The Mankato free press., 1923-07-27
SUSPICIOUS MOVE
CAUSED SHOOTING
William {. Hennigar, Chi
cago, Nailed By Police
TRIED TO TAP SAFE
Was Ransacking Apartments
When Officers Inter-
rupted Him

Kelley in the Conghlan- Hickey
building this morning at three
o'clock, William C. Hennigar Of
Chicago is suffering from a bullet
wound in the shoulder, having been
shot BY City Detective Rudolph
Ario when he resisted arrest and
made a suspicious move toward his
hip pocket. He is now in custody
OF the police.
This morning at three o'clock Of
fcer William RAIDER, while making
his beat in the alley between Front
and Second streets, heard a noise
as IL someone was pounding as he
approached the rear of the Cough
Ian Hickey building. He went to
Front street and hurriedly signaled
Officer Frank Bienapf who was
Both officers ascended the stairs to
the third floor and heard some one
In the offices Of DR.. Katherine Kel-
ley. They asked for admittance, but
q man inside slammed the door. The
officers forced their way in just as
a man made his getaway through a
window to the roof of the American
Shoe Shop.
Officers Sent To investigate.
While this was taking place in
the Coughlan Hickey building, Night
Desk Sergeant Len Burrtll becom-
ing worried over the prolonged abb
sence of Officer RAIDER, sent City
Detectives A. l. Volk and Rudolph
Ario to Investigate. Officer Ario
went to the front of the Coughlan-
Hickey building and Officer Volk to
the rear: Just as Officer Ario
reached his destination he was sur
prised to see a man crawl over the
coping of the front wall of the
American Shoe Shop and climb down
to the sidewalk by the aid of wires
and the iron work Of the awning.
sidewalk and then told him to throw
up his hands; that he was under ar
rest. According to a statement of
Detective Ario, the man dropped his
hands towards his hips in a suspi-
cious manner. Then the officer
struck him with his fist whirling
the man half around as he shot to-
ward him. The bullet, 1t was deter
mined later enter the tip of the left
shoulder proved it's way through the
shoulder blade and came out about
in the middle of the back of the
neck. The nippers were placed on
the man and he was taken to the
police station bleeding profusely
from the wound. DIR. w. A. Beach,
city mayor WAS called to the police
station, and had the wounded man
taken to his offices where the wound
was dressed, and the prisoner later
taken back to the city hall where he
was lodged in a. cell.
Investigation at the Coughlan-
Hickey building disclosed the fact
that the real estate offices Of o. w.
Walker, the offices Of DR.. W. A.
Beach, DR.. Paul Barney and the Of
fees Of DR.. Katherine Kelley, o. T.
Mclean had been entered. Mr.. Nc
Lean Is an auditor of accounts. His
desk was ransacked.
When searched at the police sta
ton a broken screw driver from the
offices Of Dr.. Paul Barney and an
envelope opener from the offices of
Dr.. w. A. Beach were found in Hin
nigars possession. The envelope
opener had been apparently used
with which to force the lock catches
On the off ce doors which are all
equipped with spring locks.
When Officer RAIDER was attracted
by the pounding noise in the build
ing 1t must have been while the
theft was attempting to force the
thief was attempting to force the
ner door Of the safe shows signs of
battefing this morning, and several of
DR.. Barney's tools, which had been
placed In drawer close by were
found in front of the safe. The
handle broken off the screw driver
found in Hinnigar's possession was
found lying on the floor in front of
the Barney safe. The thief had
bent down an adjustable light near
the front Of the safe in order to have
a good light with which to work
What leads to the belief that who
ever the thief was he intended to
force the safes in the Offices OF o.
W. Walker is borne out by the fact
that a hammer was found lying on
top Of one of the safes in that Office.
Nothing was missing however. Both
doors leading from the office of DR..
w. A. Beach had been forced, and
when the officers arrived on the
scene thoy were standing wide open.
DR.. Beach identified the envelope
opener but says that nothing else
was disturbed.
The marks Of Hinnigar's shoes as
he slid down the front of the Amer
lean Shoe Shop are plainly visible
this morning.
1t is alleged that Hinnigar when
asked why he did not throw up his
hands when commanded to do so by
Detective Ario, said: my trousers
were coming down, and grabbed at
them to pull them up. when search
ed he had no firearms On his per-
son.
Story Told BY HInnIaar
In a statement to representative
of The Free Press In the presence
of Chief Phil Landmark, Hinnigar
said that his home is in Chicago
During the World war he had
served In the United States Navy
and Is now a member of an Ameri-
can Legion Post in Chicago. He
had arrived in st. Paul q few
days ago. Yesterday l was down
to my last S.. met a man in st.
Paul who owned 1917 model Hub
mobile, who said that he could take
me down to Mankato and show me
how to get some easy money. I
thought that II was gambling he
meant, and came along. We arrived
here after night and got to drinking
moon. guess that Is why fell for
the Job he started to pull and now
here am" said the man with sigh.
How does Is come that we found
the envelope opener and screw
driver In your possession II your pal
was doing the work" asked Chief
Landmark.
"He handed them to me when he
heard the officers approaching and
ran to tha rear TO look out the win