St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-26
CRIME RECORD.
THE CROUCH MURDER TRIAL.

THE CROUCH MURDER TRIAL.
JACKSON, Mich, March 25.-The Crouch
murder examination was resumed this morn
ing. Capt. Byron L. Crouch was placed on
the stand and kept there a long time. He
gave detailed account of his whereabouts
last summer He stated he never knew
man named Matthews, the name said to be
signed to a letter claimed to have been in
the possession of Galen Brown. He knew
nothing of the letter. He declined to answer
sundrv questions as to his Indebtedness to
his father and other matters Of a personal
nature. He never received kilograms sent
him. The morning after the murder was the
first he was informed of the same in the news
papers. He was detained by business from
starting for jackson. HedccHned to state the
nature of the same. He was opposed to his
sister Enricc marrying White, and as
consequence, all CORRESPONDENCE, save
that of business nature
ceased. His theory was, that the murder was
committed by those experienced in crime.
The detectives that had been working the
case were paid By himself, Jud and Halcomb
Capt. Crouch went into many details con-
corning family matters, refusing, however,
TO answer some questions. His father told
him thousand times he meant to divide the
property cuudlIJ among Iuc ClIlluItH. lIc
pronounced false the story that he and his
father had q quarrel and q revolver was
drawn. He never asked his father to en-
dorse paper for him. 4 little additional
evidence, not of special Importance was in
troduced from three other witnesses. The
defense announced its case closed. Recess
till afternoon.
FROFUSELY INDICTED.
ST. LOUIS, 25.-The grand jury found
thirteen indictments against Prentice Tiler
and Geo II. McFadden, the Pacific Express
robbers. Seven of the indictments charge
them conjoinly with grand larceny, one cover
Jag the whole amount and the other six
charge embezzlement, in three of these Til
Ter is c:arged with being the principal and
McFadden accessory. In the remaining
three McFadden is charged as principal and
Tiller as accessory. This arran cement leaves
no loophole for escape on technically.
A LINCHING EXPECTED.
PETERSBURG, H., April 25.-At II o'clock
this morning the state militia on duty around
the jail to prevent the lynching of wife muir
derer Houden will be relieved, and the Jail
is without guard. The sheriff anticipates
trouble if the weather is not stormy tonight,
and will be on the alert. Public feeling
against Houlden is running very high.
ADRUNKEN MURDERER.
ST. LOUIS, March 25.-Geo. NJ. Riley, pilot,
living at 2, 2O4 Morgan street, shot his wife
this morning five times, fatally injuring her
and then went in to the parlor and blew out
his own brains. He leaves five small chill
dren. Riley was dissOlute drunkard. The
wife had some property, and he repeatedly
asked it to be decided to him, which she re-
fused The quarrel yesterday was on that
subject, when the wife threw cup of coffee
at him. He left the house then and returned
this morning, when the tragedy occurred
Riley had refused to support his wife and
children for several years.
The chief cause of the tragedy, however,
was jealousy on Riley's part of W. S. Barnes,
the well known doctor, and Mrs Riley's fam
lily physician, with whom Riley charged his
wife of being too intimate. He was also
greatly irrtated over an application for a
divorce recently filed by Mrs. Riley.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
BROOKLYN, n. Y, March 25.-George
Russell, in fit of jealousy shot his wife this
morning, then shot himself. His wound is
fatal. Mrs. Russell will probably recover.
SHOT.
UTICA, n. Y, March ga man known
as Hank Smith, keeper of disreputable
house, in Deerfeld, was shot in a quarrel by
Charles Bird. Smiths wound is considered
fatal.
A FATAL ROW.
STEUBENvILLE, Ohio, March 25.-In row
this morning between railroad laborers, two
brothers, named Joyce, were severely beaten.
One of them had his skull crushed with an
axe and will die.
SAD TERMINATION OF CHARIvARI.
EAST SAGINAW, Mich, March GA
shocking tragedy occurred near the village Of
Coleman on the Flint & Pere Marquette
Western division 40 miles west Of East Sag
NAV, late last night. The particulars, as
learned, are that party of young men went
out some distance from town to charivari a
newly married couple, and on their return,
about IL O'Clock, they halted at the residence
of an old German, named VanValkenberg,
and proceeded to have a little racket and
noise for fun. The old German, it
appears, did not relish the sport, and opened
fire on them with loaded gun. The contents
of first charge struck a young man named
Charles Cleaye IN the mouth making fright
full wound, and killing him instantly. Van
valkenburg fed and at last advices had not
been arrested. Cleave was young single
man, aud came from Chatham, where his
parents reside. The tragedy causes intense
excitement at Coleman.
TIE DIVORCE SUIT.
SAN Francisco, March 25.-In the Sharon
divorce suit to-day, James Morgan testified,
he heard Miss Hill say in August, 1881, that
Sharon and she had quarreled, that their
engagement was broken oil, and she was
going east. Mrs. Col. Stangy, of Den
yer. testified that she heard Miss Hill say in
April 1891, that Sharon WIS inclined to mar
~ her.
ARRESTED FOR MUTINY.
PITTsRUhG, March 25.-Five of the crew Of
the steamer Tom Dodsworth, were arrested
by The United States marshal to night for
mutiny. The men refused to put on coal
when ordered to do so by the captain.
A BOY SHOT AND KILLED.
FRANKLIN, Pa, March 25.-Eddie Parker,
eleven years old, and step son of VIM. Bar
rett, was shot severely while going his
rounds lighting street lamps. Persons re-
siding in the house in front of which the
shooting occurred, ran to the door, when Ed
die staggered forward, and exclaimed: ''Save
me- Pm shot" The pistol was found lying
on the sidewalk, and the boy supposed to
have beer his companion, was seen running
away. He died in about ten minutes, the
ball having penetrated his stomach just above
the navel. The pistol was a small single
barrel, % calibre, such as is usually sold for
for fifty cents.
In the whole category of pains and aches,
there is not one that st. Sacobs Oil has not
relieved or cured.
Crooked Proceedings.