Show SALT LAKE LiKE EMANUEL ENANUEL CHURCH one of the crime s of the century has evidently been committed in salt lake city NJ A WOMAN THE VICTIM tragedy enacted at i he Methot lat church the body was war cremated rtha murderer to t destroy the evidences none boue it through the grate ante of r the fur nare together with buckles from the woman apparel and two and ana a butcher anile the with tt ath which it Is J sup hay the horrid derd was W committed salt lake city may 23 3 in all human probability halt bait lake city has hag been the scene of a butchery that stands almost mob t without a parallel in the annals of crime and one seeking for a companion piece to tile the gruesome horror will seek in vain it bears some resemblance to the murders committed by durrant because in this casel case too the sanctuary of god was the scene of the crime and tile the victim was a woman but the balt bait lake liend end outdid durrant because after niu mu the body he deliberately pro ceedee to cremate it the scene of the tragedy was the first scandinavian methodist church at no second east this house of worship is across the street front from ht 1 presbyterian church and deagon through the block from the police sti tion lion rev francis hermann its li the pastor although an assistant from pro v loin Is in charge during his ambience in thi eabe rev hermann Is very well known in this city especially among the cian ci lan an by whom he is considered a man of god last year the minister ii wife died and shortly before he we me east in september bep 1895 to attend t on ference miss clawson ati an attractive young woman perhaps 25 years of age stopped at the church building which Is large and in the wings accommodated several families and looked after the pastors apart ments mr hermann returned from the con ference late in september the day being thursday and miss clawson remained as usual until the following sunday morning n 0 rn I 1 n g w when hen bhe remarked to mrs 11 II I 1 H 1 pete peterson reo n who resides in apartments ta north bide of the church that ing to call on oil mrs alanson a end ati K V ong ang on center anler street she fiddel ahe would be back in inthe the added ahn th evening abens services 8 and ad would to atten d monda r probably leave the 01 how W day to cibit a girl friend in the coul cou couie iJ fry for three days when slie she would return that was ahe he last ever seen of her while the young woman had no par ants in this country at least for she was a scandinavian she had many friends and her absence was soon not ed then inquiries were made but no one could give any information as ar to the girls whereabouts until at last it Is said mr hermann stated that a letter had been rec received ived from helena stating that she was in a house of III fame there something occurred about the time athe girl dib disappeared appeared that Is now vividly recalled by the people living in ili the church building in all probability it was sunday 29 tivit tint miss migs clawson went out to call mr hermann told the janitor of tile place a man named johnson to clenn clean out the big heating healing furnick in ili the base ment and arl prepare pare it tor for a fire mr air her man bald lie he wanted to try the pipes piper janitor johnson out the furnace and carried bix buckets of coal into the basement and was preparing to build a fire when the pastor said lie he wished to attend to t that lif hi libel and told the janitor to retire this was juht after the noon hour and boon the fur nace was going at full blast A 3 oung man who works m vui tit sleeping in ili the bourns occupied by his lil family and the heat shortly becinte bec aue so 0 o i intense and such odors oders were given out atit that lie he became and had to be splashed with water before he r ills his is went down to tile the biser bi nent to but mrs mr hi minn kept ills his fire going merrily li uncil ll 11 nearly arquite or quite fi 6 outing during all this time he remained alone in the ba L ment TUB tilt DISCOVERY I 1 alter after a time the fire incident wan wah for gotten and recently mr hermann went sr diitto attend c on ference and solida funds fur fol lin church during his ab bence lit im callad on i gentleman from froin Y provo to 0 o take charge of the church and he Is still there now it happens the y acting pastor was a friend of miss claw son or at least he took an active interest in her welfare and from all that can br be d was not quite quile satisfied v with ith v mysterious manner in which the what led jilin to bolts dolts do it no t one knows but a few days ago lie he went down into the mouldy bouldy basement which hits has for so BO long served only as a aln delvous for cats once there lie looked int the furnace and to hl life ur found in ili the ash receiver under the grates grate two razors a buic butcher amr knife a gar ter buckle a belt buckle and a number cumbe i of human bones bone iolli all of course course badly charred further investigation was nedr doand and it ita aas as found that the door to the furnice furnace was wa smeared with blood with to believe that the buckles were from sp ewel pwel ahei worn by ML clauson the officers officer were called in and empt sacks in which charcoal had been lo brought rought into the bas baa nen were found the bones ynie were turned over oer to te a num her ber of physicians and all unhesitatingly identified them as thoe of a human being and almost certainly a female mrs mr 11 II 11 peterson Pc terson an i lady whose husband lg Is employed in the department resides on the north side of the church she of churbe courbe e knowis rev hermann intimately and 1 was well acquainted with jhb clawton clafto n she knew nothing about the dl di coneiles cojei cov eiles lee made tn in the b sem nt under her apar merits but talked readily mr hermann came back from the east on a thursday of last september she aalde and on the sunday following follo niles miss clawson told me she was A as going to vidt a friend on center street but would return in the evening she also said that the next day su si ida she expected to go out into the country for a few da day s r to visit friends but would come back I 1 presume she returned sunday evening but do not know as I 1 am not a member of the congregation do you ou remember the occasion when ir hermann built a fire in the fur nace 1 I 1 quite well it was fil loidy r ter it i 5 return in fact I 1 saw him carrying a large sack down dawn into the basement but do not know what it contil ned I 1 re member that the fire creeed an intense heat in the apartments and reni remarked remark arkel ej upon it aitto to my iny hubband but he did not consider it anything extraordinary did you ever notice anything becu liar ilar about the relations between miss clawson and mr air hermann not at all I 1 remember that on one oc catlon cation mr hermann remarked 0 o tile me ahat miss clawson hid made a propose proposal pl cahim to him I 1 think it was very ake of him to say that miss clabbon was tt a good girl and she cared a great deal tor for pir mr hermann from other persons it was learned that mr air her nann returned front from the east recently but left nga aga i two weeks ago the acting pastor stated that his laba address was kanokb city where he was on may ath on his way to decorah la 18 rhe hie relics found in ili the ash receiver of the furnace furnish a very important clue tile the bones razors knife and buckles had become separated from ie e mass through the action of the he t and dropped through the grate wi hout out being destro 1 d I the clavicle la 6 from three and a half to four inches long and was firby shown to dr richards who instantly Instant iv identa fled it and pronoun ed it to be probably the bone of a woman it was afterwards shown wn to drs meacham wilcox arle 1 fowler niles and others with out any exar s and all alried wl wi h i dr richards statement f in addition there are arc twelve or fifteen ale piece 1 c adf s S la 19 and eight or ten vertebrae which have also bein pronounced those of a woman the blood smeared door of the furn ice ce has been taken off and Is now in the hands of dr mecham ills his tests show it to be blood and further that it is not the blood of a fowl As stated several sacks backs that had con tallied charcoal had been used in the furnace on this occo occasion blon and dr rich arab opinion la Is that the purpose was to adato add to the healand heat and at the bame time counteract the odor front from the burning body ahe basement should properly be callegan cal called ledan an excavations excavation for it Is nothing m re ire it lb ib perhaps eight feet deep and Is d under the rear part of the church I 1 ahe he entrance la Is through a h hill opining into the rear yard and it was in this hall that mrs PL terson saw raw mr air hermann carrying the sick sack the furnace is about in the center of the excavation and of the bort usually used to heat large buildings A small coal chute on the south hide of the basement Is almo t the only source of light wh n the entrance door Is alom chosid d and it Is so ho dirk that nothing can be dis CL arned in the gloomy place the present v ali hereabouts rea bouLs of alv rt v hei mann are unknown bt bi t borts torts are arc bling being made to locate hint him officer be llave the mystery will viii soo i be cleared cleant d |