The Goodhue volunteer., 1864-03-16
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The Late Minneapolis Tragedy.

The Late Minneapolis Tragedy.
The moral sense Of our whole community
was shocked and excited last Wednesday
morning, by heart sickening tragea@, A
young man in the full flush of ue.:,...y ..ilafti1
was shot dead upon one Of our most public
, thorough hfares.
Before proceeding to give the heart rem.
! ding history of the immediate actors in the
drama, we will here state that amid the at
tendant excitement, much was said and
done thought]essly, perhaps, that would
have far better been entirely omitted. II
will be our endcavor to sift tho facts from
the thousand and one idle rumors, and con
fine ourselves to the facts as they appear 10
US.
PERSONAL.
Sumner G.. Cutter is the man who com
mltted the fatal act He is mechanic,
carpenter by trade, and has always borne an
en> liable reputation as an industrious and
moral young man. native Of Bangor,
Maine, he removed ~ Minnesota, in com
pany with Lis b other, B. O. Cutter, some
ten years ago. lie married his present
Fwiiv a year or two before he left Bangor
Mr.. S. G. Cutter is about SIX feet in height,
flo,i;l COM plexon, mild eye, and possesses a
some" hat remarkably even temperament
Those mos i;'!ma;e. y acquainted with him
bear testimony to his uniform kindness Of
hea,t and moral worth. For these and
kindred reasons, tn, strange affair OF Wcl>
day has shocked his many friends. lie is
now about thirty four years old.
Ills wife Ame!'a Cutter, the immediate
icau>c OF the terrible tragedy is also native
OF Bangor, Maine. is supposed to be about
thirty rather large SIZE, prob IDLY weighing
one hundred aud sixty, decidedly Of a lol
,uptoas ana in some respects attractive p"
sohsnl, h"ril complexion, auburn hair
which she usually wears in wavy rnglets
over her well rounded shoulders. light grey
'eyeS, large in size, and, if closely Observed
would Indicate atlepth Of passion rarely met
with elsewhere. Her whole TINT c>Cm lc
vo-'d lead one to tie conclusion that il her
passion, wcrcnot controlled by high and
enob;ns sense Of the value Of virtue, they
would prove Of mos: dangerous charartc
not only TO her own peace of mind Lat to
the sacrifice Of the happiness Of t!osc lnkc !
her destiny. Her recent b:azen etronto
Try has SC! a seal upon hex total, and we fca!
|ncmcd'ab!c icrravty Lest we should he
! Llamcd tor Want o! ch :r;ty il; her behalf
we will l.:rc a III that a future history is i.
her cvn ha..l; There is pow r that can
restore even her to = proper appreciation oI
her manhood, and like Mary Ma,delene, be
come an honor to herself, as vel! as bless
ing to her children and her new ayonlZvd
kindred. May this blessing be her portion
is not only our wish, but the prayer Of ev-
cry christian.
The deceased. G. W. ?. Li,tlefeld, the
victim, is native Of Dover, New HamD
shire. The only c:i:d of respectable, and
now aged parents, he left the parental roof
against tie earnest remonstrances Of hi
,,chris:an mother, whose parting blessing
May just God ever shield you from harm
Geor, e. ough, to have neryed him to {
proper sense oi duty TO himself, as well a:
the happiness 0: others. He came to Min
nesota, and lived for time in Wright coun
tv. and report has it he was one Of th
ring leaders in the Jackson tragedy that oc
r Icurrcd in that locality in 1852 He 500,
: came after tia. event to Minneapolis te re
plside, He was always remarked as unuSu
ally reserved, seldom mingsing in company
As an intimate associate .. his remarked t
4 us, 'Geor,e had something heavy upon hi
mind Some months ago he and Cutie
became warmly attached to each other, al
Cutter con nfdingIy invited him to his hons
to live. He remained there boarded up t
last Sunday week.
CAUSE OF THE TRAGEDY.
Mr. Gutter about the first Of Decemhe
1863, went to the pineries to work, leavin
Li.tleti-!G border at his house. Abos
Christmas he (Cutter) received a letter fro
some f,iend in Minneapolis. Those wi
happened to be presen, at the time he res
the letter, stated that he cried and Shove
mich feeling. Mex, dsy he said he eou
not work, spoke to DO one. except to answ
a question. aud then used monosyllabIes
The day after he declared his intention
starting home, which he did, and walked :
the way. cne hundred and fifty miles
Y. From the time of lis arrival up to &
= I2Iss Of the pFessn: month, nothing is de
- ni.eIy known affecting This history.
tIIweek ago be got pes>ession Of letter sa
t. have been written to his wife by La.t