The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01
ARK WAS MURDERED
:, Which Is Made to lnsur-
'a''' ance Companies.
SECURES THE EVIDENCE

a.,.d Milwaukee and Obtained AZ
va. and Dispositions to Show That
michigan Bark King was the Vic
ae ,sin-Movemenis Traced
~ ,ne Time of His Arrival In the
I'm CITY to His Death
,rrraukee, July i.-Nelson b. Clark
murdered. That is the substance OF
~ filed with the application for
noN ',,nent Of the $4,000 insurance on
r pts Of the Michigan bark king"
aead in Ivanhoe place on the
wy ",,o Of May 10 in this city. The
IN that Clark was murdered is based
Y" irformation and belief, but 1t Is
roorted by fully a score of afiidavits
It's Of the dead man have made
.rs,en,atic effort to penetrate the
,y IN which the killing of Mr..
y - surrounded. When the local
..,ites exhausted every clew and
rioned the case with the claim that
arr committed suicide, or that If he
Ioln by the hand Of another no
60 could he discovered pointing to
nifty person, they accepted the ver-
Of the Milwaukee detectives. The
.cinal reason for adopting this course
II hat they deemed it too late to i'm
nte a second investigation.
Theory of the Detective.
G. much time had elapsed since the
l,ms was committed that no clews
[oTng a promise of fruitfulness could
| discovered at that late day, and the
Inv person had been given ample time
| cover his connection with the crime.
kis was the theory of the head of pri-
70 detective bureau who was con-
Ilted and il was therefore determined
[ Mr. Clark's friends to make no fur
ker attempt to bring the supposed muir
rer to Justice, but to devote all eff
rs to securing evidence to sustain the
| alm Of murder i'm support of the appli-
tlon for the payment Of the insurance
! the life Of the dead man.
1.-Two weeks ago a Grand Rapids. Mich,
iOrney came to Milwaukee and began
Investigation into the circumstances
Injected with the death Of Mr.. Clark.
traced the movements of the bark
Ialer beginning with the time of his
Rival in the city. following him to
several places of business he visited
! Thursday and Friday, and tracing
movements from the time he left
friend Mr.. Johnson in the Kirby
ouse to go to the barber shop pre-
atory to keeping an engagement in
e evening.
Statement of street Car Men.
Several street car employees who claim
have seen Clark going north on an
kctric car at about 100 O'Clock, in the
mpany Of woman. were questioned,
d their statements reduced to writing.
also secured the story Of the coro-
trs inquest which was conducted
thout jury, and a transcript of the
tidence Dispositions and affidavits
Pre- also procured Of every one having
kportant material personal knowledge
my facts bearing on or circumstances
Injected with the tragic death of the
rk dealer. This mass of evidence was
epared in concise form, properly class
ed, and was sent to the companies
lding policies on the life Of Mr.. Clark,
companied with a demand for pay
Fnt Of the policies.
rhe action of the insurance companies
the demand for payment Of the face
que Of the policies will be Of interest
all familiar with the case. If pay
do is made it will indicate that the
amstantial evidence that Clark was
prdered is strong enough to outweigh
suicide theory, even in the minds Of
companies, whose interests natural
are In the direction of suicide.