In April of 1904, Mrs. Philinda Crampton closed a pest house building she owned in Little Falls, Minnesota. There had not been a patient there since March and she had the building boarded up. In August her daughters discovered a body when they looked into a window to the backroom. A coroner was called and they had to crawl through a window because the door was locked, likely how the deceased man had done.
The man was on a cot with his shoes and stockings off and on the floor, and a hat believed to be his sat in a corner. The man was laying in a natural position on the cot with one arm lifted near his head. There were no signs of violence and it was believed the man had died around 4 months ahead. It's possible the man had gone to the pest house before for help and ended up passing from possibly a heart attack.
He was a man around 50-years-old. He had scanty hair that was reddish grey. His clothes were better than those worn by tramps. His trousers were dark and the coat bluish. In his clothing, an advertising card of a Duluth accident insurance company was found.
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