St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-22
MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE.
Body Of a Man Found in a
Front Yard Minus Valu-
ableS.
HE DID NOT LIVE THERE.
The Question Is, How Did the
Bod Happen In That
Spot
lie DID NOT LIVE THERE.
UPON THE BODY DIAGRAMS
Of the Scene of the Erickson
Murder We're Found
Strange Case.

A suicide, attended bv the most mys-
terlOns and significant circumstances.
occurred early yestei day mornlug. The
body OF Il man clad only IN undcrcioth"s
was found stretched un the ground ju /
inside the sidewalk in front of Isl
Eighth street. BY the side Of the body
were bunch of keys, two note books,
an empty purse and bottle Of medi-
cine. On the outer edge OF
the sidewalk lay an empty
half ounce phial. which had
contained carbolic acid. The OdOr from
the mouth of The dead man was the
same as that from the phiaI. and two
dark streaks running down the chin
showed where the acid had burnt the
flesh. The drawers had fallen below
the knees, but otherwise the under
clothing was not diSarranged. Upon
the shirt just over the abdomen iaya
button, and upon the ground near by
there was another. Coroner Nhitcomb.
who was summoned at 4:20 q. NJ, when
the discovery was made, arrived on the
scene ten minutes later, aid viewed the
body, collected the effects, and ordered
ii removed TO the undertaking rooms of
GutiunZ IL Rockslroh. The coroner
began investigations a few hours
later and ascertained first that the name
OF the man who had presumably killed
himself was Charles G. Hanson. But he
also found that Hanson had
Never Lived at I31 Eighth Street,
in front of which his dead body had
been discovered. How it came there
half clothed was the question, lor it was
afterwards learned that Hanson bad
roomed at 443l5 Jackson street.
But what set the coroner to thinking
the most was the discovery of some
significant memoranda in one of the
note books of the deceased. These
memoranda consisted of two diagrams,
each showing the location OF the butcher
shop Oh Decatur street, in which Martin
| Erickson was killed last February. The
diagrams are accurate, and under a star
marking the place where Erickson was
| murdered are written the words"Where
killed." On another card appear the
| words:
ado you know where William Cullens
livns" and, following them, the answer,
Corner North and Bradley"
From envelopes found in the note
book addressed to Hanson at Black
River Falls, Wis. Coroner Whitcomb
concluded that Hanson had lived there,
so he telegraphed the mayor of tine
town for information, and received all
answer, asking for description. which
was sent and recognized, land this morn-
ing the body vii! be taken to Black
River Falls by August Frederickson,
who came on for that purpose.
AT 5 O'clock yesterday afternoon
Coroner Whitcomb made an autopsy
and found that death was due to poison
ing by carbolic acid. But where Hanson
took il, or whether lie took it knowingly
or voluntarily. no one can tell.
He Was Last Seen Alive
in the fremont saloon near midnight.
He said then that ne was ''broke," and
finally borrowed quarter for Il nights
lodging. He wore soft hat, black coat
and vest and trousers with brown
stripe. A pawn ticket for 3S.calber
bulldog revolver was found among the
papers. A watch pawn ticket was also
found.
Hanson was stalwart, handsome
of thirty-five years. He had a
heavy, sandy moustache, and measured
five feet and ten inches i'll height.
The question at once presents itself:
How came the dead body of a man,
CT nd f,Fo
| shoes, to be found in such place? Had
the man taken the poison. laid down tc
| die, and, after death, been robbed OF
his clothing? Or was he carried there
from one of the disreputable houses in
the vicinity? Nobody knows. All thai
is known is that Hanson was out OF
work and money.
| One of his friends was W. G. Cullen,
| painter living at 635 Bedford street.
| Cullen is totally deaf. Asked what he
| knew about Hanson. he said that he had
met him about week ago, and that
| Hanson bad told him that he had just
come,from Black River Falls and
Was Looking for Work.
Mr. Cullen cautioned Hanson to be
| careful of his money and invited him to
| stay at his home until he found work.
| Hanson declined the invitation. Four
! days later Hanson responded to the in.
vitation and threw himself on Cullen's
! generosity. Cullen fed him until last
| Wednesday noon. When he last saw
Hanson the latter wore fine, big gold
ring, partly engraved, and chain at.
tached to bunch of keys. These arti-
Giles could not be found on or near the
body Of Hanson. This would indicate
that there might have been foul play.
The case is certainly very peculiar,
Cause and consequence. First, try
cheap and poisonous baking powders.
| Next. call the doctor. Use DR.. Prices
| Cream Baking Powder and health will