The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
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tiers of Minnie Mitchell were found in
the pockets of the suicides clothing.
There was a 92-caliber revolver in
esle left hand and bullet hole in the
head. Some small change was found in
the pockets. Judging from the decom-
posed state of the body, it had lain
where it was found for probably a
week.
The body answers completely to the
description of William Bartholin, Grip
pied in one leg, gold tooth, five feet ten
inches tall. The letters and confession
found on the body are in the hands
of the coroner, who is now at Lime
Springs, Iowa. The confession states
that all others who have been arrest
ed in connection with the murders for
which Bartholin was sought are en-
tirely innocent
False Upper Teeth.
The undertaken who handled the
body found in Iowa said tonight that
the upper teeth were false and set
in white plate" AS to whether there
were two gold crowned teeth in the
body-another means of Identifying
Bartholin-the undertaken could not
remember. The body was buried today.
1t was apparent that death had oc-
CURED several days ago, and to this
fact is due the obliteration of some of
cation.
Bartholin was thirty years old. The
undertaken could not estimate the age
of the man whose body was found in
the field. He could not estimate the
weight. Bartholin weighed 100 pounds.
The undertaken estimated the height
at six feet. The fugitive was five feet
ten inches.
Bartholin had brown hair and large
er said the hair on the head of the body
was light" The time since death
had made accurate statements as to
the ears, nose and mouth impossible.
The undertaken could not say wheth-
err the dead man had blue eyes and a
scar on his left cheek, as did Bartho-
lin.
Had Been There Three Weeks.
Three weeks ago the suspect arrived
at Riceville. He made his way to the
Wilks hotel and registered as William
Edwards" The stranger seemed jaded
when he arrived at the hotel, and rest
ed for few days. To those with
whom he talked he said his name was
William, and he did not use the name
Edwards except infrequently.
After week the stranger began to
look for work. He inquired about
Riceville, but found nothing. Then
country and found work finally on a
farm five miles south Of the little town.
Out of sight Of the Riceville people
the man almost dropped out of their
minds, until Friday. DR.. Pratt, the
village physician, in passing along a
road beside a hemp field noticed a
body. He went to it and ascertained
that life was extinct. When he re-
turned to RiceviIIe he called up the
coroner of Howard county at Cresco
and notified him of the discovery. A
verdict of suicide was returned by the
coroner's jury.
The confession which was found in
the dead mans pocket was dated Aug.
81, and in 1t the writer declares that
he killed his mother, Mrs. Anna Barth-
olin, for her money, and later murder
ed his sweetheart, Miss Minnie Mitch
ell
All others who have been arrested in
the case are exonerated in the confess
sion, although Bartholin accuses Min
ME Mitchell Of being a party to the
plot to murder his mother. The muir
der of Mrs. Bartholin, the confession
runs, was accomplished according to
plot arranged between the two low
ers and later Bartholin killed Miss
Mitchell.
The confession explicitly states that
Thompson, Claffy and Counselman, the