The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-11
CURIOSITY OF
GIRL May CLEAR
SUICIDE MYSTERY
Fargo Young Woman Pos
tive Man Found Was
Kindred Resident
CAME TO FARGO -.
TO GET TREATED
Family Believes He Will
Return-Saw Photo
At Sisters Home

The curiosity OF several girls who
viewed the remains of a man who
committed suicide at Third avenue
and Sixteenth street, last winter, may
lead to his identity after lapse OF
about ten months.
Miss Carrie Anderson, day cashier
at the Prize dairy lunch, First avenue
north, is positive that the man, who
was recorded in. police circles and
SON, Of Kindred, N. D., former resi-
dent of EleVa, Wis, a town a short
distance from Eau Claire, where her
sister lives, and who was acquainted
with the Johnson family before the
, members moved to North Dakota,
which was just seven, years ago.
Recalls Dead Mans Features.
ut was just nothing else but Curl
osity which prompted several girls
and me to visit the Gard & Moore
undertaking rooms after the tragedy
to view the body of the man." said
Miss Carrie Anderson this afternoon,
who just returned from visit to the
home of her sister Mrs. n. Larson, of
Eleva, Wis, southwest of Eau Claire.
1t was while visiting her sister that
she observed a photograph in the
house of man who resembled the
morgue. Miss Anderson told the story
of the tragedy and how the police and
the newspapers sought to learn the
identity of the man, to her sister.
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Seven years ago a family by the
name of Albert Johnson left Eleva,
! Wis, for North Dakota" the sister
told Miss Anderson. They settled
near Fargo, we are told"
Word has come to their former
home that about a year ago Mr.. John
son left nome one winter day for Far
go to receive medical treatment Since
| then he failed to return to his family
They believe that he Is still alive and
| haE he mil
Forum Hears story.
At Kindred, 1t was learned that
| Mrs. Johnson and her four children
are still living near there, and Mrs.
| johnson is former resident of Wis
| consin, coming to the state about sew
| en- years ago, which correspondent to
| the story Mrs. Larson told Miss An
| derson.
a merchant of the village this morn
| ing. He was about 46 years old. We
| don't know where he is now. He left
here about ten months ago. No one
has heard from him since"
Then the business man was told
| that Miss Anderson had been inform
ed that Johnson came to Fargo for
medical treatment.
1T was in November last year.,
said the merchant, that Johnson left
here saying he was going to Fargo to
receive medical treatment. He never
returned. Police and others were
notified OF his disappearance, put
they could find no trace of the man,
so all hope was given up and the
| family has lived in hope since that
time, thinking he would return some
| day."
| Man Ii Found Dead.
Lying in pool of blood with a 3S
Colt revolver near it, the body OF a
man was found on the south side the
| latter part of November of last year
| by z. e. HILL living short distance
| 4 hz ~ MID i
ed to suicide. The man, after placing
| the gun to his head, had staggered
some distance, and then fell, remov-
| ing his coat before dying. Police
| found little evidence on which to base
a positive Identification of the dead
man. He was removed to the Gard
& Moore undertaking parlors and lay
there for days, police as well as the
undertakers thinking that the publ
city given the case at the time would
lead to identification.
Seventy-three dollars was on his
person. With this the man was given
fit burial and the remains inferred
in Riverside cemetery. Initials found
on his shirt and collar led police to
believe that his name was E. j. Gait.
Has Photos With Her.
Before returning to Fargo, Miss
Carrie Anderson was so convinced
that the dead man was albert John
son that she took several pictures of
the man from Eleva and has them
with her. Miss Anderson stated this
afternoon she would show them to
the police and the undertakers as well
as relatives, if they would call.