The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-17
TO AVOID DISGRACE
CHARLES MAGUssEN. FOUND man
IN BED, CHANGED NAME TO
PETERSON
IDENTIFIED BY c. YOUNGER
Served Term in PrisOn-some Doubt
as 70 Whether He Had
Money Entrusted to
Friends

It has developed from INVESTIGATIONS
! MADE 70 Identify the remains III the mar,
round dead in a boarding house On KIN
son street that he has kept uD a douhIe
existence Tor at least the Dast three
Years He was identified Yesterday Inv,
Samuel Sandbrekken, 25S East Fio.btf
street as Charles Peterson. Mr.. sand
pfekken bad known him for over three
years, and never knew him by any other
name He was also known BY Bernard
IWerler, 253 East Eighth street. Tosaph
Pierson and family, 1873 East Ninth street
ana Dy Others IN the city as Charles Pc
terson. There seems to be nO one bera
who ever knew him by any other name
IL appears, however. from papers found
on his person, that his real name was
charles Magusson. He had i'm his DOS
session copy of his first naturalization
papers which We're filed in Blue Earth
county IN 1852, under the name Of Ma
gusson. This name also occurs several
times in his note book
The mystery Of his double existence
can pc explained by the fact that hi5
body was identified by Cole Younger as
mat or a man who served sentence in
saltwater few years ago. 1T appears
mat MuSusson got into trouble i'm some
way, and rather than suffer from the
disgrace attached to his name, took tho
alias OF Peterson.
Sahdbre1llen says lie knew Peterson
lhree years ago, and In that time had
found sim TO be a sober, hard-workinm
man. He left the city last sprira. and
vent TO work for the 500 line at Wishix.
=. y. On Labor day he telegraDhCd sand
brekken saying he was i'll and asked him
To go to Joseph Person 1873 East Ninth
street. VINO kept PetersOn's money. and
get enough to bring him back to ST.
Paul Sandbrekken and TWetIer went to
Persons home and told him DC Peter
sons wants The three went to the
ticket Office and ordered Transportation
tciegraphed to him. He arrived in the
city on Friday in a bad physical c0ndi-
uon, having been incapaClateI for ia-
Dor by the aIkali water Of Dakota Three
days after arriving in st. Paul he went
10 the city hospital, where ne remained
three weeks. After coming out he stayed
at Persons boarding house, 133 East
Ninth street until i'm November when
ne went to work iu lumber camp
He remained there until a few days ago.
when he returned to the city AS soon
as he arrived in the city ne went at once
TO Persons house, but could not get
board as the rooms were all occupied.
He then went to the house On Ilutsyu
street where he died.
Pierson was seen last night and
seemed surprised to learn that the man
was dead. lie had heard that man
was found dead in a boarding house On
kittson street, but understood that he
man was thirty years Of age AS Peter
son was at least fifty years old he did
rot think it could be the same man. H.
knew nothing Of PetersOns anteccdeuls
except that ne came from the town ot
Coscrono province OF Bleklng, Sweden.
He told the Pierson family that he had
no relatives in this country.
Some Of PafarsCu's friends oro c,ve-
dent that he had some money which was
left in the care Of certain parties i'll the
city These people were seen by 81 8
G b last night and said that the
money was all drawn out before he LETT
the city last fall
Coroner Miller is in communication
with party In Racine, Wis, whom it
IS thought Is interested in Peterson, or
Magusson. as he should properly be call
ed and it is likely that he will receive
orders today regarding the disposition Of
the remains.