Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-02

form all interesting cnhpJer, showing
much that was, in turn, ludierOus, pa
thetic and melo-dramatic, and fairly H.
Illustrating the officers patience and per-
severence.
At LOchiel, sixteen miles north of
Menominee, lived family named Dear
born, with whom Grover had been very
intimate, among the members being a
young lady TO whom he was engaged to
be married. The Bee reporter was
shown diary which the Sheriff kept
of each days incidentals, and the fol-
lowing extract will be of interest:
"FRIDAY, May %, lSS5.--Got up very
early in the morning and started for the
creek; fished down to the mouth of
Little Otter Creek caught four fish and
one mud-turtle; went up to the Dear
born place about eleven O'clock visited
the women for a short time, and then
went out and helped the old man fix a
gate over the creek to keep the hogs in
and | found out about Grover, and
where his land was, and everything the
old man knew about him. Went in
and took dinner with the Dearborn
family, and asked the blessing to please
the old man. Went back to LOchiel
-four miles, got our rig and started
back for MenOminee. Found that Gro
vers land is up on what is called Pine
Creek, forty-tive miles from Menomi-
nee.n
Mr.. Brown went to small town
named Prairie Farm, on June I'd, in a
stage. Hele he formed the acquain-
tance of the postmaster, Geo. Sprague,
who went with him to the small shanty
which stood upon Growers land, and
which he occupied when at home. They
found nothing to indicate that the
place had been recently occupied, and
so went away. They visited this place
q number of times, and, on one of their
visits, man named Kellogg, with
whom Grover stayed when he was there,
caught them in the shanty, and they
were obliged to scare him into secrecy.
Watching the three places, Menominee,
Lochiel and Prairie Farm, at any of
which places Grover was liable to drop
in and receive warning, kept our friends
pretty busy, as the roads were terrible,
the mosquitoes numerous and weather
hot; but they stuck to it manfully for
four long weeks.
On the 18th of June, Mr.. Squires con-
cluded to give up the chase and come
home. Mr.. Brown being at Menomi-
nee, settled with him and then started
for Prairie Farm, quietly informing
Squires that he meant to stay all sum-
mer or get his man. Mr.. Squires then
started for home, but was Overtaken at
Barbeau by dispatch from Sam Nc
Calm, at Fall Creek, saying he had cap
tured Grover.
Mr.. Brown received a dispatch about
the same time, and both hastened to
Fall Creek, where they found Mccain
with the horse, blackboard and large
satche marked G. G. Loomis.
Mccain says he was sitting in front
of hotel at Fall Creek, in the after
noon, when Grover came driving leis-
urely along, headed in the direction of
Menominee. He Immediately stopped
him, had him locked up and then tele-
graphed the officers.
Sheriff Brown then telegraphed to
Bowling Green, as stated in the Bee,
and, after obtaining supply of money
and the requisition papers, started Dep
uty Squires with the horse and buck
board for Milwaukee, distance of 275
miles, with instructions to go from
there to Toledo by boat. He started
then with his prisoner, the box, valise
and trunk, arriving with them at Bowl
ing Green yesterday afternoon.
PERSONNEL OF THE PRISONER.
The prisoner, Arthur J. Grover, is
about feet 9 inches tall, slight build,
STOPPING shoulders, full reddish beard
and moustache, 81 years old, counten-
ance vapid and rather cowardly in eX-
preston. When captured he wore
dirty suit of dark clothes and slouch
hat.
He has not, as yet, made any state
ment that throws any light upon the
mysterious tragedy or his connection
with it. His family are respectable
people. His parents and affianced were
nearly wild with grief when they came
to part with him, while he failed to eX-
hibit the least particle of emotion. In
fact, his demeanor has been perfectly
stoical since he was first arrested, and
his manner is that of man who could
commit any kind of an act without in
the least affecting his heart or nerves.
When first arrested, at the instance
of Mccain, he smiled cooliy and said
he supposed that he was in limbo on
suspicion, because, while on his sjourney,
he had been associated with some
tough companions who had been steal
ing along the road, but that there would
be no trouble in proving his innocence.
When Sheriff Brown arrived and
read the warrant charging him with
the murder of his friend, Loomis, the
expression of his countenance did not
changea particle; he merely replied:
$50 poor Loomis dead is he? that is too
bad, for he was good fellow"
Every one who knew Grover, even
including his own family, stated to
Sheriff Brown, (not knowing him to be
an officer that he was a very hard
character, and liable to commit almost
any crime without compunction. He
has very quarrelsome disposition, and
during an alteration with man in
the woods on his place, about u year ago,
he cut him savagely in many places
with knife, nearly killing him, but he
was never punished for it.
a number of parties told Sheriff
Brown that, several years ago, the
house of widow woman, located in
an isolated position in the woods near
Prairie Farm, was burned to the ground.
Her charred remains were afterward
found in the cellar; she was known to
have had q large amount of silver and
gold in her possession the previous day,
but no trace of the coin could be found;
it was supposed that she had been rob-
bed and murdered and then burned to
oopoao1 tho arima Grower woS MISSING