The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-03

MI. Treacy Improving.
The proverbial shrewdness of the detec-
tive and the sturdy patrolman have MADE
no noticeable inroads yet on the mystery
surrounding the assault and robbery Sat
urday evening in which Michael Treacy.
of the firm Of Brown. Treacy & Co.. was
knocked down and robbed of $493 20 in his
own place Of business, 140-146 East Third
street The city detective force have
been at work on the case ever since it
occurred, but have found no clews which
give promise of placing the responsibility
for the deed.
The unusual features of the occurrence
have made it more than ordinarily diff
fcult to bring the offenders to justice.
AS previously stated In The g o b e, the
robbery was witnessed by no one. even
Mr.. Treacy being unable to give the
slightest information which would iden-
tify the men. At the time 1t occurred
there were 120 men In the building, the
office force were at work not dozen feet
from the staircase down which the men
descended after the robbery, and on the
corner, half a block from the building,
stood Officer Barney Ryan. Of the city
police department.
Detectives were stationed at the depots
Immediately after the robbery. with I'M
perative instructions to arrest suspicious
characters. The entire city police depart
ment was notified and every officer was
on the alert. Yet the night passed with
no arrests and yesterday morning but
little progress had been made. A syS-
tematic inquiry was made yesterday aft
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places of business near the Brown-Treacy
establishment in hopes that the mis-
creants might have been seen entering
or leaving the building. Joseph Lorenga,
an italian fruit and confectionery store
proprietor having place of business at
139 East Third said:
.T was in the store at the time. I saw
several people passing back and forth on
the other side of the street. but saw no
one go into the building. Soon a crowd
gathered and they told me some one had
been robbed
Joseph Debarberi, another confectionery
store proprietor. at 155 East Third was
able to make more accurate statement.
There were people on the street." said
he. land I saw two men walking to-
gether. I did not see them enter tho
Brown-Treacy building, but when 1
looked again they were gone. 1 cannot
tell what they looked like. They were
young men. I was in the front of the
store when the crowd gathered, but saw
no one running"
Several other residents Of the locality
were interviewed with the same result.
The fact that many people were on the
street, 1t being o'clock when the Third
street business houses close, would have
made 1t nothing unusual for men to have
been seen entering and leaving the build
Ing. It Is supposed that the robbers
walked quietly down the street and
escaped in the crowd
Regarding the discovery Of the robbery
and the finding Of Mr.. Treacy the
stairway. Guiteau Geisenheimer. an en-
ploye of the bindery, stated that at the
time he had heard noise on the stairs
and the sound of footsteps. He opened
the door and, looking out. found Mr..
Treacy lying on the stairs. He carried
him into the room and rushed down to
the outside door. He leokedsup and down
the street. but saw nd one but the ordi-
nary numberspf' pedestrians. Then he
went to DenlAs g.. SpArry. junior men,
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