The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-01-13
Local Affairs.

formation about the 18Th OF DecembeT,
tending 10 the discovery Of concealed
murder In this county, proceeded 10 Prlirie
du Chen on the 10Th Of Decembr, where
he received information enough 10 justify
him in taking into custody man named
Loren IAliyer, Frcnchman by birth, and
bringing him 10 this city. to answer charge
Of murder. committed 90 bis wife. % the
18th Of October, 1856 Mr.. Crosby ar.
rested faliycr without the usual papers, and
brought him 10 this city without molesta
ton, arriving here on Thursday night.
f.aliyer came 10 Minnesota 10 1852. hay
Ing previously made the acquaintance Of his
vile, q Swedc, named Hannah Moud. 10
Milwaukee. Wisconsin. lie brought his
wife with him TO Minnesota, but did not
marry her until tho 9th Of July, 1853. On
tho 3Oth Of November, 1854, b. made com.
plant to the District Court. for divorce
from bis vile, on the ground OF living IN.
happily with her. being 10 fear Of bodily
violence from her. The divorce was not
granted. lie took up his residence In st.
Paul, where he worked at blaeksmithing for
some time, and afterwards opened drinking
saloon, on the corner Of Third and Robert
street, from whence he removed 10 q
building on 81. Anthony street. known a.
the Holland lIouse. afterwards purchased y
farm in the ncighborhood Of Little Canada
where be resided with his wife until OctO-
Der, 1856. On the night Of 18th OF Octo
Der, 1856, u log shanty, on the farm Of La
liysr WIS destroyed by fire. Ialiyer in.
formed his neigbbora, alter the fire, that bis
wife had left him. aud attributed the fire 10
her vengeance. iAliyer remained there all
winter, keeping German woman, TO whom
be appeared attached. 10 the spring Of
1857, he lett this city. and Travelled South
part Of the time iV Arkansas Ia the fall
Of that year be had got up the Mississippi,
a. far az Prairie du CHEN, where he again
went into the blacksmith business, 10 com
pany with German. lie WINS social 10 his
habits, aud formed an acquaintance with a
German. named Oglebath. q tailor and en-
ployed him TO make trip to ST. Paul, TO
Induce the woman with whom be had lived
IN the winter Of 1856, 10 20 and live with
him in Prairie du CHEN Oglcbath failed
In bis mission, and returned to Prairie du.
Chen, where the friendship between the two
grew stronger, until taliycr voluntarily ro-
counted the incidents Of his former life, and
confessed to having murdered his wife in the
fall of 1866, by striking her with billet OF
wood, and afterwards, with y murderous
weapon, beat her brains out. lilo then. with
the assistance OF man named Tilmot.
conveyed her body on "a horse 10 an ice house
on his premises, into which he threw it. and
then set fire to the shanty. that in two days
after be went 10 the ruins, and 10 und the
bones Of the body were not all consumed; be
dug hole four ieol deep just where the
body was consumed, and buried the bones,
that afterwards he told German named
krutcher Of the circumstances. Tho object
Of the confession 10 Oglcbath. was to induce
him Ia come once more to 81. Paul on his
behalf, and remove the bones from their
resting place, he being fearful that some day
or other. they would DO eShumed, and be
called upon 10 account for the disappear
aEce Of his wife. Ogcbath declined to un.
dertake the mission, wheroupon u collness
sprung up between the friends. and lalycr
intmatcd 10 some other friend. that he must
get rid OF Oglebath, IA he knew too much
which coming 10 the latters ears. made his
liia horror to him. with the murlcrous 80
cret 10 his brcast. aud u murderer's ven.
geanc, upon his pathway, To relieve him
self from, the horrible secret and his terros.
he communicated the confession to an attor
Bey, and by him the authorities here were
notified. and MIR frosty. on his own respon
sibili,y. went TO Prairie du Chen. aud ar
rested l.alycr
On Friday, police officer crosby took Of
ficer Morton with hlm. Ia the place dcsig
mated by laliyer. in hs confession The
location Of the lev house IL between Bass
Lake and Lake johanna.
Before they commenced the examination
they took with them Captain Benuet aud
Phillip krultcher the latter pointing out
the exac. location. They dug down about
two feet. when they came upon portion OF
the skull. aud after r>mo, ing "a little more
earth, picked up uumbcr OF bonys, a piecc
Of the scalp, with hair pins IN il, and some
porticu oi female apparcl fh,so remains
were brought to this city, and on Saturday
morning. DR.. j. v Wren, the county Cor
oner, assembled jury Of inquest, consisting
Of the following gentlemen J h Cody. t..
n. IArpcnteur, Reuben llaus, T., G. Bclo,c,
II Ward, and J. e. Ramsey After being
sworn in, the hearing was adjourned until 3
O'Clock, I, VI, to give the physicians time
10 make their examination OF the bones.
At 3 O'Clock the jury assembled, and the
physicians made the following report
rosr suSrEM EXAMINATION ON rHs REMAINS
FOUND ~ INK Ics MOI 81.
The nud,rsigncd physicians and surgeons,
have examined the bones submitted TO them.
aud pronounce them positively 10 be those
OF human being, but having been exposed
10 the action OF lire and water. ar much
destroyed and imperfect, 80 that it Is allaosl
inn oSsible TO arrive at the aye or sgx. A
portion Of the scalp with the hair attached
contained three or four hnr pa, in good
Preservation and the fragments OF clothing
found with the remains ART such as are
worn by kmalys. We can arrive at no con.
clgsiou rs to whether deceased came to death
10y violence or not. The skull Is broken Ia
10 or 70 pice,s Sicnel