The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-24
FUNDS FOR FUNERAL
BE GIVEN CHRISTIAN
BURIAL TODAY
BODY TAKEN TO DAMPIER's
Women of Merriam Park Churches
Raise $50 and Unknown Man
Gives $25-PrOfusiOn
of Flowers.

Nameless and unknown, the mangIed
corpse of the unfortunate girl killed in
the Burlington yards has lain for over q
week in the county morgue without an
acquaintance appearing to pay the last
tribute of humanity to humanity. The
utter loneliness of a life, the ending of
which would bring about this cO&ditiOn
of affairs, has appealed strongly to many
people, as the massive bank of flowers
that now surmounts the shattered corpse
testify, and the four churches of Merriam
Park yesterday took up a collection which
will permit of a decent and Christian bur
ial of the homeless girl whose death will
perhaps be one Of the mysteries that
will remain forever on the police books.
The ladies of the Episcopal Congrega-
tional. Presbyterian and Methodist
churches of Merriam Park have interested
themselves in the case ever since it be-
came evident that identification would be
impossible, and yesterday morning a col
lection was taken up in each of these
churches. The total sum collected
amounts to $35, which will be used in de-
fraying the expenses of the burial. An
unknown man left $25 with the under
taker, where the body will be prepared
for interment, saying that if enough mon
ey was not secured he would double cnis
amount Mrs. Quinn, of Merriam Park,
has donated a lot in Oakland cemetery,
where the body will be inferred
All hope Of ever learning who the girl
was was given up yesterday afternoon,
and the body was removed from the
mOrgue to the William Damper & Co.
undertaking parlors, at the suggestion Of
the committee appointed by the churches
of Merriam Park. The remains were pre-
pared for the funeral services, which will
take place from the undertaking parlors
today at O'clock. When the body was
arranged and the flowers placed on the
bier they completely covered the cas-
ket None of them is specially large or
expensive, but all are in taste, testi-
flying eIOquently to the kindness of heart
of the donors. None of them bore any
name on the cards attached, the only
inscriptions being of a nature to indicate
for what purpose they were sent.
Started Wave Of Kindness.
The woman who presented the first bou-
quet was at the undertaking parIors yes
terday afternoon, and offered to sing at
the funeral services to be held today.
Since the case has been prominent she
has taken a wOmanly interest in the fate
Of the girl. and to her example is due in
a large part the attention showed by
many others. She has absolutely refused
to give her name, although it has been
frequently asked AS far as T e
o e representative has been able to
ascertain, the only name she is known
by is Signe Dahle, which is not in the
directory. The man who gave the $25 to
help pay the funeral expenses is not
known to any of the attaches of the
morgue or the undertaking establishment
The hearse that will be used today has
been donated by the Albion stables The
following is the committee of Merriam
Park ladies who took the work in hand:
Mrs. j. T. Trumbull of the COngrega-
tiOnal church; Mrs J. M. Staughton, Of
the Episcopal church; Mrs H. e. Coy
kendall, Of the Presbyterian, and Mrs
Priber, of the Methodist church. Mrs
Thompson has charge Of the flowers.
William King, employed by KerWin &
Co, who resides at IS Smith avenue, Wis
tied the mOrgue yesterday afternoon and
identified the remains as those of Mary
Gregory. of Riceville, Iowa He said he
had known her there when she was en-
ployed by F. e. Betz, and later in st.
Paul, when she was employed by c. S.
Bach, 695 Carol street. King was posi-
tive in his Identification, claiming to rec
ognize all the clothing shown him He
said that she worked in St Paul for three
weeks last January, and then left for
Waterloo Iowa. Her father, he said. was
1a--ler in North Dakota.
Not the Same Girl.
Bach residence and brought Mr. Bach to
the morgue to see if the remains were
those of the girl who worked for him
at the time stated. After looking at her
for some time he said that they were
not, as the girl who had worked for
him had black hair, and was stouter,
and, as far as he could judge, was older
This will probably be the last of the
many identifications that have been at
TEMPTED Il: ri
or six persons have been positive they
knew her, but when each clue was run to
earth it was found that they were all
mistaken. The number of people who
have visited the morgue since the re-
mains were brought there Will number
up nearly into the thousands. and this
with the accurate descriptions given in
the papers makes it appear strange to the
authorities that someone out of this num-
Der has not been able to tell who she
was.