The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23
is BUSTED BY FORCE
CAPT. STREETER GARFIELD OFF OF
THE sDISTRICT OF LAKE
MICHIGANo
SAYS HE'LL BE BACK AGAIN
Four Scavenger Wagons. Fifteen
Policemen and p Quartette of
Chicago City officials
Get Busy.

q CHICAGO, Sept. PIN four city
scavenger wagons the belongings
of Captain George Wellington Streeter
were carted off the District of Lake
Michigan yesterday.
/ The captain himself refused to leave
his van and Mrs. McManners, in response
to an invitation to place herself and sick
child in an ambulance, flourished knife.
So the vehicles containing the obsterper-
Gus claimants were hitched to the seaven-
ger wagons and the procession moved
away to the city yard at the foot CT
Randolph street.
There the captains portable court
house." his wagon and the covered nome
of Billy McManners were left to their
fate, the inmates being told to wander
whittier they listed.
Streeter made little show of resistance.
''You are the doctors now" he said, but
my turn will come"
Then he remarked that he would be
back again on his tract the next day.
The custer followed a day OF many
maneuvers The captain was seated in
his temporary Office in the van. at IL
o'clock in the morning when buggy
containing Mr.. Doherty, superintendent
of, streets, and Goodman, superintendent
OF distractions, drove up. The latter
Jumped from the vehicle and, approach
ing the captain, tried to hand him a
formal notice giving him six hours to
vacate the street.
eff you don't get out in that time We
will show you,'' said Goodman.
The captain affected not to see the
notice and Goodman, after repeated at
tempts, threw the notice into the van.
Eat o'clock if you are not gone we
will move you,'' he declared, and, climb
inb into the buggy. drove off.
'"They haven't got enough mules to pull
me out of here the captain said mo-
ment later. '.Vacate; why, should say
not. No; will not obey any notice from
anybody, be he the mayor, street In
spector or Max Heidelmeier.'
Meanwhile five policemen from the Chi
cago avenue station, in charge of Ser
geant Swift, stood guard in the district
to prevent the captain from unloading
his court house" Capt. Revere visited
Chief O'Neill for instructions and was
told to do nothing in the matter until or
ders came from the street department.
Promptly at s o'clock re-enforcements
arrived These were four scavenger wag-
ons fifteen policemen under Capt. Re-
we're and a quartet of city officials, Su-
perintendent of Streets Doherty, Superin-
tendent of Distractions Goodman, Ward
Superintendent Akden and Assistant Su-
perintendent of Streets Mccarthy.
Captain, we are here to move you,
cried Capt. Revere.
Go ahead, you are the DOCTORS" Street
er replied.
The only one in the party that showed
resistance was Mrs. McManners. Owing
to the reported illness of Mrs. McMan-
ners' child, the police called for an am
bulance, but the mother refused to- come
out of her wagon. When Goodman APP
preached the wagon to get her out she
held knife in her hand and cried that
if they took her from the vehicle they
would have to take her dead.
Capt Streeter looked on calmly. AS he
was being carried away his braves
stood sadly by and when he called
good bye" they responded in SORROW
full voice.
First the two vehicles containing the
portable court house. which was
brought there Thursday night were
carried away. then followed the van con-
tanning Capt. Streeter and last the COW
cred home of billie" McManners and
his family. The procession proceeding
west in Superior street was followed by
a hooting crowd of men and children.
MORE TROUBLE IS PROMISED.
In the evening Capt. Streeter said:
81 will be back here in day or two
and will continue this for ten years #
necessary. 1 will have my rights. They
have the upper hand on account of force
of numbers, but my day will come. -
don't want to get into dihlculties with
the city officials now. j will bide my
time and get there when my turn comes.
You said you coulu not be elected
from the district, did you not?' was
asked the captain when seen yesterday
afternoon.
ST don't care to speak on that subject,
have said all want and that's ALL
With this the captain walked away.