The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-19
LIGHT ON A MYSTERY
THE POLICE PICKING UP EVIL
DENCE on THE DEATH OF
DIR. w. Nj. ORMOND
IMPORTANT MISSING LINKS

SOne One Wanted Who Will Say
He Saw Ormond in the Company
of n Certain Man Suspected-A
Wagon Drawn by Two Horses
and Its Connection with the
Cnse-FlOur City News.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 1S.-Piece by
piece the police are attempting to clear
up the mystery of the death of Dr. W.
M Ormond, the aged Rochester veteri-
marian and farmer, who came to his
death by foul play in Minneapolis Sept.
p. The work is slow, but Inspector
Hoy and his assistants are working
faithfully, and they have strong con-
hdence that i'll time the whole affair
will be brought to the light of justice
1t is the theory of the detectives that
one man gave the victim the fatal dope
and that two men disposed of the body.
1t is believed that the arm was severed
in the room where DR.. Ormond died,
and that 1t was probably cremated. One
Of the missing links yet to be found
is some one who saw Ormond in the
company of the man who is suspected.
The police have strong suspicious Of
one man. but they do not feel justified
In making an arrest. They hope that
in time to be able to weave a complete
web of evidence around this suspected
party, and then his arrest will be mere
ly a matter of form. This man is I'M
der surveillance. and any attempt on
his part to escape would simply cinch
the matter and he would then be
locked up.
The police have discovered one i'm
portant clue. Information has reached
the detectives that a wagon drawn. by
two horses was seen on the night Of
Sept. %. The rig was on the Calhoun
road, and 1t then turned off on the road
to Hopkins. Two men were in the We
hicle, and about o'clock in the morn
ing the same rig came back. 1t is
evidently the same one which the farm
er near the Helmutt place saw the same
night in question. The description tall
lies with that given by the farmer, who
was awakened by the bark of a dog
when the wagon passed by.
The exact description Is difficult to
obtain, but one Of the horses is said
to be white. The detectives have in
formation regarding the horses and
men which they will not give out. The
whole matter confirms the theory made
public several days ago regarding the
manner in which Ormond was killed
and the clues which the police were
working upon.
A visitor at Supt Smiths office to-
day was A. B. Gushing, the hOrseman
with whom Dr. Ormond had some bust
ness during fair week. 1t was he whom
the murdered man came to Minneapolis
to see Sept. %. Mr. Gushing and Supt.
Smith had a private consultation for
some time. The horseman has been i'll,
or, as he stated, he would have Of
fered his assistance in running down
the guilty parties before.
Gushing stated that he had paid DR..
Ormond $45 on the morning in question,
which was the amount he owed on
trade. They had had some trouble re-
garding the matter, but they parted
the best Of friends that morning. The
hOrseman states he had no more bust
ness with the Rochester man after the
transaction in the morning. He thinks
DR.. Ormond acted rather strangely, and
while at the fair he was afraid that
he was going to be robbed. He char
acteriZed the crime as a most brutal
one and offered the police all the as
sistance he could give. He said further
that Dr. Ormond had once visited his
house some time before the disappear
ance.
Later, Andrew B. Gushing, the horse
man, was arrested and charged with
obtaining money under false pretenses,
but the police believe he knows a great
deal more than he cares to tell about
TIE fGOcneSIer IMAM disappearance.
The arrest was made ait the instance
Of the county attorney. Cushing has
been under police surveillance for sew
eral days, and it was thought safer to
have him in custody. He is charged
with swindling DIR. Ormond out of $50.
Inspector John P. Hoy Is the complain
ant in the warrant. Gushing will be
kept in custody until the above charge
has been disposed of and until he had
proved his Whereabouts at the time Of
the murder.