The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26
BURGLARS In TOWN
Continued from First Page,


shortage of officers" After wasting
fifteen minutes in arguing with him Mr.
Schwabel says one of the men finally
agreed to go with him. Mr.. Schwabel and
the police got nearly to the corner of Jay
and Fuller Streets when Mr.. Schwabel
says two men rushed out of Mr. Calan-
ders house, with the owner close behind
them. He says Mr.. Calander shouted
that his house had been robbed but that
all the policeman did was to go to the
house with pencil and piece of paper
and ask for list of the stolen property
Inc burglars got into Mr.. Calander's
house, which Is but three doors away
from thel SchWabel home, by forcing
open a front window. They confined
thelr operations TO the lower part Of the.
house and secured property valued at SIS
They took four dress skirts, twelve yards
OF SILK valued at 81 yard and $35 over
coat. Mr.. Calander heard them and went
down stairs in time to brighten the rob-
bers before they finished their work as
was evidenced by the piled up silver
ware on the dining room table Mr.
Schwabel says 1t was about a quarter to
l o'clock a. m. when he went for the DO
lice. Mr.. Calander says it was about
1:3O when his house was robbed Both
insist that If the police had acted upon
Mr.. Schwabel's suggestion in sending out
several officers the burglars would have
been captured.
WHAT MR.. SCHWABEL SAYS.
After this and while the police knew
OF the presence of the burglars in the
neighborhood the robbers tried to get
into three other houses in the immediate
vicinity At the home of Bradley Max
well, 29O Fuller street, they tore a screen
from window and were seen in the
yard. The home of Eugene Corcoran 276
ruler streets, was also visited by the
burglars, who were seen about the
premises. When the robbers got to An
thony Messmer's, on Aurora avenue near
Dale street, about 3 o'clock, they pried
off a screen window, but were frightened
away by arousing the household This
was nearly three hours after it Is alleged
the police were asked to try and round
up the burglars. In speaking of the af-
falr last evening, Mr.. Schwabel said in
MS opinion the escape of the burglars
and their continued operations were
wholly due to the inefficiency of the no.
lice He says If there had been any one
TO send out the patrol wagon with a
few officers the robbers could have easily
been caught when they emerged from Mr.
Calander'S home.
"A couple of policemen afoot could
have caught the robbers then" declared
Mr.. Schwabel, IT was only short dis
lance away with the policeman that final
~ went with me, but all he did was IN
ask Mr.. Calander what had been stolen.
l spent fifteen minutes at the station
trying to tell the police that 1t looked
as though the burglars were system
at1cally going through every house In
the neighborhood and that they could be
caught or at least frightened away. If
Few policemen were sent after them
NO one seemed to attach much import
ance TO what 1 said and so far as l can
learn nothing was done by the authori-
Ties after they learned the seriousness
oa tne situation. 1t seems as though the
police simply left the burglars to 90 on
with their work.
1t Is an outrage that such depreda-
tions could take place within a few
Dt OF the police station" declared
Mr.. Schwabel. IF the police had moved
when Mr.. Schwabel asked them to those
robbers would now be in Jail. I shall in
sist that an investigation be made and
In fact Mayor Kiefer has already been
apprised Of the behavior of his polica
in this case