The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-26

he deny that he and his pals went To-
g lake Saturday night, intend
ing to hold up the saloon.
Masks and Guns Found.
q Altho the records Of Kolb and Ham.
mon are comparatively clear except for
their association with Calderwit, the
articles found in their rooms show what
they were about.
In the room were three masks, all
very dirty, as tho they had been carried
for long time in the pocket. A large
3S-caibre revolver was also found, and
these two bits Of evidence alone war
rant holding the men.
Records Of the Men.
Calderwit has bad criminal record
and has served two sentences in the
Saltwater penitentiary for highway
robbery in the vicinity Of the twin
cities. Last fall he was arrested by,
John O'Connor, superintendent Of /
police Of St. Paul, on suspicion that he
was connected with ho1dup and mur-
der Of bartender in Brainerd about
a year ago., He escaped imprisonment,
and since has been continually watched
by the police.
Kolb and Harmon have been arrested {
once eor twice for larceny and last
spring were suspected Of being involved
in the holdup, Of Hanley's saloon In
Northeast Minneapolis. Neither has
tdone time 1@
The two boys have worked for the W.
s. Mott company for nearly four years
as roofers. They were good workmen,
always on time, quiet and orderly.i
In the slack winter season they
worked for the MCMILLAN Fur COM
pany and their employers there also
speak we'll Of them. In August. they
were in the harvest fields Of North Da-i
kota.
In the week of Oct. Z, Calderwit APP
piled at the Office Of the w. IS. Mott
company and received employment. He
worked two days that week and FIVE
days Of the following week. AS far as
the police learn this lis the only work
he has done for two years. He seemed
well acquainted with Kolb and Harmon
and ad y siszt thought that he is responsible
for their downfall. y SIS
Ten days ago Kolb and sHammoA quit
work. At that time began q series Of
highway robberies that have bafhed
the police and it is now Thought that
these three suspects were responsible for
most Of it. Hardly a night passed that
someone was not held up and this
ended with the tragedy at Columbia
Heights. Tuesday night.
Evidence Fitted Together.
Altho they have been in custody only
a few hours, evidence against the trio
is piling up One after another, the
detectives have found circumstances
pointing to their guilt.
The red and black sweater found
near the scene Of the murder has been
identified as having belonged to Kolb
by one Of his fellow workmen at the
I,W. S. Mott company.
The revolver, with blood stains on it.
found in the Great Northern yards, not
far from the scene, has been identified
as one Calderwit purchased from
Washington avenue pawnbroker. The
revolver was found near Broadway and
the railroad tracks, and directly on the
route taken by the murderers, who
Line tracks an hour after the murder.
The Identification was made by the
pawnbroker.
The clothing found near the scene Of
the murder, and evidently cast away by
the bandits, bears a strong odor of cree
osote. This odor is strong in roofing
papers and the three were employed ID
the roofing department. Of the w. IS.
| Mott company.
Then the disagreement Of their stories
weakens their cases greatly. If they
that night, there would be no reason
why they should falsify their statements
to the police. If their stories were
true, they would agree.
Prisoners Are "sweated."
For three hours this morning the men
were nsweated" by Police Superin-
tendent Conroy, Sheriff Palmer Of An
Okla county and Detectives Brown,
| While they did not acknowledge their
guilt, they made SO many damaging adj
missions that Superintendent Conroy
said:. think we have the right
men. -
The detectives were even more posi-
tive.
Calderwit was taken into the Sweat
box'' first. He said that his home was
in Minneapolis and that his mother and
| brother live here. Inquiry at 922 Uni
versity avenue NE fails to show, that he
lived there as he said He admitted
his criminal record. Tuesday night,
he said, he and Harmon and Kolb
had "knocked about town. until i
o clock, when they went to their room
at the Grand Central hotel. They re-
NAMED there until late the next day.
He admitted having purchased re-
volver in Washington avenue pawn
shop. He could not tell where the re-
4 volver was now.
4 He admitted that the trio had gone
to Keegan IS Lake last Saturday night.
He said that they had met two girls
in a Washington avenue saloon and the
girls had invited them to GO to Kee-
IS Lake to dance. They went
. out, but were too late.
He denied all knowledge Of the Co.
lumbia Heights affair.
Il Harmon s. story came nearer maxi
ing an admission that did that Of Kolb.
He said that the three had spent most
of the evening about the town and had
4 gone to their room at / O'Clock. He
also denied having gone to Columbia
4 Heights. He corroborated Calderwit Z
/ story as to the Keegan g lake trip.
Kolb Is Weakening. SIS
u Trembling in limb and gasping for
= breath, John Kolb, the weakest of the
!, trio, went into the tssweat box. From
! his very demeanor the officers thought
. he would prove easy. Altho he told
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