The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1864-03-04

animation looks like power and intelligence.
but its cold glitter in rspOse is cruel and ami
NAL. She has been married several years and
borne three children yet living. There can be
no doubt but that she has been unfaithful to
her husband, at least in word and will When
informed, at the hotel in st. Paul, yesterday,
of the death of Littlefield, she turned from the
hall, walked into the parlor, and then to her
room, without word, or, at the first, q change
of expression in her face. During the inquest
at Minneapolis yesterday afternoon, she applied
at the door to see the body of the deceased,
but was refused. From thence she went to
the house of her husband and startled the
woman having charge of her children by an
nouncing her determination to get possession
of the body of Littlefeld and have it brought
to that house.
1t is said that she came to st. Paul in com.
pany with Littlefeld on Tuesday, and that he
went with her to apply for boarding place for
her. 1t is also said that Cutter, or some friend
of his, followed them through the city, and
thus followed and watched it was probably by
some friend of Cutters, for he himself is said to
have been around the streets of Minneapolis
nearly all day on Tuesday.
1t was related to us, also, by gentleman of
Minneapolis, that the account of the killing of
Mr.. MarbOurg, in JOhnstown, Pennsylvania,
by a Mr.. Moore, on account of alleged adu
tcTy Will Ills \uOOICo - WIG, puUllSucu Ill HE
PIONEER of Tuesday morning, excited a great
deal of comment in Minneapolis, where some
of the parties are known, and that in converse
tions about it Cutter took part and many per-
sons, in his presence, thOught;essly approved
the course of Moore in shooting Marbourg
These comments, perhaps, made q strong im=
preston upon the excited mind of Cutter.
Coroner Peter Shuler was sent for, and an
inquest was held upon the body of Littlefield
yesterday afternoon. The body was placed
upon a small platform in the centre of a
room near the place where he was killed A
post mortem examination had been made and
the breast was exposed with the ugly seams
that marked the course of the surgeons knife.
The face was spotted with mud, and the nose
SCARED, probably in the fall after he was shot.
The testimony of one of the surgeons states
that the bullet lodged between the second and
third ribs, just beneath the skin, two inches
from the median line. 1t entered one and q
half inches from the spine on the left side,
passed between the eighth and ninth ribs, car
rying with it piece of the eighth rib and a
portion of the transverse process of the vcrte.
bre {; entering the posteriOr portion of the
lower lobe of the left lung; passing in direct
line to the bifurcatiOn Of the pulmonary artery,
severing it; thence through the anterior pOr-
ton of the upper lobe of the right lung, and
to place of lodgmenf. The effect of such a
wound must be nearly instant death, without
possible remedy.
We give below the principal testimony taken
at the inquest:
AUG. SIEGMAN, soorn-I recognize the body
of Littlefeld; have known him since last fall.
Saw him last this morning, little after z
o'clock, or thereabouts near this building, on
the sidewalk, walking down street towards the
Falls. l was coming up street in company
with Sumner G. Cutter. 1 was first made
aware of Littlefeld's presence by Cutters say-
ing, There comes that black hearted william"
or words to that effect. Looking up, I saw
deceased about $50 feet from US. As Cutter
made this remark to me, said, 'You are not
going to hurt him, " or to that effect. At this
point some disturbance was OccasiOned by an
application from Mrs. Cutter, first to the at
tending Constable and next to the County At
tOrney, for admission to the room to see the
body. Gutter walked faster, got ahead of me,
and next saw he had unbuttoned the top of
his coat and drawn out revolver and pointed
it at the deceased. We were then less than IS
feet from Littlefield. When deceased saw Cut
ter raise the revolver he cried out, ''Dont! oh,
don't Cutter!" or words to that effect. Cut
ter gave no reply that heard, but aimed at
him, whereupOn he, the deceased, turned
round ard started upon run, Cutter fol-
lowing him and also upon a run. They had
run fifty or sixty feet, when Cutter fired, he
having held his revolver at an aim all the time
he fired at Littletield or in that direction; he
had held the pistol steady at aim all the way
they still kept running, till Littlefield got
around a pile of lumber, and towards house
near by it, where he fell, close to the house
he may have struck the house in falling. Cut
ter, just as Littlefield was falling, held the re-
volver as in the act of shootinga second time,
but did not fire. l went then to town and up
Bridge street did not see that Cutter approach
ed deceased after he fell; he Cutter came
away; few moments after l met him at
the corner he was on Bridge street, running
towards the Post Office; he' turned back and
came to me at the center of the street. He
asked me, "Where is Littleield?" "Where is
that black k-hearted villain 2" or in words to that
effect l told him / did not know, but sup
posed he was where he fell. He asked me
where was anybody to take him into custody
and said, 81 want to deliver myself up; if any
of you gentlemen want to have me 20 along
with you / am ready to GO" / asked him if
should take him home, and he answered no.
that he would stay here in town. l
then came back to where the deceased fell, and
saw him laying there, but turned over on his
back; he appeared to be dead; did not move
or speak; l remained five or ten minutes,
during which time he did not move or speak
did not know that Cutter was armed till he
drew his pistol. was coming with him from
his house; had slaid at his house since Mon
day night. have heard Cutter say that Little
Ieiu liao seCuced MS wife; that he had sent
deceased OH with his wife, or sent both away
from his house; that they had gone together:
that they went away Monday forenoon. He
said that Littefield had better take care of him
self, for even if he never saw him (Cutter) he
would yet get his deserts. | saw nothing
of the pistol at his house. Cutter lives in
lower town; j have not seen him since he left
me on the street. He told me last nigbt that
the morning he sent them away he called Lii
tefeld hard names-as hard as he couId call
any one and that LittIefield said thai if he
Gutter did not want to endanger his lite he
had better hold his tongue; to which he Cent
teri replied that he did not consider his own
life worth much, bat if deceased valued his life
he had better take care of it. That was the
substance of what he told me.
A dispatch from Minneapolis last evening
states that the verdict of the Coroner's jury was
that Littlefeld came to his death by pistol
shot fired by Sumner G. Cutter. Cutter is held