Show Pastor Held for Slaying Girls Hermans Hermans Now in Swedish Prison Crime Done Here ere 21 Years Ago Ag ANNIE NNIE SAMUELSON who was murdered twenty-one twenty years ago in Salt Lake and Rev Francis Hermans under arrest in Sweden for slaying the young woman and burning her body J rY aF a S s I l F k A e x s-eu s w FY If it r fie wF i F Fi Ft M t i ds Z I I Salt Lake Detective Advised of Suspects Suspect's Arrest Will ViII WillBe WillBe Be Tried Here HAT Rev Francis Hermans ac accused accused accused ac- ac T THAT of the murder twenty-one twenty years ago of Annie Samuelson and Henrietta Clawson and the I cremation of their bodies in the furnace furnace furnace fur fur- nace of the Salt Lake church of which he was then the pastor was actually under arrest In Stockholm Sweden was the gist of advices received in Salt Lal Lake e last night from operatives o of a private detective agency with offices in Salt Lake and Pocatello Ida Just what step will be taken to obtain obtaIn obtain ob ob- tain extradition for the man suspected suspected suspected sus sus- of being the notorious murderer murderer mur mur- derer have not yet been given out by local authorities It is believed however however however how how- ever the war war will prevent the immediate immediate immediate imme imme- I diate bringing of the man hack back to America and that not until the great conflict is ended will it be possible to bring the man to trial in Salt Lake Meantime old residents of Salt Lake are recalling with interest the details de details details de- de tails of the crime the tho perpetration I of which Francis Hermans pastor of the Scandinavian Methodist church churchin in this tills city was accused twenty-one twenty years ago The last week in Salt Lake has brought to light among other things the original warrant which will he be served upon Francis Hermans when t f Jt ill ie iea a fF he lie is brought out of Sweden the bottle bottle hottie bot hot tle tie in which is contained the charred bones of Annie Samuelson one of the pretty girl members of the pastors pastor's congregation and some of the razors butcher knives and instruments conI connected connected con con- I it is said with the dissection of f the girls girl's bod body before it was burned ORIGINAL WARRANT The original warrant is now in tho the thoI possession of Axel Steele former I state guard and at the time timo of the I crime twenty one years ago in the employ of oC the count county as deputy I sheriff sherin There still is fR doubt in Salt Lake LakeI as to whether the bones of both Annie I Samuelson and Henrietta Clawson are contained in the bottle which for forI I twenty years has been heen in the old relic relie j I casen case cas in tho the S Salt lt Lake police station Some local officials believe bellevo that the bones of both girls are arc in the bottle while others are uncertain It is known however that at the time of or the discovery discover of the crime doctors made the statement that not sufficient evidence had been uncovered in the church furnace to lead them to believe that the pastor had burned both girls It was thought he lie had burned only Annie or only Henrietta I but not both The Tho stories go that Francis Hermans Hermans Her Her- 11 mans ordered a coffin for one body and then drove away with it in a buggy gy and no more wa was wan heard of either of the girls Tho The original complaint and the I grand rand Jury indictment issued against Francis Hermans have also been discovered disI discovered dis dis- covered in Salt Lake Mr Steele now nowa I a city detective is also in possession I of ot the indictment I HANSEN SOLVED MYSTERY 1 i J. J M M. I. I Hansen Hanson East ast Seventh South street who is the Norwegian consul in Salt Lake Lalta City was waa the i i complaining witness and tho person I who was primarily responsible responsible 0 for forI leading police officials to the discovery I ery ery- of the tho details of perhaps the I most Continued on page a 3 F Years Finally Caught Details Det- Det of Old Crime Recalled J Expiation Wh When La W ar Ends E d P TD o of ori original ginal nal warrant issued for the arrest of the murderous minister Below at t left is is jar containing ngone ones s of girl which have been kept twenty-one twenty years to be used as evidence evidence eVIdence evi- evi eVI- eVI dence if slayer was ca glit 1 r STATE OF F UTAH UTAH t C COUNTY UI OF SALT LAKE LAlE 1 I 7 IN THE THIRD JUDICIAL ICA DISTRICT COURT C j I f i I tour of i U. U I To To the sh Sheriff ere of Salt L Lake sire County State of Utah or any of his his deputies Greet are Greeting rn 9 au n i a the floe t day of oj A. A D hundred and ni fa rn the Third Judicial District cl C I. I o f the State o of of f Utah Ite held l in i n for Salt Salt Lake County Coty charging la i IJ f watt the the- crime orame of W l 0 r j r i. i C. 0 You Q are l' l therefore J command d to forthwith a arrest b the above mcd Q r Land L- L 0 and d brin N before that Court Cour to answer answer said aid iM a or a f t the Co Court Has lias adjourned for the term lerm that ya you k-e k keep p or cause WU Jv to be safely r kepi in custody until the further order o of this Court Court- if riffi m if i t a. a Justie Ce Of u i 8 City lZ fn 1 It Ii It- It lf v R rc 4 J Jua 0 i SS my hand and the seal o of CY lr l rl 1 1 u i y t It Lake City this this r q ij I J r I Y By I Gt dirk dirk- k I Pioneer Residents Declare e Slayer Also Stole Funds of Congregation Continued from page 1 and the most atrocious crime rime in the history of the state I I could recognize Hermans said Sir Mr Hansen yesterday among ten thousand people I do not know lenow whether they have caught him in Sweden or not I 1 hope so and I am still ready to be called to appear against the man if ever he is brought to justice Mr Hansen was a member of the Scandinavian Methodist church in Salt Lake of or which Hermans the ac accused accused ac- ac man was the pastor That was in iii 1896 I knew Hermans intimately continued continued continued con con- Mr Hansen He impressed most of the members members' of his congregation congregation congregation congre congre- gation as a capable man He lie was quick witted and no one up to the time of the discovery of the prime crime rime and the disappearance of the preacher would ever have suspected him of so terrible a 3 t thing I Hermans was built nice like an ox Ile Ho I was strong somewhat shorter than the average but very heavy He had hada hadI a short bull like Uke neck and ponderous I shoulders He got alon along fine with the men All the men in the congregation liked I him The women I r believe did not care so BO very much for him They rather feared him Mr Hansen at the time timo was acting as a member of the board of trustees of the tho church and when the affairs of the institution were turned turied over overto overto overto to him he lie discovered a shortage in inthe inthe the tho church funds BORROWED CHURCH FUNDS An investigation was made At the time the pastor Hermans was in Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago having left Salt Lake to attend to personal business in the East It was thus that Mr 1 Hansen as a member mem memo ber her of the board of trustees was given charge of the church affairs Rev E. E E. E Mork a member of off the board it is said who is also living at this time in Salt Lake telegraphed to Chicago for the minister to return Hermans came back bacle and faced the I I chargo charge brought by the board that he had taken funds from the church and used them to his bis own purposes I I took the money mOlley h ho is alleged to have admitted But I intended to I I pay nav it back I 1 only Ionly borrowed it I This charge was brought against I the pastor between the time he lie was alleged to have bave murdered tho the girls I with whom it is said he had intimate relations and the time three or f four ur I. I months later when burned bones r were discovered in the furna furnace e under I the church by the police i I After we had learned the minister had practically taken money from the I church for his own use says Hr Hansen I grew suspicious of him I The two girls we va knew had been seen at at the pastors pastor's house bouse several times and then no one saw them I any more One of the neighbor women said saidI that in September or maybe it was I October she had seen him going down the church stairs on the outside outside outside out out- side of the building from his room upstairs to the basement carr carrying ing I with him on every trip bundles of clothes wrapped around some somo mysterious mysterious rious objects I One night I 1 lead the detectives down own into the cellar They rhey poked I around in the he ashes of the furnace They found the handle of a razor only half burned they found the steel of ofa a butcher knife they found some I bones a corset steel and some teeth That was all The detectives took the things away with them bottled I them up as evidence My name was put down as a witness But Hermans had fled They searched every train i They telegraphed all over the country REWARD OFFERED A reward of was offered for his apprehension But still sUll they could not find the man lIe He had completely disappeared geared Then the people of Utah following a governors governor's proclamation proclamation proclamation procla procla- mation began a subscription to increase in increase in- in crease the amount of money In the reward It was useless They couldn't fin find H Hermans Weeks later I remember they traced him to St. St Louis then to Omaha Years later someone said he lie had been seen in Australia Now they think they have him in Sweden Letus Let Letus Letus us hope they have found him at last And now twenty-one twenty years after the discovery of the crime it in to asserted the man will be brought back to Salt Lake to face a jury Hermans now would be 66 66 years old and it is believed probably gray through years of worry and globe wandering in an effort to elude the clutches of the law I Sidelights on the character of or theman the theman theman man accused of the crime have cometo come comeI cometo to light this week from all sides It is said the pastor had intimate I relations with the two young Swedish girl members of his church and that I tho the double murder was the only way out of the predicament nt that be could see seo The bones found in ill the furnace were only the culmination it Is said of innumerable lesser offences It is said he lie performed criminal operations on several women and had In fact been in the act of operating on one of or the girls when she died |