Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-23
A DEVILISH DEED.
FOUR PERSONS MURDERED LNTHELR
BEDS NEAR JACKSON, MICH.
Robbery the Supposed Motive-The Victims
Ch1oreformed and then Shot in the Head
Ono of Them Followed from Texas by
tae Assassins-A Crime of Unparalleled
Atrocity.
a FEARFUL TRAGEDY.

JACKSON, Mich, Nov. 22.-This morning
four persons, Jacob D. Crouch, aged "a, a
widower, Henry White, aged thirty eight,
son-in-law of Crouch, Eunice White, aged
thirty three, daughter of Crouch, all of
Summit township, jackson county and
Moses Policy, aged twenty-six, of Trans
fer, Mercer county, Pa, were found muir
dered in their beds, all having been shot
through the head behind the
ear. 1t is supposed they were chloreformed
first as no signs of struggle appeared,
each victim lying as though asleep, and
the odor Of the chloroform was noticeable
when the bodies were discovered. Mrs.
White was also shot through the left arm.
No clue has yet been discovered, although
tracks around the house indicate a guard
was placed around the house while the
murder WAS being perpetrsted. Crouch
was wealthy farInar living seven
miles southwest of Jackson, the owner
of an extensive sheep ranch in Texas. 1t
is rumored he had just received about
$4,000 from Texas IL payment of sale 8
made on the ranch. Bankers here state
that no money was deposited by Crouch,
and it is presumed the money was in
Crouch's hands. Policy was stopping at
Crouch's, having just come from Texas
with large amount of money for the pur
pose Of buying blooded stock,
and the theory is that he
(Polles) was followed from Texas by the
Murderer, or murdsrers, for the purpose
of robbery. The house was thoroughly
ransacked and everything of vulue car
RED away. A young girl, adopted daughter
OF Whites, and a negro, aged eighteen,
were sleeping up stairs, bat say they heard
no firing, although the negro says
ne heard g humping noise
about the middle of the
night and thought it was caused by fierce
wind which was blowing. Mrs White was
expected to become mother in a week
or ten days. The murder has caused in
tense excitement, and hundreds of peo-
pie focked to the horrible scene, Officers
are very quiet upon the subject. but hard
at work trying to get clue to work upon.
Crouch slept in an alcove opening into the
sitting room, near the front part of the house.
His daughter and her husband occupied front
bedroom opening into the parlor. In another
bedroom opening also into the parlor, lay the
remains Of Policy. Crouch was lying with his
face to the wall and had bullet hole in the left
slde OF MS head tive inches back of the ear. The
ball passed through the brain and death was in
Simultaneous. White was shot twice, ono ball
entering the right side of the neck two inches
below the ear. ssyering an artery, the second
ball entering the temple near the right eye
He was discovered lying on his back as
if peacefully sleeping His wife was .hot hve
times, and made hard struggle for life, as
could be judged by the position of the arms and
the disorder of her clothing. Two balls were
through the right arm, one through the left and
one through the right breast into the Lungs One
through the chin and neck, and another through
the wrist. Polly was shot twice, one entering
the opening OF the right ear directly into the
brain, and the second passing through the chest 4
from the right side. No indications of strue-
gle. Tho sheriff believing the shots were fred
ny one person and one revolver, as number of
SIMPLY Cartridges found on the floor all
show the same calibre. There
are conflicting rumors regarding
the use of chloroform. The physicians claim
but the theory of one person doing
the butchery, and the testimony of the first
nelghbors at the scene, were that the chloroform
was suffocating. The young negro, Boles, is ar
rested aud jailed to await the result of the coro
ner's inquest, which will be held tomorrow,
Crouch was worth about Sz,050,O00 of property
IN jackson county and his sheep ranches in
TeZa near Fort WDrth. He leaves two sons
and daughter. pocketbook containing
Si05 and a certificate of deposit for $500 was
found on the window in Whites room An
empty cartridge box, 32-caliber, was found in
hs negro Boles' room.