The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21

beaten the old Lookup These are Willie
Brown and Louis, Anderson, neither of
whom was over l3sYearss old. Anderson
wriggled up the chimney and reached
the roof. and Willie Brown, squirmed
thru a window. 4 trr e Al. N -,
In it's present. shape the lookup is
only about sixteen years old, coming
into public view ;s.ll,nut the same time
as the much ua kidd a f police commits
sion. This body, it was generally be-
ieved, was created for the sole pur-
pose, Of taking the police appointments
out: of the handst1of Albert Alonzo
Ames, then serving his third term as
under republican control. Those we're
lively days for the police and city hall
scribes with Captain Harvey, Inspee-
tor Ray, Captain Chase, EsStepladder ,
Kirkham, Detectives Quinlan and long
list of others, to make history and
bring a notoriety to this city compared
to which the recent: fShame of Mime
apolis'' is but a trifing irregularity.
The less said about those days the bet
ter for all concerned 81" -.-
Some Old Time "Cops.'' r.
The first jailors of the place were
Pat Hurley and Mike Kennedy, both Of
whom are still on the force, the latter
being conductor with the patrol
wagon. Al Needham and Peter Brad
ley succeeded them and Needham still
continues to hand prisoners into the
cells. Peter Mclaughlin has become a
| veteran at the police station, and is now
wagon man. Pat Fox, the first driver
of the first patrol wagon, comes around
once in a while, and Jacob Helm, who
has filed every position on the police
force from patrolman to superintend-
ent, is now at the lookup, and so is
| Doh ~ hoe how 1of4 41oo
old den since 1t was built except to go
to his meals. If any of them can be
tempted to Gull out from their reminis-
cences some of the most interesting
features of their careers as policemen,
the listener will hear some interesting
STORIES. NJ
A Famous Strike.
None Of them will talk long, however,
before they will recall the street car
strike Of 1889, when the passions of
the people were afame and the life of
a policeman and a non-union driver
was strenuous one. The whole police
third floor, exercised with some Dor
rowed Springfield rifles whenever some
one could give the time to show them
and rested as best they could between
calls for the reserves.
Peter Fox still shows the scars he
received in the strike, which was prob.
ably the most trying affair that the
| to face. It was fortunate that no lives
were lost and that the sum total OF
damages was confined to few wrecked
cars and some broken heads and vari
GUS bruises; but the situation was crit
ical for many days. There was even
INSTRUMENTATION in the. police force
which added to the trials Of the au
thorities.
| saddest Of, the many tragedies con
death of Dave Winkler, who ran out
Of the station one night in 1884 to in
vestigate some noise at the Second
street entrance of ,stLock-up alley
He got somebody along the street ant
was taking him to the station whel
he was shot and mortally wounded
The identity Of the assailant could no
be learned.
Mobs at Station.
4 At least two prisoners whose live
were sought by the mobs were prison
ers there. McManus, who was lynche.
across the street from the Central higl
school in 1881, was first taken to tn
lookup, but early in the evening wa
the mob. repaired when satisfied tina
its quarry had been spirited away.
A few years later a mob threatene
and killed Police officer Mclaughlin
but again their victim had been take
to the county jail. The sheriff mad
la spirited resistance and, with the al
Iof The police, held the jail after sieg
of two nights. The defenders wer
considerably damaged, but none o
them seriously hurt.
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