The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-27
Capt Streeter's Men Take ForcibIe Possession
of Property Long in Dispute in
Illinois Courts
Rapid. Fire Guns, to Cover Landing of Invading
Forces, Fail to Prevent Attack and
Rout of the Invaders

Manley, fourteen years of age, who was
one of the crowd of curious onIoohers.
The ball struck his right knee. inficting
serious wound. Another bullet passed
through the lapel Of Detective Hiatts
coat.
While the Onlookers fell back, and the
excitement for the morning gave way to
a panic, another horse and buggy ap-
preached the line and Judge" Nile still
maintained his ground. The occupants
Of the vehicle, man of the name OF
Murphy and his ten-year-old daughter
did not seem to realize the gravity OF
the situation, and the man pressed his
horse forward. Niles did not begin
shooting, but clubbing his rifle he at
tackled Murphy with the weapon and
forced the horse back OF the territory
Murphy apparently suffered from the
blows, for at the first opportunity he
whiIled his horse about glad enough to
escape without bloodshed.
The conference in the office of Acting
Mayor Walker was long and the legal
aspects of the case were carefully gone
over. 1t was determined that the squat
ters should he driven out at any cost,
and Chief of Police Ripley was instructed
to at once mobilize his forces, and use
such measures as might be necessary.
The plan was to have the Lincoln park
police order the Streeter forces to dis
bdilIa anu IL lIlcy ulu not TO nave 1IGSl-
dent Wickersham, of the Lincoln park
board call upon the chief The chief
was to repeat the demand and call upon
the police to disperse them If there was
further resistance. In this way there
would be no question as to the turisdic-
, tiOn.
MASSING AN ARMY.
AS soon as the conference had con-
cluded, Chief of Police Ripley began to
use the telephone The cooperation Of
Fire Marshal Sweenie was secured and
the tug Illinois was detailed to carry
| forty men, with rifles, down the river
to approach the district from the lake
! All reserve forces under Inspector Hart
nett, at Harrison street; Inspector Calas,
Inspector Shea. at Desplaines street and
/ Inspector Heidelmier, at the East Chi
| cago avenue station, were ordered to
| rendezvous at the latter station Then
/ orders were issued to bring up the po-
/ lice battery, consisting of one Gatling
gun and two smooth bores.
All these preparations required time,
and it was agreed $3.50 would be the hour
at which the forces would be IN readiness.
Chief of Police Ripley, when notified that
400 men awaited his orders at Tic East
Chicago avenue station, selected as his
aids Inspectors Harnett. Heidelmier and
Shea. Sheriff Mayors found that by
enlisting bailiffs and almost his entire
force he would muster about 100 assist
ants. Then the chief heard from Capt.
Fowler of the police battery, who had
| already begun active preparations in get
| ting the guns ready.
! BY 3 p m. street cars and the coming
/ and going of sixteen patrol wagons had
/ collected 800 policemen at the East Chi
/ cago avenue police station. At the same
hours Chief of Police Ripley had a tel
/ hat
| their way from Hyde Park by way OF the
! Illinois Central railway to the northside,
| 1t was found that the fire boat was so
| busy with fighting fire on South Water
street that it could not be used and a
city tug was pressed into service. PO-
| lice Capt. Reeve was put in charge OF
the men on this boat.
ENDED IN A FIAsCO.
| the naval attack would be made, and to-
| night Buckelberg's sail boat returned
quietly to South Chicago.
| The impending conflict ended in
fasco about 3:15 o'clock. When Judge"
| Niles and his four men, all that was left
! of his army, heard that they were to be
! ousted, they sent word to Capt. Baer, re-
! questing parley. Upon this ap-
| pearance the five men surrendered, and
! were escorted to the East Chicago ave-
! nue. police station. On the way there
| the police attempted to disarm the mem
bers of the army" and the efforts of the
squatters to retain their rifles created
! some commotiOn.
| After his rifle had been taken from
! Niles he was struck several times by
| men in the crowd that pressed around.
! Once he endeayored to snatch his rifle
! from the officer who carried 1t, intending
| to shoot a man who had jus, hit him,
! but he was quickly subdued By the po-
| lice.
Streeter caused to be circulated by the
men who took possession of the land
| proclamation written after the style OF
| the Declaration Of Independence, IN
which he stated at great length that the
| land did not belong to the state of IL
| linols, nor anybody else, and was the
| property of whosoever settled upon it.
| He is now threatening legal procedure