The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-05
STILL IN THE TOLLS
EDWARD M'NICHoLs, WANTED BY
CHICAGO POLICE, MAKES A
FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
RELEASED AND REARREsrED
Regarded as a Dangerous Man, and
said to Have a Long
Criminal Rec
ord.

Edward McNichols, the Chicago man
so dramatically arrested by Detectives
morgan and Rohan on Tuesday after
noon, kept the officers busy yesterday in
their efrorts to keep him in their CLUTCH
es lie got busy early yesterday morn
ing ana secured the services of Attorney
FRANK Arnold. who at once petitloned
for writ Of habeas corpus, which he Sc
cured, returnable after dinner before
Judge Brill. When the hearing came off
Judge Brill held that the police court
could not hold him without a warrant
ana ordered his release from custody.
McNlcholS had barely left the court room
when Chief O'Connor rearrested him
Arnold said that another writ of habeas
corpus would be asked for, and it would
be Kept up until a proper warrant was
sworn out. County Attorney Kane at
once prepared warrant, at the instance
OF Detective Morgan, charging McNich-
OILS with being fugitive from justice,
under indictment in Chicago charged
with attempted bribery in jury case.
MeN1chols was arraigned in police court
yesterday morning; but Judge Orr held
that the proceedings were irregular and
insisted on complaint being filed before
proceeding with the hearing The COM
plant was filed yesterday afternoon and
McN1chols will be arraigned in the nru-
nicipal court this morning. The police
authorities understand that McNichols
Is very smooth guy and it is APP
parent that there Is money back of him,
and every effort is being made to guard
against any trick being sprung which
will give him chance to slip out of the
hands of the law again.
1t is alleged that Mr.. MeNichols was
for several years companion of Thomas
Barry, who is now under arrest in
Chicago charged with robbing jewelry
store. 1t was in connection with Barry's
trial that McNiehols is alleged to have
attempted to bride a juryman.
According to the Chicago authorities
McNichols is bad man generally The
Chronicle speaks of him as "a criminal
of the most dangerous type"
CAREER OF CRIME.
McNichols' career of crime in Chicago
is long one Owing to the manner in
which he has managed to keep out of
the penitcntiary it has frequently been
inti1nated that strong political influence
has been used in his behalf In Chicago
he worked principally on the West side,
and it was on the night of Dec. II last
that he was arrested by detectives from
the Maxwell street station while attempt
ing to rob a woman of her pocketbeok
on Twelfth street electric car. With
him at the time were William SeuIly,
alias 'Scully the Robber,'' and Frank
MatuSek, alias milwaukee Dutch
Soon after being taken into custody
McNichols was positively identified by E.
j. Wright, of Lawndale, as one of three
men who a few nights previous held him
up on an Ogden avenue car and robbed
him of a. yalise containing several
hundred dollars. Through some in
1uence. however, he received only light
sentence in the brideweH for this crime
In January of the present year Nc
Nichols again came before the public,
when Charles Willard, one of the jurors
in the trial of Barry, accused him of
having attempted to bribe him to secure
verdict of aequittal Willard identified
McNichols, James Connor and Jerry
-Cremin as the men who had offered the
bride and the three were indicted in Feb
ruary... In the meantime McNicholS had
been sent to the house, of correction and
: it was while on the way to Judge Brenta-
nos court from that institution in GUS
tedy of Guard Antonio Denemark that
he escaped.
McNichols, it was charged, induced
Denemark to take him into saloon at
26T Madison street, and there the two
are said to have taken considera BILE:
liquor. Finally, it is said, McNichols sue
ceeded in inducing the guard to unlock
his ShackleS and then suddenly made a
bolt for liberty. Denemark followed him
and fired several shots, but McNiehols
escaped Rumors Of collision were heard
at the time and the next day DenemarIx
was arrested. Denemark denied positive
ly having taken McNichols into the
saloon and finally the case was dropped
ELUDES NEW YORK POLICE.
Immediately after his escape descrip,
lions of McNichels were sent out. but
he was not discovered by the police until
yesterday Last June it was reported
that McNicho1s was under arrest in New
York city, but this later proved not 60
be true. Later it was reported that in
company with Frank Matusek McNichols
had gone to Germany, hut this theory
was also exploded when word of the
arrest of Matusek in Missouri was re-
ceived- Matusek was arrested on a
charge of robbery and while en- route
to the state penitentiary in custody Of
Sheriff NJ. J. Dickermann, jumped from
train at Valley Park and escaped. He
is still at large and a heavy reward has
been offered for his capture.
Chief O'Neil, of Chicago, pays a high
compliment to Detectives Rehan and
Morgan for their clever arrest of Nc
Nichols.
Requisition papers are expected to ar
rive today, when the matter will pass
into the hands of the attorney general.