New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-25
The Murder Of Fanny Crouch.
TRIAL OF LOUISE pBLAeIE BROWN.


The trial ofthia coea. = o7i1 r, ,yy7.z 49,
,ib+ uos s''-. ii'u iio.n "SNH''ua9
So " 10 tesineu yesterday morning at Ie"
minutes after ten O'clock in the First District
Court Judge Abell nrestdino
Attornay C1a.rat - =, ,,o,-,g
oP+bo ctot ~ --ot' u, " a. -
vi u1o olate' shd Aessrs. mann and flelu 1of the
defense. .-...
The Testimony for the prosecution was continued q
aa foIIovr.
b.. a. ..,.. r.-.,
Z etsF ahu3Ft St1Off.-ls the sexton 81 the 0ifou
steel cemetery, ana was at the lfme the deceased
+ amy Goucn was buried there. She was lntetFeu t
m R yaalo OF hef own on me z?tn tooo' @
MT bOuhe Drought the physician cefIlncdte 70
WtCness, sh0Wlhg that deceased "aS hasoS Sio5 90
III " w, Nlesto ,22 Years " tSet -tI - ~
pVntsi5 pulnonaIIs slue sohIe yoay " al 5f az u
Iol tue inquest W!thesS was PfeSgho ~ uui,Hs Wy
pVsL NOR VEN e&,allliha'2,i @ st - 81 S4 ' ts
CEhoYea Wa5 ceTtau y Nv ms1 @ nv 3 III Ir @iy tiy
Er9Ien m %iness ~, knew , tsF uuii"6 Ioi me 'line
VEL Ia ana i knsW heI 'og's j!o, o,,o,, Aftou a.
oat r 4slSD @ roo Mrg BroVn the riaoror I,e
Sgsh Stt1 VI ~ s''t,'y Di 90 bar L,Hsa Li6 ~ -
yslLsu ylG mlqS' L3 Linb in 5 IN W q ~
LaporS, ,ft. 5u leL t IN ie y
nsed moi he sfrad that they related to some f1T
& - ;t ny ~ ~ - = t,,,It a. E1Jy,,,,,. - " '' 4"i
& ptgte shg @ hau ~" lTf. a. iii3 nouse'
~ t t%a isit ,aa Ja b boif, n @ umo
a. A. ii' e. ~ f7aI iid ST. hIi1 III u eS ~ mas
che saw t6e fIneya nassing baT Joar ~ J USE
hot 10 no
4bay" The nrisoper ea;a notIn+ St Id nc
that The naners rpatad ~ an ao, ~ t, or
tlre in the Second District Court Sopa re- tbo
n,org IN +bo t II ~ ooe ol il tHe
Whose and &c aiI tL " mene "a, 70
hronght were foldoJ i; tt p%p'is nle r Prlsouet H
tba ssrna din1ansions - W. '1S ""J "Nu "Dou'
Francis Bone s,,o,.o Knavv +ba 5ocoosoa
Was roaming in bar bnnSa yvban che Ala H.
known ber fftaar nr svtoa1 ,ra 90 St ~, lou LOU
eiorlv yznrao " @ az a. 3nG ny haG neeh
freGnentlv thai sba Wanted IL sn oSt aa M ~
New Yort and tbat aba MAC i,,; sttu ~ ey ey " "
Pelaeie Brown The latter snoila IN " 1itos eH,1 eo
ahon3 IL She snrnatinoas tnIl Fggit,,os y ~ e LI
money: sometimes saJ eba had nono OF tbau
times wonId sav sbe baJ bad ! bsbaa M .iS b5
and again +bof eba Lad an aa',t ~ " Ill ~, ~.
Toeans Witness ala not haiia o,i @ 5",u va
Abnut tbraaonartsr % Ly sTy 'uF sne S9.u' S9
Croucb died tbe nTfsonar srote 70 itna WIS
side tba rnap, ~ sa, ps I. ~ ~ 'isleo? ouy'
Mrs Cro1cb bad raa1 { t,J 80 IN az ~ aiitl q
kpnyu tgitnoaa roe Josf,rnatod L, AZ ~ ;tp. ~ I
admiDstrator rbe nTsonar asoS I. 1fas ~ b
ienient with bar and ba o5 ~ ass f ~ r. 80 y?
tnre she ba5 bnn,bt Il sb Pi29 ~ "a 't IL III
naid for Il f ;t, I, SUI suI su' ots nay ngI
miniatratior b Iaiad Ut Ou S ia aysSie e VI ~
fnrnitnFe Witness aoitJ bo ~ az pau r aor 'te ne
nrnue Il al ~ eS ny iDt Vhe PaRgl2 70
non rscei; Itt ~ ~ sta nIthess
tbo I,,ir,es 80 = y @ m ~ I. ttgl t? lo''heu
I5.oSs Ets1 d py w yII ~ ~ ~ o,as ous nhii'
1eniencv Wines toIJ b sV f4 3 toI
rigbt She tnfJ biya in +hnt ] ouu ~ .i ~ S. I y ts S
net yai5 t ~ - 7I I IN 49, "a @ sotA9n sI sno ,I itau
SToscb oslSod as ~ rs net aeA'n MS
fine ~ tbe 5est Wrs ~ P tlgl AZ ie
"a Los 1 ~ ~ - - y 3tyNh - was ~ poasesslVn
1,atisid tI ,a9 ". p @ @ i. =" 20 tiie Letsoh ny
him J4i W fy p@y W. f0IS W any yG 9ls l puS
1,risoa @ biy az liz L ~ Saougn uiea' w
ba entsr65a Y l +i ~ ~ " ueoSseu s loon, anu
yvbinb Ia iTj " 1Iy;t @ 10 tio @ ny aIiiloui
snnNsib;Iitv bos m @ ,suess t assuIeu I Slls tSI
1os ,adJ I ~ e pLFsehs v ie Lne " ~ ~
was administrator. The Viii conld not he nro. ~.
bated that day because twas Sunday His
lor going INTO the room 50 soon was that there was
he ptbob+ ~ t1 m se moIse M mSse caaracteF
the PROPERTY as far az possible. The box he took
contained the jewelry of deceased. Witness was
Parnc!nlarly anxious to secure the box because he
late wife who in ii' bar last oess aS W Ra s
nursed Nv Mrs Croucb With whom he
left tbe tri9ket for safe Eeaninr The or;sonar
yava ygitness tbs ira oF TIC hnre H. ~ pS ~
bor Int did ot inJ {h "a lit S a r. UPGiee h I ,n
the hoy tn bis ronro He did not lno HS VIII +b
women in the bonso vvere fbay bad oorria5 Wv W.,
en- nnnnb tbnt +Ira rnIioo cor,a =, Joo go n;tt ~ y ~ "
mol them IN he Iordertg IN +ba 5ay ~ ~.
Eropnh,s death thew we're corrv;n, on Ho us
satisfied Mrs. Crouch did not know what sort of
neonla they wave If ehn Nod boa, rroii sb n ro,
would have had tbc1n in the bosa Wi9 ~ d
not believe Word Wrs Row ia ~ b i III
had lied 10 him 50 often Two or three doya bafore
her death Mrs Crouch told witness she had sold
the fHrnture to Mrs Brown bnt sba bod ot iJ
for n Deceased added tbat If M, Prn,,r ~, 5iJ
not nav her she yyould mt her ont ~ the bouss
Witness did not know any Of the roomers were
ma wing rar+ tn Mrz Rrown pntiI fter nv CronoL,
. death The lin hov confaina5 a nncke+ ~ - q
lave hnndls of Canfederata moray Iii 20 e
greenhacks a dnantify of Inn;siana Sto+a rnnr,o "
ieUaIrv snoona and knivae ard Forl-s JVit1S
aid not connt the r11onet, mill the onraiser
and cornte5 n tba seSopd Ja to- tb S4
Witnaea did not know Indge 9swSing b oa
but MIGHT have seen him. - DA'''''
+,Il ,,l 80 ~
lMr' FleId asked II Judge haWkins was present
A gentleman, seated among the spectators, came
forward and answered as the person inuuirsd for.
A. MIA ;fa,o1 H., -. 80 T. II IT -.
4Al' Hi7'" ihiotAeN 'H0 oouiO 'iaU 'uuse ha"hlhs
was member OF the bar, and was entitled to a
seat inside, and Judge Abel ordered the sheriff to
,,rovfda him a cboir1
- ~
~ " Nltuess l4ehthleG Iue JauBe: AIIef the death OF
mrs Gtoucn' ssa @ hln gong lnto the mouse TWO Or
tlre9 times. mrs bioWh tolu Wllhess, that same
gentleman stopped III hef room hllu was her nus
oahq: ne 1t was VINO hiorHled wiuless tnaG an lll-
Jancu9n nag been suea ouI Dy MRS brown 70 stop
tse sale oi the properly OF tne Succession. When
tne appraisers came ane We1t INTO Mrs' browns
room, 9er story was conhtmed, as oota mems and
women eIotnnS were 'hlN6u up IoSetueE N IT,
ItHclSeI btGatey2 V!e9teS%,l "tsOf4s'- Knew
hotaing ABOUT the poisoning. was IN tae house,
%atIng On MISS f9rrest or Soo9t month before
NE se ueaIa S OF MRS. Oroueh. on 0he Euofsaay mghI
MIS-, SI0uCh was taheh so SICK witness WenG 70
Iae sPotngc%Ly ior PeEp9FniIh1 Iol her, anu IIS;
Dl4Mu y a3s~iulsLered ~ IL, one put noLmn$ ouU