The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-25

The community OF Crystal Falls has
been considerably stirred up this week
by the finding OF the dead body OF Anders
(Andrew) DIN in the house on the home
stend OF John Lungren. in the Fortune
lake country.
Sunday morning, two OF the Lungren
boys, named Charles and Gustav, started
for the homestead, to visit with the aged
man, which he was, the remainder OF the
day. At about noon they arrived at an
adjoining homestead, that owned by
Charles Anderson. Here, Gustav, who
by the way, IL the youngest 81 the boys
in the Lungren family, stopped, while the
eldest, Charley, continued on 10 their
farm. He found the door OF the house
open and entered: all was cheerless
within, and he suspected something out
Of the way had transpired. The building
il in dimensions 14x26 feet, built of hewn
logs, has two rooms-one forgeneral pur-
poses and the other IA sleeping apart
ment. Charles made his way To the bed
room and was Mortified To see the spec
tacle that instantly met his eyes. Lying
In the middle of the room in pool OF
blood, was the body OF Andrew Olin.
Too startled to make any examination,
he ran To the Anderson homestead and
told what he had seen. Homesteader
Anderson was not mt home but WIS over
at Gustafson's homestead, while the
latter's vile was visiting with Mrs.
Anderson. The two housewives became
alarmed upon hearing Charley's state
ment and did not dare to leave for the
house. The two brothers were hurrying
| TO the homestead when the elder brother,
John, who had later on in the morning
started for the same place, was seen
l... her
went TO the house and examined IA best
they could the sickening and trying sight.
Their discovery was that he was In his
drawers, stocking feet and also n sort OF
blouse. He was lying on his right side,
Winchester rifle al "a calibre lay on
his left side and back and was held in
| his left hand. On pair az overalls I'm
the blood, was loaded cartridge; the
gun was examined and found to contain
an empty shell. Two clocks in the room
were running and the blood was thick
and cold. indicating that the deed had
been done the day before. After some
further investigation about the room.
| the BOYS hitched up the horse and start
] ed for home. Next day the body was
brought To town and placed in the un :
dertaking establishment Of G.. s. Henry.
A jury was sworn in and the body ex-
amined by DIR. A. +. Jennings. whose
written certihcation il as follows:
To WHOM IT MAY CoScERs:-
| hereby certify that | examined the body OF
| Andrew DIN. lying In the undertaken = establish.
/ ment OF Chas. Henry In the village Of Crystal
| Falls, Mich, and found gun shot wound evi-
IDENTIFY inflicted with n SMALL WEAPON. The
| weapon had been placsd IN the mouth; the
bullet. which was small one, made its exit at
| the junction OF thecorontl and sagittal sutures
/ the opening here was small, which indicates that
the instrument which caused death was OF the
Inn ttn.a nh Aaap lad
A. r. JENNINGS. VI. ID.
The jury did not wish TO turn i'm YER
dict without looking over the ground.
which they accordingly did but not until
Wednesday and the remains of the poor
old man were allowed To be buried the
same afternoon they were brought to
this city On Wednesday afternoon and
evening this empanneled jury was trying
TO PROFOUND the mysteries of the aged
mans death and finally concluded he
had committed suicide. The verdict was
brought in between the hours OF eleven
and twelve O'Clock and H.:
CRYSTAL FALLS, MICH, October 81, 1890.
We the undersigned believe 20 the best OF our
ability. according 20 the evidence given In your
court That JoHN OIIs came 10 his death by his
| own hands. LOUIS A. CLAPP,
JoHN DoLAN,
| EDwAHD BAKER,
| fACOn BINDER.
| ,TOHN THoMBI.EY.
| BENJAMIN SIRR.
IL will be seen that i'm the jury's verdict
the given name of the man appears M
John which must be conceded as "a gross
mistake on the part 81 the jury.
Homesteader Anderson reported he
had heard three shots fired of at the
Lungren homestead between the hours III
five o'clock Saturday afternoon and
three o'clock Sunday morning
Tuesday morning THE DIAMOND DRILL
sent representative to the scene and
his discoveries In and about the house
were of such nature M will not corrob-
crate the conclusion arrived at by the
body OF men sworn in and called jury .
On the doorstep hG noticed spots Of
blood. which could also he traced into
the bedroom. The apartment contained
two beds on the bed pillow az the dead
man he discovered n bone, about n half
inch square and quite thin; few other
similar looking but smaller pieces were
also Co be- seen n short distance from
where lay his head. Under his Uranium
could be seen "A battered bullet-not by
any means the size 81 Winchester rifle
bullet 81 "A calibre, but bullet rcsemb-
ling more In size that OF a 30 calibre
revolver, but no such weapon was To- be
seen or found. The mans head was to
the south and near his bed, which seems
90 have been used the Saturday night I;
the mans feet extended 90 thcnorthward