Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-16
THE SUSPECTED MURDERER
ARRESTED At BEAVER FALLS AND NOW
INTHE ALLEGHENY LOOKUP.
He IL Held on strong Circumsfnntial Evil
dence-Story Of His Journey Accompn-
MED by His White Wife-The Man Once

He IL Held on strong Circumstnntial Evil
dence-Story Of His Journey Accompa-
MED by His White Wife-The Man Once
Employed by Crouch.
William West, colored; Annie West,
white, and white boy years of age, are
in the Allegheny lookup charged with be-
ing implicated in the Crouch murder. They
were brought last night from Beaver Falls
by Detective Kornman and Officer Nc
Creary, having been arrested on informa-
ton furnished the Beaver Falls police by
Chief of Police Murphy.
West is a tall, raw-boned negro, 6 feet
inches high, about 35 years old. The woman
is young and prepossessing in looks. In her
possession was found $50 10; the man had
$32 80. These two amounts correspond very
closely to the sum supposed to have been
taken from the Crouch home.
THE SEARCH AND THE ARREST.
The evidence against the Vests is purely
circumstantial, and both when arrested de-
MED all knowledge of the murder. When
Chief Murphy read the account of the
tragedy Yesterday morning he remembered
that colored man had forged an order on
another Allegheny negro Tor 81 30, and, at
the time he got the money, had stated that
he wanted ticket to Bentleyville.
Investigating further he learned that this
same man had passed through the city on
Wednesday accompanied by woman and
boy. Then came Officer McCreary, OF Mo
nongahela City, who informed the Chief
that he was in search OF this same negro
West, who had left that place suddenly.
INQUIRY at Sewickley, where West has
friends. brought out the fact that the man
had been there, but had gone on to Beaver
Falls. The officers of the latter place were
then notified, and the arrest was made this
morning. The story told by Officer Nc
Creary is as follows:
WHY HE IS SUSPECTED.
On Monday afternoon West with his white
wife and child arrived in Monongahela City
and secured room at the Wilgus Hotel.
West went away, his wife stating that he had
gone to Bentleyyille. That they hadn't much
money was evident from the fact that 1t took
considerable trouble TO produce the money TO
pay lor the room secured at tne i note.. On
vile from the hotel, they went TO
monev pair displayed o.t %snt tn the
depot and purchased two tickets for Pittsburg
She also nad two trunks checked direct Beaver
ralls. On leaving the boarding house Mrs.
ives west .s ana the child went to the station and
tooK tne train at that point, bat the husband
walked 10 the next station below Monongahela
City, and boarded the train there. Officer
McCleary states that he knows West and knows
him to be man OF bad character He worked
about bentleyvllie for many years, and for
some time worked on the Crouch farm.
FURTHER IDENTIFICATION.
Barker, the Allegheny colored man who
was swindled out o! 81 80, identified West as
the man who swindied him, and further
stated that when he saw him on Monday
West did not have an ugly-looking scratch
under the eve, which is there at present.
Detective Kornmsn also states that he has
positive evidence that West changed his
clothes after leaving Monongahela City.