The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-28

GRIMES iii, Press Dispatches i"r
tie pat seek have lsen bla,> "iA tie
stain, - Fearful. crimes committed IN
various parts Of the country Near
Newark. New Jrr-cy.a seventeen year
old erl. daughter q; a prominent citizen,
WAS seized on the highway. dragged
over atense. outraged. AMI murdered, u
broad d4l gut!-At ~IAconia, Nc~
Hampsl r.. a man named Summon
brought a trunk T. lie house of 4 man
named kuldy. Ia the trunk wt> the
CORPSE q 4 Woman. his l~.uliady. whom
lie had Killed, Aud chopped u pieces.
When Ruddy discovered Tie CHASTITY con-
tents OF the trunk. Saiu"non killed him,
aud his child, and leit Mrs. Rudy dead.
a. lie supposed. >ammon piled the
bedding over tile -four corp>c>. poured
Kerosene over il, aud fired the pile.
Mrs Rudy revived, AMI ran headlous
through a GLASS wndo~ ou The upper
floor 10 4.vc the alarm She Viii die
summon IS In jal.-Rohber> STOPPED
a tam on the Southern PAcilc Il X.
killed the engineer, and wrecked the
tram.
JACKSON. Mich. Nov. 22-A farmer
arrived here ironl Barton. ani reported
that four persons had boen murdered
the,e during last night Jacob Crouch.
a ucattfy |faru,r GSlug q thi- pace, va,
tounu dead in III, bed thi- N rnlLg. \
farm hand. vino out all night. made til,
discovery when he returned tins morning
\ further search of tie house revea ed
The fac; hat Mrs Henry hIte. the old
mans daughter; his sln IN law, Henry
" 1ite, anu a cattle droyer named Moses
Pa'lcy, hal also been murdered. The
uu.l & were all found IN thor bed, perfo.
rated. - ia bullets ll,lc w4o no, the
sIlSlJ,-t sign 81 a struggle about tie
premises Crouch was over seventy years
OF age II appears that Nose Pal ey,
the c%Attlc druver mas been IN the habtt
of coming to this section of Michigan to
purchase cattle. and usually brings with
nim large suns OF money. HIS home
at the village Of Transfer, Mercer county
Pa. He reached Jackson Yesterday. anl
while here displayed considerable money.
IL was known that he had over -, 900 on
his person.
Mr.. Crouch was the owner of an ex-
tensive sheep ranch IN Texas
IL is rumored that he had just received
about $50 600 from Texas IN payment OF
sales made on the ranch.
Mr.. Palley had Just come from Texas
for the purpose Of buying blooded stock
The prevailing theory is that Mr.. Palley
was followed from Texas by the murderer
or murderers. The house was thoroughly
ransacked and everything of of value car
ried away.
One notable fact connected with the
murder Is the utter ignorance other occu
pant Of the house of the terrible tragedy
being enacted 50 near them. A younl
adopted daughter OF the Whites slept IN
an apartment upstairs Just above the
/ room occupied by her foster parents.
Thought at least five shots were fired,
and the house thoroughly r~ansacked,
every apartment having apparently been
entered, the young lady declares that
she was not awakened. An eighteen
year old negro also occupied an apart
ment upstairs, and he, too was not
aroused by the murderers.
The theory that all the inmates were
/ chloroformed is scOuted by the local phys
ician, who declares, with vehemence,
that it is impossible to completely chic
reform a sleeping adult. The only sound
heard by the negro was a kind of mutf1ed
humping noise about the middle of the
night, and he thought it was caused by a
fierce wind. Mrs. White was expected
to become a mother shortly.
Mr.. Crouch was lying with his face to
the wall and had a bullet hole in the left
side of his head, the ball having passed
through his brain and caused instant
death.
Mr.. White had been shot twice. one
bali entering the right side of the neck,
and the other entering the temple near
the right eye. He was discovered lying
on his pack as if peacefully sleeping.
His wife had been shot six times, and
judging by the position of her arms and
her disordered clothing had made a
hard struggle for life, She had to ball.
through the right ARM, one through the
left, one through the right breast which
entered the lungs, one through the chin
and neck, and one through the left wrist.
Mr.. Palley was shot twice, one ball en-
terng the right ear and passing directly
into the brain, and the other passing
luIOuSu tut CIlcSt ITOIt JHt Ilp1C Sluc.
The sheriff believes that the shots were
fred by one person and from one revol
yer, as a number of empty cartridges
found on the floor are Of the same
califre.
The e are conflicting rumors regarding
the use of chloroform. The physicians
claim that none was used. but the theory
of one person having done the shooting
and the testimony ofthe neighbors who
were first at the scene that the odor Of
chloroform was suffocating, c~Ontradicts
this opionion, The young negro, who il
named Boles, has been arrested.
Mr.. Crouch was worth about e, 600,
600. Tic leaves two sons and a daugh-
ter. A p~ocketbook containing $l0j and
a certificate of deposit for $500 we're
found on a windowsill in Mr.. Whites
room.
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