Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-08-02

The DISAPPEARANCE OF Edmond
Mayrand : Riddle IN
I 4 solved J. 5 II # "A.

1888, Edmond Nj MAyfAnO, tOung
farmer OF Belle Prairie, left the home
OF his father-in-laW W Mr.. Marchand-
where he was then living, and
started for his farm, which was
leased. and was about two miles
away. From that time h . has not
been seen by relatives or friends.
When Mayrand dlsa ppeared he had,
according to his wife's story, over
$40 in money, besides wheat checks.
He took q gun with him in going to
the farm, and to get there would
have to pass through corntields and
brush, lands. His footprints were
found in Il cornheld but there all
trace was lost. A large crowd
searched for some days but without
avail. .< ...~, &c..
The day before Mayrand disap-
peared he brought two loads Of
wheat to Little Falls, receiving some
money and wheat checks, which he
had with him at the the time he dis
appeared. At that time inquiry was
made for the checks at the elevators
and mills, but they had not been
turned in. There the matter rested,
and excitement died out.
The Mayrand mystery was revived
a few days ago, through rumors
that Mrs. j. Buisjoli, whose husband
was lately in Jail for beating his wife,
had said, in her wrath, that she
would ''give away" Boisjoli as being
concerned in the affair. Mrs. BOis-
jolt was interviewed and de-
MED most empha tically that
she had ever said anything of the
kind. This clue being run into the
ground, it was thought possible
that the wheat check might have
turned up. The records of the
Interstate Milling Co. were looked
over by Mr.. Erwin, the book-keeper,
and a check dated Oct. T. 1888,
$3.50 was found. Wheat
checks generally come back to place
of issue very quickly. This check,
however, was cashed Dec. 20, 1898,
two and a halt months after ISSUE,
As was the custom of the company
then, the check was made payable to
wheat. The wife OF Mayrani was
shown the check, and while she
could not positively identify it,, the
amount and the circumstances OF
the long interval before being cashed,
made it seem likely that Mayrand
had this check. The check was in
dorsed by Paul Krottoschinski, VIM.
Tom and I. Greengard.S OF course,
not the slightest suspicion can be
harbored against Mr.. KrOttoschinski
and no one that knows HIM would
think Of it for a moment. The
matter was at this point turned
over to the sheriff. Mr.. Krotto-
schinski was seen. He admitted
that the first Endorsement was
his signature, but said no one had
given him check in the time con-
cerned. He explained it by saying
that he probably sold wheat him
self that day, and that the check
was his own. Mr.. K. did not re-
the circumstances very well,
which is not strange, as the matter
is now two years old. He may have
kept the check in his pocket some
time before Mr.. Tom cashed it for
him. One theory is that Mr.. K. may
have received the check from some
one whom he does not now recall, in
some trade or other. If the check
be the true check, this would be a
plausible solution.
Here the matter rests. The wife
and mother of Mayrand both live in
Little Falls. The wife knows not
whether she be wife or widow.
Unless something unsupported
occurs, it is likely the mystery will
never be solved.
wEYERHHEUSER WINS.