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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
In 1927 a student of music and a member of the Mendelsohn Chorus was brutally killed just feet from her sisters home where she was staying. A small down girl, she had only returned two Minneapolis two weeks prior - having spent the previous year in college before going home in Pelican Rapids for part of the summer. She wasn't found until later in the afternoon when neighborhood boys were playign hide-and-seek, and one dodged into a shed to hid, but instead stumbled over the body of Pearl Osten. | |||
==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
Revision as of 04:44, 21 August 2024
Overview
In 1927 a student of music and a member of the Mendelsohn Chorus was brutally killed just feet from her sisters home where she was staying. A small down girl, she had only returned two Minneapolis two weeks prior - having spent the previous year in college before going home in Pelican Rapids for part of the summer. She wasn't found until later in the afternoon when neighborhood boys were playign hide-and-seek, and one dodged into a shed to hid, but instead stumbled over the body of Pearl Osten.
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
- 1910 US Federal Census: "Gilma P. Osten", 3, with parents in Norwegian Grove, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
- 1920 US Federal Census: "Gilma Osten", 12, with parents in Norwegian Grover, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Newspaper Articles
- 3 Oct 1927 (Minneapolis Journal): Honor Pupil, 21, Slain Returning From Night Job
- 3 Oct 1927 (Minneapolis Star): Girl Death Suspect Hunted; Mystery Veils Strangling of Student
- 3 Oct 1927 (Minneapolis Daily Star): Search for College Girls Slayer Shifts to St. Paul
- 3 Oct 1927 (Star Tribune): Children Find Body in Shed; Two Men Held
- 4 Oct 1927 (Minneapolis Star): New Arrest in Killing of College Girl
- 4 Oct 1927 (Star Tribune): 3 Questioned as Suspects are Cleared.
- 5 Oct 1927 (Minneapolis Star): New Clue Spurs Girl Killer Hunt - Two Friends of Student are Sought
- 5 Oct 1927 (Star Tribune): Night Prowler Sought on Tip in Girl's Death
- 2 Nov 1929 (Minneapolis Star): Pearl Osten Murder Clue is Uncovered
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