The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-24
COULDN'T CATCH sam
SHERIFF DICKMAN SPENDS THE
AFTERNOON TRYING TO ARREST
THE GAME WARDEN
FULLERTON WAS TOO BUSY
Left the Capitol at One Entrance
While the officer Entered 1t at
AnOther-Then He Was Tracked
to Raspberry Island, Where He
Again E1uded the Wabasha Cen
tleman, Who Is Still HustIing.

Sam Fullerton and the sheriff Of
Wabasha county played a game Of
hide and seek yesterday. The fun be-
gan at the capitol. The strong arm Of
the law entered the Wabasha, street
entrance armed with a warrant for the
game Warden's arrest, while the win
ner of the Consolation trophy hurried
down the Cedar street steps with
swinging Scotch gait. Fullerton and
the sheriff did not make connections
at the state house. Sam didn't intend
that they should 1t was a narrow
escape, but the same lucky star that
kept Sam from getting scalped by the
Indians while In the performance of
his duties as executive agent, served
him once more.
Sheriff Dickman then went on a wild
chase all over town after Fullerton.
Being an agent of the people as well
as the law he came to st. Paul yes
terday with Senator Greer with a war
rant which had been sworn out by one
of the owners of the seine nets con-
fscated by Fullerton at Lake City last
week, where the warden also, accord
ing to report, demolished the mud huts
of the alleged illegal fishermen. The
warrant was issued at Lake City for
Fullerton's arrest on Saturday.
Mr.. Fullerton did not like the idea
of being arrested by an unimportant
official like a sheriff when he himself
wore star of authority, SO he laid
his plans accordingly when he heard
that the sheriff was on his trail. And
he didn't do it any to soon, for shortly
after 2 Senator Greer and Sheriff Dick
man strolled up Wabasha street after
dinner at the Windsor, and called at
Fullerton's Office at the state house.
But just about that time Fullerton
was making good time. towards Rasp-
berry island.
Sheriff Dickman at the state house
was told that Fullerton had taken the
2:15 train for Duluth. and would not
be back for three days. But the Wa
basha officer had been in the business
too long to follow a wrong steer, and
after lingering around the capitol
while he started for Raspberry island.
He made a perilous trip down the steps
to what seemed to him to be the CEN
ter of the earth.
The sheriff soon got mixed up with
a large. bunch of excited curriers' who
were discussing the results Of some OF
the contests and after he had got HIM
self sorted out, he inquired if S. F.
Fullerson was around. Some one point
ed to a rink in the north end of the
building where Fullerton was yelling
'-Soop 'er up" Dickman didn't know
Fullerton. so he accosted him with an
inquiry If he were Mr.. Fullerton.
Sam looked wise.
You want to see Fullerton" he ask
ed; "he is over in that room making
UP Scores" blandly concluded the ex-
ecutive agent.
Fullerton waited until the sheriff
had become lost in the crowd in the
warming room when he made break
for the door, and by the time the sher-
fff discovered that he had been duped
Sam was speeding along down town
on an electric car.
BY this time Sheriff Dickman was
considerably on his mettle.- He went
back to the state house, but, of course,
Sam wasn't around anywhere. He
made a tour of the hotels and some
stores on Wabasha street, but Full
erton was evidently far ahead on the
trail Up to a late hour last night
Dickman was still after the game war
den, but did not find him. Fullerton
was said to have really taken the night
train for Duluth.
Sheriff Dickman said to reporter for
The G / o b yesterday that it was the
intention of the owners of the fifty
nets to bring a test case to find out
if he had authority to demolish peoples
property in the manner they claimed
he did. He says there is considerable
feeling against Fullerton among the
river people. who are determined to
make a test of his authority.