St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-08
MYSTERY SURROUNDS THE FATH
OF ALBERT LAST. OF THE
WEST SIDE, =
WAS INJURED ON JULY 10
IN MINNEAPOLIS RAILWAY
YARDS. SO HIS CoMPAN-
IONS CLAIM,
LEFT IN CHARGE OF A FLAGM.y
May Have Died and Been Rurie1
as an Unknown
Tramp.

Albert Last, aged thirty-eight, a
Iaboring man, and married, whose
home is at 733 Golf avenue, on the
West side, is reported missing, un-
der strange circumstances. He is
stated to have met with an accident
by falling from a freight car in
Minneapolis about July 10, and to
have been last seen when left llncon-
scious under the care of a fiagman
in the Minneapolis & st. Louis
yards. He carried no large amount
OF money with him and his disap-
pearance is unexplained, except by
the conjecture that he died of his
injuries without recovering con-
SclouSneSS as a namelesS tramp.
Others again suggest that he NAV
have become partially demented by
reason of the accident, and may
thus have wandered away, or have
been lncarcerated in an asylum.
At the date above mentioned Last
left home, with three companions, to
seek work in the harvest fields near
wood Lake. This is a small station on
the Minneapolis & St. Louis road lust
western part of the state His COM
panions were all his neighbors from
the West side. The party went to Min
neapolis on the electric cars. 1t was
their intention to steal rides on freight
cars from Minnea polls to Wood Lake.
They therefore sought the yards of the
st Louis road. Last was the first man
to succeed in catching a car. BY
some means, however, he soon fell off
and was knocked senseless. His COM
panlorS, presumably believing that he
was not seriously injured, turned him
over TO the care Of a f1agman in the
yard, and rode away on a freight trsE
without waiting for Last TO regain con-
sciousness. Some time after they had
arrived at their destination one of the
party wrote to Lasts wife and related
the above story. Mrs Last was al
ready anxious because she had heard
nothing of her absent husband and
she has been much distressed since the
receipt of knowledge which is worse
than ignorance. 7fs
Several young men among her
neighbors started Tuesday night 10
unravei the mystery by applying to the
Minneapolis authorities. They stata
that when they arrived at the central
police station, in the Flour City, it was
rather late in the day, and the officerS
assured them that all the records wers
locked up. However, the police could
recall no such case as that described.
The young men then visited the city
hospital and discovered no trace of
the missing man. Yesterday the Du-
cas- street police station in this city,
was informed of the case and for tha
first time. They could only recom-
mend that the Minneapolis authorities
be again interviewed.
The central police station at Mime
apolis reported last night that the
young men who made the inquirieS
last Tuesday are mistaken in their
statements. No such case had been
before the police, at least at the CEN
trail station, and no officer was author
lied to inform inquirers that the police
records are inaccessible at any hour.
Minneapolis Central Police station
was telephoned early this morning and
the answer received that there is no
record on their books of any man
answering Lasts description being in
jured on July 10. Tie officials at the
Minneapolis city hospital were also
ignorant of any patient who might
have been the missing man.