The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-26
SALT LAKES
HORROR
Evidence Piling Up Of the Afro
cious Murder
Of Miss Henrietta Clausen By
Her Pastor
AND THE CREMATION
Of Her Body In the Church
Furnace.
Two Of Her False Teeth Are
Discovered.
AND THE CREMATION
Her Body In the Churcl
Furnace.

Salt Lake, May 26.-An eventful day
has passed in the attempted solution
of the Scandinavian Methodist church
mystery, and one that has furnished a
very strong clue with reference to the
suspected fate Of Miss Henrietta Clau-
sen. When the charred remains of the
human skeleton were taken from the
furnace in the basement at midnight on
Wednesday last the officers were baf-
fed at not finding some article of alb
sOlute identity. They were informed
by the doctors that it was strange that
none of the WOman's teeth were among
the other relics of cremation. It was
known that Miss Clausen wore false
teeth, and the doctors said they would
be the last to yield to the terrific heat.
In order to ascertain, If possible, If the
missing teeth could not be brought to
Ight, most thorough examination OF
the furnace was made today Police
officials carefully searched the furnace
and found two teeth containing metal
lie rivets. This is regarded by the pO-
lice department as being the most pos
tive evidence of murder that has yet
been brought to light
A vast amount of earth was also re-
moved from the basement of the
church, revealing a number of bones.
A certain spot of apparently made
earth soil that bore evidence of hav-
ing been disturbed at a recent date
meath the cellar stairway. Into this the
party dug, and not more than twelve
or fourteen inches below the surface
WOman's shoe was found. The removal
of another shovel full of dirt brought
forth very damaging evidence in the
shape of a pair of Overalls which, it is
claimed by the tenants Of the church,
were worn by their pastor while he was
engaged in laboratory and other work
The Overalls We're blOOd-stained on al
most every part. The young man
whose room was heated to such a de-
gree of temperature the day the minis
ter built the big fire in the furnace de-
clares that Hermann had them on
when the latter was met by him in the
basement stairway with gunny sack
under his arm He said he also wore
jumper of like material at the same
time. The furnace on being sifted was
found to contain the requisite number
of steel buttons for such an article of
apparel and the strong point is that
they correspond exactly with those on
the blood saturated Overalls.
This afternoon the detectives found in
a second hand store Miss Clausen's
trunk which the pastor claims to have
sent to her by an unknown express
man some weeks after her disappear
ance. The trunk contained the wear
ing apparel of the missing girl. Among
the articles of clothing was the dress
in which Miss Clausen had the photo
graph taken, now in the possession of
happens that Hermann sold the trunk
and clothing himself and that he dis
posed of the girls guitar at the same
time. The date of this transaction was
December II, last, just two months and
eleven days after the girls disappear
ance.
One by one the points Of evidence ac-
cumulate. This afternoon Captain
Donovan and Detective Janney found
a 49,
who bought Miss Clausen's clothes from
the preacher. This person was Mrs. /.
Engleman. She says that she went to
the pastors study two or three times
at his solicitation to look at the trunk
and its contents, which comprised four
or five dresses, underwear and night
robes This discovery completely dis
proves Hermann's story of having sent
the trunk to Miss Clausen at her re-
quest.
Miss Annie samueIson disappeared
January % or %. last. It seems to have
been demonstrated beyond any ques-
ton of doubt that Hermann had been
criminally intimate with her and that
he had committed an abortion on her
early in the month stated. On the
morning of January %, John Hansen,
the ex-8IethOdist minister, declares that
he met Hermann in the church at a
ver-r early hour The pastor seemed
mentally disturbed and he was per-
spring Hansen thought it strange
that he should be stirring so early and
that he should be so troubled and Ques-
toned him concerning it. He explained
by saying that he had been to depot
with Miss SamuelsOn, who left for Og-
den on the Union Pacific train A
strong effort win be made to have Gov.
Wells offer a large reward for the
bringing of Hermann back to Salt Lake.
DR. Hector Griswold. dentist, exam
ined the teeth found in the furnace to-
day and fitted them together. Miss
Clausen was formerly in his employ
and he is strongly Of the opinion that
the teeth are those of the missing girl
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