The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-25
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Field, Schlick s. 60.
With A ROPE AROUND His NECK
WAS THE BODY OF A FLOATER
FOUND IN THE
RIVER
Supposed to Be the Remains of
Sven AandvOrd-The Identifica-
ton Not Complete-COrOner Nell
son Hints at Foul Play.

The body of an unknown Norwegian
was found Sunday night caught at the
west end Of the Weyerhauser boom in the
river about a mile below Fort Smelling.
The coroner was notified and early yes
terday morning the body was removed to
the county morgue When found the body
was badly decomposed having evidently
been in the water for q period of at
least three months.
The boom companys night Waterman
was the first to discover the foater In
making his rounds he noticed dark OBJ
ject in the water and upon examination
ures of a mans face.
A peculiar feature of the finding of the
body was that a rope was tied around
the neck Of the dead man, a frayed end
suggesting that the badly had either been
weighted to make it sink and afterwards
the rope wearing through had allowed
1t to rise to the surface, or that it had
been discovered previously by some I'M
known party and fastened with a rope
to the boom. When found the rope was
caught on the end of a log. The head
was lacerated and the action Of the wa
ter had removed every vestige of hair
and beard, making 1t difficult to deter
mine the mans age.
He wore dark brown chinchilla over
coat and clothes of good quality In
the pockets of his garments Were found
several articles, among them a brass ho-
tel check bearing the stamp 'Hotel POI
Hennepin. Several pasteboard baggage
checks, issued by the Great Northern. a
match case, knife, pencil and cob pipe
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Waltham watch and a pocket diary with
several entries in the Norwegian Ian
guage Attached to the watch was a
chain with a Canadian 25-cent piece as a
charm, on the reverse side of which were
the initials IS. A."
An examination of the diary showed
an entry in Norwegian stating that the
man had arrived in America Nov T. 1898
Several newspaper clippings from for
eign journals were also contained in the
diary, all bearing previous date. A clip
ping from a Norwegian paper bearing
date Of Oct. 4, 1898, makes mention of
several parties, among them one Sven
Aandvord. 1t is thought possible that
the dead man may be the Sven Aandvord
mentioned in the clipping All the en-
tries in the diary were made with an in
delable pencil and when the book is dried
out it is expected that 1t will furnish In
formation regarding the mans relatives
or friends.
The circumstances connected with the
finding of the body do not establish, with
any certainty the manner in which the
dead man met his end The theory Of
suicide has been advanced. but the coro-
states it as his opinion that the rope
found around the mans neck was not
the instrument of his death, since 1t was
tied with a solid knot and not "a slip
moose. There are several wounds on the
head. any one of which inflicted in life
would have been sufficient to cause death.
The top of the skull is crushed in two
places. Y
The features of the dead man are so
discolored and decomposed that 1t would
be doubtful If his friends would be able
to recognize him, even if they could be
found. The body Is five feet lin height,
strongly knit and heavy set, and weighs
about 40 pounds. 1t will be buried as
soon. as possible. The clothing and ar