St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-07
CLEANED IN SALTWATER.
Discoveries Which Indicate That Frank
Evans Was Insane.
HIS DISCARDED ovERCoAT
And Other Clothing Now in the Hands
OF the Coroner---The Log
ging Outlook.

Something of interest bearing on the
case of Frank 81. Evans, presumably the
man whose body was found frozen in
slough near Long lake, came to light
yesterday. Last September George
Nay, living near the shores of CarneIian
lake, in Marine, noticed strange, we'll
dressed man wandering aimlessly about
in the vicinity of the lake and acting
In curious manner. At length the
stranger made rather eXtfavagant DEM
onstrations in stripping off his overcoat
and throwing it upon the ground, after
which he came to the Nay farm house
and asked for drink of water, subse-
quently going back after his coat and
disappearing toward the north. He
said but little and appeared mentally
deranged. On the following day young
Nay found the same oyercoat worn by
the stranger on another part of the
farm and about two and one-half miles
from the spot where the body was found
last Sunday. Nay still has the garment,
blue chinchilla of fine quality. In one
of its pockets was an elegantly en-
broidered hat-band bearing the signif-
cant initials. "F. ii. E.' The band is
now in possession of the coroner. Since
the removal of the dead mans body
from the ice there has been found near
the spot pair of pants and drawers,
which had been stripped or ''peeled''
Off in such way that the drawers were
outside the other garment. Marshal
Charles Bloom, of Marine Mills village.
says that in the breast of the corpse are
two circular wounds, which he thinks
are bullet holes. The body is packed in
ice at the Marine town hall awaiting
word from the coroner. who has not yet
received reply to his letter written to
the Jackson address found in the dead
| mans vest.
w. A. Chambers, of r. J. Wheeler &
Co.'s offices, on his return from an in
lpectiOn of the situation at Eau Claire
Iake's camps. says: The ability to do
any further hauling is contingent upon
both more snow and good freeze.
There is now absolutely no snow with
which to build logging roads even if
cold weather should come. Three or
four inches and stiff freeze would
make pretty fair doings. We have sent
down our skidding crews and kept the
trans so as to bank what is skidded in
case we can get hauling. This talk
about 250,000,000 feet having been cut
on these waters this season is absurd,
1t is impossible to do in five weeks
land that's about all the good hauling
we've had) what it took four months to
accomplish last season. We. ourselves,
started in for between 100000 and g.
100000 and got 100000. None have
cept a few having especially handy
chances. l think other concerns have
DISCHARGED their skidding crews and
are merely waiting for a apostolic chance
| to get in the logs already skidded. j
The body of Charles Shomberg Z
killed Tuesday by a rolling log at An :
derson & OBriens' camp, near Hay
wood, arrived here yesterday morning.
and was transferred to Harris, where's
the parents of deceased live.
Daniel HOOley, son of the late Dennis.
Hooley, was arrested yesterday on the :
charge of seduction and bastardy pre-
ferred by Miss Louisa Noll. The COM
planning witness says she was betrayed
by Daniel June 1, 1888, on the farm in
Saltwater town. She gave birth to a.
child Wednesday, and charges its
paternity upon HOoley. Att late hour
yesterday the latter was in charge of ana
officer skirmishing round IN search of
judge of the municipal court in order.
to obtain approval of his bail bond.
Anticipating the removal of Harry
Wheeler and family to California about
forty friends surprised them at their J
home Tuesday night to wish them good
bye and Godspeea. IN behalf of the
callers Rev. J. f. SCHNEIDER presented
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler with some hand
some table silverware.
The city council Tuesday rejected the
proposed charter amendment establish
ing a board of public works, and re-
sclnded its previous approval of the
amendment divorcing the offices of city
clerk and clerk of the municipal court,
and fixing salaries for those offices.
The council seems to be getting ratified
in its irregular struggle with a revised
charter.
At Republican caucus held yester-
day in Saltwater town the following
ticket was nominated: John Kitty,
clerk and assessor: T. j. Kitty. treas
urer; j. E. Jackman, chairman of board;
Ed Jones and William Van Tassell, su-
peryisors.
Aid. Borrowman has rendered his
resignation, to take effect April 9, priv
ate business demanding his entire atten-
ton.