Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-29
From the Roy 1tOnt Bst,nes. Y
VIM MAILING DEAD. 4;
Claimed to Have Been Acct
.s N dental, But Foul Play y 7.
suspected.

II
. A dispatch was received here Tues
day stating that VIM Walling had
been accident ally killed near Pine
River and that his body would be
down on the afternoon train It did
not arrive. however. until the early
morning train Wednesday,. Frank
Cha mbers. who came down from
Pine River with the body. could tell
not hing IA to how the accident N:.,
'cnrrpd. He Wrought letter from
Pine River. which told the folio wing
story. Monday afternoon trapper
was visit,nK his traps Mt Norway.
lake when he heard = call for help
nearly Il quarter;a,f n mile away. he
at once started In the direction ~
the sound and soon came upon Wal
ling lying face downward ON the
ground under two logs, one across
I'll. back and the other across HIS
legs He claims that WallinR told
him that he had been there since Fri
day. The trapper rolled the logs
from on him and started ut once Tor
assist nee, going to a: tie camp a bout
thr. -.iOurths Oi mile away. It
seems I Hat he did not -. back with
these men, and right there he disap-
pears. from the story. These men
went. a once to the place, but when
they got. there he was dead. The
body was taken to Pine River and
sent down from there. When Cham
hers got to Brainerd the y. p. i'ffi-
Gals would not. carry the body with
our a. certificate Of death ftOm the
coroner OF Cass county. Chambers
sent to, Ly throp and got the neces-
sary paper and came ON down ON
the next train. Funeral services
were held 1t the NJ. E. church yester-
day afternoon, Rev. Saunderson Off
ella ting. and the body was taken
back to Galley's undertaking rooms.
( ]: The appearance Of the body, the
different stories rOld and the uncer-
tainty as to the whereabouts OF his
personal property led many to be-
lieve ne had been the victim Of foul
play. Walling was an experienced
lumberman. a very cautious man
and one who would nor Ee apt to be
caught in the manner described.
One would naturally suppose that
d man lying under two logs for three
dayH and nights without food Or
drink, wOnld fall AWAY very much
aud show the effects Of the terrible
suffering M would undergo. vet
most every & nc. says the corpse looks d :,
very sDatural and ljfelike, A. Il Re had
died quickly and without pain. II II
said that the log across his back had
been whitfield nearlv half IN two
with his pocket knife This IL hard
" plausible. A man lying GU his
face and whiting at log could not
possibly do 50 without scratching
and bruising his hands quite badly.
but his hands show nothiag Of the
kind. There is q severe brutse across
the right temple. While all the rest
OF the BODY was rigid the neck was
very timber and It was Thought ny
some that 1t was BROKEN. A letter
was received from him by the family
last week stating that he would
soon be home and bring considerable
money with him. Whether his
watch, compass an other valuables
were on hin, when found IL not
known. Elmer Downs has gone up
t. Pine River to look up Walling's
property. The body will be kept for
a few days. Ii
VIM. Walling was about IS years
Of age. He was married about IL
years ago to Miss Bertha Downs.
daughtt r III j. u. Downs, who with
two children, Howard and Bessie, IL
left to mourn his untimely death.
League Officers.
At the RepuDltcan League cluD
convention held In Minneapolis this
week the following delegates to the
national convention and officials
were selected from the Sixth district:
Delegate-at large-George Rey-
noids, Stearns. Alternate Sheppard
Mcclure. Stearns. 4
I Delegates. H. Russell, Morrison;
j. y. Wooley, Wright; s. i. Bean,
Grow Wing; f. b. Wood. Todd.
Alternates-C. e. Mccarthy. Itasca:
y. b. Middleton, St. Louis, John A.
Sem, Benson and Thomas Martin.
Carleton.
District President-I. w. Bouck.
Morrison. d, al e s
Secretary, N. H. Ingersoll, Grow
Wing.
Treasurer ohm Waite, Todd.
Princeton Union: The Foley Bean
saw mill At MilAca will probably