Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-10-12

MIN helUelnclcr, the pOpuUr NOrtn
Side Inspector of Police, who II just
out his twenty.eighth year of
service rs u member of the Chicago po-
lice force, was born In Bavaria In the
year 1915. coming to this country In
1867. Shortly aftcrward he located In
Chicago. He Joined the police force
March 70, 1874, and served as n prOba-
tiOnary officer until May ~ of the same
year. when he was sworn In as q regu.
lar pntrolman and assigned to duty on
the North side, being transferred to the
Harrison street station few months
later. and assigned to duty On'the pa-
troll wagon, this being the first wagon
built by the city. A few years later.
when u wagon was secured for the
North side, he was transferred back to
the North Side and placed in charge Of
the wagon.
Dec. Z. 1901, nc was promoted to the
rank Of patrol sergeant. and assigned to
duty mt the fOrty.secOnd precinct, where
he remained until Jan. 81. 1894, when
he was promoted to the rank Of lleuten-
ant and placed In charge of the sum.
merdnle station. Here he remained un-
til Aug. 81, 1895. when, having com.
pleted twenty years Of service In the
department, and being eligible to re-
tire. he was retired on a licutenant's
pension by Mayor Swift for political
reasons.
When Mayor Harrison came into Of.
flee he was taken from the list Of pen
sioners ana restored to active duty May
%, 1897. and again placed In charge Of
his old station mt Summerdnle. where
he remained until June q, 1893, when
he was promoted to the rank Of In
spectOr by Mayor Harrison and Chief
Ripley, and placed In charge OF the
fourth division. comprising the entire
North Side ana all that part Of the
West Side lying north OF Kinxie street.
He has always proven himself II brave
and efficient official and IL extremely
popular with the men under his com.
mnnd.
| lie II u lifelong Democrat. ana has
always taken an active part In political
affairs.
During his long service he has taken
an active part In large number Of I'm.
pOrtant eases, and has made numerous
arrests Of criminals charged with serl.
Ous Offenses.
During the year 1907, while In charge
Of the Summerdale station. Walter
Lisco. II collector for the Perry Laundry
Company. came into the station one
night with his face bruised up and
stated he had been assaulted ana rob
bed Of large sum Of money belonging
to his employers, near the Rose Hill
cemetery. The affair created some ex
element ut the time, ana after inves
tlgating the case for several days, Hell
delmeier became convinced that Lisc,
had never been robbed. He had Lisc,
brought to the station, and after put
ting him through the sweat box for sew
eral hours, l.iscO weakened ana con
fessed he had never been robbed, bu
had inflicted the injuries on himself
and cOncOctcd the robbery story, as h,
was short In his accounts the amount O
money he had claimed he was robbed
of, ana thought 1t would be II good wa!
to account for the shortage. He wrote
out and signed full confession Of hi
guilt.
Heidclmcler had been appointed In
spectOr but n short time when u brlcl
cottage, located ut 1856 Racine avenu,
ana occupied as IL residence by Emf
Rollingcr and his family, was burn
down. On searching the ruins the deaf
body of Mrs. Theresa ROllinger wa
discovered IN II clothes closet burned 4
u crisp. Inspector Heidelmeier wa
convinced II crime had been committee
and at once assumed personal charg
of the case. On investigation he order
ell Rollingcr under arrest, being con
WINGED that Rollinger (whO was infatu
ated with another woman had murder
ell his wife and placed her body In tn
closet, setting fire to the house In tn
hope of destroying the evidence Of hi
crime. l,ollinger was charged with TIN
murder of his wife, and, after severa
weeks of incessnnt work on the ease
the Inspector, assisted by Lieut.. JOIN
Stiff, secured sufficient evidence L
cause his Indictment for murder by tn
grand jury, After Il long and sensn
tional trial Rollinger was found guilt,
of the murder and paid the penalty o
his crime ON the scaffOld.
The Inspector showed marked abilit
In his handling of this case, having Onl
circumstantial evidence to work on.
)| Inspector Heidelmeier has had seN
B eral interesting contests with CapI
D Streeter, who claims the land along tn
Lake Shore and calls it the District q
, Lake Michigan.
On two different occasions Streetel