Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-01-01
ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.
Trying to Solve the Mystery Surround
ing the Murder o fihe Crouch
Family.
Synopsis of uhe Testimony.

ing of Dec. %, Sheriff Winney reported
that Juror George page OF Napoleon
was sick and unable TO attend. Drs.
Gibson, Main and Williams examined
the sick man, aud reported him suffer
ing from liberated sore throat with
diphtheria tendencies. The other
jurors we're removed TO tho Howell ho-
tel Sunday. The defense have great
number of witnesses here and are anx-
ious to proceed. Court adjourned 10 9
o'clock Tuesday, Judge Gridley in
structing the physicians to give the sick
man extra care.
George Page. the sick juror, Was on
hand on the morning of the 23d and the
taking Of testimony was resumed. The
defense called Walter Webb, Frank
Morrison and Alonzo Shearer, who
saw Holcomb driving rapidly from the
city the morning after the murder on
the way back to the Crouch farm.
A. +. Sutton sow Holcomb by The
bedside of Mr.. and Mrs. White. Dan
had q handkerchief to his faceAnd wit
ness tn ought he was crying.
DR.. Snyder swore that Holcomb came
up weeping TO witness an said: "Who
could have murdered this poor old
manP" adding that he would have died
soon of natural causes.
Romeyne Thorne saw Holcomb in
Whites room the morning after the
murder. Witness heard him say, "Oh,
Eunice, who could have murdered
youp"
Daniel S. Peterson saw Judd pick up
two shells. Witness had passed over
the spot where the shells were picked
up by Judd. but did not see them Till
Judd started to pick them up. Witness
swore at the examination that Holcomb
got there about noon. To-day he
thought it was at 10 O'Clock.
Enoch Boucher an attorne7 of Jack
son saw Holcomb and George Hutcblns
as they were driving into town tie
morning after the murder, and thought
it was from $3.50 too o'clock, but would
not be positive as he did not look at
his watch.
Delatos Goldsmith told Judd to have
something spread over the carpet TO
protect them. He also went up stairs
ana saw pile Of books in the center Of,
and pasteboard box in the northend
of, the trunk that the boy Bolles claims
W ndNo SOt lnO.
Alexander Turner, the Sheriff Of
Ogemaw county. WAS the next witness.
he went with Sheriff Winney of Jack
son, TO VIM. Holcomb's. in Ogemaw
county, and found q bullet in a stump.
Witness thought it was a S8.calibre,
but found afterwards that il was 80.
The defense say they will prove that it
was shot from Dan Holoomb's pistol,
and thus show it was 32.
3 On cross examination witness said
the ball was shot in after the stump
was burned over and the hole Looked
rather fresh, and he could not tell
whether ii had been fired In year be-
fore or not.
+. Ii. MCGOWAN said he was at Sum-
nit, Ogemaw county, Oct. 20, 1883,
and let Dan Holcomb have horse to
ride out TO Murphy's camp to look at
some horses he thought Of buying.
Henry Mitchell saw Dan at the
Crouch house the day after the MUIR
der with mis- old clothes on. Dan got
there about 10 q. m.
George Neesely swore to the same
facts.
Frank Saxton saw Dan sitting by his
sister, Mrs Knickerbocker, and Dan
was crying.
Rachel Brown, Dams sister, was the
next witness. She was at the house all
day and helped lay out Mrs. White.
Called Judd's attention to the shells on
the floor, and Dams to the papers in
the buresu, and told him to take care
of them.
Daniel Ferguson, q lawyer of Jack
son, was the next witness. He saw
Holcomb in Polley'S room crying and
apparently feeling very bad, Oscar
Steel was at Holcomb's house the Sun
day evening before the murder, and
Dan was at home till witness left at 9
O'Clock
Edward Mcintyre was at Holoomb's
house the evening of or preceding the
murder, and Dan was pretty SICK and
lay on the Couch. Did not see Judd or
Foy.
James d. Price (aJackson Getective)
helped to wash the body Of Mr.. Crouch,
and as they turned the body over blood
ran from the nose and the wound and
got TO the floor. He thought the tracks
about the house were all made by the
same rubber shoe, about a No. 8. He
had been working for Holcomb looking
up the defense.
Judge Gridley was quite sick on the
morning Of Dec, "a. but he opened
court, and the defense called Hugh
Smith, who sold Judd two 3S Smith &
Wesson revolvers in January last.
Flavious Manchester was SWORD. Is
a carpenter and has lived here Is years;
heard Hartupee's testimony at examin-
alton, about Foy buying So Galore
cartridges On Nov. l9, 1858. Manches-
ter followed H1rtupee to the store and
called his attention that he and not Foy
bought the cartridges. Eartupee said
the witness was not the man, to which
witness said he was at the store and
tried to buy 38 calibre cartridges on
that day. Witness first told of this cir
cumstance two weeks ago.
Irwin Cooley. of Ogemaw county,
testified he was at Willi.m Holcumb's
in October last, when Dan claimed he
lost a revolver. A girl at Williams
showed witness where she fired shot
from Dams revolver into stump near
the house.
Eugene Cowley corroberated his
brother about the revolver story. Wit
ness made number of searches but did
not find it.
VIM. Davis saw Dan up there in Oc-
tober; didn't know anything about the
calibre. of the revolver.
The people here read the testimony
of the witness given at the examination,
where he swore he thought it was 49,
calibre.
VIM. Bayhusr lives M there with