Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-20

after West and the woman and boy started up
| the railroad track toward the depot, she saw
| West pass the house alone, walking down the
| tracks carrying the satchel
Finley Bedsworth, of Bentleysville, said that
he last saw John Crouch alive at about o'clock
| on May l3 He was helping Andrew and his
| father 10 nut harrow together and afterward
was narrowing. 1t was ABOUT CLOCK tnat ne
| last saw Andrew alive.
| George Wilson, baggage agent at the Monon-
| gahela City depot, SAID that west came 10 the
depot to get his trunk at about P. NJ, May liz
| The trunk arrived from Plttsburg on the 6OS
! train, on May u West was at the depot that
| evening pointed out the trunk and said he had
] lost the check Wednesday morning Wilson
| did not see West, but the woman checked the
| trunk away.
Harry Mains said that when he putthe horses
in the barn, about 2:i5 p NJ, of May IL, anc had
embarrassed them, one of them ran out OF the
stable and when the other tried to follow 1t fell
and got fast in stall. After it was helped up
Andrew let both horses out into the pasture
Held When Mains got home and asked ms
wife what time it was, she said It was ABOUT D
O'clock
Charles Hoover. of Allegheny. said that on
May II, at p. NJ, West came to him IN the
Allegheny market and handed MIN & note
signed by the name of Basil Barker. who, West
said, was his rncle. The note was an order on
Hoover for 81 so, which Hoover paid to West
GOING AFTER HIS TRUNK.
The latter said that he wanted the money in
had there. and was then going to work Tor his
uncle, Barker, at the head of Butchers Run.
Next day Barker said the note was forgery,
and refused to pay the money back.
Hon. George V. Lawrence, of Monongahela
City, SAID that on Friday last West said in the
jail that be never saw the Barker order before,
and that Hoovers story was lie Mr.. Law
renee repeated the story which West told him
of his wanderings in search of Espys house on
May lS The witness said he thought West
ought to know that country well. and he was
rather surprised to hear him talk about getting
lost. West could not give any definite infor-
nation about his trip, not seeming to know the
country. About month ago West asked Mr..
Lawrence TO help him get note of his cashed.
1t was for S65 Endorsed by John West and an
other man. Mr.. Lawrence Thought the in
dorsers were good, ana he helped west ger tne
the indorsers declared their signatures TO De
lorgeries
Hugh Ray testified that he met West on the
street here MAY l3 between and o'clock, and
that he had a black satchel. Thomas Coyle,
farm hand on the Mills place, north Of Crouchs.
was called. 1t was difficult to secure his testi-
mony, as he is very deaf and has an impedi-
ment in his speech. He is a short man with
a long brown beard. He said he out
in the field between 4 and o'clock Of
Tuesday last, when he saw longlegged,
dark man carrying a satchel in his left hand
and cane in right, walking with all his
might across one of Jones fields. northward.
Officer William McCleary described the ar
rest of the prisoner at Beaver Falls on May Is
his return here and his statements concerning
his indefinite wanderings on the day of the
murder. Officer John Glenn, of Allegheny, de-
attic of the Nickel Plate restaurant at Beaver
Falls. The articles had been identified by
Annie Brundage as being those formerly worn
by West.
HELD WITHOUT BAIL.
This was considered sufficient evidence
and Mr.. Parker asked to have the prisoner
held. Attorney McIIvaine said he thought
the testimony wholly insufficient, but he
was willing for the case to go to court.
Justice Holland then held the prisoner to
court without bail. He was returned to his
cell and will be taken to Washington to.
morrow morning. Annie Brundage will
be held as an accomplice and will also 60 to
the county jail.
After the hearing was concluded the boy
was taken from the woman and given 10
Homer Harvey, the father. Harvey took
the child this evening to Brownsville.
Coroner James +. Kennedy has decided
to disinter the Crouch bodies tomorrow and
make an examination OF them.
A FEW COMPLAINTS.
District Attorney. Parker expresses him.
self as satisfied with the case, but further
investigations will be made. He says he is
hampered because he mas not a county de-
tective, such as Allegheny county employs
Officers and citizens declare their. intention
to make searches for the missing satchel
and treasure.
There is much complaint among the
farmers and even city taxpayers in this
region because the County Commissioners
have not offered a reward for the Crouch
murderer's conviction. Some who think
West guilty hold that there should be in
ducements to search for every clue, Others
who believe him innocent, are still more
clamorous for a reward. Even the officers
admit that the evidence SO lar secured is not
enough to convict. HAssLER.