The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-25

Joseph Temple, stranger, returning,
with his savings from the Dakota.
wheat fields on the way to Chicago
was held up by two men in West ST
Paul shortly after o'clock last even
ing and severely beaten while resist
ing the robbers. who finally got away
with $50. Temple was so ViciOuslv
pounded about the face that he could
scarcely see when taken tot he Duca 6
street station after the robbery His
cheeks are bruised and swollen so that
his eyes are almost Obscured. OWNS
to the fight which he made he saved
a portion of the money he had with
him.
According to his story, Temple ar
rived in the city yesterday afternoon
He purchased a ticket to Chicago. in
tending to leave on an evening train
in the meantime spending his time in
looking about the city In. the Vicinity
of the depot. At about 1880 o'clock he
says he dropped into a Sibley street
saloon, where he had several drinks
with two strangers. One of the men
Temple says, asked him if he would
not like to take short ride about the
city before his train left, and he said
he would. Then the stranger took him
outside, he says, and put him in a
says, got into the hack with him, while
the other mounted the box and drove
away After driving some distance
Temple says the hack was headed
across the WabaSha street bridge and
started up Water street on the West
side. When about four blocks I'D the
river Temple says, the hack stopped
and the driver got down and opened
the door. At this instant the man in
side with him grappled him about the
body and threw him out sof the hack
Both the driver and the man who had
ridden inside with him. Temple saws
then commenced vicious, assault upon
him. Temple is quite a husky young
fellow and tried as best he could to
defend himself. He says he knocked
one of his assailants down, but that
the fellow got up and both men went
at him more savagely. They finally
knocked him down, Temple saws. and
while one of them held him the other
began searching his pockets. Realizing
himself fully overcome by the robbers,
Temple began calling for help, and
after they had secured $50 from one Of
his pockets the thieves jumped on the
hack and drove quickly back toward
the city. Temples cries attracted sew
eral residents of the neighborhood. who
afterWard told the police that they saw
the men driving off in the hack.
Officer Ryder reached the scene of
the holdup after Temple had been
taken into a neighboring house. He
took Temple to the Ducas station.
where Detective Murnane interviewed
him and got a description Of the rob
bers: The police claim to know who
the hackdriver is and have issued or
ders for his arrest.
Temple had $50 and his ticket in an
inside vest pocket, which was over
looked by the thieves. Several dollars
in silver in his trousers pocket also
escaped the robbers when they were
frightened away by his calls for help.
Temple had $S7 when he reached the
city, but as he spent some of the money
he does not know exactly how much
the robbers got, though he says he
thinks the amount was. $50. Temple is
held on the charge of drunkenness.
Ed GodbOut, of 164 Fillmore avenue
was arrested at 1 o'clock this morning
by Sergeant Ryan, on suspicion Of
completely in the robbery. Godbout's
story, as given by the police, is that
Temple owed him money and paid him
81. Godbout is only nineteen years Of
age