St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-05
MONDAY IN SALTWATER.
The Body Found in Long Lake That Of
Frank E. Evans.
IT WAS ALMOST NAKED.
Tile Coroner Awaiting News From
Michigan, the Former Home Of
Evans.

? The dead body of the man found Sun
day frozen in the ice near Long lake.
Marine township, is evidently that of
Frank +. Evans, recently of Brooklyn.
Mich. Coroner Clark reached Marine
after dark. and, after examining the
body as closely as was possible by the
aid ola lantern. and without removing
the remains from the ice-bOund posi-
ton, came home, ordering that the re-
mains be chopped out. placed in box
and kept until further orders from HIM.
The body was entirely naked, except
for congress gaiter upon the left foot,
and in very shallow slough three
four - If mile from Long lake and
eighty rods from the 500 railroad
track. 1t lay face upward, with the
nose just even with the upper surface
OF the ice. which was covered with four
inches of water. The coroner cut away
enough ice to plainly disclose the head
and chest, which were shrunken and
eaten by animals. Tie face was totally
unrecogmzable, and the hair, which
was short and brown, had slipped
off. In The left groin was
a round wound larger than
would be made by an ordinary
pistol ball, but being filled with ice its
exact character could not be determined.
A severe wound, reaching across the
forehead, had also apparently been re-
ceived. At the edge of the marsh, ten
rods from the body. was found right
foot congress gaiter, and between that
article and the body was found a mans
vest of good material. In the pockets
were a heavy, open-faced Elgu watch.
stopped precisely at 6 O'clock, small
case containing watch-key, charm and
medallion from q cameo ring and let
ties. The envelope of the letter was adj
dressed in ink to Frank E. Evans,
Brooklyn, Mich, signed, Lovingly
your mother, E. \. Evans" and was
postmarked as mailed at jackson, Mich,
Sept. $, 1888, and received at Brooklyn
Sept. 9. The letter was in pencil and
written on the business letter-head of
W. E. Evans, dealer in meats, eggs,
etc, Jackson. Mich. The writing had
become so elfaced as to be iilegible in
most of,its lines, but related mainly to
"details Of family matters, and desired
the receiver 10 write. at once, as all were
anxious to know how he was succeed
ing, Coroner Clark thinks deceased
was about five feet nIne inches in
height. ard between Jhirty-five and
forty years of age. He thinks also that
the man in some manner fell from
moving 800" train and received
wound in the head that SO affected MIN
mentally that he inSanely stripped HIM
self and wandered into the slough. No
articles Of clothing except the shoes and
vest have been found, and the latter
was twisted and knotted tightly. The
body has no doubt been in the slough
since last fall. The coroner has written
10 the Michigan address found in the
letter, and Oh the nature of the reply de-
ponds whether or not he will hold an iii
quest.
The officers-elect of the lumbermen's
board Of trade for the ensuing year are :.
James MulVey, president; Sam Nc
Clucr. vice president; Jacob Bean.
treasurer; f. Is. Yates, secretary: jacob
Bean. collector Of scattering logs; Will
lam Chalmers. }. S. OBrien, W. q.
Bronson ST., Albert Tozer and Eugene
O'Neal. directors. The board made an
assessment of three fourthS of cent
per each thousand logs CT the cut of 1888
for the spring drive.
The city council will have another
Wtlirl this evening at the proposed
amendment TO the city charter estab-
fishing board Of public works. Some
OF the aldermen are i'll doubt whether
their constituents are clamorOns for
such body, and to-night'S session is
announced as a free-for-all, al which
citizens are requested to take a hand
and tell the council what had better be
done IN the matter.
The city clerk is about TO issue notices
Tor the spring election. The officers to
be chosen are Il mayor. treasurer, one
alderman from the First ward to sue
coed Kitty, two from the Second for two
and three years TO succeed BOrrowman
and Eoilgny, respectively, and two for
the same relative time from the third to
succeed fleming and Murray. No one
Is yet talked OF as Mayor Seymour'S sue
cessOr.
sIrs. Alex Chavari, stranger, ar
rived here with her children yesterday
from the East 10 Join her husband.
W me asleep en- route i'll passenger
coach east OF Chicago, she was robbed
bf her vaiises, containing her money and
personal effects, as well as her hus-
bands address. She, however, remem-
Dered that ne worked in one of MuSser
~ Sauht;y'S lumber camps. She reached
mere destitute, ana was taken in charge
oy James CIappcrton, agent of Musser
" Sauntry, and housed at Foreman
james GnderhilFs residence until her
husband can GC heard from.
Wi am Foran leaves OH visit to the
far West to-day. His daughter, Mrs
Charles kaist, OF st. Paul. will assume
Charge Of his household during his alb
Sence.
The wall guards at the prison yester-
day pleased themselves by conspicu-
Ously decorating their sentry boxes with
flags, in honor OF the inauguration of a
Republican president. One of them
hung out q placard informing all the
passing public that Harrison would now
turn the rfscalS out.
By a reorganization just effected an
efficient aud permanent choir-Messrs.
w. c. Masternan, George o. Haskell,
Mrs. L. $. Davis add Mrs. w. G. Mas
tcrman--is now secured for the First
Presbyterian church.
With a banquet and dancing The ladies
of the ''f.. S. H." Cooking club enter
tanned favored friends at the Sawyer
last evening.
John Dillon, in ''Sky Scfaper," at the
opera hOase tomorrow night.
The boilers OF the Knapp have been
transferred 10 the ieVee; and Will be used
in Anderson d O'BrieH's new steamer.