Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-01-22
Singular Arrest Of q Murderer in Minnie

Lawrence Lollie or Was recently arrested nj P.ai-
rio ia Chen. Wisconsin. for The murder Of h-
VIZ. n =. Paul, two years age. The Leader Of
the former place thu. details the circumstances
There we're suine differences between Luiiier
and his wife. ON account ut their religion, she be-
inr n Protestant. and he n Catholic. The i'll feel
mr. consequent upon this state of affairs, WAS 70
mcntcti Ly his relatives. qGarr.lS and hatred IN
his part ciiSucl. terminating Mt last IN his taking
her life b, beating out her brains Hit!l Az axe or
hammer, in his own house.
At The time the murder WAS lcrpetratcd. II
yong man who was boarding witt, them, stood
by, AMI nfterward. tit being late in the night
assisted Lnlli"r in hIndi'g the lead woman ON Il
horse, and taking her rome two miles into the
woods. where Lnllier owned II piece of land with n
log cabin on it. They placed tie corpse in this
AMI set fire to it. The bones Of tie woman were
not wholly consumed by the fire. and shortly al
ter Iollirr went out and buried them near the
spot. To the young man who assisted him in dis
posing of the corpse. as a reward. aud to purchase
hs silence. lollier gave forty acres Of land, said
to be now worth II hundred dollars an acre.
To avert any suspicion which might attach to
the disappearance of his wife. he on the same
night fired II number Of haystacks, which he charg-
ed were fred by her after having had IL quarrel
with him. for this he alleged he logged her, aud
,lcrcnpnn she left. he being ignorant as to where
she had gone. This statement seemed to satisfy
his neighbors, who gave themselves no further
nnca,incss about the matter. subsequently Lol-
licr left Tho place, aud came to Prairie du Chen,
h, %nccomrlice remaining Mt -, Paul.
pwarls Of n year inter the murder, the latter,
while in "A drinking saloon and under the influence
Of liquor, let drop some remarks which excited
suspicion. The neishbors talked of instituting n
search, and Loller's brother came down here from
St. Paul to warn him Of their intention. Fearful
lest the bones should be discovered, the murder r
attempted to hire n poor n%eigllbor, II tailor by trade,
to 90 up 10 the SPOT and rcmnye them. In attempt
my to induce him to undertake this task, he made
n {, nlcssion Of the whole affair The neighbor,
while declining the Undertaking, promised to keep
the matter to himself. The threatened inyestiga-
tiu4 was. however. abandoned.
Iollicr who had got into a very good business
here. had formed II partial partnership with II wa
~gor-mnkcr here, After his conversation with the
tnilor, in speaking Of his partner On their pros
poets, he remarked that if he could only be rid Of
the tailTr-who knew something that might harm
him-he should be contcntcd, adding that he mnSi
! get rid Of him. Something in his manner led his
portner to warn the tailor that I.ollier medita,eI
evil in regard to him, aud upon this the tai II
made II full statement Of his knowledge Of the
murier. Information was given to our officers,
who at once took steps, us we hay" stated in the
commencement Of this article. On Tuesday morn
ing the prisoner was taken off by way of Milwau-
kic, in irons. Ills %accomplice has also been arrcs-
ted. and ny there is no question as to their guilt,
there is little doubt but that justice will be me-
tel out tl them.