Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-03-13

somewhat subsidized, and not so many
people clamored for admittance to the
court room.
Capt Byron l.. Crouch. q brother of
Jud Crouch. was present, having ar
rived from Texas the night before.
Mr.. Fora McGonegal was the first
witness called. and testified to having
heard Jud say that he had found three
or four empty cartridge shells
upon the parlor carpet near the
room occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. White,
and that they were SO calibre.
Harry Hague was present the next
morning after the murdtr and sad that
he saw Holcomb in Policy 'sroom exam
inirg papers, apparently mortgages
Witness saw tracks in the field west Of
Holcomb's house, going In the direction
of the Crouch homestead. In answer
TO question of the attorney in regard
to the manner of Jud's walking, wit
ness said that he had watched 1t par
ticularly after seeing the tracks.
James White was next called. He
testified to conversation held with
Holcomb, in which he (witness) said
that Crouch had promised that hs should
lie. Mrs. White, his daughter, have $40,
600, and that it was his intention to do
so by the rest. Holcomh became angry
and replied that the old man lied.
Jacob Crouch told witness that he had
paid Holcomb $l5, 900 for bring up Jud
and Holcomb retorted again that the
old man lied. Witness told Holcomb
that he thoughts reward ought to be
offered, but Holcomb said it was
unnecessary. Witness saw Holcomb
take papers from the drawer and
put them in his pocket saying he would
take care or them. Witness testified
further to seeing Foy living dead, and
in a conversatiCn with Holcomb express
ed a suspicion of one Ayers When
cross. examined witness said that he did
not remember that either Holcomb or
Jud asked him to Join them in offering
reward, but that he (witness) did say
he would offer reward in proportion to
the value of the estates. Witness en-
ployed Detective O'Neil Of Detroit. but
at that time witness did not know that
Sheriff Winney was opposed to him.
Had heard Hoicomb say They were will
ing to spend every dollar they had.
DIR. N. III. Williams. the family
physician of Dan Hole mb's, testified to
the appearance of the house when he
arrived in company with Drs. Gibson,
White and Mclaughlin. Witness saw
blood under Crouch's head on the pi =
lows but nowhere else. He descr bed
the wound, and said that in his opinion
death was instantaneous. Thought the
old man must have been asleep
at the time he was shot.
The bullet was comical-shaped ball;
so far as witness remembered there was
no odor OF either ether or chloroform.
One of Whites wounds severed the caro-
It'd artery, and such a wound would not
tend to make the blood squirt out. He
thought White was also AISLE ep when he
was shot. The bullets found on White
body correspondent in all respects with
those found in Whites head. In wit
ness opinion Policy was shot while
asleep, and thinks death must have been
instantaneous. Witness did not think
from an examination of the wounds
that blood could have spurted 80 as TO
reach the person WHO shot them, un-
less it might have been Henry Whites;
and do not think blood could have
reacht d the curtains on Crouch's bed.
There could not have been less than
three shots fired ut Mrs. White. There
was nothing to indicate whether the
bodies had been changed. Witness
said Jud was around the house all the
time, and was undisturbed and quite
to an unusual degree.
At this juncture the court adjourned
until Monday at $50 a. m.