The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-29
Butte Department.

Hermans employed and others, is t
the effect that there were two trunks
one zinc and the other leather. On tn
18th of February. between a. m. am
! 4 p. M, two trunks, one of russell leath
er and the other Of zinc, were receive,
at the Daggage-room of the Union Pa
cific depot in this city. These were tn,
Hermans trunks.
The leather trunk went to Butt,
with brass check 25.S72, and the gin,
trunk ON check 1,344, both going or
the same ticket. but their total weighs
was 2s5 pounds, and as only $50 pound.
is allowed one ticket, 1896 was paid fol
excess baggage and the two trunks
| left for Butte on train No. s, leaving
| at p. m. on the 18th.
IAN afternoon passed in the station
and yards of the Union Pacific elected
| little information until one of the bag
gagemen was interviewed on the sub
ject of a zinc trunk, and after careful
thought his eyes suddenly frightened
up and he told a story which may
have an important bearing on the case.
He stated that one day a zinc trunk
was brought into the depot to be put
on the p. m. train. II was an ordi-
nary but large-sized trunk of a cheap
variety, and would have passed
through the hands of the baggage
smashers" had ii not been for a pecu-
liar circumstance. Trunks of travellers
may contain an endless variety of
things. but the feature of this trunk
was the fact that oozing from it's bot
tom were several streams of thick,
white substance, much resembling
lime. The trunk was a heavy one and
the white substance escaping from IL
caused a small amount of conjecture
ON the part of the men. But railroad
ers see all sorts of queer things, and
the interest In the zinc trunk was soon
lost. The time of the occurrence is
forgotten, but IL was late in the past
winter and before April, and may have
been on the 18th of February. Who
brought the trunk to the depot the
man could not say.
The expreSsman who conveyed to
the depot the two trunks which Her
mans took with him when he left this
city Feb. 18th last is Hans j. Boge-
dahl. who lives at 30 Marion avenue.
Ed Johannsen, who rooms at the
church, helped him to carry the trunks,
one of which was quite heavy The
expressman attempted to juggle this
trunk, baggage-smasher fashion, when
Hermans said to him nay, telling him
to be careful, as the contents would not
stand rough handling. The trunk was
so heavy that the pastor himself gave
hand in getting II on the wagon. 1t
was at first thought that this trunk
might have contained the remains of
the Samuelsen girl. but this theory is
disproved by The Tribune's Butte spe-
cial.
In the ingenious letters written by
Annie Samuelsen to her friend, Annie
Nystrom, now in Aspen, Colo, she re-
veals the duplicity and cunning of the
lover whom she sought to screen.
Annie Samuelsen and Henrietta Claus
en- had been close friends until the
parson began paying attentions to
Doth. Then they became enemies. their
friendship ceased and they were never
more seen together. When Miss Ny
stron asked Annie where Henrietta
had gone, she received the reply.
Hermans sent her away from Salt
Lake, and she won't be back any
more. Apparently the preacher had
been soothing the wounded spirit of
the girl by assuring her he had accom-
plished the Cfausen girls departure
rom the city in order that there might |
pc no shadow upon their happiness.
BUT while lavishing his endearments |
ipon the girl he was perhaps prepar- |
ng for her assassination.
In a letter to Miss Nystrom, writ 1
en- in January. Annie stated that her
loctor mad said she must go away. |
1ermans was her doctor and possibly |
uggested that she inform her friend.
but the, most startling of all the
etters received by Miss Nystrom was
me, postmarked Salt Lake, and ad-
Iressed TO Hermans' handwriting, that
cached her on Feb. 18th, stating that
he was on the point of going to Swe-
EN-, and If she (Annie Nystrom), never
Ieard from her again she might rest
ssured she would always be remem-
'ered. Nineteen days before this An
lie Samueisen had. by Hermans' own
tory. taken the train for Ogden, when
he intended going to Chicago At the
ime Hermans told a circumstantial
tory about accompanying the girl to
he train, which neeessitated his rising
{ O'Clock and accounted for his gem
rally dishevelled condition by the
aste incident to the occasion. Her
mans threw In many little picturesque
etails, His story was accepted as
rue. There was no one to make in
uiry about the departed girl but her
unit. who was quieted by a telegram
4 Swedish from Ogden. that was fol-
owed by letter in what Is believed
D be a disguised masculine hand. The
elegram and letter came from Ogden
n Feb. 9Th and 7th respectively. The
stter ran in part:
When you receive this. will be far
way from you. God only knows IL we
hall meet again. / go to Chicago to
~ friend. probably TO my mother in
weden, Hermans has been very good
, me- Don't blame him for anything"
Stll 10 days after the GIRL about to
AXE the train at ogden for Chicago.
ad written this mournful letter to her
evoted aunt Hermans addressed let
n to her In this city. in which is stated
er intention of going far away, so far
istant that she might never again be
card from. The tone of the letter was
oleful and she despondently told that
Iermans would not accompany her. II
nnie Samuelsen had left the city, the
tier was a forgery, evidently written
y Hermans, who addressed it. But IL
he had gone, why the necessity OF
riting her friends informing them of
er Intentions? She could perform this
uty herself. But in both letters that