In 1935 Elizabeth adopted another daughter and named her Jennifer. SCL: I visited archives all over the country. Suddenly his ore was worth a fortune. Everybody loves a murder mystery! The next owner of this house remembered Marjorie well. What does it mean when someone is succumb? The building was designed by Minnesota architect Clarence H. The historic Glensheen Mansion, along London Road in Duluth MN, was built for, Released in the fall of 1972 and directed by Lamont Johnson, Youll Like, Glensheen, a mansion and grounds completed in 1908 on the shores of Lake Superior in Duluth, was built by Chester and Clara Congdon. She was a contemporary of Margaret Sanger and in the years after birth control became legal, she helped bring access and information to northern Minnesota, which made a big difference for countless working families and women living in poverty. Investigators quickly identify two suspects with a classic motive: struggling financially, the suspects stood to inherit millions upon the victims death. "The big mystery still is, did Roger do it alone or with someone else there, and how involved if at all was Marjorie? A psychotic is someone who is out of touch with reality. From the beginning, the child was different. In late 1992, before sentencing for arson, she was allowed 24 hours to transport her ailing husband from Tucson, Ariz., to their home in Ajo. From an early age, Marjorie showed signs of devious behavior, and as a teenager she was diagnosed as a sociopath. In March 1991 Marjorie was caught red-handed setting fire to her neighbors house with him inside of it. Review by @JayGabler: http://t.co/CcvqPvprgr pic.twitter.com/2ygWFh7Jj6, Local Current (@LocalCurrent) October 11, 2015. "She got no bulk sum after the murders she basically lost it all," Feichtinger said. Will Xbox Series X ever be in stock again? In 2010, her attorney's court motion to remove her from intensive probation so she could get into an assisted living complex was denied. Psychopaths are driven by their need for control. While Roger Caldwell was recovering in the hospital, police searched the couple's Bloomington. Marjorie Congdon was born Jacqueline Barnes on July 14, 1932, to an unwed mother in Tarboro, North Carolina. They purchased the house from Kenneth and Alice Wolfe; he was to become mayor of St. Louis Park and a State Senator. I went on to the U of M and worked in womens health and family medicine. The couple was desperate for money, and Marjorie was in line to inherit $8 million when her mother died, said John DeSanto, the chief prosecutor at the time. In fact, the Congdon family was one of the most accomplished, distinguished and generous in Minnesota. That has always bothered me. When Marjorie was sixteen, Elisabeth sent her away to a boarding school in New England. Authorities said she began serving her sentence in 1993. Yet even now somebody is sitting down over a friendly cup of coffee with a psychopath somewhere. Sociopaths have a conscience, but their moral compass is weak. They agreed. SEE ALSO: Trail of clues, legal twists kept Glensheen murder case going for years, SEE ALSO: Glensheen murders still intrigue, Authorities ID man fatally shot by Duluth police, First Witness seeks state, local support for larger child advocacy center in Duluth, Court rejects challenge to Hibbing murder. When she was alerted to the fire, she was nonchalant. Congdon Caldwell married Wally Hagen in 1982. Elisabeth Mannering Congdon about the age she was when she adopted Marjorie. Cable Publishing, 2014, Mansion with blood red sky, by Toa Heftiba, Glensheen Mansion exterior, Public domain, Glensheen bedroom where murder took place, Damien Enwhistle, Chester Congdon by Daniel Haas, CC by-SA 4.0, Hallway in Glensheen mansion, Damien Enwhistle, Elisabeth Condon in her eighties, Popular Bio, Staircase landing at Glensheen, Damien Enwhistle, Roger Caldwell mugshot, John DeSanto, Zenith City Press, Marjorie Congdon Caldwell walking with attorney, Art Hagen, Minneapolis Start Tribume, Candleholders on nightstand in murder bedroom, Hansen Family blog, Marjorie Congdon mug shot, Pima County Sheriffs Office, Smiling Marjorie in her seventies, Arizona Department of Corrections, Lake Superior shoreline, by Taylor Friehl. Withdrawing further, Marjorie began to act strangely, pulling out her own hair and laugh in an odd manner. Hare, Robert D. Phd. Marjorie could not have been pleased. At great personal expense, Congdon hired a mining engineer to develop a washing mill that could remove the sand. They are consummate actors, and the role they play is of being human when, in fact, they are something less than human, and dangerous because of it. She and her new husband, Roger Caldwell, were living in Colorado and were flat broke.. Psychopaths are at their most dangerous when their manipulations are thwarted. Marjorie Congdon Caldwell with her attorney Ronald Meshbesher. The last I heard, she was calling herself Marjorie Hagen and living in the Southwest. May 17, 1988 "People still won't talk to me on the record, because they're still afraid of retaliation," she said. She took her pulse. She worked very hard to support her community and church, and wherever she saw a need, she worked to fill it. It appears someone can be born a psychopath, and it also appears that psychopathology can run in families. Candance Renalls is a retired Duluth News Tribune reporter and freelance writer. He died in 1916. Avoid being drawn in. Most psychopaths are not violent, but all are treacherous. Marjorie is now the same age her mother was when her mother was murdered. The shores of Lake Superior near Glensheen Mansion. She was seventy-one years old. January 26,1985 Her appeal is turned down, so Marjorie begins serving her time for the arson and fraud conviction. Today, the University of Minnesota-Duluth operates the mansion, tours and events that take place inside and on the mansion's grounds. Also that year, she pleaded no contest in connection with arson fires at an Ajo storage yard believed set for a fraudulent insurance claim. He would call it Glensheen after the ancestral home of the Congdon family in Sheen, England. Later, I became interested in infectious disease and HIV. Marjories problem wasnt caused by others. Marjorie Congdon's mugshot, when she was arrested for arson in Arizona on March 25, 1991. Im not going to sell the book at Glensheen. Surprisingly, there are some rather significant connections between Marjorie and St. Louis Park. Eight years later in 1974 after arranging for the remodeling of a house shed purchased, Marjorie was slow to pay the contractor, so the contractor placed a lien on her property. The killings were carried out by Roger Caldwell, allegedly at the urging of his wife, Congdon's adopted daughter Marjorie, though she was later acquitted of conspiracy to murder at a trial. SCL: She is remembered primarily as a victim of homicide, which of course bothers me. But if anyone thought Marjorie was the victim in this relationship, they had another thing coming. Marjorie Congdon Caldwell Hagen arrested in Arizona Review: New Glensheen book a riveting inside story Glensheen defense attorney dies at 85 Author's revisions offer inside stories to Congdon. Chester Adgate Congdon accrued a fortune, How long is the tour? There she became a suspect in a rash of fires. Glensheens Daughter: The Marjorie Congdon Story. Compulsive spending was Marjorie Congdons modus operandi. And they ended up acquitting her. js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=180027192065175"; Her adopted daughter Marjorie LeRoy's mother along with her new husband, Roger Caldwell, were accused of murdering Congdon in an attempt to inherit her fortune. Twenty months later she was released for good behavior. At least three books have been written about Hagen, including, "Will to Murder: The True Story Behind the Crimes & Trials Surrounding the Glensheen Killings," by former News Tribune crime reporter Gail Feichtinger, retired Duluth police detective Gary Waller and DeSanto. [She served time for arson.] Marjorie Congdon Caldwell Hagen's son is a candidate for a state judge spot. At the same time, she essentially only comes after people she can get something from, and none of my siblings or myself have anything for her. From 1993 to 2004, Marjorie Caldwell served 11 years of a 15-year prison sentence for arson. Marjorie Congdon Caldwell had enough notoriety as an heiress that she could hire one of the best criminal defense attorneys in Minnesota. The mansion itself is located in Duluth Minnesota, 2 1/2 hours from my home in Brainerd Minnesota. The trial was moved to Brainerd and in July of 1978 the jury found Roger Caldwell (Marjorie's husband) to be guilty of the crimes. It was perfect. Before the contract came due, she sold the house but didnt immediately vacate. An additional note: The History Theatre musical, "Glensheen" is on stage starting July 6 and runs through July 30, 2017. Hagen endorsed and deposited an $11,000 check into a bank. A neighbor remembered Marjorie as being very industrious. At family reunions, we talk about history, and people knew a little bit, but so much about her was forgotten. Marjorie was caught red-handed setting fire to her neighbors house. Caldwell was a bad alcoholic. Three years later on March 2, 2007 she was caught trying to forge the signature of a recently deceased friend on an inheritance check. Clarity means quality, and , We cant fight it any longer. We don't really hide from it, but it's definitely not our number one marketing message to get out there.". You want to raise your hand and draw attention to it, even if it might be considered a bit crass. He and his wife, Mary, live near Kettle River, Minnesota, enjoying time with their seven grandchildren. The victims' families "were really hopeful that we would not have to retry the case with a chance of Roger walking free," DeSanto said. Her ability to coerce him in this way hinted at deeper implications. But in the big picture a greater public service could be done by acknowledging the tragedy and handing out information on psychopathology. While Marjorie stood to inherit millions after her mother's death, she actually got a pittance in comparison. It has been lightly edited for today's readers. MP: What do you consider to be her most important and lasting legacy to Minnesota? Elisabeth Congdons way of dealing with Marjorie was to appease her. But prosecutors didn't want to risk a not guilty verdict. She always seemed like a nice person. Marjorie Congdon became Marjorie LeRoy on June 30th, 1951. Does the Glensheen mansion have an elevator? How did Chester Congdon make his fortune? Please enable javascript and refresh the page to continue reading local news. On June 26, 1977, Roger Caldwell got on a plane to Minneapolis, drove up to Duluth in a rental car, smothered Elizabeth Congdon with a satin pillow, and bludgeoned her nurse, Velma Pietila, to death with a brass candlestick. Sympathy is a dangerous emotion in the hands of a psychopath. Roger. Are any of Freddie and the Dreamers still alive? We see that you have javascript disabled. They never suspected what was about to happen. But psychopaths are not greedy in the same way sociopaths are. Much of the following information came from the book Will to Murder: The True Story Behind the Crimes and Trials Surrounding the Glensheen Killings by Gail Feichtinger, John Desanto, Gary Waller, and John E. Desanto (2005:X-Communication). She put her foot down. Part of the reason is the woman who would drive her died a year ago.". SCL: Very much so. Marjorie ended up with about $40,000 a year from a Congdon trust plus Wallace Hagen's pension, according to Feichtinger. While darkly comic elements pepper the musical, Poling emphasizes that he and Hatcher have been respectful of the victims. The investigators werent buying it. In 1975 Marjorie Congdon met Roger Caldwell at a Parents Without Partners meeting in Colorado. She was still in jail Saturday on $250,000 bond. "She got no bulk sum after the murders - she basically lost it all . We sold it.. They cannot believe the things people say about her. "She lives in very nice properties," Gail Feichtinger, co-author of "Will to Murder: The True Story Behind the Crimes & Trials Surrounding the Glensheen Killings," who continues to keep track of Marjorie's whereabouts and crimes told the News Tribune in 2017. To control that wealth mustve been very enticing to someone like Marjorie. She was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the fire at her neighbor's home and to a concurrent eight years for the storage yard fire. When the new buyers inspected the house just days before they were to move in, they noticed the floors had been varnished, and there was a strong chemical odor. MP: Your book includes two riveting and fairly disturbing courtroom dramas the murder trial [starring a sneering Ron Meshbesher] and the settlement of your grandmothers estate. Thats different from a psychopath. Shortly thereafter, the house burned to the ground. If Marjorie couldnt have it, nobody would. Zenith City Press That's in part because of what happened afterward when the story gets even crazier.. Required fields are marked *. The child shed adopted was olive skinned with straight, black hair and was so nearsighted she had to wear thick glasses. Illustration by Allegra Lockstadt; Photography provided by Dana Hall; Glensheen | University of Minnesota-Duluth; St. Paul Pioneer Press | Handwritten will courtesy of Zenith City Press as presented in Will to Murder: The True Story Behind the Crimes & Trials Surrounding The Glensheen Killings, considered the Definitive Book about the murders. The court granted him a new trial. There was a level of service and attention to detail we just cant fathom in todays world. Tour lengths vary depending on the type of tour and the desired experience. A short time later, Wally Hagen moved in with Marjorie. She loved nature and history, and taught her children and grandchildren to protect them. They will use it against you if it suits them. Then at the age of thirteen she did something that wouldve been a warning sign to any criminal psychologist, had there been such a thing in 1945. Glensheen Mansion is a five-story structure with several staircases. During her lifetime, the Duluth mining heiress and philanthropist worked quietly to shape the community and culture of her northern town. She recently moved to a house. We were invited for dinner several times. Congdon's son-in-law, Roger Caldwell, was found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder in 1978. fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); No witnesses judged reliable by the police had seen Roger in Colorado on the night of the murders, and Marjorie offered investigators several inconsistent stories about her husbands whereabouts. In this light, Marjories difficulty in making friends at school can be seen as trial and error, a long learning curve that resulted in her emerging as an engaging, charismatic young woman at the age of nineteen, enough to snare a man like Dick LeRoy. She was given 15 years, but on October 30, 1992, Wally was found dead, a day before she was to report to prison. It took the authorities less than two weeks to arrest Roger Caldwell, but not before he wound up in the hospital after having collapsed at breakfast with seizures. She told the new buyers she wanted to do some work on the house before handing it over to them. Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Yet she destroyed the lives of all those around her. Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the June 25, 2017, edition of the News Tribune. He was sentenced to two consecutive life terms. For example, she stripped all the kitchen cupboards and repainted and decorated with Pennsylvania Dutch designs. Only the quick action of Dick LeRoy prevented the fire from spreading and burning the neighborhood down. Was it your intention, in writing this book, to correct that? Marjorie's second marriage was to a man named Roger Sipe Caldwell. This time Marjorie had overplayed her hand. Marjorie used her inheritance to acquit her of the murder of the person who controlled her inheritance. A civil suit filed by five of her seven children in 1979 to disinherit their mother from her inheritance on the grounds she was involved in the murders was settled out of court in 1983. Marjorie kept on spending, writing bad checks and driving her new husband deeper and deeper into debt. When he drank, he turned violent. A deposit of iron ore had been found sixty miles to the north in the Mesabi range, and Pittsburgh steel magnate Andrew Carnegie had shown an interest in it. Nancy and her brother Tom were always curious about their mother's rich friend, Marjorie Congdon. She got along swimmingly with the other inmates, and she sent a bouquet of flowers to the warden every week. And a witness from the first trial changed her story to say she saw Roger elsewhere the day of the murder. She added that she hasnt had contact with her for 40 years. Poling was recruited by Hatcher, who had been asked by History Theatre to write a play based on the Glensheen case; Hatcher told Poling he only wanted to do the play if it could be a musical. At the time of the slayings, the Caldwells were deep in debt. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. With Roger out of prison under supervision and a retrial looming, authorities decided to strike a deal rather than risk an acquittal. A stroke had left her mobility and speech seriously impaired, requiring full-time medical supervision. Im doing work now with Youth Link, and some of the proceeds from this book will go to help young people at risk of sexual trafficking. Adopted by one of the wealthiest families in Minnesota, she was brought up in lavish surroundings with all the comforts money could buy, Marjorie had an idyllic childhood. He was treated for a possible heart attack but released after doctors couldnt determine the cause of his illness. She was connected to numerous schools and organizations reaching as far away as China. At the age of nineteen she emerged as an engaging, charismatic young woman. What happened Marjorie Congdon? Back in Minnesota for the funeral, police found evidence of foul play in their Duluth hotel room. In the world Marjorie Congdon grew up in, wealth was everything. MinnPost | P.O. Then the story took another turn when the Minnesota Supreme Court court threw out Roger Caldwell's conviction based on the new evidence introduced at Marjorie's trial. 3.76 282 ratings27 reviews Glensheen's Daughter is the story of Marjorie Congdon, the adopted daughter of heiress Elisabeth Congdon, and the brutal murders at Glensheen, one of America's great mansions. Please enable javascript and refresh the page to continue reading local news. From 1952 to 1954, the LeRoys lived at 2744 Salem Ave., a bungalow built in 1941. The Hagen family planned a memorial service in January 1996 at Westwood Lutheran Church in St. Louis Park. She is sentenced to 2.5 years in prison. The Classic and Full Mansion tours are self-paced with most visitors spending. Now she was free to do whatever she wanted. Developed by. One month before the murder Marjorie got a prescription for Antabuse. An iron candlestick holder lay discarded nearby. I wanted more people to understand why she was so special. Will you help us keep it this way by supporting our nonprofit newsroom with a tax-deductible donation today? The public needs to be educated. With her history of arson, she was immediately a suspect. Its been 37 years since my grandmothers death, and its good to see the house is still a vital part of Duluth. "It was clear she was then on a path to wanting to speed up her inheritance," said DeSanto, who's a judge now and co-author of a book on the case, "Will to Murder.". After all, it should be part of a complete picture of the mansions history, which also includes the remarkable story of Chester Adgate Congdon, Elisabeths father and the builder of Glensheen. Marjorie Caldwell, as Hagen was then known, was instantly considered a suspect in her mother's murder. St. Louis County Chief Prosecutor John DeSanto prosecuted the 1977 murders. Stained glass window above the stairway landing at Glensheen mansion where Velma Pitiela was murdered. Eighty-one-year old Elisabeth Congdon refused to bail Marjorie out anymore. Marjorie Congdon Hagen, 78, was placed on three years' intensive probation in March 2009 after she pleaded guilty to attempted forgery. Those who know her find her friendly and engaging. Rogers trial resulted in two consecutive life sentences, handed down on July 10, 1978. It was as if she was determined to spend every last penny of Chester Congdons fortune. This tiny house, built by Mrs. Alice Tisdale in 1927, housed Marjorie, Dick, and their seven children. Congdon worked to improve maternal health and infant survival rates; she provided numerous students with scholarships and even housed at least one Chinese college student at Glensheen; and she was a passionate supporter of the arts. She resides in Tucson, Arizona. Charges against Marjorie were dropped in the first case and never filed in the second. SCL: I always say, Mother Nature was the only mother I ever had. Marjorie was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. Death Becomes Her: With Lianne Appelt, Scott Bruffey, Tom Cutler, Erin DeCaprio. Im interested in at-risk youth, and drawn to help people in difficult situations. It really is part of a bygone era. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); We are largest Know-How Listing website, total [total_posts] questions already asked and get answers instantly! In the late 1960s, the Congdon family decided to donate the estate to the University of Minnesota Duluth, although not until Elizabeth died. conniving.''. Tucson police wouldn't discuss what led to the charges, citing an ongoing investigation. 40 years later, Glensheen murders still grip Duluth, Glensheen, home museums rethink rules to lure visitors. I burst out laughing, says Poling. Tags: Glensheen, Majorie Congdon, Summer 2017, Sign up for the Artful Note newsletter, our guide to the good life delivered right to your inbox. Caldwell was a bad alcoholic. Suzanne is estranged from her mother, telling MinnPost interviewer Amy Goetzman in 2014 that the last shed heard, her mother was calling herself Marjorie Hagen and living in the Southwest. What is the water level on Cherokee Lake? And new things are happening. By 1977, she was living in Colorado and married to her second husband, Roger Caldwell. Although Marjorie was brought up in the familys opulent Glensheen Mansion and attended Dana Hall Prep School in Massachusetts, she was nevertheless troubled, and at age 16 she was actually given the label sociopath during a stay at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas, in the summer of 1949. Marjorie stood to inherit $8.2 million upon her mother's death. In 2005, the museum reversed course. She was short, wide at the hips and bookish looking. 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