The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-26


the lower doors. This in brief, is the
description of the surroundings where
Henrietta's murderer attempted to de-
stroy all traces of his foul deed.
|, MAKING DISCOVERIES.
Detective Janney was the first man to
drive pick into the ground when the
search for Annie Samuelsens body and
clues of the Clausen girls murder was
commenced. a few strokes with the
pick brought to the surface a bone,
and a sensation among the group was
perceptible. Was it human bones2 No
one was able to tell, and so they were
carefully put into a sack. The next
article found was tintype likeness of
Police Officer Larsen. Some more dirt
was thrown aside. when all of sud
den Officer Cannon announced
that he had struck something.
He laid the shovel aside,
that might have been taken for an old
rag. 1t was spread out and it was
found to be a pair Of overalls. An
examination of the garment soon re-
vealed unmistakable evidences of
clotted blood In fact it had been
soaked through. No sooner had the
dirt been shaken from it than Mr..
Hansen pronounced it to be the pair
of jumpers worn occasionally and be-
longing to Pastor Hermans The gar
ment was covered with about eighteen
inches of dirt and about five feet from
the furnace.
BURIED BY BAPTISM
The work proceeded, all taking turns
about at the pick and shovel. Some
bits Of paper were unearthed and soon
it was seen that they were stained
with blood. Buried by Baptism" was
the title of the tracts and the authors
name, Bishop S. NJ. Merrill, appeared in
bold type on the cover.
The next clue to the dissection of
Herniettas body was a piece of china.
It was quite an ordinary piece such
as is found in almost any back
yard, but this one was i'm
portant for the reason that it had
a large stain of blood upon it. Con-
sidering that the relic was found
buried as deeply as the overalls it was
remarkable how the stain was well
preserved.
These discoveries were all made near
the furnace and as the earth was re-
moved further away nothing was
bones, soup bones and chicken bones,
all Of which were gathered into the
sack
1t began to appear as if the search
for any further clues would be in vain.
The entire floor of the cellar had been
carefully gone over. Wherever the |
earth appeared to have been tempered
with or was at all soft, it was investi-
gated but nothing more of any ma
terial Importance was found.
THE MISSING LINK.
In the meantime Detective Janney
had gone over to the furnace and, |
with the aid of light from the candles, |
began to rake out what few ashes were I
left in the bottom of the heater. Ali I
of a sudden he exclaimed. Il have I
found the missing link" What was il? !
He held ii in his hand and explained |
that it was false tooth, and that it |
was conclusive proof that it was the |
body of Miss Clausen that had been |
consumed in the furnace. The girl |
had four false teeth in the upper
jaw, and it had long been a
hope with the police that some more |
proof would be discovered capable |
Of removing any doubts as to the |
Identity of the body the charred bones |
Of which were found last Wednesday /
night. Now it was found. The most !
intense heat will not destroy false !
teeth. The setting may be consumed
but never the tooth
This concluded the search in the
basement and the party returned to
the police station. The ashes from the /
furnace had been removed and put |
into sack several days ago by Chief |
Pratt. No one had sifted out these
ashes. The discovery in the furnace
led to an investigation and after pa
tent and careful work another tooth
was found. Both are front teeth and
were pronounced by dentists to be of
the upper jaw, all OF which substanti-
ates the theory that they belonged to
Henrietta Clausen.