The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-28
JOE GRoULx DENIES
That He Blew Up the Brttton Edi-
tors Office.

An alleged dynamiter, in the person
Of Joseph GroulX, resident of this
city, is under arrest at the central po-
lice station on the charge Of having
blown up the office Of the Marshall
County Sentinel, a newspaper publish
ed at Britton, s. D. The alleged Of
Tense took place two weeks ago, when,
early one morning, the residents Of the
little town were startled by powerful
explosion. Investigation showed that
the Sentinel office had been badly
wrecked. A. Shearn, the publisher of
the paper, is also states attorney, and
he Immediately began an investiga-
ton. During the inquiry GroulX, who
was al Britton, suddenly disappeared.
The manner of his leaving drew sus-
picion upon him and when the Britton
authorities learned that he had come
to this city, the local police were ask
ed to effect his arrest. Chief Goss is
sued a special order instructing
thorough search to be made for Groulx,
and Officer Griffin, of the Ducas street
station, apprehended him on the West
side The suspect is forty-three years
of age and formerly lived in this city.
He is a laborer and is known as
"Cross-eyed Joe" He denies the
dynamiting charge. In defense of him
self he says:
jumped to the conclusion that 1 blew
up his office, for no other reason than
that I chose to leave Britton. The
facts of the matter are, that last
spring some of my friends furnished
me money with which to take the
Kelley cure. 1 said at the time that if
I relapsed and drank again, 1 would
leave Britton. l got drunk and
jumped the town. Shearn wanted
somebody on whom to place the blame
and has had me arrested.
1.-The situation in Britton is peculiar.
Shearn is the most unpopular man In
town. He runs a Populist paper and
was elected to office as a PopuliSt For
some reason he conceived a violent
dislike for the merchants of the place,
and for the past several months has
been advising the farmers not to bring
their produce to Britton. The mer-
chants are simply furious at him, and
doubtless some one of the offended
class became SO angry that they blew
up his office. The office was not 50
badly wrecked as it has been claimed.
The front was blown off, and the
windows all broken -
Shearn is in the city, and believes
that he has the right man under ar
rest. szrttI
Mr.. Sharin says that before the
night Of the wreck ing he had been
warned of what he might expect in
case he continued his fight against
the liquor interests. an6 was con-
sequently on the lookout. AS re-
suit, he Immediately traced the deed
to the door of a hanger-on of local
saloonkeeper, and by closely follow
ing the trial he learned that the guilty
party Immediately after the crime
made his way overland a distance Of
thirty miles, to the town Of Andover
from whence he bought ticket for
st. Paul, his old home.
Mr.. Sharin declares that the man
under arrest, who goes under the name
of "Joe" Groulx, was merely cats
paw, and that the principal is a promi-
nent sadoonist at Brittpn, and a for
mer county official.
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