The Irish standard., 1912-04-20
CITY IN BRIEF

b. j. Leary, cook Tor the auxiliary
squad of he fire department. is in
the city hospital with a sprained an.
kle. Leary was struck by an auto.
mobile late last Saturday near the
station and then the men sent him
to the hospital. After long runs and
fires Leary makes coffee and pan
cakes for the men at Station A, and
mas been an unofficial member of the
squad since it's organization James
Collins, 1923 Ninth avenue S, was
struck by an auto at Nicollet ave-
nue. and Sixth street, knocked off his
bicycle and Slightly bruised The ma
chine was driven ty Joseph Gallagher,
who took Collins to his home
According to an opinion written by
Assistant Attorney General Hilton,
neither Hennepin county nor the state
is entitled by law to recover the 5000
received by Michael Marley, county
morgue keeper, for the delivery of
dead bodies to the medical college
of the state university. The opinion
was furnished County Attorney Rob-
ertson, who had planned to bring suit
against Mr.. Manley. The board of
county commissioners several weeks
ago called the county attorneys at
tention to the matter and empowered
him to take any action he might
deem best for the interests of the
county.
Killed by tcothpick John Dolan,
81 years old, travelling salesman,
died last Saturday at his home, 1916
Twenty-second avenue N, after nearly
a week of agonizing pain. Three
months ago, while Mr. Dolan was on
the road, he accidentally swallowed
a toothpick. He thought nothing Of
it, but last Monday he was taken seri-
ously i'll and DR. ] A Mclaughlin was
called. Mr. Dolan ascribed his illness
to oysters he had eaten, but DR. Nc
Laughlin found that blood poisoning
had set in from an abscess in the
stomach. An examination showed that
the abscess had been caused by the
toothpick swallowed months before.
Mr.. Dolan died late Saturday. He is
survived by his wife
Clara Crates, housckeeper for ST.
mon o'Malley who died as a result of
eating poisoned candy in the O'Mal-
ley fiat, 1906 Washington avenue
south, last winter, was Tuesday adj
judged insane and taken to the state
hospital at St. Peter. She was wit
ness to the death of O'Malley and
three-year-old Bonnie Reedy, and al
though she had eaten of the poisoned
candy it did not affect her. While in
church at Chaska, Mimi, with her
father she began running over the
pews and was thereafter adjudged
insane by Judge of Probate Gleason.
1t is thought that the part she played
in the O'Malley-Reedy tragedy preyed
on her mind until she became insane.
After she had been subjected to a
rigid examination by the Minneapolis
police she was permitted to go to
her fathers home in Chaska,
A warrant is out for the arrest of a
man who has, it is said, represented
himself as treasurer Of the association
of the railway clerks of the Twin
Cities. in an effort tc obtain contri
buttons for the annual outing of the
associations members James Kelly
business representative of the rail
way clerks and the freight handlers
of Minneapolis and St. Paul, is seek
ing the detection of the man whom
he declares to be an imposter. The
clerks and freight handlers have au
thorized no one to solicit contribu
lions to defray the expenses of their
outings, Mr. Kelly says. The warrant
was issued in St. Paul, but the Min
neapolis police have teen notified tc
look out for the man. Mr.. Kelly de
clares the man answers the descrip
ton of man who was run out Of
town four years ago for a mosrepre
sentation of similar character, and
was later arrested in Chicago and
given Jail sentence. The man who
is now sought is believed to have op
Grated principally in st. Paul. He
went by the name of C. l.. Wallace.