Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-05-29

he Is still there. Nowsit happens Tho
acting pastor was a friend of Miss Claw
son, or at least he took an active interes
in her welfare, and from all that can be
gathered was not quite satisfied with
the mysterious manner in which she
disappeared. What led him TO do it, no
one kno rs, but few days ago he went
down into the mouldy basement which
has for so long served only as a rem.
devious for cats. Once there, he looked
into the furnace, and to his surprise,
found in the ash receiver, under the
| CRATE two razors, butcher knife, gar
ter buckle, belt buckle and number
of human bones, all, Of course, badly
cnarred.
Further investigation was made, and
II was found that the door to the fur
mace was smeared with blood, with rea-
son to believe that the buckles were
from apparel worn by Miss Clauson.
The officers were called in and empty
sacks in which charcoal had been
brought into the basement, were found.
The bones were turned over to a num-
Der of physicians and all unhesitasingly
identified them as those of human be-
ing and almost certainly female.
Mrs. II. II. Peterson, an estimable
lady, whose husband is employed in the
waterworks department, resides on the
north side of the church. She, of course,
knowns Rev. Hermann intimately and
was well acquainted with Miss Clawson.
She knew nothing about the discoveries
made In the basement under her apart
ments, but talked readily.
"Mr Hermann came back from the
.ast on a Thursday of last September"
he said, land on the Sunday following
Miss Clawson told nae she was going to :
'isit friend on Center street, but would :,
eturn in the evening. She also said :.
hat the next day, Sunday, she expected :.
o go out into the country for a few
avs to visit friends, but would come .
ack. presume she returned Sunday :,
vening, but do not know, as am not :
lember of the congregation"
do you remember the occasion when u
Ir. Hermann built a fire in the fur :"
acei"
"Quite well. 1t was shortly after his
turn. In fact, saw him carrying a =
rye sack down into the basement, but
} not know what 1t contained. I re- -,
ember that the fire created an intense
Eat in the apartments, and remarked
ION it to my husband, but he did not
nsider it anything extraordinary" N
did you ever notice anything pecu-
r about the relations between Miss N
awson and Mr.. HERMANN"
Not at all. remember that on one
cation Mr.. Hermann remarked to me
1t Miss Clawson had made a proposal sl''
him. didn't think it was very nice of ~
n to say that Miss Clawson was an
I'd girl, and she cared a great deal for ~"
. Hermann" From other persons it
5 learned that Mr.. Hermann returned INV
m the east recently, but left again ~
} weeks ago.
he acting pastor stated that his last :,
ress was Kansns City, where he was 80
May 9th, on his way to DEBORAH, Ia. .
he relics found in the ash receiver
the furnace furnish very important
?. The bones, razors, knife and
: - ~, - ~ . ~''i '.i ing
dropped through the CRATE without
lg destroyed. lns
he clavicle Is from three and a half 0N0
our inches long, and was first shown eN
Dr. Richards. who instantly identi- nc
1t and pronoun ed it to be probably NeV
hone % yon,oo 7. NO. g. he v
Is shown to Drs. Meacham, Wilcox, "a
yht, Fowler, Niles and others, with mos
my explanation, and all agreed with
Richards statement. In addition
e are twelve or fifteen pieces of ribs Int
eight or ten vertebrate, which have
been pronounced those of a woman. Sa
e blood smeared door Of the fur. port.
has been taken off and is now in ana
lands of DR.. Mecham. His tests all
1t to be blood, and further that it hard
{ the blood of fowl and
stated several sacks that had con- "o"'
d charcoal had been used in the 80
zee on this OCCASION and DR.. Rich
opinion Is that the purpose was to ',',''
D the heat and at the same time niue
eract the odor from the burning 0ee"
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