Telegram-herald., 1886-09-01
CROUCH CASE AGAIN
New and Startling Discoveries
Said TO Have Been Made.
MANY OTHER WOLVERINE MATTERS.
Craft Confession OF Murder Gsner-
erallf Accepted a. Cadillac An
Aceiae.t az .zin~eti-A
Woman Missing.

JAcEs0N. Mich. Aug. 81 - Important
clues 20 the pefpetralor OF the Crouch
tragedy have been discovered By Detective
Bal lard of this city. Banard returned irom
jefferson Cry. Mo, where he visited a con-
yict ia prison AS Saturday. sunday he
was busy searching the Crouch woods and
Yesterday he brought two satcheis 10 Pros
ecuung Attorney Blairs oillce. When in
lergiswed by a Detroit Ns,cs correspondent
t,aiAg Gov Blair ssid.
We hsge ia our possession black hat
that Va eau show Ia half dozen WAYS As
having been worn by Jim FOy Just before
The murder and which MAS found near the
depot Al O'Clock the morning following
the murder Ny theory has always been
that lie Crouch murder was planned in
Texas. and that parties we're sent here TO
do the deed. Reasoning ia that way
! conclude that Foy drove the as
sassins 90 this city after the murder.
and in the storm of that night lost bis
hat The hat was purchased IN this city
and i, Will be shown beyond cavil that it
was Foys hat. Now, taxing this fact, il
seems Gear that We are on tho tight track
and while | DO not desire to say what Mr.
Ballard has found out. ! will say that he
he has visited the Jefferson City, Mo,
prison with my sanction, and he went there
% interview convict IN that inSttutiOn,
and has gained important information If il
shall be corroborated, as | believe il will be.
You will remember that there vas a guam
uty of iewelry found out near the railroad
track. not far from the Crouch house. a
short time subsequent 10 the murder We
have always had 81 idea that this lewelry
Was in some manner connecred with the
case Now, I think we are in position
70 show, when the time comes thai il was.
We have the satchel in which the jewelry
was taken To the place IN the woods where
it WAS spilled out, and We hope to be able
before long 10 produce the person
who carried the jewelrg there. / think
the bloody clothing comes il at this point.
believe the murderers or one of
them at least, left the clothing somewhere
about. and il was put under the stump by
Jim FOy. Taxing al these things together
/ consider we have some strong iacts bear
ing on the case Whatever Detective Bal
ard may have been told By the convict in
tie Missouri penifentiary has, thus far as
We have Investigated. proved true in every
instance, aud that eads me 20 believe that
we shall ind all the rest correct as We pro-
gress. There Il a great deal Of work 10 be
done yet before we can straighten ont the
tang.e, but | hope il will come by and by
Ne do not care 20 say what the next move
viii be, ana 1t may oe long time before we
can arrive 81 any satisfactory conclusion.
but everything that we have found out cor
roborates what have always said and be-
heved that the murder vas planned in
Texas"
IL is said by person who claims % know
whereof he speaks, that while az the peni-
tentary Detective Ballard was told by a
convict that he and pa were hired % do
the murder s. 00o. and that he also told
Detective Ballard who employed him and
pat up the scheme. Ballard declines 20 be
interviewed
Prosecuting Attorney Blair has informed
I A. Wilson. attorney for Judd Crouch,
that the latter will be tried for the muir
der of his father. jacob u Crouch. at the
ensuing term of the Circuit Court, which
cOnvenes Sept. l3.