The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-23
STILL IN THE DARK
AUTHORITIES HAVE NO CLUE TO
BODY OF YOUNG WOMAN IN
THE MORGUE
NOT THAT OF MARY AMUNDs0N
Kind-Hearted Persons Sent More
Flowers Yesterday and Women
of OIivet Church Offer
to Bury Her.

The authorities yesterday received con-
elusive evidence that the unknown woman
in the morgue is not Martha Amundson,
of Glover, S. D. A telegram was received
from there yesterday, stating that Mary
Amundson was alive and well. This
leaves the case as much a mystery as
ever, and if the remains are not identified
by tomorrow the body will be buried.
In contrast to the large rumber Of
morbid people who have visited the
morgue since the unfortunate girl was
killed, was the action of some kind-heart-
ed persons yesterday who sent in three
large bouquets Of flowers, with cards
saying that they were for the girl who
apparently had no friends. One was
made up of Easter lilies, tea roses and
maidenhair ferns. 1t was tied with a
large purple ribbon, with a card from
the sender which bore no name. Another
bouquet was Of pink carnations, tea roses
and ferns, while the third was of tulips
and ferns.
Rev. John H. Sammis, pastor of the
Olivet Congregational church, telephOned
to Dr. Miller yesterday stating that the
ladies of his church were willing to bury
the girl in a decent manner if he was
them definitely as to what would be done.
He promised to let them know Monday.
There were nearly seventy-fiYe visitors
yesterday at the morgue, none of whom
was able to give any information con-
corning the identity of the young woman.
A large proportion Of these were of the
morbid class that congregate and gasp
whenever anything unfortunate occurs,
but the authorities feel that it is better
to allow them their ghoulish pleasure
with a chance that someone may be able
to identify the remains, than to shut
them out entirely.
Cannot Exclude Morbid Persons.
When shown an editorial in an evening
paper which said that the remains should
have been buried long ago to prevent the
morbidly curious from Cutting their ap-
petite. DR.. Miller said:
Il consider that it Is the evident duty
Of my office to use all possible means at
my disposal to discover the identity of
any person killed in this manner, and
while 1 realize as well as anybody, and
perhaps better than a great many, that a
large number of persons come to the
morgue for the sole purpose of being able
to SILVER, nevertheless I think that it is
better to allow them this questionable
pleasure, in the hope that someone may
know who the girl is, than to bury her
to eXhume her to be identified. In the
morgue she is as good as buried as her
condition shows. The body is still in a
good state of preservation and will be
until 1T is buried. You cannot stop human
nature and the morbid will always be on
hand, as can be seen whenever there is
an accident on the street, or some person
is arrested. The people who are so
anxious to keep the morbid away should
hoy
every person that goes into the morgue to
discover his or her Intentions
If there are no new developments in
the case Monday, the authorities will
give up all hope of learning who the girl
is. She will be buried at the county poor
farm. When she was killed she had $1151
on her person, and as the cost of
burial at the poor farm averages $1.12 she
will not be buried as pauper Of the
amount found in her pocketbook DR.. Mil
Ter has expended $3.50 sending kilograms
in running down clues as to her identity