The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-08-26
acknowledgements.
r. R. Musgrave, of Chicago, is
Burned to Death.
He Had Engaged in Crooked Real Estate Deal.
1ngs and FOrgeries-HeR evisits Terre
Haute and Perishes in q Cabin.
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| lSpecialto THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 25.-Tht
dramatic elimination of the career of s
poor Widows defrauder came to light to-
| day. On the banks of the Wabash river
eight miles north of here, a small. one
room log cabin, that had been unoccupied
Tor several years, about forty yards from
the banks OF the river, was burned 10 tbs
ground about midnight Sunday night, and
Monday morning. Jonathan Ward and
John A. Winters, two farmers, in looking
over the smouldering ruins were Mortified
to discover the remains of a human being.
Among the bones was found a quarter of q
dollar on which was q Knight of Pythias
emblem, with the inscription "B. r. Mus
grave, Chicago, ILL.," from which were
suspended two Office keys The brass por-
ton OF pocketoook was also found
The CHASTITY find was brought to this
city and turned over to the police Later.
Detective Dwyer found Charles M. Trout,
local real estate dealer, who threw light
upon the mystery. B. r. Musgrave. a
young Englishman about thirty-two wears
old, was prominent real estate agent
here two years ago, when the discovery of
and forgerles, by one of which widow.
Mrs. DR.. Ball, since deceased. was
sWlndled out Of her cash, led to his flight
to escape arrest. He fed 20 England. tax
ing his mother and sister with him INT
returned to this country and becoming
oolder as time went on located at Chicago
year ago and OF late had been employed
by the real estate firm of Ditx q Co.
When he fed he was prominently con-
nlctph Epir u
lodge, and many of the members stood by
him In his troubles. Last week he deter
mined to secretly visit Terre Haute in
order to see some of his staunchest friends.
and he came here last Friday night On the
9 30 train leaving the train before it
reached the depot and being met by Trout.
MusgraVe had allowed his beard to grow
and NOBODY knew him. He stopped Friday
night at the Bronson house on the ont
skirts of the city. Trout had arranged TO
take the fugitive up the river in a skiff
Saturday morning to this lonely log hut
which offered desirable spot where his
friends could secretly and without sus-
picion visit him. They went up to this
according to the arrangement aud Mus
grave was visited Sunday by several friends
from Terre Haute. Provisions were car
rled to him In a boat and benzine burner
was taken up for light. Sunday night.
came to town, intending to visit him again
yesterday morning. He left Musgraye
alone and in good spirits.
Trout's theory is that the hay and straw
which were strewn all around the log cabin
caught fire from either the open fire place
or the benzine burner and that as Mus
grave slept in the loft he was suffocated
before he was aware there was fire. He
scouts the idea of suicide, as do the other
visitors to the secret meeting place. Some
persons advance the theory that this is
desperate ruse of Musgrave to destroy his
identity by either numbering some person
or stealing corpse from grave yard. but
the best opinion from the evidence is that
this slick swindler met this dreadful fate
at the hands of providence at the very mo-
ment he was fooling the authorities by a
secret visit here. Musgraves mother, Mrs.
Sarah Musgrave, lives at Chicago with her
daughter, and he has number of relatives.
all prominent people, living in this city.