St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14

w E-4l seen at the Transfer
" <7 about o'clock Friday
~ night where he con-
L ~ -N verSed with Mr.. Ryan,
X A S>who had met him before.
N1aSI >aS he was shipping stock
TN through to Dakota. He
was seen here last June, when he had stock
with him. He told Ryan that he was up
here this time for the purpose of
learning how the market was, as
he had horses in Iowa that he
thought0 of shipping here, il he
could make it pay. About o'clock Ryan
started for st. Paul and Martin went part
way TO the depot with him, saying that he
guessed he would go to Minneapolis, but
before he reached the station he said he
guessed he wouldn't GO and leaving Ryan,
turned back. That was the last that was
seen of MIN until about $50. when he
walked into the Transfer house, washed hls
hands and went outside 10 the
water closet. He next showed up at the
depot where Smith had been taken for
transportation TO this city. He mingled
with the crowd that stood around the muir
dered man apparently as unconcened as
though il was the commOneSt occurrence.
After Smith had been put aboard the train
Martin left the depot. 4 man by the
name of Tanning, who was in the
crowd and who boarded at the
Transfer house went Immediately from the
depot to the hotel and was standing by the
corner of the house when he observed Mar
thu coming from among the freight ears i'm
the direction of the pen where Smith had
been struck down. Martin entered the ho-
tel and retired, sleeping until he was
awaked by the detectives and placed under
arrest. lie appeared perfectly calm and
answered all questions promptly, denying
that he knew Smith or had any knowledge
OF the murder. When he was taken out
side the detective looked at Martins over
shoes and, noticing a stain on one Of them,
said:
'Thats blood on your overshoe!'
"Yes," calmly remarked Martin, "that S
blood"
How do you account for it?"inquired the
Il don't know unless it spattered on the
shoe at the depot when stood near the man."
he replied.
Those who were at the depot said Martin
did not stand near enough to Smith to get
blood on his shoes. The detectives searched
the vault of the hotel. privy and found
pair of overalls and note book torn into
pieces, also several cards bearing the
names of various females whose
address was the Exchange hotel,
in some town not mentioned.
On the fragments of the book were stains
of blood and on one knee of the overalls,
which were evidently new, there was
dark spot as though the wearer had knelt
down in damp place. On the leaves of
the book were entries of names of varions
people in the Northwest and Iowa, among
which were HousOn & Osgood, Fargo, Oak,
ID. Benedict, West Burlington. Ia; Jacob
Bates. 0ttumwa, Ia; John Purcell, Aus
tin, Mimi, and others. There was also an
entry stating the date of beginning board
ing at the Prospect house, Burlington, and
another noting arrival in Minneapolis at
1925. This was all that could be
gained from the diary, and although
it is the impression that it
belonged to Martin, there seems to he no
absolute proof. Late Friday afternoon
man recognizedsas Martin. entered Charles
HOblough's restaurant, opposite the Trans
fer house, and said he was looking for
stranger. and after looking around the
room. said he wasn't there, and left
MARTINS STORY.
Martin was seen yesterday afternoon by
a GLOBE reporter and interviewed. He
said he was from Salem. Ia, where he
dealt in horses. About two years ago he
went to Dakota, near Valley City, and put
in a crop Of wheat after which he returned
to Iowa. He claimed to have a wife and
eight-months-old child living at the Pros
pect house, Burlington. He claimed that
he left Burlington for Minneapolis Thurs
day morning and arrived in the
latter city Friday noon, stopping
at the Windsor house. He had check for
an overcoat at that hotel and the detectives
found the coat which was coonskin. He
denied all knowledge of the murder and
thought it very strange that circumstances
had combined so against him. He said his
visit here at this time was for the purpose
of finding out how the horse market was
and intended to leave for home yesterday.
IDENTIFICATION WANTED.
All day yesterday the detectives and the
authorities at the Transfer were endeayOr-
ing by telegraph to learn something regard
ing Smith, but failed. Mr.. Bond, proprie-
tor of the Prospect house. Burlington, was
telegraphed and replied that he knew of no
such man.
Up to late hour last night no car of
of horses had arrived at the transfer billed to
such man as Daniel Smith, and none that
were not accounted for, and extensive tele-
graphing along the line of the Minneapolis
IL st. Louis road failed to bring to the sur
face car of horses billed to any such
man. This fact only deepens the
mystery. That Smith possessed
any large amount of money
is not known. as the only cash he showed
was about IS in silver, which he had when
he paid his bill at the Transfer house.
Yesterday morning Smiths overcoat was
found in an empty box car, few rods from
the spot where he was murdered. Near
the bottom on the right hand side
was a spot of blood, the
edges of the sleeve were slightly
stained, and on the back was a patch of
blood. This skaters the theory that he
was wearing the coat at the time he was
struck. In the pocket of the coat was
found half of a return ticket from Min
neapOlis TO Merriam paIk, which indicates
that he was stopping there, but where is
still mystery.
At the request of Martin. T. G. Foster,
cashier Of the National State bank of Bur
lington, was telegraphed for information re-
garding his character. In reply the fol-
lowing telegram was received:
l have had slight business transactions
with ]. d. Martin of Salem. a horse dealer,
and have found him straight. 1 believe he
has some property. Am not intimately ac-
quanted with him, but think his only weak
ness is for beer. Il. G. FOSTER.
w. II. Bliss cashier of the Salem bank,
was wired, and sent the following reply: