Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-27

ed---Arrosf Of the S0PPOsed Murder.
er.
W ". Treadwell, the embezzling banker
Of Adrian, Michigan, who was convicted of
fraud and confined in Jail, escaped on the
day of his conviction, about the lst of July,
and was not afterwards heard from. About
the l4th of July, a body was found in the
woods in Henry county, Ave miles north Of
Napoleon, which had evidently lain there
some time, and which was identified as
that of one OF two men who had been seen
in that vicinity on July Sd, PrOfessedly in
searsh of oxen.
The Toledo Commercial says :
paper containing an account of the
finding of this body, accidentally meeting
the observation of some Of Treadwells s
friends in this State, the suspicion was ava
keEed that it might be his body that was
found. Itwss known to them that man
named Crowell, who escaped from jail in
company with Treadwel, had appeared
among his relatives in Erie county, in this
State, and that he had with him Treadwell's
watch, the possession of which he account
ed for by claiming that Treadwell had Civ
en- it to him for aiding in his escape
He has also had abundance Of money
lately. Determined to follow up the clue,
one of them, Mr.. Hess, on Tuesday last,
went over to Sandusky, and after some dII-
fculty procured the arrest of -CroEsll, on
the charge of murder then coming to this
place, he went with others to Napoleon to
exhume and examine the BODY. This was
done yesterday and we are informed that
though the body was too far gone for recog-
milton, it was identified by the artificial
/ teeth and the clothing ss that of TreadweIl.
They returned to this city last evening and
went East in company with the Sheriff of
Henry county, intending to bring Crowell
to Henry county, to be tried upon the
charge.
The ssndusky Register says;
On Tuesday morning last, Mr.. Worth
in ngton, in company with Marshal George
Werner, started out in the direction of
where they supposed tho young man might
be, for the purpose OF buyinga farm. They
took fancy to the farm upon which the
father OF the damsel lived and concluded
to ''prospeet" IT. As they neared the
place, they saw groop of persons in the
street between the house and barn, and be-
fore coming up to them one of the number
left and went into the barn. Upon coming
up, they entered into conversation aboutthe
farm. While talking, Mr.. Werner went in
| to the yard to inspect the house, whereupon
boy went into the barn and gave a low
whistle Mr.. Worthington thought best
not to buy farm without inspecting the
barn, and at once set off for the purpose. He
found it tenantless, and opened the back
door just in time to see cap drop into the
weeds some few rods away and thought
there might be man under it. AS he was
looking at lapd be paid no particular atten-
tiOn to the cap, and beingwe satisfied with
the barn, he called Mr.. Werner, and con
cluded to walk down across the field to sea
the clay of the land" Walking along
slowly, he came up to the elump Of weeds
as Werner came up, and looking little af-
ter the cap, he found his hand upon his
"bird, - trembling and pale, and had his
wrists ornamented before he had suff-
cientlY recovered himself to speak con-
neetedly. aa.
He was brought to this city and lodged
in Jail, and a telegram was sent to the
Sheriff Of Henry county, and one informing
the Sheriff at Adrian, that Crowell, the
murderer of Treadwell, had been arrested,
which was the first they knew of his mur-
der. They came here on Wednesday, and
on yesterday morning the prisoner left in
charge of the Sheriff of Henry county, to
be tried for the murder of Treadwell.