St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-17

made inquiries of the neighbors first after
dinner whether they had seeh him or not and
were told by several that they had seen him
go down towards the lake; he had logs at the
boom and that would take him down there :;
he was accustomed to go there; he had been
busy at the fair grounds the past two weeks
but do not think he worked hard
there; he appeared to be all right
and the same as he usually
was: he had been too busy for the past two
weeks to see the logs, and had not been there
since the storm, so far as l know.
~ MATT CLARK.
Am one of the stockholders of the Matt
Clark Lumber company; have had business
relations with the late David Cover; Cover and
Schulenberg were interested in logs together,
Cover cutting and driving them for him, and
got his pay as the logs were sold and deliv-
cred; the logs were in my hands to raft nd
sell, and the majority were sold but not all
delivered; last Thursday morning about s 80
he came to the mill, saying he had received
a letter from Mr.. Schulenberg making in
quires how many of the logs were delivered,
and informed him; he said he was busy at
tending to the fair, and did not know that he
would have time to 60 and look for himself,
so | gave him the information wanted; he
said he would likely go away the first of this
week and he might not see me; he was to go
up the river, where he had a crew having; he
had not been worried or bothered this sum-
mer, and his business matters were as we'll
as could be expected with the present times;
the logs he had reference to were lying on
the east side of the boom of the Clark Lum-
Der company, and the only way to get at them
without a boat was to go through the mill.
down the slip and across the loose logs that
were in the mill boom, and then strike on
the brazil, which was composed of small logs,
liz, 600 feet to the brazil which shows by the
scale to be very small logs; the logs would
not hold up a mans weight until he
struck the boom stick; it is particularly dan
gerous at this time of year, as the bark gets
loose, and without spikes in the boots it
would be almost impossible to cross on them;
he had no spikes in his boots; it would be
perfectly natural for him to go and see the
logs on Sunday, as he had not been to see
them for some time; 1 assisted in finding the
body; the only clew was the finding of his
hat, which was found on the half raft which
was south of the one brazil; the wind was
from the southwest; his body must have
been in the neighborhood of that brazil; there
is no current and the water is thirty feet
deep; the body was found where Mr.. Bron-
son, O'Brien and others supposed it to be-
he must have been walking on the boom
sticks and the bark slipped with him; they
were Norway and very treacherous-much
worse than white pine; Cover was accus-
toned to walking on such booms.
DAVID BRONSON.
was in one of the boats that brought him
in; do not think he was injured in any
way, but it was simply case of drowning
with others took him to his late residence
and assisted to lay him out, and found no
marks on his body, only where one of the
graphing hooks had lacerated the
flesh; did not have any conversation with
him the past week; the cook on the Ben
HerseY informed me that he had seen Mr..
Cover and his dog out on the brazil of logs
near where he was found; the Ben Hersey was
lying near Clark's mills; did not see any
hurt on his nose at the time he was taken
out Of the water, and If there was any hurt
it might have been made by rolling him to
get the water out of him.
JAMES GEafNIILL.
Have charge of Matt Clark's horses at the
mill; saw deceased last Sunday morning;
had conversation with him between 8 and
10, inside the mill at the head of the log slip;
he passed the time of day, and said there
were a good many logs in the lake yet, and
thatlthe raise Of water in the Chippewa was
likely to affect the trade so much that they
might remain the rest of the season; he then
turned and walked down the slip in the di-
rection of the logs; he was in his shirt
sleeves and had his dog with him; there was
nothing unusual in either his looks or con-
versation 1 knew him well.
JOHN MCCARTHY.
Was well acquainted with decea sed; was
with him at the county fair and saw him
daily; he was one of the officers and had
charge of the grounds, and he was busy all
the time, and for week previous, having
charge of the building of the sheds; he did
more than any one else in the arrangement;
there was nothing unusual in his manner
and he laid out everything for the fair; he
was cheerful over the success of the fair and
was pleased that they were coming out
ahead.
DIR. WILLARD.
Have known deceased twelve years; never
suffered from any mental ailment that am
aware of, and no physical except temporary
ones, and had no mental alteration at any
time; treated him about four years ago for
a light fever, at which time there was no
symptom of his suffering from any mental
viewed the body as surgeon of the
Travellers Accident Insurance company;
made an examination for a life insurance
about four years ago and recommended him;
he died from asphyxia or drowning; no evil
dence of injury, except that of a wound on
the side of the face, evidently produced by
fish hook when searching for the body.
This closed the evidence, and t, jury in
q few minutes returned the following
VERDICT.
We, the jury from the evidence presented
to US find that the deceased came to his
death by accidental drowning, near the
Clark numbering company's mill, in Lake
st. Croix, on the morning of Sunday, Sep
TENDER IA, 1884.
THE FUNERAL.
There was a large attendance yesterday
afternoon at the funeral. The services were
held at the house, the Rev. DIR. Carroll offici-
ating, assisted by the Rev. T. McClary. At
Fairview cemetery the ceremonies were con-
Quoted by the Odd Fellows, and were most
impressive. The following old residents and
ofthc city, and who were
intimate acquaintance Of the deceased acted
as pail bearers: John s. Proctor, j. D. Nc
Comb, Geo. NJ. Seymour, Myron Shepard,
Robt. Simpson and Chas. Bean.
T osT, strayed or stolen, white English setter
1Idog. with yellow spots. Wore collar bearing
the name OF "Geo. A Castleman, 1923 Olive
street, St. Louis $40 reward for return to
Matt Clark. 2sl.2G3.
ITO RENT-A house Of seven rooms, on
l. South First street. Apply TO w. S. Conrad
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