St. Paul daily globe., 1889-12-13
Stensgaard Brings a Heavy
Damage Suit Against Ar
mold Kalman.
The Revival at the Clinton
Avenue Church on in
Full Force.

The ghost of the man whose horribly
mntilated pOdy was found at Lake Jo-
hanna several weeks ago has reappeared
tO disturb the peace of certain county
officials and 4 choice cOterie Of surgeons,
medical students and practical jokerS.
The report that the victim was one Sui
iivan, a railway brakeman, caused the
Railway Mems association TO take the
matter uP. and il Is quite probable that
UNPLEASANT charges would have resulted
had the authorities much longer neg
lerted 10 officially investigate the case.
To clear their skirts of possible charges
of negligence, County Attorney Egan
and Sheriff Bean got their heads to-
gefheT and addressed the following let
ter tO Coroner Quinn:
The attention Of sheriff Bean and myself
has beeu drawn 20 vsTious public statements
in the newspapers concerning the alleged
killing of one John l.. sullivan. a railroad
man. il this city on the 3Oth day oI May last.
Neither Of Us have sufficient ohclai kno%i-
edge OF the facts Of the case To justify an ar.
rest; nor have we any jurisdiction 10 act, eX-
cept upon sworn complaint
Official action viii be taken promptly upon
evidence presented. We desire that evidence.
We ascertain that no inquest mas ever peen
had and for the purpose Of getting data rel
atiye 10 the cause Of death, and relative 10 al
the surrounding circumstances connected
with the death and interment OF lie man, we
unite in asking vou 10 hold an inquest unGef
The general laws UT this state. This action
On your part Will relieve the public mind,and
Is really demanded in the cause OF justice
and humanity,
1t has been charged that no inveStiga-
ton would be made on account of the
social standing of some Of the parties
implicated. In the above letter the
county attorney and sheriff put them
selves on record rs willing to institute
any proceedings that may be justified
by the factS-when those facts are
brought ont. Coroner Quinn appears
equally willing TO thoroughly inVesti-
gate the case, and declares himself in
the following letter addressed TO the at
i0rney and sheriff in reply:
In reply 20 your communication Of yester-
day. would say that the first intlmation OF
the death Of the party named, officially or
otherwise, came 10 me on finding his re-
mains near Lake johanna last month;
cheerfuliY coincide with you IN the ldVisa-
biiity of holding an inquest in view OF the
publicity given the matter. / think II
amounts TO nece -sity al the present time
that all the facts of the ease should be made
known 10 the public, So that either the nitl-
nicipal court or grand jury may be facili-
tated IN any investigation as 10 whether the
laws Of the state have been violated or not.
The inquest VIII be held accordingly at the
earliest practical dale.
An inquest, the coroner informed a
GLOBE reporter. will be held at the
earliest practicable date. The work of
securing evidence and summonlng wit
nesses will require several days, but it
is probable that the inquest will be held
during the coming week. The INFER
eRces are that the somewhat peculiar
case will be fully aired, and that Drs.
Murphy and Hoyt, and students Austin,
HOyt and Lynch will be called upon to
explain their connection with it. The
methods apoptpd to secure the body will
probably be inquired into. County At
torneSEgan states that the bodies of
unknown dead can only be secured for
dissection through the board of the
state university. Whether the body in
question was turned over to these Of
ticials, and in turn given out to the
students viii probably come out in the
Inquest.