The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-12
TORONTO JIMMIE" A SHARP ONE
Bogus Officer Almost Got Him Away at
VI Morris, ILL.,


mic" alias James Sawyer alias James
Johnson is in the Olmsted county jail
awaiting trial, which has been postponed
until the June term by Judge Snow, who
| fixed the bonds at $4,000. The prisoner
was indicted on two counts. one for grand
larceny in the first degree and another for
! burglary in the second degree At the
! hearing he gave James Johnson as his
| true name. He is to be defended by Cal
laghan & Granger and Burt w. Eaton, the
men who defended his accomplice O'Neil,
who is now in the penitentiary at Still
water. ... !. .,,t,- H.. T. a ..s.,.-.
| It is probable that Johnson will put up
strong fight, as he asserts his innocence
and says he can prove it. He is a fine
| looking man of about IS years Of age, and
| is said to be one Of the ~shrewdest bur
glars in the United States. He is keen
and clever, and his general makeup goes
| to indicate that he has had experiences
beyond the ordinary man. <"r.
| The states side of the case is in the
| hands Of the newly elected county attor-
ney, Harold J. Richardson. It is said the
prisoner Is the last of the three charged
with robbing the Dover bank in 1900. He
has been identified by citizens Of Dover
as the man seen there on the date of the
| robbery, and the one who the morning
following employed a man to drive him
across the country. This man will posi-
lively identify him. From the time he
was arrested at Morris, ILL.,, and brought
to this city johnson was defiant, but last
Saturday he became docile and expressed
a belief that he was up against it, He
converses freely and mostly about crimi-
nails, and shows that he is vel acquainted
with all Of any reputation in the United
I States and many in Europe. s..-'a-t
| He says that Freeland, Blaske, Houser
and Mitchell are nothing but tramps, so
! far as the professional burglar goes.
| l.
| a reputation, and is considered good
| man. Jimmie further remarked that
! he did not wish the fellows who robbed
| the Dover bank any bad luck, but he did
! wish they had let the bank alone, as it
had been the cause of all recent trouble.
3 At Morris, Ill.,, where "Jimmie'' was ar
rested, he worked a little scheme which
was the cleverest recorded in many years
Police Justice Schroeder of that place was
| to give his decision in local case against
Jimmie" Immediately after dinner. Upon
the opening of court State Attorney Han
sen asked that the case against the pris-
oner be dismissed and the justice dis
missed 1t, Instantly man sprang from
the court railing and with the words, 81
have warrant for you" he clapped a
handcuf on Tornado Jimmie's" wrist
and fastened the other to his own wrist
He then read a, warrant to the effect thai
the prisoner was wanted in Chicago fol
holding up man and robbing him of $3.50
Sheriff Francis of Morris had another war.
rant for Jimmie" for robbing the bank III
Dover, Mimi. in June, 1900 and he also
had him handcuffed to the deputy on thu
other side. The alleged Chicago Officer
contended, he served his warrant first ant
consequently had the first right to claim
the prisoner Excitement reigned high TO-
time, but the sheriff, deputy, prisoner
and the Chicago officer were rushed ,bacl
to the iaii in a hurry d ESS'] 4~sssp = :
1t was then learned that the Chicago
officer was friend sent down to serve :
, warrant on Jimmie y and in cahoots to le
him go as soon as they were outside tn,
7 city In thirty minutes the Chicago Off
Ger was gone and could not be found any
Where. Regarding this affair, Jimmie
said to caller at the Jail in this city, re
Gently: 2
r well, it was my wits against Early's
l and that little deal I had planned woul,
r nave worked ninety-nine times out Of =,
1 hundred, but 1t just happened to, fa]
I through this one time" ''.'.
8 FARlRAULT, M,NN.-News has bee,
received Of the death of Mrs. Mary Hag
). erty, VINO was sent to the insane hospita
= at Rochester last year:-The FaribauIt Re
= publican was made the official paper. O
the county.-Professor f. M. Hyde Q
), Avon Park, Fla, has been engaged as in
o structor In Latin and Greek at Shattuc
e school, TO NIL the vacancy caused by tn
:. illness Of Professor L. N Sickles.-L N
Carney and Miss Edith Schroeder wer
g married at Menomonie, Wis. They ar
: rived here last evening.--Arrangemo
|. are being made for a course of six lecture
n on sociology to be delivered here by Pre-
lessor Howeth Of Chicago university.
MONTICELLO, MiNN.-A serious &C
cident befell Edward Cook. the 3-year -ol
q son Of Arthur Cook. While playing nea
the stove his clothes caught fire and h
was seriously burned But for the In
u usual thoughtfulness of his 6-year-old sis
/ ter, he would have been burned to- death
y She. dragged him out Of the house an
/ rolled him in the snow.-Plans are bein
l. made for the erection Of $4,000 hott
5; In the spring. ~E- 'E>@%a
I'll GAINESVILLE, MlNN.-The Gres
J Northern may operate the Depot. hotel an
a lunch counter. Two of its inspectors wer
'. here looking up the matter The forme
se proprietor, j. H. Eldridge, has been aske
ID to retire, as the building belongs to tn
:: ra1lroad.-Four persons were caught Will
l. helping themselves to coal at the Gres
': Northern coal sheds. Two Of them wer
n sentencedto the state penftentiary and tn
IF others to the county jail.
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