Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-01-01

were so much appreciated by the people {
, Ramsey county that they have provided hii
free quarters in large and substantial ston
mansion. handed us the following as We wer
sauntering along one of the passages Of tn
building day or two since:
10 TIE Editors Of the Mnnssoiian:
| "CaidtoeU House ''-RIJismas Day-W hill
you are enjoying yourselves, going TO balls
festivals, etc, etc, we, poor criminals ar
here locked up here in our stone "edifce,
the county jail, glad even to get peep at on,
of your Old papers, let alone a chance at {
tale this morning. We are closed from al
the beautiful enjoyments of the day. You
may think it is well--about this we will not
! dispute with your best thoughts for, poor
| fellows, we have all offended that lao which
| is our independence as an American people
We will not raise the old cry "let US out
| Uncle Sam, but this time, we will do so no
more" but we will tell you how We are enjoy
| ing ourselves in this magnificent house Of cor
rection, which keeps us at peace with the
dignity Of our glorious commonwealth.
Well Chicago Jack is reading the Histo,
ry, Of the Jews Jackson, the Haunted Gas.
tie; George is studying the art Of boxing /;
Cormack is singing an Irish song, Bonfanti is
thinking Of his trial, which will soon come off !;
Bridenader is praying for Dutch Newspa-
per, and Sullivan is reading Jacks Kit" or
Saturday Night in the Forecastle," while
your humble servant has your Weekly and
Scots Works spread out before him.
There is young man recently brought in
here for murder, who protests his innocence
very strongly. | will relate you his story, so
that if he hes been wronged it can be made
right His name is Giloer, Orii!ein. He IS a
German who came to Minnesota about ten
.nonths since and made 1; claim in Wright
county, with his wife and brother, and there
lived very quietly for two or three months,
when Orhleln'S brother Mike employed car
penter to build house Oh his eighty. The
carpenter boarded at this Gilbert Orhlein's
house, (thc married brother now III Jail
The carpenter had not been boarding at Gil
discovered that the Carpenter was very iati-
mate with his brothers wife. Mike told his
brother Gilbert who was on the watch 70 as
certain the facts. On Gilbert's coming home
one evening rather earlier than usual, he dis
covered to his horror, the carpenter and his
wife in bed together Gilbert said nothing that
evening, but informed Nike Of what ne had
seen. On the next morning he told Nike that
he would have to make change in the fam-
iy, for he had seen enough of the carpenter,
and that the carpenter OF him (GilbertJ had
to leave the house. Mike told Gilbert to bear
with the carpenter few days longer and he
would be done with him. This was all that
passed between tie brothers. The carpenter
and Mike went to work, as usual, Oh Mixes
house, willie Gilbert went peaceablyt0 TO his la
bors.
The evening came and the carpenter re-
turned without Mike, and being questioned
where Mike was, said, Mike left the New
House before him and he (the Carpentcr)
supposed he had come home to Gilbert>s On
going toward, Mikes house Gilbert discover
cd his brother dead on The way Whom he
returned to his own house, what was his as
Constituent when bis own wife and the car
penter, without asking him one question, aC-
cuscd him nf numbering Mike" This is the
Germans account OF it as have it translated
By Brilerader. He says the carnentcr is nov
living ii ms house, with his wife No sooner
bad thc accident happened than his wife gave
all the money that was in the house and the
prccmption papers to the carpenter, and play
ed false TO hin, by swearing in favor Of the
carpenter. Orhlein has another brother here
who has Just arrived from New York, and
yrhp has made several discoveries as TO who
the murderer Of his brother is. He 100 says
that Gilbert wife knows the murderer, and
undoubtedly had a hand in it. give you
the prisoner statement. II it is true, he has
oeen hardly dealt with, but hope justice viii
be done. Yours truly.
4 PRIsoNER.
This is the first account published III re-
gard to the Wright County Murder. We
were unable to learn anything shout il when