The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-21
MURDERER IS At LARGE
THE SLAYER OF GREIPEL HAS
NOT YET BEEN CAP
TURED
MAY HAVE KILLED HIMSELF
Said to Have Been Seen at Two
Different Places, With Re-
quests for
Rope

Rope.
Henry Ningers, the murderer of Frank
1relpel, is stin at large. A force of
twenty detectives and policemen have
been detailed by Chief O'Connor to bring
A1lngers to justice, and if alive he will
PROBABLY be secured today or tomorrow.
From the first there has been a theroy
abroad that Mingers would commit sui
cIde. This belief was siren gthened bv a
story told to the police by William Boer-
her' a FARMER living on the Dodd road
near Iillydale.
Boerner says that at about 10 o'clock
/ sunday night he was alarmed by a rap
ping on one Of the windows Of his home
| lie looked odt and saw man who beck
! oned for him to come out. At first he
was alarmed, but on screwing I'D his
courage went outside and was CONFRONTED
by Mingers whom he knows very well.
dlngers was excited and seemed to be
Iaporlng under great emotion. He seized
Boerner and exclaimed: For Gods sake
give me rope, 1 have killed my brother
1n-law and l can't stand this" Boerner.
/ VINO was too much surprised to compre-
| held refused Mipgers the rope and was
| ABOUT to ask for particulars when the
s1lf-confessed murderer disappeared In
the darkness
farmer named Krates, living on the
| Mendoza road, near the Dodd road, re-
ported to the Ducas police that at 1887
o'clock on the night before, while he and
1 his wife were in a chicken coop where he
was DONG some repairing, stranger
stuck his head in the door. They were
startled and asked him what he wanted.
He only answered, I've killed him at
last!' They asked him what he meant
/ and he told them of the events of the
early part of the night. He said that
he had shot his brother-in-law three
/ times, but was not sure that he was
dead Here, as at Boerners. he asked
I for rope. Krates told him that he
had no rope, but offered him as
a substitute several strands of wire that
had been used in binding hay. Mingers
! took the wire and remarked as he de-
parted:
You will never see me again"
With him was dog
Another story of Mingers was told the
Ducas police by Mrs. Christ Young, who
lives on the Dodd road, about four miles
from the city. Mrs. Young knows Mingers
intimately, and she says that she saw
| him ride past her house on bicycle at
s o'clock yesterday morning. She spoke
to him and he returned the greeting. The
police are Of the opinion that Mrs Young
was mistaken in the man.
DETECTIVES ON HIS TRIAL.
All attention of the police is being CEN
| tered on man who left the city yes
terday morning on an Omaha train
which departs at 7:1e. This man tailed
| in all respects with the description of
Mingers. He concealed himself on the
blind baggage, and when the train reach
ed Hamilton, at S:24, he alighted, and
was not seen to get on again About
two miles from Hamilton, however the
l, conductor saw the man on the baggage
and, stopping the train, put him off. The
/ man struck out across the country. and
at noon man answering his description
was seen about three miles from Prior
Lake Several hours later he was seen
! at Lakeville. All Of the time he SEEM
ed to be making a straight course for
Pennington. He kept away from the
roads. 1t is believed that he hoped to
get train on the Milwaukee road at
! Pennington junction.
Detectives Hennessy, Fraser, OBrlen
Ahern, DAILY and Sergeant Call are scour-
ing the country where Mingers is thought
to be a. the present time Several OF
the detectives were sent to Pennington
by Chief O'Connor last night If Mingers
takes the course that he began, he will be
trapped there.
On the other hand. there is some ques-
ton as to whether the man who is being
pursued is the murderer All Of the in
dicatlons point to this as being the case.
and this is certainly the most reason
able clue that has yet BEEN unearthed.
All railroad train dispatchers and con-
ductors have been furnished with a de-
scription Of Mingers. and he would have
some difficulty in getting very far on
the trains without being discovered
The dog that was with Mingers on the
night Of the murder, and was with him
at the time that he went to Roerner's
dow
With some the suicide theory will not
be displaced until Mingers is found alive
If it was he that was seen in the coun.
try yesterday, and ne found being a muir
derer at large SC uncomfortable that he
took his life, it will present a difficult
state of affairs, as there are a thousand
places in the woods which were being
traversed by the man who was seen, IN
which he could suicide and remain I'M
discovered for months. In all probabil-
ity he still has with him the gun with
which he took Greipers life.
SORROW AT GREIPFLS HOME.
There is bitter veil of sadness and
sorrow hanging over the Griepel home
The finding of the murderer will not re-
lieve their sad plight. To avenge tine
death of her husband the wife must seek
the death of her brother.
An autopsy over the remains Of Frank
Greipel was held at the norgue yester-
day afternoon by Drs. Hartland c. and
Asa M. johnson, under the direction of
Coroner Miller. 1t was found that the
man had been shot but twice, and not
three times, as was first supposed. Ono
bullet entered the right side at the base
of the ribs, and grazing along the chest
passed cut at the left breast The sec
ord bullet PASSED through the biceps OF
the left arm and entered the left temple
He apparently had attempted to guard
his head with his arm. An inquest Will
be held at the mcrgue this evening The
coroners jury has been empaneled and
witnesses summoned.
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