The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-18

the dead woman may have ridden a
wheel to the scene Of her death, or,
following out the murder hypothesis,
may have been lured to her death while
enjoying a pleasure trip intQ the coun-
try. The road leading to the Hawk S
Back is not favorable for wheeling,
but it would be possible to travel it
on a bicycle without dismounting.
Should this theory be the subject of
investigation the bushes or woods
about the vicinity of the unknown
girls lonely resting place may disclose
a deserted and rusty bicycle.
So far as a random investigation
could be carried on, the police en-
ployed some time yesterday and last
evening in inquiry throughout the re-
sorts of the city as to whether or not
any of the inmates have mysteriously
disappeared within the last year and
half. No clue to a missing woman was
obtained, except in the case of a we'll
known Minneapolis female character
who has not been seen by those who
knew her for something over two years
This woman, in a general way, cor
responds to the description of the dead
woman as near as this can be under
stood, even to having had the dark
auburn hair, such as adorns the skull
at the undertakers. Those who knew
the missing woman do not believe that
the unknown body is hers, accounting
for the fact that she has not been seen
about her usual haunts by the eXplana-
ton that she has gone to some other
city. Track of three auburn haired
women who formedly lived in this city,
but who have not been seen within the
last year, was found in different places,
but upon following the clues thus OBJ
tanned other women were in each in
stance found who claimed to have re-
Gently heard from the absent females,
or to have communicated with persons
who knew where they were. From
these results the police are of the opin-
ion that the dead woman may have
resided in some other city or was
comparative stranger in st. Paul, par
ticularly if of the class supposed. To-
day the actual work Of the investiga-
ton will commence, when Sheriff Wag-
ener. Detective Campbell and Assistant
County Attorney ZOllman will visit the
neighborhood.
County Commissioner Ref, who notified
Coroner Nelson of the finding of the body
from mis- home at White Bear lake, said yes
terday that in his opinion the dead woman
could not have lain on the hillside for
longer period than some time during the past
summer as he had passed the spot in the
early summer, and would have surely no
time. On the other hand a close examination
OF the bones yesteday, by Coroner Nelson.
rather inclined this official to the belief that
fhe body was exposed for at least d year.
Some of the bones are completely hardened
and the bone Of the right leg, which was
found some distance from the trunk, is partly
bleached. That the other bones not in
the same condition is said to, perhaps, be
due to the fact that the main portion of the
trunk was protected by underbrush and the
woods while the separated leg was exposed to
the sun. Furthermore it is said that by
natural causes the present condition of the
body would have resulted in year or several
months longer. If, however, the suppOsitiOn
that animals ate the flesh from the bones, is
correct, it is difficult to say how long the
corpse was exposed After the flesh had been
removed from the bones it is said that the
skeleton might have reached its present
state IN few months. In support of the
belief that the body lay on the hillside only
since the early part of the past summer is
the substantial condition of the clothing
While wet and discolCred the texture of the
cloth is strong, refusing to tear under a
stain, and, except where pressed against the
ground by the weight of the body some Of
the material is almost as clean as though
but recently coming from a laundry.
continued search of the place where the
body was discovered, however resulted in
the hndng of the missing members. The
head was found short distance from the
body and in an opposite direction the missing
right leg was discovered. In the darkness
of the night Coroner Nelson had overlooked
the head and leg which were found by a
searching party early on the ground after
reading the account of the CHASTITY find in
the morning papers. The head was partly
hidden under dried leaves and in a small
hollow of the hillside. The top protruded
above the surface of what may have been a
hurriedly scoOped hole. When the head was
lifted out a thick switch of rich, auburn-col-
Ored hair chung to the damp earth. Part of
the scalp was gone from the left side of the
skull, but the other side was a half-cOver-
ing of the same cOlored hair that Of the
switch In the heavy tresses were several
shell hairpins and half dozen ordinary wire
pins. Embedded in the soft hair was also a
tortoise shell side comb, ornamented with
solid silver filigre work. The comb was yes
terday shown to a number of local jewelers.
for Identification, but none Of them could
design.
In the jaw bones of the skull were four
teeth the upper incisors ON the right side and
one moler in the lower left jaw. The upper
teeth were small and in perfect condition.
The lower back tooth was Of medium size
and contained an amalgam filling.
The finding OF the missing members may
be a further evidence of murder, and sep
arated fS they were from the trunk may
show an effort to prevent Identification of the
dead woman, but this is not held to be a strong
point by Coroner Nelson who is of the be-
by animals. Had a mutilation of the body
been attempted, it is thought that it would
have been more complete and the members
more widely scattered.
It was reported yesterday that a down
town dentist had done some work for a woman
known to have been about White Bear lake
last summer and would be able to identify
the body if it were that of this woman, but
an investigation showed that the dentists
patient was alive and well week ago.