The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-20
MURDER AT LAMBERT LAKE
STRANGE MAN AND PRETTY GIRL

Went Toward the Lake One After
noon, and the Man Was Seen
Coming Back Alone.
The body of the dead woman found
near Lambert's lake is still unidenti-
fed A number of clues have been run
down by the authorities, but little ad-
ditional light has been thrown on the
mystery. There are innumerable the
cries and countless reports of missing
women with auburn hair are coming
to light, but as each is investigated the
results point only to further effort, if
the mystery is ever to be solved. What
is believed, however to be positive evil
dence that the woman was murdered
developed yesterday from an eXamina-
ton of the left hand containing the pc
culiar marks resembling knife wounds.
The marks were closely examined with
magnifying glass by DR.. Ohage, at
the request of Coroner Nelson, and
were pronounced positively to be cuts
and stabs. In view of the fact that
the blood found on the corsets and
other clothing was thickest on the left
side and that there We're holes also on
this side of the apparel, it is believed
that the hand received the marks of
the knife by an attempt of the dead
woman to protect herself from a muir
derous assault by grasping the sharp
blade.
The skeleton of the dead woman is
now complete except for the presence
of three vertebrae which should be at
tached directly to the skull If these
bones can be found, it will, the physi-
clans say be possible to ascer-
tain definitely whether the head
was severed, torn away from the trunk
by animals, or simply rolled down the
incline away from the trunk after be-
coming detached by means Of decom-
position When the skeleton is placed
together the body appears to be of the
dimensions heretofore published in the
G e, having been that of a woman
| about five feet four or five inches tall
probably Of medium build and weigh
ing between 100 and 135 pounds. An
important discovery was made yester-
! day by dentist examining the skull
which may greatly help in the identifi-
cation of the woman. 1t was found
that all of the teeth of the lower right
jaw had been extracted. The gum is
grown over the cavities formerly con-
| tanning the roots of the teeth, giving
unmistakable evidence, the dentist
| says, of his statement. The teeth, or
rather absence of them, furnishes an
estimate fog the age Of the woman
which is placed by the dentist between
| twenty-five and forty years. 1t takes
csi-r
! come smooth after teeth are extracted.
and, assuming that the dead woman
| teeth lasted the average length of
1 time before decayfng, it is argued that
she was likely older than was at first
believed, perhaps fully forty years of
! age. On the other hand, she might
have been only young woman, as the
dentist says sometimes girls under
| twenty years are obliged to have their
back teeth taken out. The amalgam
! filling in the only tooth found in the
! lower left jaw is also likely to prove
an important clue, as many dentists
are daily viewing the skeleton, and
some one of them may recognize the
| filling as his work.
Another story which may have i'm
| portant bearing on the mysterious case
was yesterday told by Mrs. ]. P. Elan
| brakes, who heard the shooting and
cries of murder near her home at Lake
| Vadnais last summer. She says, ac-
cording to Sheriff Wagner, that since
| trying to recall everything possible
| which might be of concern in establish
ing the identity Of the dead woman,
that she remembers having seen
an unusually attractive looking
| woman drive by her home
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pany with rather large, smooth-faced
man. Mrs. Flandrakes thinks the
woman had auburn hair, while that Of
the man was black or brown. The
! couple was apparently deeply engaged
| in conversation and as the buggy went
slowly by her door Mrs Flandrakes
had good opportunity of observing
them. The horse was of bay color
| While the buggy was a light driving
: affair, with red running gear. The
couple proceeded on the road leading
east from Lake Vadnais, and yester-
! day Sheriff Wagner discovered that
this road ran directly to the hillside
| where the body of the dead woman was
! found. In about an hour and a half
according to the story which the au-
| thOrities claim to have received from
Mrs. Flandrakes this same buggy re-
! turned and passed the house with only
! one occupant. The driver was the
! smooth-faced man and he was urging
| his horse to the utmost speed The
authorities are working on this clue
and will endeavor to locate the bay
horse and buggy with red running
gear. This may be an impossible task
| on account of the large number of such
| vehicles, both private and rented by
| liverymen, but the story accredited to
Mrs. Flandrakes is deemed of sufficient
| Importance to warrant thorough in
| vestigation John Flandrakes a son
! of Deputy Sheriff F'landrakes, also says
| he saw the couple pass the house and
witnessed the mans return He
| viewed the wearing apparel Of the dead
! woman at the undertaking rooms yes
terday, and said that the shirt waist
corresponded to that worn by the
beautiful woman with the smooth
! faced man.
From White Bear lake comes an
! other story of an auburn haired woman
said to closely tally with the descrip-
ton of the dead woman. August
Holzseid, salOonkeeper at White Bear
| village, says he remembers distinctly
the presence of. such a woman at the