St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-16
A Cloud Of Mystery Still Enshrouds tho
Identity Of the Man Murdered
at the Transfer.
Vain Efforts of the officials to Prove
That His Name is Daniel
Smith.
No One Lays Claim 10 the Load Of
Stock Arrived at Minnesota
Transfer.
Martins Record at Valley City,
Dak., Shown TO be a Very
Bad One.

| cloud OF mystery will be cleared I'D yery
soon. The telegraph was brought into
requisition yesterday by both detectives
and authorities at the yards but no replies
come that tended to throw any light Oh the
true name of the murdered man. Several
| people went to the city hospital to view the
! corpse, and, if possible, identify the re-
mains as those of an acquaintance, but. al
though several of them claimed that the re-
semblance was striking, they concluded
that ne was not the man they thought he
was, ana withdrew without giving the de-
tectlYes any satisfaction. Nothing new was
learned at the Transfer, and no horses have
yet put in an appearance that haven't been
| accounted. A carload of twenty mules az
rived Sunday morning from Reilley IL Wool
fert. st. Louis, consigned to Jones 81
Brinker. Clifford, Trail county, Oak.
| There was no one with the stock and they
had been cared for by l. G.. Beach
and w. +. McClung, who arrived at the
same time with two carloads of stock for
Bismarck, Oak. Mr.. McClung, at the
Transfer yesterday, said he was at st. Louis
when the mules were loaded. and noticed
that there was no one with them and re-
marked 1t at the time. They were loaded
last wednesday night, and the train left
the city Thursday morning. He noticed
that no one accompanied the carload of
stock. and he watched them until the train
reached station some distance below AL
bert Lea, when the conductor told him
that telegram had been received by the
station agent at that point ordering the
mules to be watered and fed and, through
pity for the animals, McClung attended to
| them until they arrived at the Transfer,
where they now are. Traffic Manager
Alexander OF tire Manitoba road was wired
! and asked whom he had made special
transportation rates with. He replied that
he didn't know, as the rates were made by
letter. He asked Mr.. Sullivan of the
Transfer to send man with the mules to
| their destination, as he had learned that
Jones & Brinker were reliable parties and
lived in Buffalo, n. Y.
DID NOT KNOW HIM.
A locomotive engineer living in Minneap-
oils yesterday said he thought he knew the
murdered man, and that he had lived
neighbor to him about thirteen miles from
Sheffield, Ia. He went to the city hospital
with Mr.. Sullivan of the Transfer but
failed to Identify the remains. The state
ment Of Brinker that he hired a man to
take charge of the carload of mules by the
name OF Dan Smith, who wanted to 90 to
Dakota and claimed to hail from Nashville,
Tenn, is poohed at by the detectives. If
he did, and the dead man is the Dan Smith
he hired and the book found in the privy
vault was his, as is strongly suspected, the
entries therein would disprOve the statement
that he came from Nashville, Tenn. Again,
| if through any circumstances Smith had
| been left by the stock train in st. Louis, he
would probably have boarded a passenger
train and tried to intercept the stock train
at some station between this point and ST.
Louis; if he left st. Louis to meet the stock
here he couldn't have done it, and arrived at
the Transfer at the hour he was first seen
there. If Dan Smith hailed from Nash
vile. Tenn. why should he tell the fore
man of the Transfer stOck-yards that he
came from Iowa.
TELEGRAMs RECEIVED.
Several kilograms have been received
from various parts of the country in regard
to Smith and Martin. H. j. Chester,
deputy sheriff at Fairfield, Ia, sent a dis
patch to Chief Clark ordering him to hold
Martin until he heard from l. l.. Elwood,
DeKalb, III. 1t is quite probable that Mar
tin will be held. r. Watts of the Buffalo,
n. Y, detective agency, asked if there
was any truth in the report that A. l..
Smith was murdered. AS A. l.. Smith
was at the Transfer Sunday and took his
stock west the same day, word was sent
back that A. L. Smith was all right. A.
n. Johnson of Benson. Minn., telegraphed
that he had learned particulars and deScrip-
tiOn of the man killed and thought he knew
him as L. II. Smith. George Sill wired
from st. Charles. ILL.,, that r. Smith of
that town was missing and thought the
murdered man might be he. He described
the man as having lost one front upper
tooth, scar two inches long on the LETT leg
and dimpleS in his chin. This cannot be
the man.
Edward Warendorph, a former clerk in
the Golden Eagle clothing store, Mime
apolis. where Martin is claimed to have
bought the Overalls. came down yesterday
and recognized Martin as the man who pur-
chased the overalls. Warendorph happened
to be in the store at the time the purchase
was made and noticed Martin.
NOT HER HUSBAND.
Last night. Mrs. Lizzie Smith Of Mime
apOlis, who claims her husband is cattle
shipper and stOckman, called at the police
station and requested to see the remains of
the murdered man. She said she thought
it might possibly be her husband and She
wanted to satisfy herself. Sergt. Hauft
was sent out to the hospital with the lady,
who viewed the corpse and said it wasn't
her husband. In looking over the memo
randum book found in the vault, an entry
was found where threshng machine had
been hauled from Attica to Rainey-
vile, Ind, and certain amount
of money paid for the work.
The detectives thought that probably
Smith had lived in one of those towns and
sent message yesterday afternoon to
ascertain If such man was known in that
part of the country.
Martin holds himself well together and is
as cold and uncOmmittal as ever although
he begins to realize the seriousness of his
position and is apparently Ill at ease over
his prospects. The inquest which it was
intended to have held yesterday has been
indefinitely postponed, but viii probably
be held Wednesday or Thursday.
The following special dispatch to the
GLOBE regarding Martin was received last
night:
Valley City, Oak, March 15.-The fol-
lowing facts relative to j. D. Martin, who is
held on suspicion of being the murderer Of
Daniel Smith, came to the knowledge of q
GLOBE reporter to-day: young man named
J. D. Martin, answering the description pub
lshed IN yesterday GLOBE, came with q car
load of horses to Valley City April O. 1885,
and resided at the Kindred hotel continuously
until Nov. 8, 1885. Shortly after his arrival
his wife arrived and he went into the livery
business with w. R. Williams of this city.
The partnership continued until he left here,
during which time he succeeded in doing up
Williams to the extent of about $1,000. His
wife continued guest OF the hotel until
Dec. 10, when she also left, leaving
behind an unsettled board bill. Prior to her
leaving it was learned that Martin was in
Burlington, la. A letter received at the hotel
from Mrs. Martin, dated Burlington, Ia,
March Z, and postmarked the Sth, states that
her husband had purchased a carload of
horses, which were on the track ready for
shipment. That they were sold to a man
from St. Louis, because he could do better
than if he brought them to Dakota. The let
ter further stated that she would start the
next day for Valley City and not to bother
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