly asked to be given
an evening paper.
In their efforts yesterday to ferret out the
IDENTITY OF the assassin, the police confined
unelr labors to the outcome of the inquest and
attempts to draw from both Hansen and his
wife some slight admission of further knowl-
edge Of the affair. The woman could not be
made to tell anything which varied even the
slgntest from her statements Of the previous
manner In which the lapse of memory of
Sunday night effected her. but sadly shook her
mead In lieu Of an explanation. Her frequent
questions to interviews were Have they got
the man who killed Nels?" and on being
answered in the negative. invariably re-
marked, WELL they will surely get him.
Poor Nels; he was such good fellow"
AT the conclusion of the seance which In
spectors Stavalo and Hankinson held with
Hansen Monday night, he was asked to re-
port at police headquarters yesterday noon
| in case he might be wanted Promptly at
that hour he walked into the city hall and in
CURED for Stavalo The latter was not about
being In conference with the county attorney
and after a short cross-questioning Inspector
Courtney led him into the Office of Mayor
Pratt. The city's executive had him review
in detail his movements Sunday and the con-
yersauons with his wife, but in no particular
did he tell a different story than he had
before, except to make an alleged correction.
Sunday night he stated that he went from
MS nome to buy paper. Yesterday he
tracted that statement and said he did not
go from the house, but his wife got the paper
for him and was gone fully two hours.
An interesting bit of circumstantial evil
dence developed after the man had been placed
behind the bars. In making a search of hiss
mouse the officers found a pair of trousers
slightly stained with blood, which the pris-
oner admitted to have worn on the day Of the
tragedy, but the police do not know just
what conclusion to draw from the find, as
they suspect him of chicken stealing and
other petty offenses, and state that the blood
may have been due to a case of that nature.
In this connection there is also mentioned
a coincidence which may have slight bear
ing OF an important nature. John Rhodes
the young cooper who claims to have wit
messed the tragedy, AYERS that the murderer
dealt the fatal blow with his left hand. OF
Inat ne testites most positively. Capt. Ness
learned that Hansen is lett-handed naturally.
using ms ms right hand in few cases. and always
using the knife in the left hand at meals
Four hours elapsed from the time of the
murder to the hour when the police escorted
the Hansens to the South side station for
examination, and 1t is believed bv the an
thorlt1es that the couple had ample time to
ealk over the circumstances of the tragedy,
ana harmonize all conflicting statements
The woman is slowly testifying to a growinp
impression that her companion was a dark
man loo She now remembers leaving the house
at z5S Fifteenth avenue south with Benson
and going to a saloon, where she states She
thinks they met some fellers," but cannot
distinctly recall anything further, although she
recoIlects dark man walking along the
some words.