The Irish standard., 1907-01-05

NoIk 10 OF 10 hours a DAY without
! extra pay, which at best is too small.
They contend that i'll larger cities the
common patrolman receives more pay
than a Minneapolis detective. A COM
rlittee OF detectives will present the
case before Mayor-elect Haynes on his
! return from Chicago.
At the close of a happy New Years
day spent with his sons and daughters
at Hopkins, John Petrek, Sc, st. Louis
Park employed in the Diamond Drill
factory at the park, was killed early
Wednesday morning by Minneapolis
G. st. Louis train. His dead body was
found beside the track near Hopkins,
many hours after the accident, by
farmers. His skull was fractured and
from all appearances death had been
almost instantaneous. The particulars
Of the accident arc unknown. Petrek
spent the day with two married sons
at Hopkins and left there late in the
evening to walk home. 1t is thought
that, in trying to avoid the train,
Petrek fell in front of the engine. The
body was taken to Hopkins and turned
over to the dead mans relatives.
| A purse containing $500 and a gold
watch lay several hours unseen and
unclaimed on the floor in one of the
| Al toy
The money and watch belonged to Mrs.
j. c. Kemper of Chicago. who is a
guest at the hotel. She went to the
telephone booth about 10 o'clock Sun
day morning and dropped her purse on
the floor. She did not notice her loss
until S o'clock in the afternoon. House
Detective Gustafson and the bellboys
ransacked the building and for g. time
it appeared as though some one had
found the purse and kept IT. Then De-
tective Gustafson happened to look
into the telephone booth and found
the money. The telephone was used
by probably ten or twelve people dur
ing the day. None of them had no.
ticed the purse. One Of the men who
used tho booth is a city detective.
! William ]. Sullivan OF 625 Ramsey
street northeast is in the central sta
ton, Minneapolis, charged with killing
Miss Ida Duford of 624 Ramsey street
northeast shortly after IL o'clock Tues
day morning. While the charge against
Sullivan on the station tab is man
slaughter in the second degree, the Off
Gals hardly expect to convict him on
that charge. Miss Duford was killed
as the result of carelessness on the
part Of some New Year reveler while
she stood on her front PORCH with two
older sisters. The presumption is
that it was bullet from Sullivan's
revolver that did the work. The pris-
oner admits that he fired several shots
in rapid succession in celebration of the
arrival of the new year. He also told
Chief Doyle that he, in all probability,
is responsible for the young girls
death. He says, however, that he had
no intention to commit murder and
that if he really did kill the girl it was
through carelessness. The prisoner is
deeply affected by the affair. He and
the members of the Duford family had
always been on the best Of terms.
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$500 damage in the Jennings flat
building at Twelfth street and Harmon
place at o'clock Monday afternoon.
Several of the occupants, including the
two children of j. H. Shields, who oc-
cupies one of the ground floor flats,
narrowly escaped death. The fire start
ed in the basement and before it was
discovered had gained strong head
way. Smoke filled the east end Of the
building from top to bottom, and it
was with difficulty that all of the in
mates escaped. Mr.. Shields carried out
his two children. The fire burned
ficrcely in the basement and in sew
eral places broke through into the first
story. In one place the flames crept
up to the second story. r.. K. Jennings
is owner of the damaged building. His
loss, which will amount to about $1,000,
is covered by insurance. Among the
occupants Of the building who lose are
J. H. Shields, NJ. Martin. e. Barfard,
and William G. Minifie. The apart
,nents of all Of these people were badly
smoked and in some instances water
did much damage.
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