The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-12-30

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horn deetnsip9. rhsspestmeuts eeeuplsd b.
them .vers peosly, but comfortably furnished.
and The ehildrsa seemed wca clad,
Yfsn u Daily q Saturday. r.,-.,4,....-.
Tho tenement whore the stillpesp Of death
brooded % darby On Thursdsy night. was
Waited yesterday morning By quite . nsmbes
of those whose curiosity 1ncites them. 70 seek
such awful scenea The room where the
bodies lay seemed more desolate than ever
yesterday. The cold. dull light Of winte
morn shone In ct the windows. disclosina
even moro horrors than the dim RAYS Of .
candle had shown the night previous. The
pallid, ghastly faces Of the dead. distorted
and streaked with blood, the glazed. axed
eyes, the hair matted WI gore and brains
this made indeed horrible scene. The Goo,
Was covered with hloed, brains. and clots 81
sore. from which . sickening stencil arose.
- . flre had been kept al night BY those
who took charge Of the place BY order Of the
Coroner, Philip Shetg, Esq. r.:i."
|, .....(. rs1 coRosE.S uaussr. e
This officer arrived shout 10 O'Clock. And ,
jury composed 1t the following persons. VA,
sworn IN: Charles Hoffman, George Sisbart
Henry Juatus, James Grace, b. r. Hal. ]. p.
Whhsms.a After visw; Of the bodies, they
went into thc tenement adjoining; that Of Mr..
Cultnane, and took the evidence In tho case.
An. Cpllinsne va absent having been called
to Gee nick relative at Aendota Her testi.
mony would have been Of interest bat not ma.
teril TO ths casa. Tho following b the
: ,.9a The Evidence. 80 ---rt
cnARLEs srIIzRR, SWORN.
L Lived with my wife eleven years ~ WA
married IN chicago. resided there five years.
moved to st. Paul about eight years sso' bnt
returned. came back hero about two wears
ago.. Ny wife lost girl last February. Her
mind turned after that Sho said she did not
want to 1.-Two; any moro. She took medicine
once, but would not take any more.
Z On the day Of the murder 1 went away sbout
one or two o'clock, to Lake Como for WOOD
She persuaded me to 20. She had begged me
for money 20 90 and sec her brother in the
yesterday morning. When 1 left she seemed
all right, and acted kindly. I had BROUGHT
some presents for the children, when she told
me fhat should not spent so much money.
1 came home little after dark, I supnosed
It was between five and six o'clock. found
the door blocked with table The lady residing
here, Mrs. Cullinane. had been to the door but
rev minutes before and saw my wife. She
soio me 90 when ! tried to get In the door, and
The curtain was down and the candle ont 7
saw my boy sitting in his chair dead. by the
light OF the fire. The children were all living
stI when came in. 80 was my wife. They
lived about an hour. .. '
Ar. Penny. my neighbor, went for DR..
stewart This was between six and seven
o'clock. l had plenty of provisions in the
house had just bought her and the children
eome dresses ana presents, to make her more
as she had been talking that way ali summer.
TOOK no notice of It. have lived here iii
summer. lived In Winsiows Addition before
came hero. raised garden vegetables for
market. think my wife has been out of her
mind all summer. She went once to the
bridge to drown herself She tried to shoot
herselfi the house we lived In before we came
here, with my pistol, but missed. She asked
. man who was going along the road to load
it for her, but he refused, and che loaded it
herself. She treated the children quite badly
this summer. She seemed not to notice
whether they were In the house or not. She
would not dress them sometimes the whole
day, and neglected them continually. One
time the little boy was sick, and she wouldn't
take caro- Of him. Che went away once. and
told the neighoors she was going away to kill
herself heard this afterwards. but did not
give It much notice. The last fourteen DAYS
che refused to cook. My hired boy did the
Saturday. .,t..... - - - - =,
g. (bys Juryman-Did you ever quarrel
A. We had some quarrels. She was always
wild woman. She was hard characrer
as well a. could, tor the sake of the children.
Her brothers and sisters tried to get her to be-
have herself, but che would not mind them.
She was seven or eight years old when her
mother died. Her step mother drove her
away from home by bad treatment. She was
twenty-one years old when I married her. AZ
ter leaving her home, she worked at hotels and
private families. Her father lived on Fox Riv-
er, Illinois, when his wife died. Her father
could read and write .
When kept store she read novels all the
time. They were common cheap novels. They
were murder stories mostly. She talked over
them very much. She talked about killing
continually. often tried to stop her talking
about it. -
She used to treat the children cruelty. whip.
ping them severely, before. she took this mel.
aHcholy spell when our little girl died, but af-
forwards said she was sorry for 1t, and seemed
not to notice them.
When our little boy was sick in April, she
left him on the floor, so that he should take
cold and die was SO mad about 1t, I licked
her. She got down on her knees and promised
never to do SO again. That was the only time
l ever licked her. Ionly pretended to lick her
that time.
WILLIAM CULLINANR-SwORN
l know of no quarrels between Stelzer and
his wife. l was not in the house when the
murder was committed. Ihave lived over two
years in this house. I never noticed any de-
about the woman. have heard
the neighbOrs talk about her. / never knew
about her whipping the children-never heard
them crying as if they had been abused.
GEORGE W. PENNY, SWORN
live in the house adjoining this. I was
taking my tea about six O'Clock, when Mrs Cul.
linane came running in, and told US of the
murder. lit my lantern. and as was coming
out of my house met Mr.. Stelzer. asked
him what was the matter at his house. He
said his wife and children were dead. We
went to the house together. Mr.. Garvin was
with me. As we came into the room, we
found that the door had been barricaded with
table. We could hardly squeeze In. Stelzer
told me he had just come home. His horse