The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-09-24
From Tuesdays Daily.

Fairmont. September 21.-Lying in
Brodts undertaking parlors Ia the
body OF one Frank Pieron of Ofallon.
ILL.,, laborer about thirty five or
forty years OF age. He was found on
the Northwestern railway track three
miles west of Fairmont at four O'Clock
Monday morning by the crew OF a
special freight train. The body was
mansled almost beyond recognition.
Beth feet were cut of. head crushed.
| arms and hands crushed To pulp and
deep cut across his torso from which
his internal organs protruded IN a
gruesome manner. His clothing re-
sen.bled n pile of shapeless rags. II
was torn into fine shreds.
Strewn along the right Of way were
small tr.nkets in the shape Of a bunch
of keys, comb. small account book.
letters and a shaving brush ID was
from the letters that the nan's iden-
tity was learned Not cent OF
money.
WIZ. Account Took Shows.
The account book shows that he
had been in the employ -! a firm -
the name OF Wallin & Johnson of
Con frey. Mimi. up to September 2.
working quite steadily up 10 that
time ct $3.50 day sine August 3,
and his books show that the total
amount earned during that time was
SGT. \ carefully kept cxrcnse account
showed that he grCI, about $36.
leaving cash on hand 70 tho amount
OF SCI. There W.; 10 CTt"y later than
September >.
Letters disclosed that D." had three
sisters and Cih"r rclativca IL s..
Louis. They were notified - tcle-
gran: by Coroner BTodt aah wire |
back to ship the 10 " To O!allcn. III.
evidently the far lily home. for burial
II Is supposed that he Careht on
extra freight al some station bntv.oan
here ami Sanhorn ard foil CT. This
freight carried no passengers aaid"
from the train Crcv'. a.! thr nnlv w1v
he could have riddnn wCuld be Il
ride the reds or in o. on . EO:jar
Coroner Is Notified.
This train stopped only Ct stations
where there were C,ra To set OF OF
pick mp. The trainmGn who Disco
cred his body Gre u'Crc from the
south and took the bcGv 10 Welcome
where II remained I'll Coroner Brodt
called for il early Mondav rr0rning.
A telephone call w?1 sent 10 Cow
, frey in IN effort to 'c,"n G-ma'h NJ
about the MAJ. hut III 10 thi+ zinc &c
parties vino he had been working for
could not be res ched.
Sheriff Carver and Coroner BrOdt
are carefully Investigating as there
may have been foul play and the rod =
plac ed on the tracks to cover up q
crime. Fieron's account book. kept
neotIy and in a tCGinCssiike way. in
dicates that he was thrifty and indus
| tricUs. The fact that not n cent O.
money or any article o. value was
found looks SUSPICIOUS
Do Not Know When He Was Killed
Three freight TIA ms passed through:
Fairmont Sunday might At about nine
eleven and one o'clock. u has no.
tecn learned which C: these l'illa,l
| Pieron or If his BODY was run over by
more than one OF them.
Coroner Brcdt converscd BIZ riiore
Monday afternoon with Mr. Johnson
cf the firm o. Wa,iin & Johnson OF
Con frey. bv whom the dead man had
, been emplcved 20 crruonter lie
could give hut little information as
Tieron left their employ September 9.
He was around Comfrey for some time
thereaftcr.
Pieron has kit cf CaTrC~t"r tools
somewhere AMI IL slnposcI to- hav"
other effects which tho coroner will
, endeavor to locate and take poses
sion of.