Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-12-11

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quired of her ''Where is that box OF
papersP" She replied "Never mind
the papers now, l have them in safe
keeping.". She had seen Holcomb and
Byron l.. Crouch examining papers to-
gether, and the room in which they
were seated was most always locked.
She further testified that during her
stay at Holcomb's there had been no
butchering. She testified to an attempt
cd intimidation by Detective Baker,
who told her that unless she changed
her testimony she would be shot.
MILFORD White, brother of the MUIR
dered Henry White, described the tracks
which he saw about the house the morn
ing after the murder.
Edward A. Angevine described tho
tracks about the house, and the blood
spots on the floor in Henry Whites
room, and also described the rubber
boot marks.
On the opening of court IN the Hol-
comb cage on the Sd inst, argument was
heard as to the admissibility of Kennels
evidence in relation to what he saw and
heard on the Sunday of the shooting in
Holcomb's woods. The court ruled it
out.
Several witnesses were called for who
couldn't be found, and Mr.. Gibson ask
ed, in O long argument, that the in
surance policy taken out upon Jacob
d. Crouch's life by Dan Holcomb be
allowed as evidence. He alleged that
Holcomb had falsified in the application,
as 10 the old mans age, and thus show
ed an;mus. Gov. Blair said If the
transaction was honest Holcomb
wouldn't have falsified as to the age,
for il he had told the truth he couldn't
have got the policy at all. If a man
adopt number of schemes against a
mans life and abandon all but one,
does it not show how Holcomb felt to-
ward the old manP Frazer and Wilson
argued that Holcomb wouldn't
be scheming for the old mans lite
for 80 900, when, as fact, Mr.. Crouch
was very wealthy man and Holcomb
would be heir to a large amount when
the old man died; for at the time the
policy was granted Eunice Crouch was
not vet married to White. and there
was one less heir to the estate. Did the
court wish the jury TO believe that Hol-
COMB murdered the woman who as a
child he had given q home for 15 years
when her mother diedp The jury would
believe so if the policy was put in.
Judge Gridley in reserving his ruling
took occasion to say that perhaps peo-
pie thought his rulings were too strict,
or that he did not admit all of the ties.
timony that should 90 in. He said he
cared not for outside clamor, but he
should rule as seemed right to him.
and if he knew his own heart his only
desire was to give the defendant and
the people equal justice.
Henry j. Crouch, a second cousin of ia.
cob Crouch, was sworn, but his testimo
ny was not particularly important. Ii,
told of conversation with Holcomt
the morning of the murder, in which
Holcomb was asked how much money
, Policy had, and replied "between 81 ;.
coo and $780,"
George II. Mann, police constable
was next called to the stand. He saw
the tracks, the open bureau drawer, thu
things scattered about the floor, anC
the portmonie On the window sill o
the room occupied by Mr.. and Mrs
White. In the portmonnie was q GER
tificate of deposit for $500 and Sl65 il
cash, He found some bullets, and saw
one bullet taken from the pillow il
Whites room. bullets were sho
the witness and identified by him.
Giles Hunt, who lives about foul
miles from the Crouch farm was sworn
Saw the tracks and examined those
near the railroad They were made by
a rubber boot or shoe and in size abou
or 2, and there were crossings upon
the sole. The tracks pointed west
Witness also saw the tracks under the
parlor window. He thought they were
made by the same sized foot as the Other
tracks. Witness also saw Judd with
: shells in his hand while at the house
He advised Judd to close up the house.
Harrison Snow was called to the
stand. He told of the appearance OF
the rooms and the bodies of the victims
and gave other testimony of minor i'm.
portance. But one thing he did say
, was to express his doubt of the truth OF
Bolles story about tho chest. Witness
saw the chest and there were books
and clothing piled in it and on it. Wit.
ness asked Bolles If he put the clothes
back in the chest when he got ou., and
Bolles said no, and admitted, in reply
: to remark made by witness
TO the effect that he didn't believe he
(Bolles) was in the chest, that 81 was
awful skeered, and l think l was in
: there sure. If wasn't in there l don't
know where / was. Witness said Mrs.
White always took charge of papers
when he had seen business done in the
house. There was blood upon Mrs.
Whites face of the same kind as that
upon tho bed clothing.
December 4 the posecutlon put Har-
rison Snow on the stand again and ar
gued that he was competent to give an
opinion as to how the blood came upon
the clothing of Henry White and his
, wife. The court allowed him to an
swer and Snow said he thought the
J blood came from the wound in Whites
J neck.
Henry S. Smith of CLINTON county
sworn: Saw Dan Holcomb at William
Holcomb's in Ogemaw in April and
: again in October, 1883. Dan said he
had been there week. Witness made
a "drive" for deer the next day, and
Dan was going out on tho lake in q
boat, but backed out, and spoke Of
shooting any deer that might swim past,
with revolver he had. This was in
the morning. When witness returned
at shutdown Holcomb was at the same
place, having been there all day, and
then claimed he had lost his revolver
the day before, he thought. Didn't
know where he had lost it, but thought