Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-04-10
FOUND IN Tllf RIVER.
njala'ar lundln's Body Discovers
5$s 1. " Wednesday. fiji .sz

,About.6s o'clock Wednesday evening
the body Of Hjalmar Lundin was found
floating il the river near the ice houss.
The police had the body removed, and
Deputy Coroner Henry Richard took
charge, ordered the body taken to Hart
ing { Sons morgue. The bedy was
easily identified, although much bloated,
by the general appearance, the clothing
and letters found in the pockets. re
Lundin was about 10 years of age. .
blacksmith BY trade, and used to work
on the West side. .fo.**ss>> i - ~.
he vas last seen, Is near as can be
figured. on the night of Nov. Goth last.
He had considerable trouble with bis
wife, who had become intimate With an
other man, and may have suicidsd.
though some think he met with foul
play: He drank considerably. +. 49,
THE inquest was beld yesterday after
noon. :, :,
Deputy Coroner Richard swore in the
jury, which Consisted of John Hoffman.
Eric Andersnn, Jas. Tanner, Delphise
4 >cheleau, Ernest Kaestoer aod Louis
Hamlin. County Attorney Lindbergh
conducted the examil alton. n
! ;. E. Carlson was the first witness.
de identified the body as that of HAL
mar Lundin, and testified that about
LII O'Clock p. N. on some evening in the
latter part Of last November, or first of
December, the deceased was in the Carl
son saloon. Lundin seemed rather
down-hearted. said he had nothing left.
aud that he was going away forever
He spent so cents, changing a fve.dol-
lar bill. One or two days after Mrs.
Londin and Mrs.. Johnson called and
inquired as to Lnndin's whereabouts,
Lundin had small roll of bills from
which he took the tive-dollar bill. The
deceased appeared sober. Witness
thought at that time that Lundln in
tended to go away on the midnight train,
Lundin said he had been driven out of
A. G. Johnson's house, where his wife
and her paramour were staying.
A. &. Jnhnson testified that he last
saw Lundin Saturday, November Goth,
~ the afternoon; sthat-4e,stold Lund.n
he could stay at the house il he wanted !.
to. The testimony OF Mr.. johnson, his
wife and his SOD Charles. was about he
same.
1t seems that one Otto Peterson, who
was acquainted with The Jobnsons
| twenty years ago, came from North
Dakota last summer and got acQuaint-
ed with Mrs Lundin while her husband
Was in Duluth. The two became very
| Intimate, I'd it was claimed were living
as nan and vile at Johnson's house.
| When Lundiu returue1 bone and found
out what was going on, he tried to
! make his wife leavr Peterson, but with
out success. On the evening that he
disappeared, he was present at supper
with the Johnsons, his wife and
Peterson. He got angry be-
canse Peterson kissed his wife,
and Lundin threw some money to
her, kicked her, and said he would not
have nothing more to do with her. He
went out and did not return. Peterson
aud Mrs. Lundin went out ALSO but re-
turned before IL O'Clock.
Ia the middle of January Peterson and
Mrs. Lundin left the city together, and
their present habj tation is unknown.
| Lundin had 50 due him from the RAIL-
road company when he disappeared,
and never got the check.
The jury returned verdict that the
deceased came to his death ia manner
and thrOuQh means nnknnwn