Show evidence of his guilt now than ever link upon link added to the chain of circumstantial aused of seven murders he has not been found yesterdays Yester daya developments in the salt lake murder mystery were of an astounding character in addition to the suspicious circumstances attending the death of hie three wives and infant children it now appears probable that he murdered not only miss clausen but a young domestic named miss annie the latter murder is believed to have been committed about february ast 1st of the present year A warrant for the arrest of rev francis hermanns has been sworn to by mr john ane compliant charges hermanns with the murder of miss henrietta clausen the pastora study has been searched and in his trunk were found articles belonging to both of the missing girls these are but a few of the many details that have come to light and the officers are now thoroughly convinced that miss clausen was deliberately murdered by the minister and her body cremated the that hermanns chloroformed chloro formed miss clausen in his study oa sunday night september 29 and cremated her body on monday september 30 is now generally accepted as the method of murder and disposition of the remains employed by him every circumstance lends color to this theory atio fact hat mr hermanns kept chloroform in his rooms with a dozen or more of other poisons including a vial of pills for the purpose ol 01 producing abortion are considered extremely incriminating miss henrietta clausen came from near copenhagen denmark about seven years ago mr rudolf aid in whose household slie was employed for two years said of her she was a fin a girl a high strung noble well educated girl she was modest and honest while she worked with us I 1 dont think there was any danser of her going wrong she used to play the piano and banjo and was altogether better educated than most girls of her class she was also employed at different times by W F colton isaac wolff and others and all without exception so far as can be ascertained her in highest terms she was a member of mr hermanns household when mrs hermanns his third wife died so suddenly on the of april last year in this connection it may be stated that the baby died a few days after birth on the and the death of the mother after three days of almost incessant vomiting followed miss clausen continued to keep things in order in mr hermanns apartments up to the date of her death sep early in sept he went to oregon and remained away about ten days during bis absence she slept in his study which he had used fora bedroom upon his return she continued to occupy the room for sleeping purposes while he took a room in the rear of the building from which the study could be entered without observation this was an odd arrangement and it is remembered now that much of his conduct would have provoked unfriendly comment bad it not been for the unlimited confidence reposed in him by his parishioners S that hermanns had promised to marry miss clausen and that she was madly infatuated with him was confided by her to a few of her bosom friends hermans however for some reason best known to himself told certain members of his church that he had been the recipient of improper over from her all of which he had resisted their confidence in him was such that the girl was secretly condemned as a temptress while he was ex balled above erring mortals in their estimation vicror miss annie or Sam mosen as she was sometimes known cams from sweden in 1893 she was then ai years ot age she was last seen on jan 29 of the present year her aunt mrs lena lareen believes that she is dead and that hermanns killed her As far as can be ascertained abo was last seen in his company on the baening of the above date since when no trace of her has been found the circumstances attending her disappearance are mysterious and all suspicions point to hermanns hermanns told mr john hanson and others that he biad accompanied miss samuelson to tho eastbound train at 4 a an on the morning of jan miss samuelson is known to have been in the church on the night of her disappearance and the theory entertained by her aunt and others is that ehe was killed in the pastors study the floor of tho basement will be dug up today in search of her remains on february gih about a week after annies disappearance tier aunt lena larisey La risen received a telegram signed annie from simply that she had gone east next day she received a lester purporting to be from annio saying that she bad suddenly determined ter mined to go to chicago and perhaps to that was the last cyca heard by lena from annie the letter is now believed to have been written by hermanns it was to the effect that annie felt she was not good enough for hermanns and that the young man fritz hiddemen Hid deen to whom she was engaged in chicago knew of her fall she said that hermanns bad giyen her and that bo would tell her lena all the particulars about abia called upon lena and showed her a letter that he claimed to have received from annie lena larsan had an intense hatred 0 hermanns on account of her knowledge of tho guilty intimacy existing between him and her dieco once she upbraided up braided him bitterly fur his conduct on which occasion ehe baya he promised faithfully to marry annie in april of abo present year hermanns told lena a plausible story but it did not dispel a lurking suspicion that all was not right and as time passed and no trace of annio could ba obtained either by lena or any of annies other friends a dread conviction of foul play brew in her mind and when the charred bones of miss clausen were found in the ashab of tho heater she was frantic with grief feeling certain they were tho remains of her niece an aged woman named lottie anderson says that annie samuelson Samuel pon was brought to her house by hermann about january annie told her about having undergone an operation for abortion and while in her house was taken very ill hermanns she says threatened to send her lottie to the penitentiary it she eier mentioned her knowledge of his guilt under pron iso of ho induced her to sign a paper and after securing her signature tailed to pay her she was so much in dread of hermanns that ehe charged her residence this woman is the lottie referred to in a letter written by hermanns to rev E r mork of brigham city in searching hermanns trunk many articles were found and recognized as private belongings of the dead girls A watch and ring belonging to annie were pawned by hermanns for 20 just before his departure for kansas city three weeks ago hermanns has been under suspension ion since may ast 1st accused ot embezzling or more of church funds ho did not deny his guilt and went east ostensibly for the purpose of raising the money hermanns is a man of good appearance about 40 years of aee of tolerably stout build and medium height hois of swedish descent was born in england and has resided in this country since 1890 or 1891 he has been married three limesand time sand in each instance mother and child died within a few days of each other and in less than a month after child birth if he is guilty of all the crimes of which bo is now suspected be is the arch fiend of the century compared with whose appalling villainy holmes and durrant will sink into insignificance |