Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-10
PEGGY" FOUND DEAD,
John Baulieu, or. peggy" As He Is
Better Known, IL Found Dead
Last Night.
Fanny Davis Discovers the Body
Back Of Her Residence On
Second Street.
In Investigation Reveals tho Fact
That the Body Has Been
Dragged There.
Further Search Shows a Plain Trail
Along Sidewalk and Looks
Suspicious.
A Coroner's Jury Has Been I'm.
paneled and Is Now Making
An Investigation.
From Saturdays Daily.1

Another Suspicious DEATH.
The week just ended seems destined to
be marked by q series of suspicious deaths
in Bismarck and Burleigh county. The
excitement caused by the tragedy of
Monday had hardly subsidized, when the
citizens we're aroused yesterday afternoon
by a report that a dead man, unknown,
had been discovered near Mckenzie. And
the discussion of this was just waxing
warm, when last night, another death
was added to the list.
At about 8 o'clock last evening, Fanny
Davis, a colored woman who lives on the
corner of Second and Broadway, was
coming home, along the sidewalk on
Broadway, from a trip TO the butcher
shop. As she reached her home, she
noticed what she supposed was a
drunken man, lying between the out
house and the sidewalk. Drunken men
are not particularly uncommon in the
neighborhood, and Fanny called to this
M to come forth and reveal himself.
The call was unavailing, and she called
again. Once more the man failed to re-
spond. Fanny became somewhat fright
ened, and started up the sidewalk, until
she met Jack Waldorf, who was passing.
To him she unfolded her fears, and after
a vain search for a light, Waldorf went
to Shannon's place across the street, at.
tracted by a bright light there, told
Shannon he
THOUGHT THERE WAS A DEAD A
across the street, and asked for a light.
Shannon said he had none, Waldorf
went out, this time successful in finding
Rice's hack. The three, Rice, Waldorf
and Fanny Davis then made way to the
place where the latter had seer the
body, and made an examination. Rice
~endeavored to arouse the man, but his
efforts were unwilling. A closer exemi-
nation, revealed the presence of death,
and 81 alarm was at once given.
The coroner, sheriff and a crowd of
curious persons assembled with the
usual rapidity. The body is that of
John Baulieu, q Frenchman, and better
known as peggy" The condition of
the clothing on the body excited sus-
picion. His coat and shirt were pulled
up about the neck and shoulders, and
the neither garments rather down about
the knees, giving the corpse the appear
ance of having been dragged. Lanterns
were brought into play, and the marks
discovered at once in the soft earth
where the
BODY HAD BEEN DRAGGED
to the place it lay. This trail led plainly
to the back door of Fanny's place, thence
to the right and upon the sidewalk.
Along the sidewalk the marks of drag
cling could be discerned at intervals, by
scratches and splinters in the soft pine.
Across the crossing to the west eide of
the street and along the sidewalk south
ward, the trail was followed, until the
crowd came to Shannon's place and here
the sheriff and coroner stopped, inquired
who lived at the place, and were an
swered by Shannon, who announced his
residence, opened the door. and with the
sheriff and coroner, went inside.
After this d coroner's jury was
impaneled, viewed the body and sur.
roundings and adjourned until 2 o'clock
to-day. After an examination of Shan
mons place, the two officers came out
again and the body was taken up to
Webb's undertaking shop. An
EXAMINATION OF THE CORPSE
fails to reveal any marks of violence, ex-
cept a discoloration of the right ear,
which may have been made by a club.
or possibly may have been done when
the man fell, If fall of his own accord he
did. A half pint bottle of alcohol, near
ly full, was found with him, also a knife
and a buckskin watch chain, broken,
dangled from his vest, but no watch was
found.
The whole affair looks bad. The
dragging of the body is exceeding sus-
picious. Either the man died some
where, and was dragged away through
fear, or there was foul play. Such are
the Indications.
N. A. Hanson was seen This morning,
and he says the man was in his place at
about 7 o'clock last evening, seemingly
perfectly we'll. Did not appear to be at all
intoxicated, and was singing the MAR
seilles." Had no liquor with him, as far
rs Hanson knew, and left the place at II
little after z.
Nothing new was elicited from Fanny
Davis. go Gawd, I dunno nothin'
bout it, cept'in.I found him." she said.
II wuz a comm from the butcher shop,
an I seed him a. layin' by the sidewalk.