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[[File:Osten Diagram.png|thumb|Osten Diagram - Star Tribune, 5 Oct 1927]]
==Overview==
==Overview==


==Locations==
==Locations==
* Jolly Peasant Tearoom
* 1413 5th St N, Minneapolis - home of Mrs. H. Salchert, right next to the shed.
* 1415 5th St N, Minneapolis - home of Johnny Kerner, who found the body
* 1418 6th St N, Minneapolis - home of Mrs. A. W. Kampf, passenger on street car, among last to see Pearl alive; also of Charles Dorinski
* 1422 6th St N, Minneapolis - home of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Lanseth
* 1835 Harvester St, St. Paul, Minnesota - residence Robert F. Roffler, street car conductor
* 2623 Newton Ave N, home of Mrs. John Munson and residence of Pearl from Feb to Jul 1927
* 3321 43rd Ave S, residence of friend Nora Aas, where sister assumed Pearl had spent the night.
* Bostrom Mortuary, 3008 27th Ave S.
* Jolly Peasant Tearoom, 218 8th St S.
* Norwegian Grove, a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota
* Norwegian Grove, a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota


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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|+
!Type
!Name
!Name
!(Born-Died)
!(Born-Died)
!Description
!Description
|-
|Victim
|Osten, Pearl
|1907-1922
|murdered
|-
| rowspan="3" |Suspects
|"man in small coupe"
|
|accosted Pearl Friday night
|-
|"negro and white man"
|
|unidentified, released
|-
|young man on street car
|
|a young man, well dressed, accompanied her from streetcar
|-
| rowspan="18" |Witnesses
|Aas, Nora
|
|friend of Pearl's
|-
|-
|Anderson, Mrs. Effie
|Anderson, Mrs. Effie
|
|
|witness, passenger on street car
|passenger on street car
|-
|Bergesen, Rev. B. E.
|
|pastor of Zion Luthern Church, their church in Minneapolis
|-
|Dorinski, Charles
|
|saw a man loitering about the Langseth house
|-
|Hayes, Mark
|
|passenger on the streetcar
|-
|-
|Kempff, Mrs. A. W.
|Kempff, Mrs. A. W.
|
|
|witness, passenger on street car
|passenger on street car
|-
|Kerner, Johnny
|c1915-?
|found the body
|-
|Logowski, Joe
|
|passenger on street car, paid not particular attention
|-
|Munson, Mrs. John
|
|previous landlord to Pearl
|-
|Nelson, Dr. Frank
|
|President of Minnesota College
|-
|Nelson, Mrs. Helma
|
|landlord to Charles Dorinski
|-
|Nelson, Melvin
|
|boy playing with Johnny Kerner when Pearl was found
|-
|Nelson, Mrs.
|
|mother of Melvin Nelson, talked to police
|-
|-
|Osten, Pearl
|Panning, A. E.
|1907-1922
|
|murdered
|proprietor of the Jolly Peasant Tea Room
|-
|-
|Raffler, Robert
|Roffler, Robert F.
|
|
|street car conductor, witness
|street car conductor, witness
|-
|Salchert, Mrs. H.
|
|neighbor, heard nothing
|-
|Sanbeck, Dagny
|c1913-?
|heard screams
|-
|Severs, Carl
|
|passenger on the streetcar
|-
| rowspan="5" |Officers & Investigators
|Bell, Dr. E. T.
|
|performed autopsy with Coroner
|-
|Forby, William
|
|Detective
|-
|Hanaford, Walter
|
|Detective
|-
|Helwig, Richard
|
|Detective
|-
|Seashore, Gilbert
|
|Coroner
|-
| rowspan="5" |Family
|Hovland, Theo Mathilde
|1871-1957
|mother of Pearl
|-
|Lanseth, Alma Osten
|1897-1992
|sister to Pearl
|-
|Lanseth, Johan Melvin
|1889-1959
|brother-in-law to Pearl
|-
|Osten, Alma {Langseth/Shields)
|1897-1992
|sister to Pearl
|-
|Osten, Martin Andreas Simon
|1867-1956
|father of Pearl
|}
|}


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* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/811621608 3 Oct 1927 (Minneapolis Journal)]: Honor Pupil, 21, Slain Returning From Night Job   
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/811621608 3 Oct 1927 (Minneapolis Journal)]: Honor Pupil, 21, Slain Returning From Night Job   
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/186916880/ 3 Oct 1927 (Minneapolis Star)]: Girl Death Suspect Hunted; Mystery Veils Strangling of Student   
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/186916880/ 3 Oct 1927 (Minneapolis Star)]: Girl Death Suspect Hunted; Mystery Veils Strangling of Student   
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/186916756/?match=1&terms=%22Pearl%20Osten%22 3 Oct 1927 (Minneapolis Daily Star)]: Search for College Girls Slayer Shifts to St. Paul 
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/182427914/?match=1&terms=%22Pearl%20Osten%22 3 Oct 1927 (Star Tribune)]: Children Find Body in Shed; Two Men Held 
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/186917873/ 4 Oct 1927 (Minneapolis Star)]: New Arrest in Killing of College Girl 
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/182428426/?match=1&terms=%22Pearl%20Osten%22 4 Oct 1927 (Star Tribune)]: 3 Questioned as Suspects are Cleared. 
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/186919299/?match=1&terms=%22Pearl%20Osten%22 5 Oct 1927 (Minneapolis Star)]: New Clue Spurs Girl Killer Hunt - Two Friends of Student are Sought 
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/182429205/?match=1&terms=%22Pearl%20Osten%22 5 Oct 1927 (Star Tribune)]: Night Prowler Sought on Tip in Girl's Death 
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/178663853/?match=1&terms=brutal%20murder%20Minneapolis 2 Nov 1929 (Minneapolis Star)]: Pearl Osten Murder Clue is Uncovered
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/178663853/?match=1&terms=brutal%20murder%20Minneapolis 2 Nov 1929 (Minneapolis Star)]: Pearl Osten Murder Clue is Uncovered


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* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/623872:9196?ssrc=pt&tid=193423375&pid=372602522910 1907]: Minnesota Birth Index: "Gilma Osten" - 14 Feb 1907, Otter Trial County  
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/623872:9196?ssrc=pt&tid=193423375&pid=372602522910 1907]: Minnesota Birth Index: "Gilma Osten" - 14 Feb 1907, Otter Trial County  
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3886995:60722?ssrc=pt&tid=193423375&pid=372602522910 1907]: South Immanuel Lutheran Church Records: "Pearl Gilma Osten", baptised 3 Mar 1907  
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3886995:60722?ssrc=pt&tid=193423375&pid=372602522910 1907]: South Immanuel Lutheran Church Records: "Pearl Gilma Osten", baptised 3 Mar 1907  
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4034250:60722?tid=193423375&pid=372605251957&hid=1029469689304&_phsrc=QFx10561&_phstart=default 1912]: Marriage records for Alma Caroline Osten to Johan Melvin Langseth; and sister Clara Alice Osten to Bernie Sillerud - same page
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1836746:5187?tid=193423375&pid=372602378966&hid=1029452332766 1927]: Minnesota Death Index for "Pearl Gilma Osten" - 2 Oct 1927, Hennepin County
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1836746:5187?tid=193423375&pid=372602378966&hid=1029452332766 1927]: Minnesota Death Index for "Pearl Gilma Osten" - 2 Oct 1927, Hennepin County

Revision as of 04:41, 21 August 2024

Osten Diagram - Star Tribune, 5 Oct 1927

Overview

Locations

  • 1413 5th St N, Minneapolis - home of Mrs. H. Salchert, right next to the shed.
  • 1415 5th St N, Minneapolis - home of Johnny Kerner, who found the body
  • 1418 6th St N, Minneapolis - home of Mrs. A. W. Kampf, passenger on street car, among last to see Pearl alive; also of Charles Dorinski
  • 1422 6th St N, Minneapolis - home of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Lanseth
  • 1835 Harvester St, St. Paul, Minnesota - residence Robert F. Roffler, street car conductor
  • 2623 Newton Ave N, home of Mrs. John Munson and residence of Pearl from Feb to Jul 1927
  • 3321 43rd Ave S, residence of friend Nora Aas, where sister assumed Pearl had spent the night.
  • Bostrom Mortuary, 3008 27th Ave S.
  • Jolly Peasant Tearoom, 218 8th St S.
  • Norwegian Grove, a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Gallery

People

Type Name (Born-Died) Description
Victim Osten, Pearl 1907-1922 murdered
Suspects "man in small coupe" accosted Pearl Friday night
"negro and white man" unidentified, released
young man on street car a young man, well dressed, accompanied her from streetcar
Witnesses Aas, Nora friend of Pearl's
Anderson, Mrs. Effie passenger on street car
Bergesen, Rev. B. E. pastor of Zion Luthern Church, their church in Minneapolis
Dorinski, Charles saw a man loitering about the Langseth house
Hayes, Mark passenger on the streetcar
Kempff, Mrs. A. W. passenger on street car
Kerner, Johnny c1915-? found the body
Logowski, Joe passenger on street car, paid not particular attention
Munson, Mrs. John previous landlord to Pearl
Nelson, Dr. Frank President of Minnesota College
Nelson, Mrs. Helma landlord to Charles Dorinski
Nelson, Melvin boy playing with Johnny Kerner when Pearl was found
Nelson, Mrs. mother of Melvin Nelson, talked to police
Panning, A. E. proprietor of the Jolly Peasant Tea Room
Roffler, Robert F. street car conductor, witness
Salchert, Mrs. H. neighbor, heard nothing
Sanbeck, Dagny c1913-? heard screams
Severs, Carl passenger on the streetcar
Officers & Investigators Bell, Dr. E. T. performed autopsy with Coroner
Forby, William Detective
Hanaford, Walter Detective
Helwig, Richard Detective
Seashore, Gilbert Coroner
Family Hovland, Theo Mathilde 1871-1957 mother of Pearl
Lanseth, Alma Osten 1897-1992 sister to Pearl
Lanseth, Johan Melvin 1889-1959 brother-in-law to Pearl
Osten, Alma {Langseth/Shields) 1897-1992 sister to Pearl
Osten, Martin Andreas Simon 1867-1956 father of Pearl

Documentation

Burials

  • Find-a-Grave: "Martin Andreas Osten" (1867-1956), West North Immanuel Church Cemetery, Norwegian Grove, Minnesota
  • Find-a-Grave: "Pearl Gilma Osten" (1907-1927), West North Immanuel Church Cemetery, Norwegian Grove, Minnesota

Census Records

Newspaper Articles

Vital Records

  • 1907: Minnesota Birth Index: "Gilma Osten" - 14 Feb 1907, Otter Trial County
  • 1907: South Immanuel Lutheran Church Records: "Pearl Gilma Osten", baptised 3 Mar 1907
  • 1912: Marriage records for Alma Caroline Osten to Johan Melvin Langseth; and sister Clara Alice Osten to Bernie Sillerud - same page
  • 1927: Minnesota Death Index for "Pearl Gilma Osten" - 2 Oct 1927, Hennepin County
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