The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-20

fidence of his personal friends. he
had better turn up the man who struck
Shanley or give his department the
most thorough overhauling il ever had.
There are people in St. Paul today
who do not believe the failure to ar
rest the man who struck Stanley is due
to lncompetency What does Chlet
Goss think about it2
on the other hand there are people
who think and say they think that the
police force as at present constituted
is i'm its entirety a monumental con
glomeration Of absolute incompetency
What does Chief Goss think about
that?
one thing confronts Chief Goss all
the time, and that is the record of his
detective department There has not
been a crime of any proportion COM
mitted within the last year and half
where the guilty parties have been
brought TO justice. In no case can the
police point to an important arrest
Petty thieves. con men and graft
ers" OF various stripes are occasionally
arrested. only TO be discharged because
there is no evidence to convict them,
but let the police be confronted with
a murder or other mystery and their
inability to produce results is generally
commented upon as deplorable.
What do the police know Of the Lam
bert lake murder?
Nothing.
What light was thrown on the muir
der OF the unknown man found at Post
Siding some months ago?
Absolutely none.
What was the fate Of the unknown
man whose body was found last sum-
mer near South st. Paul?
No one knows.
ha yf,nY,7ar ~ ~ hHIr
Middleton?
The police. with the aid OF a private
detective agency. have been unable to
find out in the course OF nearly three
months Investigation.
Who killed John Stanley in the
presence of half a hundred witnesses?
The police confess that they can dis
cover not the slightest clue 10 tho
guilty party. Does Chief Goss believe
that possible2
These are some Of the most serious
crimes where the police have accom-
plished nothing Burglarlss, hold-ups,
/ "con" games and other forms of crime
/ have been committed, il is not eXtrav-
! agant TO say in scores and scores Of
cases, where not even an arrest has
! been made.
The public generally is wondering
! how much longer such state OF af-
| fairs VIII be allowed to exist. or when
Mayor Kiefer is going 10 wake up.
The helplessness Of the police in the
! Stanley case has aroused more eaustic
! criticism than any recent crime. The
| remark has been frequently made that
| every detective working on the case
/ ought, If they have TO be kept on the
/ force. to be walking beats. Instead OF
wearing a slueth's star. In the Mid
/ dleton case an innocent woman was
/ thrown into jail on the charge of muir
der. and in the Stanley case the de-
tectives say they cannot discover. any.
I thing that viii lead to the arrest OF
the guilty party. Do they want 10
/ There was no element o. mystery in
the case. In a crowded saloon, a mar
! acknowledged 10 be a freouenter of the
place. knocked down and killed anoth.
er patron OF the resort. The assail.
ant stood over his victim until he re.
allied the unconscious man was dan.
gerously hurt. then walked out Of III.
place and made his escape.
No one, the detectives report. vii
tell them the name OF the man whS
struck the blow. but every other bir
OF information necessary 10 tracing III,
guilty individual has been placed II
the hands of the police. Eye witnesse,
have minutely described the man. hut
because the latter hasn't given himsel,
up. he is at large.
The detectives wouldn't know tn,