The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-30
HURRY up WAGON
GETS OFFICIAL LOAD
Carnival Patrol Pays a Visit to
Courthouse and City
Hall.

The carnival patrol paid it's respects
and city hall yesterday afternoon.
The instant the patrol, manned by
four carnival policemen. in grotesque
costumes, drew W in front of the
building, the alarm was quickly sound
ed within, and all the officials in the
building who possibly had time to do
so locked their doors or sought places
of hiding, but the precaution failed to
defeat the purpose of the enthusiastic
officers. In fact, the success attend
ing the first raid gave the intruders
such encoura cement that they return
ed an hour later and picked up an
other wagon load of offenders.
Look out; the carnival patrol is
here!" shouted some person in the cor
ridor of the building, but before the
warning could be sounded throughout
the building the officers were inside,
and there was scrambling for places
of safety.
Custodian Cramsey was found trying
to secrete himself behind the desk in
his office and he was promptly placed
under arrest, charged with over
work"
"But I'm not guilty" declared the
custodian, as he pleaded in vain that
he be discharged.
Bring him along and don't waste
any time" commanded Chief Wiley,
and to show the respect which they
bear for their chief the officers raped
the custodian few times with their
stuffed clubs and dragged him out and
placed him in the wagon which was
waiting, surrounded by jeering
crowd at the Wabasha street entrance
of the building.
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court, was the next victim. He was
caught going through the lower corri-
dor and bounced upon by three officers.
The bailiff put up a good fight, but the
odds were against him, and he was
finally landed in the wagon alongside
of Custodian Cramsey, Herb Keller,
Dick O'Brien and others who had been
gathered up in the meantime.
1t required but few moments to fill
the wagon and the crowd was hustled
off to the carnival grounds to face the
judge. When they returned an hour
later each of them was adorned with
the familiar badge bearing the picture
of man behind the bars and the
words, I've Been There"
Some time after the wagon had left
with its load the doors of various Of
fees were unlocked and the officers
peered cautiously into the hall to see
that no policemen mad Deen leIt De-
hind. 1t was half hour, however, be-
fore Register of Deeds Fitzgerald
emerged from his hiding place in one
of the vaults connected with his office,
and did so, then only upon the assur-
ance of his entire office force that the
coast was clear. He had sent word to
the carnival judge that his officers
were bum" and could not arrest any
body. The officers had special instruc-
tons regarding Mr.. Fitzgerald, but he
escaped them yesterday.
. County Attorney Kane locked the
outer door of his office, and, not feeling
at ease, locked himself in his inner
office, while Chief Deputy Robinson,
in the clerk of courts office, ruined a
suit of clothes in climbing to the top
of a file case when the officers APP
peared.
The occasion of the visit of the
wagon to the court house and city hall
was a rumor to the effect that the
crowd down there was planning to kid
nap the wagon and the officers when 1t
appeared, but it was not expected the
visit would be made before today, and
the conspirators were caught una
wares.