The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-28
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SOON TO CONFESS
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lives at Thirtyese;vehth l avenue mRH Nj and and
jackson street, identified the three men
as fellow passengers who rode to CO.
lurnbia Heights on the car with him.
shortly before the holdup. He is posi-
tive that he is not mistaken for they sat
near h him and !, did i not get of the car
Added to this, John Dorm, living at
Columbia Heights, says that he left the
saloon just before the hold-up, and the
three men were standing outside. They
had not yet donned their masks, but had
on the clothes found in the field. He
positively identifies the. three men now
locked up, as the ones he saw in front
of the saloon.
Rode on the Same Car.
Freddie King rode to the scene of his
death in the same car with the men who
shot him down in cold blood. @
This fact came to light today in the
investigation Of the Columbia Heights
robbery and murder. TX
1t is now well established that the
bandits went by street car to the Mingo'
saloon. 1t is regarded by the police
that the identity Of Kalderwit, Kolb
and Harmon as those three men is
equally well established.
!. After the robbers had left the saloon
and fled across the fields; the dead boys
father was among thea.crowd that ex-
citedly gave the detectives "a descrip-
tion of the outlaws. 4
"Three men came up with us on the
carr said the father. "They were just
the size of the robbers and they carried
a bundle done up in newspaper
| Acting on this information, one Of
the investigators procured lantern
and went out in the fields to look, for
the paper. He acted on the theory that
it had held the garments used by the
robbers and his search was rewarded
Which had Been discarded BY 9e the @
tives. - : II
Murdered Boys. Father Desperate.
The attention Of the police was called
from the suspects for 81 time this morn
ing when it was reported Ibyfa resident
7 of Columbia Heights that a man sup
posed to. be j. Fl. King, father Of the
NIT suicide in Mingo' 8 saloon this morn.
The man rushed into central station
and asked that police officer be sent
to watch King. He said that King had
come to the saloon this morning and,
t1COI Cdih1uS dD 1ouSGu Cu0
death Of the boy, had pulled revolver
be better for him to die. His friends
gathered round him and persuaded him
= to put up the weapon. Later, it is. al
legged, that he made some threat against
the lives Of the suspects.
The fact that he took the boy to the
place where he was shot down is, prey
ing on the man s mind, and, as he. is Of
a nervous temperament, his friends fear
he may do himself harm. The police,
however, think that Kings condition
has been exaggerated.
! A Dress ReheaA5al.
| Little rest or time to think up line
OF defense has been given the prisoners
While the men were not in the sweat
box yesterday, they were forced to don
the castoff clothing found. in the field
near the, scene Of the murder and walk
back and forth in front of the men who
were in the saloon at the time of the
shooting. Both the sweatbox and the
dress rehearsal furnished the police
with damning evidence that is drawing
the net tightly about the suspects.
The rapid s'eross-fre to: which they
werf subjected took then. completely off
theiR guard at times, and they. let fall
Worss which they would now give much
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"A Aside from the admissions g Of the
persistent work, picked up bits Of ev VI
dence here and there that greatly help
in beating down the stories of the men.
! -Four of the victims of the hold-up
have positively identified the three sus-
poets as the ones who took their money
and fired the fatal shots. The other
victims only made a partial Identified
ton but none of them could say that
the tn +L prisoners n were not the men; Some
identified some of their clothing that
had not been left behind, and this is
practically as good as direct identif-
cation. So omplete has been the riden-
LITIGATION by these four, however, that
the police already believe the case is
conclusive. t. g, 4. -,@
The suspects themselves would say
a nature that they were unnerved when
told how well their few statements
fitted in with the evidence already in
the possession of the police. -:
The first real admission was by Kali
derwit, the leader. He says the gun
found in the Great Northern yards be.
longed to him, but does not say how it
got there. With the others, he further
admits that the trio went to the East
the police are now trying to get one
tof them to admit that the "trip was made
For che purpose:3of, liant the revolver
in order to throw suspicion on railroad
tramps. Further than this, Kalderwit
admits that he has not made his living
by honest means.
>'~s Kolb Pawned Shoes.
Kolb has admitted that he pawned a
pair of patent leather shoes Friday, and
at the same time sold a 39-caliber re.
volver to a friend, who was rooming in
the hotel The victims say one of the
robbers wore patent leather shoes, and
it was a t38:caliber bullet that hit Ed
Mingo. ~s,> -.- ~.
Seeking Hammon's Revolver.
In spite OF the array Of evidence al.
ready obtained, there is still much for
the police To do. They are now work:
I ing to find ia -caliber revolver that
will answer the description Of the one
carried by Harmon.
They are: ALSO eendeavoring To- obtain
a statement from Mabel Ward, the
woman who lived with Kalderwit at
the Grand Central hotel. She was
brought to the police station yesterday
but she would tell nothing. She saws