The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-08-10
TO BRING THEM BACK.
DEAVER MAKES
FORMAL. APPLICATION
FoT Inc Necessary EXtradItiOn
Papers In the IsaIIew Case-HOvv
the Prisoners Took the News of
the Finding Ofthe Homes.

AOh AhS NeCeSSary EsXtraditiOn
Papers In the BaIIew Case-HOvy
the Prisoners Took the News Of
the Finding of the Homes.
From chief of detectives w. II. Dcavcr.
who returned from Chattanooga ycstcr-
day, THE CITIZEN learns that an applica-
t'on tor a rcquiSton upon Governor
IayIor, Of Tennessee, for the delivery of
David Ballcw and his wife, Mary BaIIcw,
10 the Buncombc officers, will be sent to
Governor Fowlc to-day.
Chief llcarer has in his possession the
bones alleged to have been found beneath
the hcarthstonc Of Ballcw's former resi-
dencc on Big Ivy creek, and showed them
to reporter yesterday. There are six
or seven of these bones from various parts
of the frame, such as ribs, small bones of
the arm, parts Of the spinal column, etc.
From their size it is beyond doubt that
they belonged to a very youthful person.
Whether or not they are the bones of
poor little Ira Balcw, the child reported
by It's parents to have SO mystcriouslv
disappeared, the courts alone must de
eide. They are human bones, and they
were found, or alleged to have been
found, beneath the hearthStoncs of the
miserable dwelling he had known while
living as "hOmc."
The detective also stated that when he
arrested Ballcw at his home in the Sc
4uatchic valley, in Tennessee, he was very
much excited, and when told that the boy
had been found, tears came into his eyes.
lie was very nervous, and the twitching
pf his hands and fingers plainly showed
that he was labOriug undcra heavy NEIL
al pressure. Not So with the wife, how
ever. She was stubborn and Indifferent
except when told by deputy sheriff
Howard that the boys bones had
been discovered. She turned ashcn
pale at this announcement by the officer,
and turning to Mr.. Beaver, asked him
where the bones were found. The dc
tcCtIvc told her that he could not tell
her about that, and i'll few minutes her
face resumed its natural color and en-
preston. She told the officers whomadc
the arrest, that, "t folks wanted to
swear lies agin EN-, to hang 'cm, she
rcckoncd they would have to hang"
Not once did the woman break down
until she was taken to the Jail at Chatta-
nooga and locked up in a separate cell
from her husband. There she wcpt bit
tcrly and seemed much broken up.
The officers did not question either
Ballcw or his wife about the affair. and
neither of the prisoners talked much.
Since they moved from Buncombc, Bal
lew and his wife have resided at different
times in Texas, South Carolina, North
Carolina and Tennessee, going from one
place to another i'll those States con-
stantly. Wien arrested, they were liv-
ing i'll the Scquatchic valley, about forty
miles from Chattanooga, near Waldcn's
Ridge, in Rhcn county. When the officers
with their prisoners left, Ballcw'S house
and its contents were turned over to a
friend to look after until he got out of
trouble. The detective says Ballcw's
earthly possessions, outside OF Il cow,
few pigs and chickens, are small.
BaIlcw is about iorty-cight years of
age, while his wife is several wears
younger The lad who so mystcriouslv
disappeared was an ilcgitimatc child of
Ballcw's by woman named Gillespie.
who lived in Khca Cou ty, near by where
he was arrested, and where he formerly
lived when the child was born. 1t was a
sickly, puny infant, and even at seven
years of age Cwhcm it dlsappearcdl was
but poorly developed in stature and
physical strength.
It's a strange and horrible story, and
there arc many mysteries surrounding it
As soon as the rcquisitiun papers reach
Nashville Mr.. Dcavcr will leave for Chat
tanooga to bring BaIIcw and his wife ~
this city, where they will bc arraigncd
for murder AT the next term of the crm-
nal court OF the county, which cunvcmcs
in October.