St. Paul daily globe., 1892-07-21
FOOD OF THE FISHES.
Forty Days and Nights Tobias
Goldman Lay Under Har-
riet'S Wave.
Yesterday the Waters Gave
Up Their Dead and Solved
a Mystery.
Official Call for Democratic
Primaries and County
Convention.
Tennis Tournament at Minne-
tonka--Judge Hooker's
Decisions.

The mystery of Tobias g. Goldman's
disappearance is at last cleared up. 1t
is but another case of unrcquited love,
and Tobias name is on the roster of
victims. He disappeared on the after
noon of June II, and his dead, distorted
body was found yesterday afternoon.
floating on the placid bosom of Lake
Harriet. Tobias Goldman was the love-
lorn Jewish youth who, because his
sweetheart married another and hand
somer man. pined and dropped, finally
disappearing from the city as though
aided by magic. The magic it seems
was contained in the sheltering
waves OF the beautiful lake. His
sweetheart lived in Brazil, Ind He
loved her dearly, and she had recipro-
Gated to such an extent that she had
plighted him her troth. But absence,
instead of making the heart grow
fonder, proved the reverse in her case.
She found another ideal. and. III spite
OF Tobias protestations, married him.
His romance crept into the newspapers
and was talked of on the streets. In
fact, Tobias was the hero Of the day and
the object of much sympathy on the
part of the sentimental young ladies of
the city. He was employed as a clerk
in the Palace clothing store, and unlike
Viola, told his love to all his friends
and fellow clerks.
Ills parents, Moses and Mary Gold
man, live Ill a pleasant neighborhood
and a fashionable residence at 1909
Vine place. They endeavored in every
way to cure Tobias of his passion, but
Flo Had VnUeI and U.nSt
and there was no cure for him. On
June II he went to Lake Harriet and
engaged a boat. ostensibly to take row
and perhaps muse away with no one TO
disturb his meditations. He never re-
turned, but the boat and his hat and
coat soon came floating i'll to shore. where
they were picked up by the boatmen
His parents, when they were notified,
Immediately came to the conclusion
that he had ended his life by
drowning, but the police people
and his friends were of different Opln-
ion. IL was thought he had left the city
after having cast his boat adrift and
thrown his coat and hat into the water
cause his cruel sweetheart to regret her
action. The Goldman family inserted
advertisements in all the local and
Eastern papers, asking for information
of him. But none came, and Tobias was
mourned as dead. The public forgot his
little romance, aud no more wondered
what had become of him, but his mother
was persistent in her inquiries.
Yesterday afternoon, about 4 O'Clock,
a number of little boys were tn bathing
at point Oh Lake Harriet several
floating toward them a black object
which resembled a huge log. Every
wave brought it closer, and then they
beheld something which made the blood
in their little bodies freeze with terror.
1t was the body of man, bloated and
distended until it resembled a dead por-
poise. The face was SO badly decOm-
posed that scarcely anything but
The frame remained and the
eshop,l,ess jaws grinned in a
most out of their wits, the youths ran
to the pavilion and reported what they
had seen. The police at headquarters
were notified, and as the body was sup
posed to be that of Goldman. his parents
were telephoned 10. His broken hearted
father and mother and other relatives
| repaired to the lcke as soon as possible.
1t was no trouble for the mother to
identify her son. 1t mattered not that
| the face had fallen away and the jaws
were chOpless. She .ecOgniZed the
| shirt that she had made for her boy,
| also his other clothing and shoes. The
| scene on the shore Of the lake, when
the horrible body lay gently tossing ON
| the waves and the
SOrrOwing Relatives Stood Weep
ing
on the shore, was touching and affect
ing one.
Gleason & McAllister, the undertake
ers. soon had their wagon at the spot,
and placed the unfortunate young mans
| body i'll a sealed metal casket. 1t was
taken to the morgue aud viewed, in the
absence of Coroner Byrnes, by Deputy
| Coroner OrtOn. Mr.. and Mrs. Goldman
called at the morgue later in the even
| ing and further identified the remains,
SO that all doubt rs to the body being
that of Tobias Goldman is removed.
The body has been under water forty
days and nights. This seems strange
when it is considered that the lake is
clear of all weeds and, in fact, is almost
as free from distractions of any kind
as floor. This phenomenon may be
| explained, however, for around MS neck
| was a deep scar or mark. evidently
made by rope. The scar ran clear
around the neck and had eaten in so
far that the whitened veins were eX-
posed. 1t is thought that when Gold
mar jumped from the boat Qor it is con-
ceeed that he committed suicide. in
spite of the fact that whisky bottle
was found III the boat, which might
lend color to the theory OF suicide) he
had tied about his neck a rope, to
which was attached stone or
some other heavy article. If this
supposition to be true, it is not strange
that the body did not come to the sur
face before. The body was probably
held to the bottom until the water
rotted the ropes and the strands parted,
causing the body to float to the surface
Several letters were found in the
pockets of the vest, also number of
cards bearing the name of "Tobias
Goldman, ia Vine Place, Minneapolis. !"
The contents OF the letters could not be
learned last night, owing to the hour
when the deputy coroner put in his ap-
| pearance. The remains will be inferred
at 10 o'clock this morning in the family
vault in the Jewish cemetery.