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


feet that she Intended to diseontinu.
the correspondence. Then he sold arlc
gave away her effects. These facts. TO-
gether with the incidents of the nigh
pe1ore her supposed departure and
those or the morning, make II almost ,
moral certainty that she was killed NJ
Hermans is said to have been seer
In chicago on Saturday evening in a
part of the city where. ACCORDING r.
salt Lake acquaintances, he had No
friends. Chief Of Police Plat is inclin.
ed to believe the report is true"
The salt Lake Herald, regarding the
Butte trunk discovery, rays: THE most
plausible theory Is that Annie K Sam
| ueisen was murdered in this city and
by the same hand that Stayed Miss
Clausen. Some most important discoy-
cries were made which all Substantial
this.
| Yesterday the Herald was able to
state, through it's correspondent at
Butte. that Miss Samuelsen's trunk had
been sold by Pastor Hermans in that
city when he was on his way to Chica-
go, last February. IT was found that
the pastor took two trunks with him
when he left on that trip. Both were
| checked to Butte, and Hermans paid
for excess weight This much was as
afternoon. 80
AN investigation In Butte developed
that the preacher had sold one trunk
containing a large amount OF ladies'
wearing apparel and, although Rev.
Melby. the Scandinavian preacher in
Butte. Is very retieent about the mat
ter, Ii Is understood from good author
ity that he is in possession of all the
facts. The police here are undoubtedly
cognizant of the discovery but for some
reason or other, Chief Pratt does not
want to make 1t public.
The discovery of the trunk of the
missing girl and under such circum-
stances is the most important clew so
far obtained in the Samuelsen case
Had Annie gone with the preacher, as
she was made to believe that she
would, her effects would not have been
sold. Moreover, it is scarcely possible
that Hermans could have decoyed her
to some strange place, killed her and
been able to successfully cover up the
evidences of his foul crime.
But this is not the only reason why
II is believed that Annie was murdered
in this city or it's immediate vicinity.
When Elder Mork returned from Brig
ham City yesterday he brought with |
him a most important clew corroborat- |
ing the Herald's theory.
when Hermans was on his way to |
the East this last trip, he stopped at
the home of his presiding elder at
Brigham City. Hernans talked of his
late wife and gave the Mork children
some old handkerchiefs which he init
mated had belonged to his wife. The
were put away and have
never been used since. When Mr.. Mork /
arrived home after the discovery of the (
tragedy ii occurred to him to examine
the handkerchiefs, and was surprised to
find the initials "A. K. S. which un-
stand for Annie K. Samuel
sen, the supposed second victim of Her
mans. The articles were brought to this
city and have now been filed away in
the archives of the chiefs private Of
fee.
THE most surprising characteristic of
Hermans was his holiness. Even after
crimes of such magnitude,
he walked and talked among his breth-
rem as unconcerned as if nothing out
OF the ordinary was Transporting. The
of the Samuelsen girls
to the Mork children was
a bold piece of business, but Hermans
did IL and did exactly the same thing
to a preacher in Southern Utah. This
who is also a Scandinavian,
and has charge of a congregation in
Sanpete county, does not wish his name
mentioned for obvious reasons. When
ne visited his brother pastor at the
church here about the LIST of this month
Hermans gave him some ladies' under
saying that they had belonged
% his decea sed wife. The minister from
he south took the garments and paid
10 more attention to the matter until |
asst Sunday, when he read the account
If Annie Samuelsens disappearance.
This recalled to the minister's mind the
initials on the underwear and other ar
icles given to him by the accused muir
lerer of a few days before. Another
of the clothes was made |
nd IL was found that nearly every
'iece had the initials "A. K. S. embroi-
ered upon it,
The statement by the Herald that
Rev. Mr.. Melby was very reticent /
bout the matter" was doubtless made |
through a misunderstanding, for the
act is that Mr.. Melby has furnished
he Salt Lake police with every bit of
in his possession and on his
wn account started out to trace UP the
runk as soon as ne read in the papers
hat IL was supposed to have been the
property of Miss Samuelsen. There is
no one more anxious that the
ruth and facts should be known than
fr Melby, this he demonstrated by
he assistance he gave the Standard re-
orter in his Investigation of the case.
The Herald yesterday printed a pic
ure of the Samuelson trunk and both
Ir. Melby and Mr.. Binnard, the second 7
and dealer. identified it as the one
Iermans brought to Butte and sold to
'innard. The trunk has not yet been
but Mr.. Binnard thinks he
I'LL have no trouble in doing so IL the | =