Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-02
THE NORTHWEST
ARREST FOR MURDER.
INTERESTING DETAILS OF THE
CAPTURE OF
Arthur j. Glover, the Supposed MUIR
derer
OF Granville G. LOomis, in the Wflds
of Wisconsin.
characteristics of the Accused and
the Victim.
Opinion of Growers Friends Regard
ing His Character.
ARREST FOR MURDER.
fFrnm the Toledo Evening Bee. |


From the Toledo Evening Bee
ggThe recent arrest of Arthur J. Gro
yer, the supposed murderer Of G. G..
I.oomis, has created u feeling of such
absorbing interest in the minds of the
people of the community where the
deed was committed, that Bee repre-
sentative went to Bowling Green, last
Wednesday evening, for the purpose of
cleaning such details as might be
proper to place before the public prior
TO the trial.
On May 10Th, four young gentlemen
. from Ashtabula county came to Bowl
ing Green for the purpose of identify
ing the body of the man who was MUIR
dered at Stony Ridge, and to give such
information as they could to the Off
GERS, which might lead to the arrest of
the guilty party. These men were r.
e. Stone, proprietor of the hotel at Or
well where Loomis had boarded; Dep
uty Sheriff S. A. Squires, of Ashtabula;
Y. G., Parker, living near Orwell, a
farmer, for whom Loomis had worked,
and Frank Lucs, q brother-in-law of the
deceased.
These gentlemen gave Sheriff Brown
such information as finally led to the
capture of Arthur J. Grover, the man
who is supposed to have done the fear
full dead. 1t was learned that Growers
home was near Menominee, Wis, where
he owned tract of land, and where his
parents, two sisters and three brothers
fived. Last fall he had gone to Orwell,
where he had met Loomis and induced
him to return with him to Wisconsin,
driving his pony and blackboard and
carrying all his personal effects.
Sheriff Brown also received letter
from Col. F. H. Braggins, night editor
of The Cleveland Leader, which stated
as follows:
"I saw Loomis pass through this city,
about the last of April, with a cream
pony hitched to blackboard, on which
was a trunk and wooden chest, the
latter over the hind axle and on top of
it the seat, tied down with q rope or
straps. He was not alone, but with him
a tall man, rather slender, dressed in
brown, or dust-stained clothes, and an
swering the description of one Grover.
came down Euclid Avenue beside and
behind them for half mile and studied
them closely-On account of the oddity
Of the rig-and remarked that they
were couple of fellows evidently going
West by hand as the saying goes.
They came down Superior street and
went on westward. If you find the
man who was with Loomis you will
probably catch the murderer; and it
seems as if they might be traced across
the country from here. | Go not know
that [ could swear positively to the big
fellow of the two, but if could see him
in the same attitude he was when on
that wagon I would recognize him."
After consultation with the friends
Of the murdered man, it was deter
mined that Sheriff Brown and Deputy
Sheriff Squires should proceed to Wis
consin for the purpose Of learning what
they could concerning Grover. 1t was
first ascertained that the box and trunk
heretofore mentioned, belonging to
Ioonlis, had been shipped by him and
Grover from Cleveland to Menominee,
on May 1st.
Brown and Squires started upon Gro
ver's track, May Goth. The details of
this trip, as given by Mr.. Brown to a
Bee reporter, are as follows: They first
went to Hillsdale, Michigan, to make
INQUIRIES of Rev. Jackson, an uncle of
Growers, who lived there, and learned
that the latter had not been there. They
then went to Saginaw, to obtain infor-
nation from Chester Hutchinson, Gro
ver's brother-in-aw, said to be living
there, and, although they were unable
to find Hutchinson, they learned that
Grover had been seen there, a short
time prior, with the pony and buck
board, and had driven away. The two
officers then started. directly for Me-
nominee, a distance Of about $50 miles,
where they arrived May oath. Here
they found at the depot, trunk and
large box, bearing the name of q. q.
LoOmis, which had arrived May Sth.
After first having enjoined the agent to
secrecy, they informed him of what
they We're after, and he promised to no.
tify them whenever the articles might
be called for. This agent told the sher-
iff where the parents of Grover lived,
and stated that the mans habits had
been SO vicious that his family had vir-
tually discarded him. Sheriff Brown
here became acquainted with COM
mercial traveller named Mccain, who
had resided at Menominee and knew
Grover well. As this gentleman was
highly recommended to the officer, he
engaged his services to keep watch for
the man while travelling in the vicinity,
with the understanding that If he got
sight of him he should notify Sheriff b.
immediately, without regard to the ex-
pense. N
AS Grover could not possibly arrive
for several days with the pony and
blackboard, Sheriff Brown employed
the intervening time in playing. detec'
tive, in which role he exhibited some