Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-13
AROUND THE STATE.
A HORRIBLE MURDER NEAR WEST
BAY CITY.
The Victims Dead Body Dragged
Seven Miles Over the Snow.
Items of Inter, st from All Parts of
the State.
A Terrible Deed.

A special dispatch from West Bay City.
dated March s. says:
A CHASTITY disco sery was made this morn
ing on the farm OF August Buchhage
In the townshipof Monitor. five miles from
this city. The cut and bleeding body of
a Dane. Andrew A. Poison by name, was
found in the WOODS near the farm house.
Twas ev dent that the body had been drag
ged long distance during the night and
thrown back of woodpile out OF SIGHT. A
young son OF Buchhage had been attracted
60 tho spot by blood stains in the snow
The back part OF the head, from the eyes
10 the back of the neck, was worn away
the clothing had been ground from tho back
part of tho body, and the skin was torn
from the feet, VIII ch were bare. coron-
CT S jury was impaneled, and after examin-
Ing the body it was brought TO the city and
placed in Loose's undertaking rooms. Pol
son was AZ years of age, bachelor, and
lived in Bangor township alone. 1t is sur
missed by some that he was dragged
ont OF his house at midnight. tied
to wa on or horse and dragged 10
his death. beng finally pitched behind the
woodplc on the farm. Poison was arrested,
some time ago for dealing in green
goods" having sent letter 10 place in
Indiana for green goods and having been
caught ut il BY the government officers.
After reaching West Bay City with the
body Of Poison the Officers repaired imme-
dia ely TO the shanty OF the deceased, one
III le north of the north corporation ne.
The officers learned from neighbour
Hawley S Dixon, who lives across the
road. that there was man in the shauty.
that Tia ngs looked suspicious, and he
(DixonJ had let b $ son TO watch the place
while he came 10 the city. Polson's house
is log shanty with one door and three
windows. The door has storm door
att Iched. Upell opened the same and
capped on the inner door. the occupant
a cooper named Hollicker refused the
officers adm ssion and on their attempting
to force an entrance shot one of them,
Dunn gan, with revolver. intlcting a
slight wound in the face. Hollicker was
finally arrested and lodged in ial here.
Hollicker is aged 25 years and weighs l45
pounds. He has been working in Sage s;
Co. s cooper shop. He was known To have
stayed with Poison on the farm at offer
ent times. and Poison was heard to remark
that he was afraid of him. Hollicker told
the officers at the loy house that Poison
had gone TO Chicago and he had been left
there in charge and was waiting for an
other man. He said he came there at
eight o'clock last night. IL has been found
that Holiicker hired horse at Shermans
livery stable in Bay City at nine o'clock
last night, paid three dollars and was gone
four hours. The strap was also found
which had been used TO tie Poison under
Che buggy. The theory is that Hollickcr
was implicated W tn Poison in the green
goods deal, feared that he would be cx-
posed wher the case came up for trial in
the United States circuit court, hired the
rig, drove TO the log house. called Poison
to the door, killed him, tied him 20 tho
buggy and then started the horse on a run,
dragging the holy over the snow. The
blood marks were traced into West Bay
on Henry street, then TO Ohio street and
the Midland road, one and half miles
from the point where the body was found.
il had been dragged around woodpile at
The side of the road and dropped upon its
face. The money on his person, $40, was
not molesied. Two years ago Hollickcr
was tried in the pro- court on a charge
Of insanity Dr. l. u. Randall of West
Bay City Tad made application 10 have him
sent TO Pontiac claiming that Hollicker
threatened to shoot him. but 5 insanity
was not satisfactorily proven. Both cities
are greatly excited oycr the case. A great
many tn nk there IS another man implicated
I'm the murder, but no susp con points TO q
second person thus far Hollcker returned
the horse at one o'clock in tho morning
covered with foam. The point whore the
body was dropped was fully seven miles
from the log house.