St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-17

by Martin 10 st. Louis man. This letter
cannot now be found. The horses were billed
from the Minnesota Transfer, March 6,
In car 12,48G, Chicago, Burlington Il
Winslow tells two stories, one that the horsei
belong TO him, and, the other, that they be-
long TO Hartley Bros. He denies that Martin
has any interest in them. Winslow gave
draft on Chicago, drawn in his favor at the
National bank, Salem, Ia, for $3.50 in pay
ment for freight.
Martin says he knows the Hartley broth
els, and that l.. NJ. Hartley owns farm
near Salem, Ia. and his brother, ID. ii.
Hartley, is stock dealer. He says that he
entered into a contract wsth ID. III. Hartley
TO purchase a carload of horses and came
up here TO ascertain the condition OF the
market and lie arm If they could
ship the horses up here at such
figure as to make il pay. If he found il
satisfactory he was to return, and he and
ID. III. Hartley were TO buy the horses of l..
NJ. Hartley at 500 head. That this is a
fact would seem from the statement Of Mr..
Ryan at the stock yards, who says
that Martin asked him how horses
were selling, and if he thought
he could sell carload here.
The following dispatch was received last
night which indicates that Martins trans
actions, while he was in the territory, were
little crooked:
Special TO the Globe.
Valley City, Oak, March 16.-The following
facts have been learned to-day regarding
certain mortgage on record here given by
Charles b. Roberts TOD ID. Martin in june, 1855.
Charlas y. Roberts mortgages TO j. D. Martin
about forty-hve head OF cattle and six head
of horses on northeast quarter OF sec. 81,
township 139. range 90, the stock TO be
wiuterei on the above land for
the sum of Sl,s60." Investigation shows
that no such stock is or was wintered, or
that there are any buildings whatever on
SAID quarter, and no such man IS known in
this neighborhood as said Charles b. Roberts.
This is probably toe transaction referred TO
by the cashier OF the Salem, Ia, bank.
Special TO the Globe.
BURLINGTON. Ia, March I6.-Moore stopped
at the Prospect house on Dec. 10, and left
Dec. 26, 1855. He was in company with
Martin, and had his life insured
! Nov. 81 for $1,000 in the
Travellers OF Hartford, payment 10
! be made to Martin Internationally in event
! OF death. Martin guaranteeing premium
and paying the first installment. The second
was not paid and the policy lapsed. Both
men were anxious to get Moores lie
heavily insured. Moore said he came from
| Dakota, where he was in charge OF Martin
| horse ranch, and was indebted to Martin
He wanted tho insurance 10 secure the
| obligation.
A PLAUSIBLE THEORY.
One theory of the many advanced in this
case is that Moore came to Minneapolis
ahead of Martin; that Martin met him on
the street in Minneapolis, and told him he
! had a carload of horses that would arrive at
the Minnesota Transfer Saturday morn
ing, and as Moore had worked for him
! before he again engaged him and sent him
to the Transfer to prepare for the stock;
that Martin had been in this part OF the
country before and owed money to several
parties and could not well hold these
horses in his own name, and as
Moore had been connected with him
at his former visit he arranged
with Martin that he would assume the
name Dan Smith, go to the stock yards and
claim that these horses were coming TO him,
and that he owned them. That, as matter of
fact, Martin had no horses, nor did he expect
any, but he did have a grudge against
Moore or some reason for putting him out
of the way and thought the Transfer good
place to do the Job; that after sending Moore
TO the Transfer he purchased the overalls
and went to the Transfer; that he went
down TO the pen and killed him about
$50 or s o'clock, that he put on Moore's
overcoat in addition to the oyeralls to pro-
tect his clothes from blood stains, that he
threw the coat in the box car on his way 10
the Davis house and the Overalls in the
vault What the motive was is still a
mystery.
The message that was sent to Attica,
Ind, was the one that unlocked the mys-
terry surrounding the murdered mans iden-
tity. and it was very clever piece of work
on the part of Chief Detective OConnOr,
who, from among the spasmodic entries
| made I'm fhe notehoOk found got a clue
that brought around the results.