The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-14
ICEMEN FIND BODY
WRAPPED IN SACKS,
Wire AROUND FEET
Child Had Been Missing Since
Tuesday Afternoon, When
She Was Sent to Store
DEAD ONLY A SHORT TIME
Parents Are Called to Police
Station to Identify Body;
No Clues Found

Minneapolis, Aug l4.-tP,-Believet
to have been attacked and slain by
a moron, the body of 12-year-old
girl identified as Dorothy Aune BY
her parents, was found wrapped in
gunny sacks in street in south
Minneapolis today. l2 hours after the
child had disappeared from her home.
Although the wrappings that con-
cealed the body we're not removed
completely pending arrival Of the
coroner, the parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew K. Aune. were positive in
their identification. Clothing WIS.,
ible through the burlap corrcsponded
exactly with that worn by their
daughter when she disappeared yes
tcrday afternoon, they said.
The manner in which the child met
death was not determined, definitely.
but Captain Einar Jonassen Of the
Minneapolis department, said he be-
lieved she had been attacked and
strangled by a moron. Police began
a search for a middle aged man who
had been seen in the neighborhood Of
the Aune home the past few days.
making advances to girls.
Begin Autopsy
In the absence of DR.. Gilbert Sea-
shore, the coroner. DR.. G. A. Hobbs,
deputy coroner. was summoned and
began an autopsy to determine the
cause Of death.
Two bloodstained gunny sacks COW
cred the girls body. one wrapped
about the legs, and another. some-
what torn, covering the upper part Of
the body The sacks were joined
Anear the waist by pieces Of wire. A
cotton gag was found In the child'S
mouth and a piece Of cord was tied
about her throat.
Her hands were tied behind her
back with heavy wrapping cord and
her feet were bound
In Clump Of Weeds
Two icemen. w. c. Hoag, Mime
apolis. and william Stokes. st. Paul
found the body in clunp Of weeds
on Hiawatl1a avenue, near 9th street.
as they set off on their routes at
$50 a. M It lay in slight depres-
sion among the grass. partly con-
cealcd, but not entirely hidden.
Impressions of automobile tires
were found near the spot where the
body lay These tracks led up to the
spot, described circle and then
started back again. Police assumed
the slayer had tossed the body from
the car where the tracks turned.
Police established the fact cirCum.
e. sofi 1ARk ASa
the street. which runs between two
railroad tracks. sometime between 5
and $50 a. m. Railroad workmen who
had been near the scene were certain,
they told police. the body had not
been placed there before that hour.
Dorothy. who was to have entered
high school this fall. disappeared
yesterday afternoon after starting for
a grocery store. Inquiries at the store
after she had failed to return home
| disclosed she had not appeared there.
Besides her parents. Dorothy Is
survived by two sisters. Sylvia. 90
Irene. 10. and a brother. Eilif, 22.
Members Of the Aune family were un-
able to understand how the girl could
be lured into strangers automobile
If that is what happened. They
said she was reserved so far as
strangers were concerned.
Mayor William F. Kunze ordered
every available detective in the city
assigned to the case and appealed to
! city and state officials to post q suit
able reward for the capture Of the
! slayer.
Members Of the Aune family and
their neighbors told police Of the
middle aged man who had been seen
j in their district for about three weeks
During that time. they said, the man
had accosted a number Of girls and
had tried to lure them into his auto
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