The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-10

License Inspector McIntire, who once
aspired to be chief of police, was warm
under the collar yesterday when he read
the story in the G 10 b how he failed
to wholly accomplish the coup he had
planned with Mayor Kiefer upon Chief
Goss and the police department, in raid
ing the alleged policy shop at 81 East
Third street last Saturday night. He
termed the claim of the police that they
had raided another alleged policy shop
at 1876 East Seventh street, in the morn
ing, showing that the police had been
looking after alleged policy shops, as a
very thin story and gotten up merely to
dim the glory of the McIntire- Kiefer raid
in the evening. In fact the license in
spector says he does not believe the
claims of the police and considers their
claim merely aSsubterfuge to escape an
awkward predicament.
notwithstanding License Inspector Nc
Intires insinuations and sneers, the po-
lice insist that they were in the active
performance Of their duty when McIntire
and the mayor cut into the game. The
police say the barber shop at 1S6 East
and that a man named Reilly was taken
in charge there when Detectives Sweeney
and Campbell seized an alleged policy
layout there Saturday morning, more
than twelve hours before Mayor Kiefer
and McIntire raided the place on Third
street. Reilly was not held because he
was not seen operating the game nor in
actual possession of the paraphernaIia
seized. When noses were counted after
the Kiefer-McIntire raid in the evening
Reilly was found among the catch, but
gave the name of George Lawrence
When questioned yesterday about the
row the two raids have stirred up Chief
Goss declined to be interviewed He said
the police department was following out
instructions to at all times round up law
breakers, and if License Inspector Me-
Intire, who was a member of the police
department despite the age qualification,
desired to go out rounding up offenders
he had perfect right to do so. AS for
the claims of McIntire that he does not
believe the police made policy raid Sat
urday morning, Chief Goss said it made
little difference what the license inspector
believed, that facts spoke for themselves,
and, Notwithstanding McIntire's asser-
lions, the police had rounded up policy
layout before the raid of Saturday night
The layout had been turned over to the
city prosecutor, Chief Goss said, and De-
tectives Haney and Campbell could tell
when 1t had been seized.
Taken altogether there is a merry row
on over the two raids, and further de-
VelOpments are looked for 1t Is limited
in certain quarters that Mayor Kiefer
and License Inspector McIntire have alb
solutely no evidence to present against
the men arrested on Third street and
that two of the prisoners are already
so sure of their acquittal that they have
consulted attorneys relative to bringing
damage suits against the mayor and Nc
Intire for false arrest.
Il wish you would say in the G o b e
tomorrow" said Mayor Kiefer speaking
about the policy raid that the statement
made yesterday that I own and control
the building at 1876 East Seventh street is
untrue. l seldom pay attention to state
ments made in the papers, but as this
case is one in which am done a great in
justice, L desire that it be corrected.
own the building at 100 East Seventh
street, but never at any time owned or
controlled the building at 1856 East Sew
enth street. If you will have the state
ment corrected it will be a favor and also
be publishing the facts"
The police, it is understood, thought
that the mayor owned the building. but
were mistaken.