Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-03-20

house. The coat was hanging on
chair. Don't know whose coat il was.
The letters were in the coat that burned
up at the Union Hall fire. One of the
letters was merely q short note from
Hugh McCulum and amounted to moth
ing. The other was from San Antonio,
Tex, dated August %, 1883. 1t said:
''Jud and Dan-Secure these papers.
You know only too well what WILDE q enc
at tho birth of Eunice's child" /. was
signed Mathews, with b. l.. G.. Mt the
bottom. The letter had an envelope
addressed to Jud ID. Crouch. and post
mark San Antonio, Tex.
On his cross-eXamination, after testi-
flying to matter of personal nature, in
regard to his reputation etc., Brown
said: Kept partial minutes of my pro-
ceedings in this case. Thelbooks are at
Jonesville. gave one to Hutchins on
the night / was shot. kept the books
in one pocket. the letters in the other.
These letters were taken from my
clothes between the time was shot and
the time father came TO Horton. did
not testify on the examination that l
gave the letters to some one a day or
two before | was shot and it would be in
safekeeping. On the night was shot
took some letters from my pocket. I
thought this particular letter was with
them. L put them under my pillow. /
afterward found that the San Antonio
letter was gone, and one or two others.
L think the note / got from the coat,
which / supposed was from McCullum,
was of recent date; Jud was in the house
at the time got the letters from the
overcoat pocket. The letter was in
! sight, sticking from the pocket, and
put it in my pocket quick
ly. The date was August 22.
and 1t was postmarked same day at San
Antonio. think the color of the post
mark was black. l. might have been
blue. fell on night was shot. Can't
say how i fell, whether clear down or
part way,
always saw Foy alone. He said
there was blood on the floor near the
door, and he and Jud cleaned il up
afterwards. He said Policy was stand
ing near the door, and the two parties
did the shooting. One shot Policy and
Mr.. Gro lch, the other shot White and
his wife. think Foy was full of hard
cider, or something. at the time. The
time was about dusk in the afternoon.
| think it was January 8. think got
the letters on that day. Saw him again
January Is. SAID the estate owed him
81, 900, but not for work.
Brown was called again when court
re-assembled in the afternoon. never
told any one that l went to the Crouch
house TO buy cattle, and got the letters
out of his pocket and there was no name
signed TO them. "Foy said he was get
ting lonesome at the Crouch house. |
said The dead won't hurt you" He
said he wasn't afraid of the dead, but
feared Jud and Dan. He was afraid
they would kill him. | asked him why
they would wish to kill him, and he said
they wanted to lay the murder to him,
| asked him if he had anything to do
with it, and he said if the worst came
to worst he could unravel the whole
| thing. Can't say who the parties were
in the house when Foy invited me in.
One was sandy -complexioned man,
dressed poorly, of medium hight, be-
tween five and six feet tall, He had on
neither light or dark clothes. | saw this
man afterwards in Spring Arbor. think
he was following me. Two men follow
ed me TO Horton after left the Crouch
house. One was short man with a
heavy mustache, the other was taller
In reference 10 the cap the man wore
who shot witness near Horton, he did
not look for q button on top, but il
wasn't u Scotch cap. Have never seen
the man since. The last saw of them
was at Concord. l was with Port Her.
rington. Didn't point them out to
Harrington. This was the c''long"
one; the short one disappeared. / first
showed the lettes to Giles and his wife.
Among the letters l lost one from my
sister. | told Mr.. Hutchins to take
care of my memorandum. i regarded
it as valuable. Not so valuable as the
letter. | can't tell who took my coat
off. think the letters were in the out
side pocket of the inner coat. Cannot
say whether the letter from San Antonio
was among those took from the coat
pocket and put under pillow. l first
missed them at the time father came
over to see me. Can't say why said
the letters might be burned with cloth
ing. They might have been so destroyed.
John Giles sworn Live in Spring Ar
Dor. Brown showed rue letter about
five or six weeks ago, q week before he
go thurt. | saw the letter. but didn't
read it. Mr.. Brown read it to me. saw
nothing | could make out; had no
glasses. Brown only read one. There
were three or four letters in the envelope
from which he took it ~
Mrs. Giles sworn: Brown read let
ter to me TINY house. My husband was
present. l saw the initials. "B. l.. Co."
that was all. did not read any more.
| put on my glasses. Cross-examined:
Don't think there was any other name
signed TO the letter. The ink was black.
Alfonso Carrier sworn: saw the
body of Foy at the under
takers after death. Had met him on
his way to Onion City the day he shot
Shuler. He asked il / had heard of
the Crouch murder. Asked me if l
knew Foy. Said il was curious they
should follow him up so. Said that two
did the shooting. Toy said that Crouch
was shot first. Policy stuck his head
out of his bedroom door and they shot
him and put his body on the bed. He
said that Mr.. and Mrs. White were sbet
last. l think Foy was sober at tlis
time. He got of at Union City. l was
going to Three Rivers.
The defense having asked for time to
look over the testimony, the examina-
ton was adjourned until Tuesday,
March 1S.