The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-12
RIGGS HID GIRLS PROPERTY
Pillsbury Avenue Residence Searched
and Effects Found.

nifed his guilt by sending fatal bull
let crashing thru his brain, the. Min
neapolis police, had secured evidence
Ssh Sasa vso ds had from the s sstmSey hnSey f
pseudonym of ."Wilson," was enough
to send him to the gallows.
Acting. under, orders from Police SUI
perintendent Doyle, squad Of picked
men went out to the Riggs home on
Ptllsbury avenue last night and found
many Of the missing effects Of the muir
dered grS SaH So a. eomglete and p+ perfect
the results Of the search that had it
been impossible for witnesses to iden-
tify Miss Ellison g companion AS Riggs,
the mute testimony Of the property
found would have been enough.
It will be remembered, that the girls
companion was seen to hurry from the
National hotel shortly before her
screams were heard. He carried two
grips, whereas he had come to the hotel
with but one. The second grip was,
all along, and correctly assumed by the
police TO have been Miss Ellison g. This
was about 8 pm.
Last Visit at Home.
: About 4 p.m., as developed by Tho
journal s investigation yesterday,
Riggs was seen to enter his home, where
he stayed for about an hour.
The search by the police revealed OK
actIy what had taken place there in the
interval between the. murder and the
train, pulled out of the union station
for Elroy. Going to his house, where
he was alone, he hurried to his room
on the second floor and quickly replaced
the gray suit which might serve to iden-
.tify him as the man Wilson, The
SUI splt was found in heap where he had
Then ne made careful search of the
grip which he had taken from the mur-
:dered girls room. 1t contained a
fchange of underwear, pair Of stock
1ngss. nasal atomizer and a bottle Of
5ned5ei1e in for the spray. =. These he
sbasenlent placed them in the furnace
with enough paper to start fire. The
police searchers found the half oharred
fragments in the frepot last night.
The fire had gone out, leaving enough
2of the hosiery to establish an identifl-
cation If necessary. and leaving un-
touched the label on the medicine
which showed that the prescription had
been filed in Ellsworth, Wis.
: Murdered Girls Grip.
Miss Ellison's grip-a new one which
has already been identifed-was found
In Riggs room, empty and cast aside
with apparently no attempt at conceal
,ment.
) All these actions consumed nearly an
hour and it was about o'clock when
Riggs, attired in neat suit Of black.
Iemergesd from his house to come down
stown for his supper before taking out
bis f train. Seemingly he felt. SECURE,
evidence against him. AS matter of
fact he had left behind him evidence
more damn1ng than If he had not made
any attempt to destroy it, for the very
attempt at its DESTRUCTION indicated
that he knew what it's discovery might
mean.
Where Is the Money!
i Nearly every move of Nathan Riggs
after he murdered Millie Ellison and
fd1sappeafred re- from the hotel, has been
thing that the police can learn nothing
about. That is what he did with the
money he took from Miss Ellison IS
room at the time of the crime. =
Altho the premises have been thoroly
tea1Ghed tha l,;a and several articles belonging
money is still missing and none Of II II
was found on his person when he was
arrested at Elroy. There was runlo,
soday that the man hastened to a. bank
where he was not known and deposited
the money. receiving a certificate fo1
Inc amounG. Inc detectives at once
began work on the clue, and every
bank in the city was visited, but ne
disclosures, If there were any, have
been announced. =
After leaving the scene Of the mur
Der, Riggs Is known to have gone to hi!
at the, time. He entered the house
and after concealing the contents O.
the. grip he laid it carelessly on his be-
while he changed his clothes. II
threw. the gray suit which he wore a
the time Of the murder, carelessly t,
one side, not taking the trouble to nan,
it up. He then donned another sui
and left the house, presumably at abou
5 o'clock in the evening. From tn
house he went to the railroad yards
where, he took off his second suit an,
exchanged it for his uniform. s.
Out of Usual Course. -..-
That evening, the yardmen say, h
first went to the locker house at Sixt7
avenue 8 and the yards, instead of 90
ing directly to the station, as was hi
custom. He had not taken this rout
before for many months. At the locke
house he took his box, such as is cal
ried by all conductors, and then wake