The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-08
MURDER VICTIM
FOUND At REAR
Of CLUB SALOON
Blows on Head Believed to
Be the Cause of Death in
East Side Crime
MAN HAD BEEN cRRF0
TO SPOT Is,s;s..s Isss.s- = sEalNO
Hat and Envelopes Discovered Near
Little Harry's Place-F'resh Blood.
stains on Door Stel-Olc Kjormoe Is
tho Murdered Man.

tho Murdered Man.
A dead body identified as that Of
Ole Kjormoe. Of Cohasset or Ronneby,
Minn.. was found at o'clock this
In which he was found. At the rear
of the Club saloon in East Grand
Forks. and murder is believed to have
been done. Post mortem examination,
conducted this morning. failed to re-
veal the exact cause Of death. although
several scratches and wounds on the
head were found. This afternoon the
contents of the stomach are being an
,alyzed.
The mans pocketbook, empty, was
found about eight feet away from the
corpse. The dead mans hat was
found under plank close to the Lit
tie Harry saloon, while on the door
steps leading out of the rear Of that
Several envelopes which are supposed
to have fallen from the mans pocket
while he was being carried to the place
where he was found this morning,
were also found close by the steps IN
question.
Coroner Stenshoel Of Crookston ar
rived in East Grand Forks two hours
after the mystery was unearthed, and
has taken charge of the case. He has
set tomorrow morning as the time for
the opening Of the inquest.
The coroner stated this afternoon
that he believed death had been caus-
ed by a blow on the head, although
not entirely satisfied on that point at
the conclusion of the post mortem ex-
animation conducted this morning.
For that reason the stomach was re-
moved and an effort is being made to
determine whether or not the victim
had been poisoned.
On Side OF Embankment.
The body was lying on the side Of an
embankment, about half way down.
and there is no sign Of any struggle in
evidence. That fact leads to the
theory that the man met with death
elsewhere and was carried to the place
where he was found this morning. ..,.,
The letters which were found near
Lttle Harry's saloon were written, by
z brother to the dead man. aud they
form q, part Of the chain OF evidence
used in erecting Identification.
. l. =; Was Carried There,
Coroner Stem .oel is satisfied that
the man was carried to the position
in which he was found, In the rear
of the Club saloon there is rather a
steep embankment. It was half way
down this that the body was found.
placed In such a position that had
would have undoubtedly rolled down
the bank.
No signs Of a struggle were found
I In the vicinity Of the body. The feet
Of the man were lying on a pile Of
old shoes. tin cans and bottles. and
had he moved his lower limbs to
any extent evidence would have peen
Several men have beer. located who
1 stated that they had seen him in the
city although none of them knew
h the dead man. One person was To-
/ Gated this morning who believed he
recognized Kjormoe as the man who
| had approached him on Tuesday
night and asked for ten cents. At
that time Kjormoe was in company
with two other men. A search Is be-
that they may shed some light on
the mystery.
II the person who was asked for
money is right in his Identification, It
is probable that the mystery will
deepen as 1t would make the motive
other than robbery. 1t is not known
whether the man had any money, but
eight or ten feet from the body. No
money was found in 1t, all it contain
ed being a newspaper clipping and
four one cent postage stamps.
After close examination Of the
vicinity Of the place where the body
was found had been made by Coroner
Stenshoel and others, Kjormoe was
removed to the city hall and was tax.
en- from there to- the Ashley under
rsrka
was held this morning.
Railroad Mans Tale.
One of the round house employees
Of the Northern Pacific appeared this
morning with evidence that may lead
to a partial clearing OF the mystery
He stated that he had been to the
pumphouse near the river bank and
house when he heard groans and erie.
tor mercy and help. He started on
IN investigating trip and found q
man whom he believes was Kjormoe
wing about fifty feet from the saloon
buildings and the same distance from
HE railroad tracks. He asked him
What was the matter and the man
whether. he was hurt, but all he re.
Aeived in reply to his inquiry was q
Few curses. Thinking then thai
the man was drunk he did not sta,
any longer but started back to wori
with the intention Of notifying the
police Of the occurrence. He stated
that he. did not strike a match t
get a look at the man but that thu
moon was bright enough to AFFORD
him q fairly good look at him. Think.
ing that the man was simply drunk
Rand nothing out of the ordinary the
matter slipped his mind until thil
Morning when he learned about the
murder.
The place where the may laid wher
he railroad employe saw him II
bout seventy-flve feet from where
Il 3ormoe was found this morning.
Nm Has q Brother.
ssSsESA number Of papers found in tn.
ckets Of the dead mans clothe,
the letters found beside the real
NJ Of the Little Harry saloon show
et Kjormoe has a brother, Theo
20 Kjormoe. at Ronneby, MINI.
fhe letters were addressed to tn.
Ssased at Cohasset, Minn.. wher.