The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-06-16


10 this paper . few days sincs. II y one
days record Of crime 10 the metropolis ssd
its vicinity.
WIFE MuIDBs.
A German woman named MEysRs, living
st 2221l west Seventeenth street, was mur.
dered on Sunday, by her husband. The
parties were locked 10 room 10 the house
in which they resided, until the suspicious
Of the neighbors were aroused. An officer
was sent for, the door thrust open, when
most horrible sight was presented to his eye.
The Tribune says
The dead body OF Mrs. Meyers, In STATE Of
nudity. Icy upon the floor near the stove. 6he
was covered with bruises and cuts from head
10 foot. From her mouth, nose and ears were
streams Of cosguIated blood, and on her head,
breast, arms and legs were innumersbie cuts
or stsbs. Her hair, which had been cropped on
close to her head. was found In the stove, par.
TALLY consumed. aud II seemed 70 be the I'm.
presson Of those who hrst looked upon the
scene that the fsnd had determined upon burn
ing the body. Near the corpse stood pail Of
bloody water. and Il was apparent that Meyers,
after the preparation Of the deed. had busted
himself IN wIplng Up The foor. which wa lit r.
wife's hair, aud the cleansing up Of the blood
from the floor, seemed to be the first move that
Meyers had made toward concesling the ey.
dence OF his crime.
Upon further examination Of tho scene OF
the tragedy, q smoothing iron and large pair
Of shesrs, both 81 which were covered WIN
blood, we're found. The suppostion Ii, that
Mavafs nd tia svtfa III. m m nd 0u FFel.
ing, when he struck her, causing ths first out.
cry. and that she then prepared breakfast, and
went Into the yard 10 empty pail VI water.
The quarrel must have been subsequently, re-
sumed, In the course OF which Meyers again
attacked his wife, beating her with bis fists.
she fought back, and screamed for help, when
the fond, TO silence her, struck her with She
iron, and then stabbed her with the shears.
Rum was the cause Of the murder.
MEYERs was arrested and imprisoned.
The next Ia still more horrible, and 10 In.
volved In great mystery.
MURDER on sEvhS PERSONS.
On Wednesday last, box was found of
Port Norris, ws,ches,er county, floating
in the river, containing tho bodies OF seven
persons---two white men, two women, two
children. aud negro. The Coroners in
vestigation elected nothing but what
follows:
Al the bottom OF tho box lay enc woman Of
ordinary size and the negro the next layer
consisted Of q mAu and woman the former
was very tall and Of powerful frame. In order
to get him in, his legs had been bent up
behind In . manner that could only have been
done soon after death, and while the body
was yet warm. and by his side was another
woman Of ordinary size, and whose head had
been cut OF aud placed near her feet, apparent.
ly with view Of economizing the room the
other white man, who was Of ordinary size, o
girl apparently about seven years old, and an
Infant SLING up the remaining space. All The
adult bsdiea had shrouds OF an inferior quality
upon them, and appeared 10 have been used
more with view of conveying . false impress
sion In case OF the bodies being found than
anything else, inasmach az there were other
matters usually attended to In preparing do
ceased persons for intermsnt which had been
entirely neglected. Each Of the women had
nghtcaps on. and over enc of them was tied
. handkerchief, which had probably been used
for closing the mouth OF the deceased. Quick.
lime had not only been freely applied TO the
features, but IL had also been placed inside OF
the women's caps and the sleeves OF the under
garments OF oil, IN . moistened state, with the
evident intention Of facilitating decomposition
and thereby destroying all possibility Of idsn-
tihcation Of the bodies, which object, u 10 bc
lievsd, has been most etiectualiy accom-
pii-hej.
The large man referred to bad . wound on
the loft breast, In the region OF the heart, A. II
he had been stabbed; aud several spots, re-
sembling blood, were found on the shirt or
sbroud where II covered the wound, The hair
and whskers of one man we're quite perfect
and some positions of tho body whore tho lime
had not come In contact, were 30 fresh and
firm, that Il was the opinion Of DR.. Freeman
that life had not been extinct more than one
week. The leg Of one woman Was separated
from tho body. The severance was, however.
supposed TO have been effscted.by the action Of
the lime. All the hesh peeled IRON the skslls.
owing TO the action OF the lime, except Ia the
I case ofons woman, whose hair vas Of light
brown, and whose fngsrs we're quite delicate'
Tho girl was attired In linen che mise, with
u pretty rutllc around the neck. The under
/ garment was marked with the letters G. N. in
/ Turkey red cotton. She had on pair OF linen
/ stockings. clicked In front aud tho top. She
/ had also fine lace cap on. The undergar
( msnts Of the women, ~ well a. those oil the
/ girl, were Of stost linen, and ~ strong - new.
From the texture Of the unaergarments, and
tho manner Ia which they were marked. DR.
! =. presumed that the deceased persens Except
the nsgto) were OF German extraction; but 81
their garments were rot marked with the Ger
were smigrants from one Of the British Isles
As no evidence could DO obtained a. to whc
they were, who're they came nom, or how
| they got into the wstsr--nothing beyond the
7 mere fact Of their discovery, aud the state IL
which they were found--ths Coroner jury
rendered the ususl verdict rcturnsa in such
cases, via THAT the deceased came TO theil
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