The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-30

store, then located at 65 East Seventh
street. The proprietor saw Prince take
the yalises and pursued the thief. Officer
Dave Hennessey joined In the chase, and
with the aid Of a horse and buggy cap
tured Prince at Ninth and Wacouta
streets When arrested Prince was heav-
lily armed. His case was continued from
time to time in the municipal court, when
he was finally set at liberty After this
Prince remained about town for some
time without being melested. A number
Of safe burglaries were reported from
small towns near st. Paul, and a number
that were cracked minneapolis about
this time We're belieyedntt ito ryhave been
committed by Prince, and. his mob"
A romance Of the famous crooks life
terminated with a happy marriage while
he lived here. His former pal an all
round crook, known to the police Of all
large cities as the Guerrilla" was mar
ried to a beautiful woman known as
Marie Clark. Prince and the woman be-
came enamored of each other, with the
result that the woman secured divorce
from her husband and married Prince
The divorce was obtained in Kansas City
while Prince was living here, and soon
after the woman came here, where she
was married to Prince, the marriage
record in the clerk of courts office show
ing the issuance of a marriage licence
to Prince, who then gave his place of
residence as Brooklyn, N. Y. Among the
"bent" fraternity, to whom Prince and
the Guerrilla were well known, it was
predicted that killing would eventu-
ally result from the matrimonial compli-
cations of the trio. Prince and the
Guerrilla" eventually met again in
Kansas City bar room. Each approach
ed the other with the right hand In the
pistol pocket. They angrily eyed each
other for moment, one waiting for a.
hostile move from the other, when, it Is
related, the Guerrilla" laughed and
thrust out his hand to Prince with an
oldtirne hearty greeting. remarking
over the woman, but that he was under
great obligations to his old pal" for
taking her off his hands
After his marriage Prince remained here
short time, living quietly and keeping
out of trouble, at least with the local DO
lice. But his taste for excitement would
not let him rest long in peace He left
town in the fall of 1897, ard when naxt
heard from. a few months later, was
under arrest at Beatrice, Neb, on the
charge of safe robbing. A short time aft
erward Prince succeeded in proving an
alibi in connection with the safe blow
ing charge against him, and was set at
liberty. He returned to this city and
again made his home here for several
months. During this sojourn of Prince
in the city there were several safe rob-
berries, and Prince was suspected of doing
the work. No definite evidence was Sc
cured against him, however, until the rob-
berry of Rape & Iliimenhagen's safe.
Then the police claimed to have learned
enough to warrant Princes arrest The
safe robbery was on Friday. No trace
of Prince could be found until Sunday,
when he was arrested in Minneapolis by
Detectives Howard, Doyle, Lawrence and
Hicks In his possession was found a
complete outfit of safe-blowing tools. The
Mill City authorities also located Mrs.
Prince and placed her under arrest. The
woman was discharged, but Prince was
sent to the workhouse for ninety days,
without the option of fine.
BY this time Prince and his friends had
learned that the local police wanted the
safe blower, and Prince evidently made
up his mind not to come back here to face
the evidence against him. He went to the
workhouse, and was put at employment
in the kitchen. The warrant held by the
st. Paul police was sent to Minneapolis,
with the request to hold Prince when his
sentence expired Prince was an ideal