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Show Mysterious Crimes Recalled v By Gruesome Relics of Police By Frank G.Hunt MYSTERIOUS tragedies, sudden 1 disappearances and grew-eome grew-eome crimes to which no solution bas ever been discovered dis-covered ars to be found in the old records of the police reports. In Bait Lake, as in other larger cities, startling star-tling crimes which are th sensation of their day are soon forgotten it the perpetrator is not soon brought to justice. Large rewards are still offered for the criminals in most of the cases, snd the detective who solves any one of them will undoubtedly win fame. A grim collection of weapons, human bones, shreds of clothing and other rellrs In the local detective bureau's room are In many Instances the clues to the mystery. Perhaps the only crime of the past year which attracted intent and to which no clue was ever discovered as to tha identity of the criminal was the placing of a bomb In front of former Gov. William b pry's mansion. This attempt on the governor's lire wsa made last December. Although a reward of $10,000 was offered for the arrest of the one who had placed the deadly explosive, the matter still remains s profound mystery. A crime still fresh In the public memory was the brutal murder of a janitress in Franklin's confectionery store on Sooth Main ,-etreet. Mrs: Cooper was found lying in a pool of blood, Just Inside the door of the store, with the marks of some blunt instrument about her head. The cash register had been rifled, showing that the motive of the crime had plainly been robbery. Evidently tha woman fought to keep the robber or robbers from entering the store. Tie crime was committed In the early hoars of the morning. The murderer has never been discovered) AGED WOMAN (LAIN. Less thsn three years ago, the city was shocked By the murder of Mrs. Sophia Bouraxanls. the aged mother of Father Z. Bourasanls, a Greek priest Father Bourasanls returned to Ills humble cottage on Second West street early one morning after administering admin-istering the last rites to a member of his flock. Beneath s side window of the house a large dog stood howling dismally. dis-mally. With a shudder of apprehension, apprehen-sion, the priest entered his mother's room snd lit a large candle. He started back with a gasp of horror. other girl whose first nam a was Blanche, bat whose last name has become be-come obliterated on the police records. rec-ords. The girls had recently arrived ar-rived from Sweden and were both members of the Swedish church which stood on Second Cast street between South Temple and First South streets. The pastor St that time was a certain cer-tain Rev. Francis Herman. The denomination de-nomination he represented is Bot mentioned In the record. He was a bachelor and occupied rooms in the rear of the building. He also fitted up a rather luxurious stsdy, which he kept carefully locked. According to the police, Herman managed to pay marked attention to both girls without with-out exciting the Jealousy of v either one. One morning late In June, about twenty years ago, both girls disappeared. disap-peared. For three days relatives and friends searched the city frantically, and both the police and sheriffs deputies dep-uties soaght in vain for some cine to the mystery. On the morning of the third day it occurred to some one of the searchers to examine the furnace fur-nace of the church. Residents of the vicinity hsd remarked re-marked that they had seen dense clouds et hesvy black smoke issuing from the chimney, and as the wea-thee- ess ry wejrsjft, they wondered why a fire had been built In the church. The discovery of steel such as wss used in corsets at that time gave the clue to the horrible crime which hsd been committed. The removal of the entire contents of the furnace revealed the blsdes of two rasors and s large, curved butcher knife, all showing signs or having been exposed to Intense heat. Later, fragments of human bones were separated from the ashes. BODIES OI8MEMSEREO. According to the police, someone hsd murdered the girls one at s time. In the church. In a manner which waa never explained. In order to destroy the bodies, the murderer found It necessary to dissect them In order to cram them Into the small furnace. The butcher knife and rasors hsd been used for this purpose. Carefully tending the fire until confident con-fident that the evidence of his fiendish fiend-ish crime hsd been destroyed, the criminal hsd probably remained In the city. Suspicion suddenly became directed toward the minister, but he had ried. It was discovered thst he had checked his baggage for Kansas City, but be never appeared there to claim It. Herman disappeared as though the earth had swallowed Mm. Tha governor of the stats offered IftoO reward for his capture . snd cltlsens subscribed another 1500, but no clue was discovered as to his whereabouts. His description was sent broadcast and the nature of the crime attracted attention all over the United States. The motive for the appalling deed was never discovered snd ran only be deduced. It was only another mystery mys-tery added to a long list Another murderer escaped earthly Judgment and may still he alive in some obscure ob-scure corner of the world. for across Ihe bed lay the body of his mother. The room gave witness of a terrific struggle with clothing and furniture In wild confusion a ho at tha room. The woman's throat bore plainly the marks of the assassin's fingers, for alio had been choked to death. The police were railed Into the- case at once. A rear window with a wire screen freshlv cat Indicated the method the Intruder had used to enter tha house, but the motive was ft mystery. A purse containing; several sev-eral hills lay revealed where It had become exposed through a shifting of the mattress on tha bod. Nothing of value had been stolen and the police were deeply punled. Two days later, as Father Bourasanls Boura-sanls knelt lo pray beside his mother's moth-er's coffin for Iho last tlmo, ho noticed no-ticed a while mark on tho middle finger of tho woman's right hand, such as Is left after the removal of a large ring which has long been worn, lie remembered that his I mother had always worn an antique I ring which was a family heirloom. , The elusfvo motive was discovered. According to deductions made by the police, the murderer had first caught sight of the ring on tho woman's wom-an's hand as he entered the house. In attempting to secure it he aroused all tho feeble resistance of which the woman waa capable. I" ' struggle which followed, tho mm obtained possession of the ring, hut killed the woman. perhsps unintentionally. Frightened st his deed: he fled with out stopping to scare n runner lor loot. A youth whom the priest had befriended, be-friended, taking him Into his home when 111 and In need, disappeared following fol-lowing the tragedy snd was suspected sus-pected of the crime. No direct evidence evi-dence was ever produced to prove him the murderer and ho was never found. The crime has become another an-other of the deep mysteries which may never be solved. GIRL8 DISAPPEAR. The most grew so me mystery bf all concerns tho disappearance of Annie Hamuelson, 29 years of ape, and an- |