May 11, 1917 – Eddie Hamilton, said to
be Joe Redenbaugh, wanted as one of the principals in the murder of Mrs. Alice
McQuillan Dunn, St. Paul, and Patrolman George Connery, Minneapolis, was
arrested today in San Francisco, along with the woman said to be his
wife.
Joe
Redenbaugh and his wife Pearl taken in the San Francisco jail*
St. Paul Police Chief John O’Connor received a telegram
around noon today from the San Francisco chief of police: “We are holding Eddie Hamilton and the woman for
you. He is also wanted in Nebraska, Portland and Minneapolis.”
O’Connor has had Detective Peter Lavalle on Redenbaugh’s trail ever since the
suspected murderer left St. Paul, and Lavalle has been closing in on the
suspect. The Chief say Lavalle will be in San Francisco tomorrow.
Minneapolis Police Chief Lewis Harthill said today that the man under arrest in
San Francisco is Eddie Hamilton, the “second man” in the death car with Fran
McCool when the Minneapolis patrolman was murdered. However, Harthill insists
that Hamilton is not Redenbough. Minneapolis police detectives planned to leave
today for San Francisco with a “John Doe” warrant, returned by the Hennepin
County grand jury, charging the “second man” with first degree murder.
St. Paul Daily News; “Second Murder
Suspect In Toils. Man Arrested Today in Frisco Is Redenbaugh, Says Chief
O’Connor. Wanted For Double Slaying. Detective Peter Lavalle, St. Paul, on Tail
Since Monday.”; May 11, 1917; pp. 1 and 2.
*St. Paul Daily News; May 21, 1917; p. 1.
Disappearance of Minneapolis Patrolman George Connery; see April 24, 2015 blog
Car Connery disappeared in found in St. Paul; see April 25, 2015 blog
Murder of Alice McQuillan Dunn; see April 26, 2015 blog
More than 1,000 volunteers join Minneapolis police in the search for missing patrolman; see April 28, 2015 blog
Connery and Dunn murders linked; see May 4, 2015, blog
Anonymous caller tells police where body of Connery is located; see May 5, 2015 blog
Second man in “death car” arrested in Omaha; see May 7, 2015 blog
Patrolman George Connery laid to rest; see May 8, 2015 blog
Frank
McCool attacks a jailer when caught trying to escape Omaha jail; see May 10,2015 blog
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