The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-28
A Fearful Tragedy.


II, widower; Henry White, aged IS, son
ill-luw Of Crouch; E.unce White. aged 33,
Aaughtcr Of Cronch, all of Summit town
ship, jackson c unty, and Noses Policy,
agel 26, of Transfer, Mercer county, Pa,
were found murdered in their beds, all
having been shot through the head be-
hind the ear All were "hloro:orncd first,
As no signs of a struggle appeared, each
victim lying as if asleep. Mrs. White
WAS also shot through the left arm. No
clue has vet been discovered, although
tracks around the house indicate a guard
was placed while the murder was being
pcrpetratea Crouch was wealthy
farmer living seven miles southwest of
Jackson. and owner of an extensive
sheep ranch in Texas. It is runorcd he
had lust received about $4,000 from
Texas in payment Of sales made on his
ranch. Bankers here say no money was
deposited by CroCcil, so it is supposed
the money was in Crouch's hands. Pol
ley was stopping at Crouch's having just
come from Texas with a large amount of
money for the purpose al purchasing
I!ooded stock. The theory is that Policy
was followed from Texas by the murder
er or mur,ierers for the purpose of rob-
berry. The house was thoroughly ran
sacked and everything of value carried
away. Mrs White was expected to be-
come mother in Il week or two. The
mur,ier has caused intense excitement
and hundreds Of people Hooked to the
horrible scene. The officers are very
quiet on the subject but are hard at work
trying to get a clue to work on. Crouch
was worth S2.00O.03n.
ST. Louis, Nov Oh heavy ram yes
t.rtiay in southeast Missouri over
flowed Mckenzie creek, which runs
through ip,lmont, reynolds county, and
scvera. small houses and other property
WAS swept away. Two wnlnen and three
children arr reported drowned. The
Iron Mountain railroad is badly washed
ont. Live stock was swept away and
drowned. The loss at Piedmont is esti-
mated at $4,000. At Frederick, Madi-
son county. Sabine creek oyeriiowed and
considerable damage was done to the
buildings along It's banks but no lives
lost. One bridge crossing the creek was
swept away and another damaged.
Several washorts are reported on the
Iron Mountain road south OF lronton
and some .lal,;,4t. done by high wind.
| The rain is said to have been the hcavi-
| est for several wears and it is feared much
damage is done in south and east Mis-
souri,. The rainfall also extended over !;
large portion Of southern Hin is
| Streams in the vicinity of Mount Vernon
are ont of their banks. The crops Of the
lowlands are greatly damaged. Train
on the Louisville and Nashville road ar
delayed BIZ wasllnuts, and two or three
stopped entirely. The banks Of Il large
pond at Mount Vernon. which supplies
| water t.. the Louisville 4 Nashville shops
broke and nearly half the water ran out
but 10 special damage is reported. The
country Is iioodedan bridges are washed
away in every direction. \ large, double
cllvert. three miles north on the Illinois
Central railroad, was washed ont. The
Paradise coal mine, one mile north, wa.
flooded to the depth Of one foot, and
more than Il mile Of track from the Him
DIS Central railroad to the mine was
washed away All the men i'll the mines
escaped. Al Ccntfalia the rainfall was
very heavy The streets were flooded
and cellars filed with water. The flood
is so deep in many places that people
cannot leave their houses.
PIrTsElEG, Nov. 22.-Patrick William
O'Brien the Irish giant, and Christiana
D.Dunz, the German eiantees, were mar
ried in this city to-day. The ceremony
was performed in The German Evangell-
cal church. on Smithfield street, by Rev.
Frederick Rudolf, and was witnessed by
an imnleIt-.. concourse Of people, includ-
ING Mayof Peterson, of Allegheny, Judge
White, i; In Mccullough. Margaret
t!ather the Aztecs dwarfs, Indians and
snake charmers. Outside the church the
crowd gathered in such numbers as to
obstract traffic, in spite Of the efforts of a
large fore. Of police. Mr.. OBrien wore
Il fti!l dress suit and a medal, presented
him by the Land League, ornamented
his breast The bride wore an orange
blossom wreath and veil that covered
a s,lrerb dress Of white satin. In her
hand she held bouquet of enormous
size. After the service the bridal party
drove at once to Harris museum, and
held public reception. This evening a
special reception will be given at the
Hamilton House The wedding cake is
the largest ever made, measuring nine
feet in circumference and two feet IN
thickness. 4 giant loaf Of bread, five
feet in length, will decorate the table.
This was the first marriage of giants in
America, and the second in the world.
The combined height of the bridal pair
is fifteen feet and three inches, and they
tip the beam at ,349 pounds. The we'd
ding ring weighed seventeen penny
weights and was five inches i'll circum-
ference.
Yesterday the CHRONICLE office at
tempted to .'toot'' its whistle but from
some cause the noise made while moi
very loud WIS alarming. 1t resembled
SO much he call OF Il policeman in dis
tress. that every one of them in fowl
/ atanipsded Doors were thrown open
windows were hoisted to find out the
cause Of the supposed trouble. but the
alarm soon subsidized The Mayor die
not have to issue a proclamation; the
I home guards We're not called out to quleti
I disturbance. Doors were closed anc
! windows let down, and everybody arr
/ urnod To the nuiet of their warm fire