St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-15
A Deal of Speculation as to the Identity
of the Man Murdered at the
Transfer.
Nellie HiCkok, in Pursuit Of Her Hus-
band, Falls Dead at the Sight
of Him.
An Evening With the Alleged Spirits
--Workingmen Discuss
Many Themes.
Caught at the Hotels--Mr. German
and the PuZzle--Notes OF
Sunday.
WHO WAS THE MURDERED MAN
Many Attempts tn Identify the Vic
tim of the Transfer Cutting.

Many Attempts To Identify the VIC
tim of the Transfer Cutting.
The mystery surrounding the murder of
Dan Smith at the stock yards on Friday
night has not yet been cleared up, although
the police force have been laboring at IL
ever since Crcumstantial evidence is in
creasing against Martin, but the difficulty is
in placing the murdered man. Nothing
has been learned concerning him that is at
all positive, and while dozens of possible
clues to his history are followed, they
yield nothing satisfactory. a large
number of people viewed the remains
yesterday at the city hospital, and some
thought they might know him. Whenever
this was the case they clue was followed
until it turned out TO be the wrong scent.
The detectives, however claim TO have
found a certain clue and say that a gentle
man from DUBUQUE, Ia, will arrive in the
city this morning who will identify not only
the murdered man but the prisoner, and
clear away the mystery. The officers agree
that the case is one of the most mysterious
of any they were ever connected with. II
affords ample room for all sorts of imagina-
BILE theories. The most curious feature of
the case is that no stock has arrived
or been heard from that can
be supposed to belong to the murdered man,
although the telegraph has been freely
made use of to hunt it up. No inquest will
be held over the remains to-day, Coroner
Quinn not having decided when TO hold it,,
but not before Wednesday at any rate He
desires to wait if possible until something
is learned of the mans history and at any
rate until his residence is aScertained.
RESEMBLES A DAKOTA MAN.
j. NJ Kellie, who boards at 36S Waeouta
street. went to the city hospital yesterday
thinking he knew the murdered man. After
looking at the corpse he was not sure of the
Identification, but saw strong resemblance.
He thought the man might be one named
Lovelace a stock dealer from Valley City,
Oak, who had boarded at 3GS Wacouta
street, several weeks ago while in the city
and who stopped at the house last Wednes-
day night, leaving Thursday morning after
breakfast. He had only known the man
slightly.
MARTIN IDENTIFIED.
Yesterday morning Detectives O'Connor
and AhTens took the prisoner Martin to
Minneapolis TO see if the parties who sold
the overalls on Thursday could identify
him. A clerk in the Golden Eagle clothing
store who sold the goods identified Martin
positively as the man who made the pur-
chase. AS stated in yesterdays GLOBE the
Overalls were from a particular manufac-
tory in the East. the goods being sold only
at this store in Minneapolis and were easily
identified on Saturday. The overalls were
not taken along with the prisoner, but the
clerk said positively that Martin was the
man who purchased them, and to show
further his memory Of the sale he wrote on
a slip of paper the size and sale marks Of
IL, oh, In nffin
their return here correspondent exactly with
the measurement of the goods. This iden-
LITIGATION Of Martin is considered a strong
piece of circumstantial evidence against
him. Although the prisoner has showed
remarkable GOODNESS since under arrest it
was apparent yesterday that he was
LOSING HIS NERVE.
He seemed to become nervous and would
start suddenly at any little noise in an adj
Joining CELL and after this instantaneous
demonstration would quiet down again.
But his nerves were unsteady and this per-
Torrance would be repeated at the least
sound, the movement being accompanied by
clutching his breast. He anXiously inquired
at what time his examination would come
off and when his trial would be, provided
he waived examination. He also wanted
one of the officers to explain the penalties
IOr murder III the Inherent degrees. AT
times during conversation he would sud-
denly branch off into a different subject
and talk like child. He talks rather dis
cOnnectedly about carrying knife; said he
sometimes carried one and sometimes he
did not. Numerous people were admitted
TO see him yesterday, but none appeared
who had ever known him. n large number
of people also visited the city hospital yes
terday to see the remains of the murdered
man and possibly to identify him. Several
parties were in doubt whether they had
Known him in life, but none knew posi-
lively.