Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-05
THE NAN IN THE VEIL,
He Is Found at Last, and will Probably b
Removed To-Day.

He Is Found at Last, and will Probably be
Removed To-Day.
It is now five weeks since the man was
ging on Bates avenue near Sixth street. At
the time he was buried he was about los feet
below the surface of the earth. Barney Aller
and his assistant, Joseph WEIGH, employed by
Mr.. Dowlan when he was acting mayor, to dig
the unfortunate man out, have worked faith
fully at the job and succeeded yesterday In
reaching him. When the workmen got
down to him they found two or three of the
pieces of timber used in curbng on
the mans head, and when these pieces
we're brought to the surface they ex-
hibited spots OF blood on them, and
sand and blood mixed. 1t is impossible to see
anything distinctly in>the bottom of the wei;
without artificial aid. By taking a looking
glass and holding it partly over the mouth OF
the well at such an angle as to allow the rays
from the sun to be reflected into the bottom
of the well, one is enabled to see all there IS,
and renders it about as light as day down
there. The report reaching town yesterday
the body, Mr.. Dowlan went over about 4
o'clock to see how the work was progressing
A space about thirty feet in diameter around
the mouth of the we'll has been cleared away
by having rope stretched from tree to tree,
and people who 90 there to watch what is
transpiring are generally required
to keep outside the rope. When
Mr.. Dowlan arrived on the ground
he endeavored to look down to the
bottom of the well, but it was impossible for
him to see anything. After he had been there
short time the workmen came up from the
bottom, having concluded to stop work at
that hour. A looking glass was brought
from one of the houses near by and held in
such way as to throw light to the bottom
of the we'll. The opening at that point looks
to be about four feet square and is perfectly
smooth except a little elevation near the
northeast corner. This elevation is the top
of the mans head. Mr.. Barney Allen, who
has the contract for digging out the body,
though it does not look so from the mouth
of the well. He says further that the mans
face appears to be sll mashed in and that the
sand and blood are pasted on to it. Mr..
Aliens theory is that the man was buried in a
standing position. He has got through the
hard gravel and is now working in the sand.
This has got 10 be dug out and removed sIl
around the man before any attempt can be
made to pull the body out. All day long
considerable crowd of men, women and chill.
dren were waiting around the mouth of the
well, ANXIOUS to see whatever could be seen
and hear what could be heard. This well is
dug in the midst of little grove of trees, and
also in the midst of a cluster of little houses,
and, if completed, would have been the only
well in the neighborhood. The people, how.
ever, will not listen to keeping it open for the
purpose ofusIng the water in it, now that this
man has been buried there. The prejudice
against using the we'll cannot, as it ap-
pears how, be overcome. The natural In.
stincts of the people are against such pro.
cedure. They revolt at the idea of drinking
water out OF the we'll. The men quit work
Afternoon about o'clock The
working in the bottom of the we'll is very ex-
hausting, indeed, and q short day is very
long one 10 the men down there. 1t is posi-
BILE that the body may be got out to-day.