Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-06-18

DAYS RECORD OF CHIMES.
The New 70 k papers Of Monday, con.
tain the details Of the Chapter Of horrors tel
cgraphed West referred to last week. 1t is
one days record Of c imc in the Metropolis,
and vicinity.
WIFE MURDER. s...
A German woman named Meyers, living
1921 west seventeeth, was murdered VI,
Sunday by her husband. The parties were
locked in room in the house in which they
resided, until the suspicious Of the neigh
bors were aroused. An officer was sent for,
the door thrust OPEN, when a most horrible
sight was presented to the eye. The Trib.
unc says:
The dead body ofMrs Meyers, in state
OF nudity, lay npon the floor. near the stove.
She was covered with bruises and cuts from
head to foot. From CT mouth, rose AMI
ears were streams Of coaSuiatcd blood. and
on her head, breast, arms and legs were
innumerabc cuts or stabs. Her hair which
had been cropped Oft close to her head, was
found in the stove partially consumed, ami
ii seemed to he The impression Of those who
first looked upon the scene that the tiend
had determined upon Turning the body
Near the corpse stood a pail Of bloody water
and it was apparent that Meyers, after the
preparation Of the deed, has busted himself
in wiping up the floor which was literally
covered with blood. The cutting off Of his
wife's hair, and the cleansing up Of the blood
from the floor seemed to lie he first move
that MeyeLs had made toward concealing the
evidence OF his crime.
Upon further examination Of the scene
Of the tragedy, smoothing iron and u large
pair OF shears, both OF which were covered
blood, we're found. The supposition is, that
Meyers and his wife first commenced quar-
reling, when he struck her, causing the
first cutlery, and that she then prepared
breakfast, and went out in the yard 20 empty
pail Of water. The quarrel must have
been subsequently, resumed, in the course
OF which Meyers again attacked his vile,
beating her with his fists. She fought back
and screamed for help, when the fead to sill =.
ence her, struck h,r with the iron and then
stabbed her with the shears.
Rum was the cause Of the MURDER
Meyers was arrested and imprisoned
The next is still more horrible, and is in.
volyed in great mystery.
MURDER OF SEVEN PERSONS.
On Wednesday last, a box was found off
Port Norris, Westchester county, floating
in the river, containing the bodies Of seven
perSons--two men, two women, two children
and a negro. The coroners investigation
elected nothing but wha, follows:
1t the bottom Of the box, lay one woman
Of ordinary size and negro; the next layer
consisted Of a man and woman, the former
was very tall and of powerful frame. In or
d r 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 Oft and placed near her
feet, apparently with view Of economizing
the room the other white man, who was
o: ordinary size, girl, apparently about
seven years old, and an infant filling up the
remaining space. All the adult bodies had
shrouds Of an inferior quality upon them,
and appeared to have been used more with
view Of conveying q false impression in
case Of the bodies being found than anything
else, inasmuch as there were other matters
usually attended to in preparing deceased
persons for interinent which had been entire
ly neglected. The women had night caps
on, and over one of them Was tied u hand
kerchief, which had probably been used for
closing the mouth of the deceased. Quick
lime had not only been freely applied to the
features, but it had also been applied to the
inside Of the women's caps and the sleeves
of the under garments Of all, in a mo;stened
state with the evident intention Of facilitat.
ing decomposi ion and thereby destroying all
possibility of Identification Of tho bodies
which object it is believed, has been most eff.
fcualy accomplished.
The large man referred to had wound in
the left breast in the region Of the heart rs
ifhe had been stabbed and several spots
resembling blood. were found on the shirt Of
shroud, where it covered the wound. The
hair and wA;skers Of one man were quite
perfect, and some portions Of the body, where
the lime had not come in contact were quite
firm. and it was the opinion of DR.. Freeman
that life had not been extinct more than one
week. The leg Of one woman was separated
from the body. The severance was however
supposed to have been effected by the actor
O tue uilie cACept III tnc Cast u Oue woman
whose hair was ola light brown, and whose
fling RS were quite delicate.
The girl was attired in linen cl.emise
with pretty ruftle around the neck. Tn,
under garment was marked with tho letter.
G. NJ. in Turkey red cotton. She had on .
pair Of linen stockings clocked in front ant
at the top. She had also a fine lace cap on
The undergarments Of the women. as vel
IS tn, se CT the CIR, were Of stout linen, anG
rs strong as new. From the texture Of tn
under garments, and the manner in which
they were marked, DR.. F. presumed, the de
ceased persons Except the negro, )were Ger
mans ; but as the garments are not marked
with the German text letter,it is more proba
bic that they were emigrants from one Of thu
British Isles. As no evidence could be OBJ
tanned as to who they were, where they
came from, or how they got into the water
nothing beyond Che fact Of their discovery
and the state in which they were tound-tht
coroner's jury rendered the usual verdict re
turned i'll such cases, viz: 'That the deceas
ed came to their death by some means un
known to the jury"
The Tribune says that one view taken o
the affair is, that the entire party was muir
derel in New York. and in order tn avoil