St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-06
A BEAUTIFUL VICTIM.
Chicago Excited by the Dis
covery Of a Mangled
Corpse.
Remains identified as Those
Of Pretty Actress Fannie
Cartwright.
The Suspicious Circumstances
Confuse the Police and
Railroad Men.
A Crooked General--Omaha
Train Robbers Get $4,000
in Coin.

CHICAGO, Nov. 5. A mysterious
tragedy which is exciting nest in
tense interest, ELECTED a provokingly
unsatisfactory verdict from coroner's
jury here to-day. Tue victim was a
well-dressed, but unidentified young
girl of eighteen or twenty, who must
have been singularly beautiful in life.
Her m3ngled body was found in a lone
some railroad yard on the West side on
a mass of tracks and standing freight
cars.
The theory has been advanced that
the young woman was murdered and
her dead body thrown on the track in
order to make it appear that she met
her death accidentally. The circum-
stance that no blood was found OH the
rails OF the roadOed favOrs the sugges-
ton of foul play. 1t is argued that if
the girl were instantly killed on the
track the scene. of the slaughter would
be blOOd-bespattered. 1t was found,
as matter of fact, that
while the wOman'S clothes were spat-
tered with gore, not a drop had flowed
on the ground. This gives rise to the
supposition that the girl was killed an
hour or two before her body was placed
on the track. The place where the body
was found is dismal and fOrbidding. and
AN AIR OF gloom peryades the scene,
either night or day.
Railroad Mans story.
The unfortunate was a blonde with
perfect features and curly hair that fell
nearly to her shoulders. She wore con-
siderable jewelry and several bangles,
which bore the inscriptions 'Etfie, ELY.
VIII, frankie, j. R." etc. At the INQUEST
sWltchman gave evidence confirming
the murder theory. He found the BODY.
and he said that when he discovered it
the corpse was cold, as if death had Oc-
CURED some hours before. He passed
the place on the track where the body
lay at about II O'Clock. and the CORPSE
was not there then. Between that hour
and / O'Clock two switch engines ran
over the same track. but no passenger
train. He testified that the shawl
upon the body was untorn, although
1t covered the right arm, which was
crushed. From the fact that no blood
or flesh could be found on the tracks,
and from the appearance of the corpse,
he did not think the girl was killed on
that track. Notwithstanding this testi-
mony, the jury rendered verdict of
accidental death. caused by being ran
over by an engine. The cOnclu-
Sion was based on the fact that
the heavy underclothing might have
absorbed all the blood; that the body
had undeni3bly been horribly mangled
by railroad wheels. and that no knife or
bullet marks could be discovered. 1t is
admitted there is possibility that
the supposed murderer crafty placed
the corpse Oh the track IN
position to ensure the Oblit-
Grafton of the real death wounds.
LATER-The remains were identified
as those of Fannie Cartwright, an ac-
tress, who lived with her mother in this
city. In order to reach the latter's house
by the shortest cut. it is thought she
might have attempted crossing the rail-
road yard and been run down in the
dark. The dead girl bore an excellent
reputation.