Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1857-01-17
Horrible Murders!

can ascertain, the Facts are as follows: About
ten minutes to O'Clock en- Tuesday evening,
a peculiar noise was heard by Mr.. Chas. Naher
and family, who live near the Presbyterian Church
on st. Anthony street. The noise seemed to pro-
coed from the fall Of some heavy body to the
floor in the adjoining room, and was sufficiently
loud to occasion remark. The cause of the noise
was revealed yesterday morning, when Mr.. John
l.. TOul, residing two doors below Naher, pro-
ceeded about s o'clock to the room whence the
noise had emanated. He was attracted to the
room to ascertain what was the matter with its
occupant, Dir. Henry W. Schroeder, who had reg
| ularly walked him in the morning--and on enter
ing, was startled by finding his German neighbor
stretched upon the floor in pool of blood, The
body was frozen to the floor. Deceased had been
struck with some edged instrument like an axe.
which had entered his skull at the left ear, sever
Ing that member from his head, and leaving al,
open wound Of the full size of the blade. It was
an awful spectacle! Yet scores Of our citizens.
impslled~by morbid curiosity, clustered around
the guarded doar, eager to CATCH one glimpse of
the frightful CHASTITY corpse; deceased was tailor
by trade, and the needle with which he had been
at work was scarcely released from his fingers.
the vest he had been finishing lay upon his brsa
and the pipe be had been smoking was beside him
on the floor, just as it had dropped from his
lps-all demonstrating that the attack must have
been as sudden as it was bloody and bold 1t is
behaved on all hands that the murder was COM
mitted Cor money. i71Ai'N ''ea,'" ~"
The man bad formerly lost $l7Oo, which he had
deposited in Kentucky bank, since which loss,
he has always kept his money upon his person,
the discovery of which fact by some assassin. was
probably the cause Of this terrible tragedy. De-
ceased was represented as good neighbor, and a
peaceable, inofensive man. He was single, and
between 35 and 40 years of age. 4. ..;.,t ...,s d
| But this is not the last of the act. About the
time of the discovery of the corpse, officer White
found a man named Nicholas Haf6nger, in the
saloon first door south of Taylor's bank, and his
suspicious being excited by his appearance, he
promptly caused his dese,ti9n and arrest. Pris-
oner had blood on his coat sleeve, and also bad
an axe in his possession, the blade and handle Of
which were very bloody, the former especially,
being much stained. Ism et e6 M5slA
Upon the discovery of the corpse, a jury was
Immediately summoned, consisting of the follow
ing gertlemeni W. II. Shelley, G. L. Gait, Chas
Pettn, r. Haus, G. w. Williams and ". ]. Bron.
son, and an inquest was holden in the Court
House, before G. P. v. Lull, Coroner pro tenn.
and testimony was taken from IL O'Clock A. NJ
during the whole Of the afternoon, when they ad.
journed. '.''' n '@' '' ''t
| P. s.-The testimony proved the innocence Of
HaGngsr spoken Of above; the blood having
been received from some meat which be had beer
cutting for dog-so the prisoner was released
FREE SPEECH THE Pioneer seeks to make /
handle of the motion of Mr.. Chase (according t
its own report) ''that no Democrat be appointed
on the Committee to wait on the Governor, ant
inform him that the House is ready to hear an,
communication he may kays to make" Mr.
Chase ~ y as though the Democrats had offered
! an ;,d;on;.v 70 en-. Governor, and hence his mo
ton, which under the circumss...s was qu''
proper. o"' ed
! We submit if our neighbor of the Pioneer il
not little too hasty and severe in it's structure.
on Mr.. Hotchkiss of the Msnnesota Democrat. be.
| cause he published the Messare in advance of its
delivery. He has unquestionably committed an
error; but in Justification he states that he had
permission from the Governor to give publicity
to the document at the time it was published.
GV We regret to learn of the death of Mr.. Dow,
father of the editor of the Dakota Journal. Mr..
Dow was native of New Hampshire, but at the
time OF his death resided at Hastings in this Ter.
ritory. ....,,.,,
90 We regret to learn that the lecture intend
ed to have been given before the Young Mems
Association this evening, vii: be omitted. Our
citizens areso busy that it is almost impossible
to accomplish anything in the intellectual line.
.CVOn motion Of John B. Brisbin, W. G. Thorn
pson, Esq, of this city was, on Monday admit
ted to practice in the Courts ofths Territory, by
the Supreme Court now in session at the Capitol.
Mr.. Thompson is young man of enterprise,
integrity, and decided talent, whose former ex-
perience in the practice of law in ssThe Old Bay
State, has won for him worthy reputation and
we cheerfully recommend him to our readers
'nfouSnous the territory gTshC go -ksT-as
Vi W There are about twenty-five hundred miles
OF railroad completed in Illinois, and many hum
dred moro n the process of construction. o-~g
q John B. Cough, Esq, the eloquent tenn
perance lecturer, delivered three lectures at Ga
lena, on the 9TH, the 9Th and the 18th.
% It's q singular fact that duels and suicides
are unknown among the Turks. They believe in
predestination, and are rigidly opposed to the
idea Of fastening death BY arsenic and euupow-
der. The conduct Of the Turks in this respect.
may be therefore held up a model for polite
|imitasion.