The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-28
Walks into A TRAP
GUSTAvSON CAPTURED AFTER A
LONG CHASE-cHARGED
WITH MURDER.
IS BELIEVED TO BE INSANE
Small Arsenal Found in His Room
He Alleges that He has Good
AIibi by Hotel
Register.

M1nneapOliS.-G GuStavSOn, who
is believed by the police to be
the man who shot and killed w. A.
Darling, Civil war veteran, in the
yard at 209 East Island avenue, early
Sunday morning, after having fired
point blank at the driver of the patrol
wagon, Fred Schroeder, was captured
at dawn by Police Sergeant Burke and
Patrolman Villas, as he was about to
enter the room of friend at IL West
ern avenue
Walked Into Trap.
After having baffled and defied the
entire police force for nearly six
hours, he walked into the trap set for
him by Captain Merrick. When thu.
two policemen confronted him sud-
denly and took him in charge he evinc-
ed no surprise, nor did he make the
slightest resistance. He was unarmed.
Gustavson denies responsibility for
the shooting and declares he can prove
an alibi
When his room at SO Eastman ave-
nue. was searched, the police found a
veritable arsenal. including three Eu-
ropean army rifles, several hundred
rounds of ammunition, two knife bay
onets and sheath knife This, to-
gether with his other belongings, was
taken to headquarters.
The rifle, with which the shooting
was done, cannot be found. The over
coat, worn by the man when he was
first seen as he threw brick through
a window in Miss Anna Arneson's
lodging house, rs Western avenue, also
is missing. Chief Martinson says he
believes the weapon used was short
Mauser rifle, not over two and one
half feet long, and has ordered his
men to make a thorough search for
it, as well as for the overcoat, which
he thinks were planted together by
the murderer, or possibly thrown into
the river
From the time of the shooting of
the old soldier, which occurred, Nicol-
let Island and the East Side swarmed
with policemen, every available man
being ordered out to hunt for the al
legged mad man. Every railroad yard
as far out as Northtown junction was
watched.
Police Get a Tip"
1t was while searching Gustavson's
room that Captain Merrick got the
"tip" that the man might go to II
Western avenue, for he found a card
with this address and the name of
Olaf Orell. He Immediately directed
two of his men to watch this place;
two were already in the home of Miss
Arneson to protect her should the
mailman return.
When questioned at police headquar-
tiers, GustavSon was surly and un.
communicative. He said he knew
nothing of the shooting and that he
had spent the night from midnight til.
the time he was arrested in the Edi-
son hotel, 121 Washington avenuh
south He said this could be proved
by the hotel register.
Name on Register.
The man was taken to the hotel
handcuffed to Captain Merrick. There,
on the register, was the name "Gust
Gustavson," in Gustavson's handwrit-
ing. 1t must have been written some
time after o'clock in the morning,
according to the night clerk, who said
Gustavson must have sneaked in, reg
istered, and then quietly departed
again. for he insisted that the man
had not been assigned room
Patrolman Villas identified Gustav
son as the man who threw the brick
through the window at 70 Western
avenue. Wagon Driver Schroeder also
identified him as the man who shot at
him about half an hour later. Both
these policemen know Gustavson well
and say they cannot be mistaken.
The events that led up to the shoot
ing of Mr.. Darling began with the
hurting of a brick through a window
in Miss Arneson's lodging house. The
brick crashed through the pane and
struck one of the dodgers in the head,
but inflicted only a slight wound