Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-01-15

At half past two PM, on Monday, he was
again brought in. He looks bad, and seems
to have lost all his former Indifferent air
He seated himself near his counsel, w. A..
German Esq, with whom he frequently con-
versed DUNG the examination. I,..,.
No new witnesses were examined, and no
farther important testimony given than was
elected on the Coroner's Inquest on Saturday.
At the close, Justice Simons committed the
prisoner to the County Jail, to answer such
charge as the Grand Jury might find against
him. .l.,t sta.a'. ~, .-.iH.De..4 5-.F Fs.a
The prisoner has made to several persons
the following confession: "That on the day
of her death, deceased was in one of her sulky
moods, and the prisoner found her crying up
stairs. He ordered her to come down, and she
refused. He went to her and attempted to
force her to 60 down and go about her work,
when she resisted In his impatience and
rage he flung her down the stairway, and she
fell to the bottom head foremost. She never
spoke or moved, but uttered only gurgling
groan describing the sound. He attempted
to raise her up, but found her skull was bro
ken in, and that she was dead. At first he
thought he would 60 to the neighbors and tell
them of the circumstance, and have his wife
bnried But he feared that as they knew that
they lived unhappily together, he would be ac-
cused of her murder at once, whereas he pro-
tests that he had not the slightest idea of
harming her. After several hours of reflection,
however, he concluded to remove the body
and conceal all evidences of her death, which
with Tilmont's aid he did, and then circulated
report of her having run off," e.m', q
/ In company with some of the officers we
yesterday visited the scene of the murder
1t is in lonely spot, surrounded by wild
and uncultivated tract of country, and looks
doubly desolate, as there is not assign Of life
near, while the old trees, leafless mostly, stand
blacked by fire, and looking dead and sullen,
while the scrub oak, and its sombre leaf is
is scattered all about, yet untouched by the
grubbing hoe. The cabin stands on slight
eminence, looking southwark. 1t is empty
and dismantled-as if some sign were there
warning every human being to beware of the
tenement that had witnessed such scene of
blood. 1t is about twelve feet square, nicely
built, and is one and half stories in height.
Two sheds are attached to it, one as kitchen,
and one as blacksmith shop A little gar
den surrounds it. The stairs down which he
confesses to have thrown her, is common
board ladder, and must have been set up al
most perpendicular. The ice-house where the
grave was made must have been third, or
half mile from 1t, at least, and had long been
unused .r
The nearest neighbor to Laliyers Except
ing Greisher, his partner) was two miles, and
in such desolate, out of the way spot, muir
der might easily be concealed for years.
Nor does it argue against the vigilance of Of
ficers in the least, when even those residing
in the neighborhood suspected no foul play.
This CLAUS Tilmont who is spoke en- of, is a
boatman, and was playmate of fLaurens Lali-
yer in the old country. He is young man,
% or % years of age, about 5 feet 6 inches
high, and heavy set. He left, it is supposed,
at the close of navigation in 1856, but we
learn has made trips to st. Paul during the
last two seasons, as deck-hand on some
steamboat. May not some Of the river men,
mates or clerks, on boats below, know some
thing of him?
AS an instance Of the loathing with which
Laliyer is regarded, Frenchman commenced
berating US soundly yesterday Gin mistake for
another reporter) for saying that the prisoner
is Frenchman And on the other hand the
Germans repudiate him. The fact is, he speaks
both tongues with native fuency, and claims
an origin from both nations.
How this examplifes the old maxim "Mur-
der will OUT" In this instance it was long
delayed, but the bones of the murdered vic
tim cried up ceasclessly from their unknown
grave for retribution, and singular train Of
circumstances brings about the knowledge and
arrest of the murderer, and may, if guilty,
lead to his conviction. If not, it will be easy
to clear up the singular chain of proof, and es.
tablish his claim of innocence