The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-14

police nave conclusive evidence that he
and his "pal," Trimble were implicat-
ed in the shooting of Policeman Kear-
ney, of Cleveland, and was shown
letter from Chief Corner, Of that city,
to substantiate the statement.
"'The papers lie. The police lie. You
are all liars" screamed the desperado.
"You want to kill me, but you can't.
I'm proof against death and all the
coppers in the world can't hurt me.
Threatens to Kill Reporter.
eff ever 1 get out of here, I'll kill
you," he shouted at the reporter. "Oh,
if I could only get my hands on you I'd
murder you right where you stand"
Muldoon then jumped to his feet,
beat his fist violently against the cell
door in a vain endeaVor to reach his
interviewer. He kicked the steel bars,
and when he saw his efforts useless,
lay on his bunk and for fifteen min
utes heaped torrents of abuse and oaths
on the heads of the police and the
newspapers.
By his talk and manner Muldoon
acknowledged the verify of T h e
Globes stand from the start to the
murder of a policeman in Cleveland.
Suddenly his mood changed, and
looking the reporter squarely in the
eye, he said:
"My day will come. You're having
yours now I'll be free sometime, and
if ever at liberty I will find you and
nothing can save you either You will
find that John Muldoon does not for
get"
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done to him only brought forth another
TRADE of abuses and curses.
Is Positively Identified.
Yesterday Chief O'Connor received
word from George E. Corner, superin-
tendent of the Cleveland police, in
which he positively identified O'Malley
as James Muldoon, the man who shot
officer Kearney in that city June 8.
Accompanying the letter was a COM
plete prison record of the man, which
confirmed the opinions of the ST. Paul
police, and the exclusive announce
ment in T h e G. b e.
Muldoon, since taken into custody,
has been confident that he was COM
| paratively safe and that his identity
was in no danger. He even boosted
that the police would be unable to get
to him"
When he discovered yesterday that
his record was known and that prob
/ ably he would be eXtradited to Ohio
for trial, the man was overcome with
rage.
He was told that the Chicago police
also wanted him for the murder of Po-
licemen Devine and Pennell., This was
more than the man could bear. He
tore madly up and down his cell de-
claring that he would not hang, and
| that if liberated he would murder the
police and the newspaper reporters.
Has Long Record.
Muldoons criminal record begins in
| 1896, when he was sentenced to boys
reformatory in Ohio for burglary. In
April, 1900, he was sent to the Lancas-
ter reformatory on a burglary charge,
and In June of the present year shot
! officer Kearney, in Cleveland, while the
policeman was holding him at the call
box waiting for the patrol wagon to
| arrive. He and two other crooks, ar
rested for burglary, escaped.
Sterling, alias John Wilson, arrested
last Sunday morning, also has a long
| criminal record, and at present is want
| ed in Cleveland for breaking Jail. He
has served a number of terms in Ohio
| for robbery and house, breaking.
The third of the trio, not yet appre-
hended by the st. Paul police, is Charles
Trimble, a noted Eastern crook, and a
"pal' of Muldoon. He is one of the
| men who escaped when Muldoon shot
the Cleveland officer. Trimble is q
| brother-in-law of Sterling.