The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-21

| stay at Mrs Welsh's house was par
| ticuliarly remarked by the Iandlady
| One day the woman ran crying INTO
| Mrs WeIshs room, according to the
latter and informed her she could no
| longer remain at the house. Asked
for an explanation, she said that she
had met a man in the hallway and that
| if her husband found her and this
| man in the same house he would GER
| tainly kill her. Asked who the man
was, she said it was the barber who
had made the remark which led to her
leaving her husband. This barber was
then also boarding at Mrs. Welsh's,
and last night he said to a reporter for
the G o b e that the missing woman
name was Julia Beam.
In this connection another link IS
! found connecting Mrs. Welsh's boarder
with the victim of the undoubted muir
der. Julia Beam was'a young woman
said to have come to ST. Paul about
two years ago from the vicinity of
Winona and her career in the city was
| such, it is said, as to stamp her as
woman who might visit some Of the
resorts near Lambert's lake. She was
beautiful girl with auburn hair and
was at times taken in charge by
women engaged in rescue work. 1t is
said that some of these women obtain
ed for her the position which Mrs.
w elSA . pOctIueI lell llcl ~ ON
cept. The Beam woman was consider
ed by her associates very eccentric and
frequently expressed the fear OF some
man, who she dreaded meeting, killing
her. There is a report that Julia Beam
was in st. Paul last January, though
no one can be found who saw her. rms
fact, however, has led the authorities
to endeavor to connect Mrs Welsh's
boarder and the Beam woman, who
ha i1dntica1 with the
by Mrs. F'landrakes to pass her home
at Lake Vadnais last June in company
with a man who later returned from
the direction of the deSolate marsh
alone.
The story of this couple going toward
the hill where the body was found and
the return of the man in haste by him.
self, is being thoroughly investigated,
as it is believed to be an important
clue The story has been corrOborated
by other residents near Lake Vadna1S.
Mrs. Wits, who lives at the first cross
road, about a mile and a half from
the Flandrakes home, recalls having
seen the couple and says she would
know the man. According TO her story
the couple stopped at her house and
the man asked the way to White Bear
lake. Later in the day the man drove
back alone The woman wore black
hat with black tips. The description
of Mrs. Wits of the horse and buggy
tailed with that of Mrs. Flandrakes.
The disappearance of another miss
ing woman was reported to Coroner
Nelscon last evening and will be In
vestigated, though it is believed that
this woman could not have been the
victim of the murder. Charles Golfers,
living at 81 West Fairfield avenue, told
the coroner that a distant relative,
Mrs J. w. Stafford, had not been
heard of since last July. The woman,
according to Golfers, did not get along
we'll with her husband. While the
woman lived at Third and st. Peter
street last summer she barely escaped
being burned to death in an early
morning fire, the origin of which could
not be explained. His relative, later,
went to live with her husband at White
Bear lake. This was the first part of
July. The latter part of the month,
Golfers says, he visited the cottage they
formerly occupied and found it vacant.
He says he was regularly in CORE
spOndence with Mrs. Stafford, but has
since been unable to get any clue to
her whereabouts Golfers showed Cor
oner Nelson a lock Of Mrs. Stafford's
hair. 1t is of a different shade from
that of the dead woman, easily dis
tinguishable, and this fact leads to the
belief that she cannot be the dead
woman,