The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-22

likely that she went to White Bear, as
she would not have had time to make
the trip and arrive at the wing dam by
Z o'clock.
Miss Vogt, who lives at "a Tennessee
street, is nearly positive that the girl
who drowned herself was the same one
she saw at Inver Grove shortly before
6 O'Clock. Miss Vogt also saw the girl
as she was on her way to the river
According to the story told by Miss
Vogt, the girl, who wore a hat similar
to the one fished out of the river, was
in company with a young man at In
yer Grove. She says that they We're
converSing earnestly, and at times al
most quarreled. The distance she
would have to, travel, in a measure,
places this theory beyond belief, al
though Miss Vogt was able to be at
home from Inver Grove within the
time. Unless Miss Kreuzer got on a
street car haphaZard, that took her
within reasonable distance of the riy-
er, 1T is not likely that she could have
come from Inver Grove to the wing
dam in little more than an hours time.
1t was learned last night from Mrs
Trott that the girl had bought a con
siderable quantity of dress goods last
week, with which she intended to
make some summer dresses for her.
self. This would indicate more strong
ly that her determination to kill her
self was arrived at. but short time
before she carried it into effect
That her deed was the, result Of a
alteration are the only plausible
solutions of the mystery so far. All that
can be learned about the girls life
! would tend to show that she was not
| in love. Before coming to work for
Mr.. Trott, she had been employed by
a family in Merriam Park. Mr.. Trott
secured her through an employment
bureau and her happy frame of mind
While in the employ of Mr.. Trott tends
| to prove that she was heart free.
Parents Are Telegraphed.
Chief of Police O'Connor yesterday
| telegraphed to the girls father, Joseph
! KreuZer, a harnessmaker at Winona,
that his daughter had committed sui
| eide by jumping into the river. A
| brother of the girl, who is in the har-
ness making business with his father,
refuses to believe that his sister is
| dead, and says there will have to be
some stronger proof shown than the
Identification of her hat.
Late last night the fishermen who
dragged the river drew up a switch of
hair about a foot and a half long.
Whether the grapplying hooks tore the
1t f1oated away, the fishermen could
| not tell. They went back over their
course and drew a heavy object nearly
to the surface, but it slipped off the
hooks and they were unable to recover
| it. They say that if it was tho body
| the river current will carry down
| stream until some time today. when
the body will rise to the surface.
Brother Is Skeptical.
| Special to The Globe.
WINONA, Mimi, July 21.-Matters
in connection with the reported death
of Anna Kreuzer at st. Paul are be-
ing looked after here by A. J. Kreuzer,
her brother, the girls father being ad-
vanced in years. The only notification
secured by the family is a telegram
from Chief OConnor, of st. Paul, stat
ing Anna Kreuzer had committed sui
eide. According to press dispatches,
the only Identification so far is from a
hat found floating on the water. The
brother declares this to be insufficient
and says he will not believe his sister
| is dead until the body OF the suicide is
brought to the surface and found to be
| hers. He has arranged to get informa-
| ton as soon as the body is secured,
and if it is really that of his sister,
! he and another sister, Mary KreuZer
/ will go at once to st. Paul and take
charge of the remains, bringing them
| to Winona for interment. The brother
says he knows of no reason why his
| sister should commit such a deed. On
| her last visit here six months ago she
was bright and CHEEKY and declared
| she liked life in st. Paul. She was
! nineteen years old and previous to go
| ing to st. Paul had attended school
here and afterwards been out at SER
| vice in one of the eity's best families.
Both her father and brother are en-
| gagged in the harness business here.