The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-03

IN the outer room were Lieut.. Pothen,
Lieut.. Boerner, Detective Murnane
and Patrolman James Carey. Each
OF the aforementioned quartette were
called separately into the presence of
the mayor and the other officials, and
We're requested to give a terse account
OF their connection with the arrest
OF Furey. 1t was $50 o'clock when
TINS part of the investigation was con.
GUIDED and the police officers were al
lowed to depart.
WISE AS OWLS.
Lieut.. Boerner said he hardly knew
What the business was that had been
transacted in the office. Lieut.. Pothen
was a little wiser and said it was an
investigation as to the robbery of Roe
DUCK, but further than this he refused
to ak The two other members of
the party refused to say anything, and
in answer to all questions referred the
questioner to the mayor.
Nearly an hour later the door of the
mayors office was unlocked and Chief
Goss, Chief of Detectives Schweitzer.
County Attorney Anderson, his as
sistant and the mayor filed out. The
county attorney and his assistant alb
solutely refused to talk or say a word
as to the cause or result of the con-
ference.
County Attorney Anderson said he
was pledged to secrecy, and, although
he would willingly talk, it lac been
agreed that any information should be
given out by Chief Goss. Chief Goss
When questioned said there had been
nothing done and there was nothing
to be given out for publication. AS
slstant County Attorney Zollman and
Chief of Detectives Schweitzer refused
to say a word. and in answer to all
kinds of questions simply shook their
heads and smiled.
Mayor Doran was at first equally
uncommunicative. There had, he said.
been a little conference between the
police officials and the representatives
OF the county attorneys office, and
nothing had tr%anspired which would
be of interest to the public. There
had been, he said. no change in the
makeup of the detective force, as the
result of the conference. Asked as to
the likelihood of such a change, he
hesitated and then stated that he was
! not prepared to say. He was interest,"
ed solely in the interests of the city,
at least so he said, and he further re-
marked that there WOuld be no favor
ties played and no guilty man would
escape, no matter what position he
held. LOosening up a bit the mayor
said that it had reached his ears that
an attempt had been made to get Roe
buck to leave the city before the ses-
sion of the grand jury. Roebuck, how
ever, had stated that no such attempt
had been made lately.
WILL WEED THEM OUT.
The mayor, evidently Iaboring un-
der some excitement, said there had
been all kinds of rumOr about the
connection of certain members of the
police department with the $3.50 which
had so mysteriOusly disappeared from
the belt taken from Roebuck. These.
the mayor stated, were incorrect, but
he reiterated no guilty man shall es-
cape"
The mayor held a shOrt conversation
with Chief Goss, during which he said
to the chief. You put it to them In
that way" and Chief Goss nodded his
head and remarked that Under the
circumstances that is the proper thing
to do"
Half ar hour after this conversation
Detective Gruber announced to a re-
porter for the G. | o b e that he would
tender his resignation to take effect
today. S whether there will be
other designations rendered today is a
question, but from the talk made by
the mayor it is not at all unlikely that
a couple of vacancies, either by resig-
nation or d~ecapitation, will follow that
Of Detective Gruber.
Henry Gruber was appointed to the
force by Mayor Rice in July, 1884, and
has served over thirteen years in the
department, with the exception of nine
months during the Wright administra-
ton. He was discharged from the
force by Mayor Wright and afterward
reaDDointed by the same official. In
1888 he was assaulted and severely
wounded while making an arrest on
West Seventh street, and since that
time has done detective duty, being
detailed as a patrOlman in citizen
clothes. During the last administra-
ton of Mayor Smith he put in two
years as a patrolman, but when Mayor
DOran took the office was made a
member Of the regular detective force.