The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-02
HARTMANN'S FATHER
HAUNTS THE MORGUE
Police, However, Firmly Be-
lieve Youthful Suspect
Has Fled

With third day passed since the as
6ertion was made by the police that
Joseph A. Hartmann, a % year old lad,
was concerned with Edward Gottschalk
in the murder of Christian H Schindel-
decker, Hartmann's whereabouts is still a
mystery, and the question still remains
open: Has Hartmann fled to escape the
wrath of the law or has he been murder
ed by Gottschalk and his body cast into
Pickerel lake, as Charles Hartmann, the
father, insists.
So positive is the elder Hartmann that
his son has met with foul play that he
constantly haunts the county morgue, ex-
pecting that at any hour the remains of
his wayward son will be brought to that
first refuge for the unfortunate dead.
Three times he had called at the old red
brick building hoping and fearing each
time that his visit would find another life
tragedy's story added to the dolefully long
list which have found their final climax
within its dark walls.
But even as the conviction grows upon
the aged and sorrowing man that his son
is innocent of everything connected with
the Schindeldecker murder save possibly
a criminal knowledge of Gottschalks con-
nection with the affair and that his son
is silenced forever by the hand of the
man who is now locked in the county jail
charged with that murder, the theory
loses force with the police.
Burned His Photographs
1t developed yesterday that on the Sun
day Immediately following the murder
young Hartmann during his short visit to
his parents home, 606 James street, did a
number of things which would seem to
indicate that he meditated flight. A num-
Der of photographs of the young man were
I'm his room. One was in the possession OF
his parents He took all of these and
evidently destroyed them in small wood
stove which stood in his room. The char
red remains on the crate which before
was empty indicate this. With the re-
mains of the photographs, dangerous aids
to tracking the missing youth were the
remains of a number of letters charred
beyond all possibility of reading the writ
ing contained in them.
He cleaned the room of his clothing and
all his other property before he left II
that Sunday morning. new suit OF
clothes which he recently purchased Is
missing. The police are inclined to the be-
lief that he sold or pawned it to secure
additional funds TO aid him in escaping.
While Hartmann announced when he
left home the following Monday morning
that he was going fishing again. as he
had gone fishing on Sunday, when he ac-
companied Gottschalk, 1t has not as YET
been ascertained that he did go. No per-
son saw either him or Gottscilalk leave
for PiclSerel lake. No person. so far al
the police have been able TO ascertain
saw either him or Gottschalk on the way
to the lake, fishing there, or returning.
Lost His Nerve
The police believe that the nerve which
kept Gottschalk in st. Paul, the scene o.
the tragedy deserted his more youthful
and less world hardened confederate, ant
caused him to fee.
But the police believe that in this run
ming away from danger Hartmann ac-
acomplished no other end than TO delay
OCoDnor is confident that capture vii