Arizona republican., 1894-11-15
FOR MURDER. The Grand Jury Defines
 CrOuCh'S Crime. Matter of Admission to Bail Considered. The Charge Against His Part
 ner, Price, Ignored.
Other ents-Arraignment of Shurbert's Murderer-Proceed
 ings on the Civil Side.

The grand jury yesterday returned n indictment against H. B. Crouch for the murder of Abundio Leon about three months ago. The indictment was painful surprise to the defendant and his friends who at the worst expected nothing more than an indictment for manslaughter and some of them were sanguine enough to believe that the case would be ignored.
 After preliminary examination oc- cupying nearly week the defendant had been held to the grand jury. His crime WAS not defined in the usual terms so that it might be considered that he was held either for murder or manslaughter. The fact though that he had been admitted to bail in the sum of $6. .000 was taken as sign that tbe crime was considered by the ex- amining court to be less serious than murder.
 The defendant was arraigned in court yesterday afternoon and took the statu- tory time in which to plead. A plea will be entered tomorrow. A motion to admit him to bail was offered by his attorney, Judge Stilwell. It was op- posed by District Attorney Williams, who rected briefly the circumstances of the killing as shown at the prelim- mary examination, and urged that the case was so grave one as to render the defendant inadmissible. He urged further that to hold the prisoner with out bail would work no hardship upon him.
 h support of the motion, Judge Still well deduced from the same testimony that the killing was not premeditated, that Crouch and his party had gone to Leon's place with a peaceful purpose and that the death of Leon occurred only when the defendant believed his own life wa; in danger. Judge Stilwell, as an additional reason why bail should be allowed, called attention to his good reputation, his intelligence, his posi- tion in society and his property inter- es ts, all of which were guaranties of his appearance for trial.
 These same reasons the district at torney urged should he counted against the defendant, who was thus robbed of even the plea of ignorance.
 Col. Jerry Millay. who is associated
 
 the court against the motion.
 Judge Baker did not immediately pass upon it, but took the evidence at the preliminary trial to examine and announced that he would render a de- cision this morning. In the meantime he committed the defendant to the GUS todv of the sheriff.
 W. E. Price, who was also held with Crouch for the killing of Leon, was discharged.
 Indictments were found against Der nard, Wood and Griffin for burglary against Fred Freisneker for assault with intent to murder. The charge against Murelli of burglary, and Tauvla, an Indian, for assault to kill, were ignored.
 Wm Price, the murderer of Shur- bert, was arraiened and he took the statutory time till tomorrow in which to plead.
 On the civil side the application of the trustees of the Washington street M. E. church for permission to sell the property was allowed and proper ad- vertisement of It's sale was directed to be nlade.
 The case of H. H. Campbell vs. H. L. Wharton, H. H. Wharton and R. F. Kirkland was dismissed as to H. L. Wharton and judgment was rendered against the other defendants.
 Judgment was given the plaintiff in the following cases: A. Redewill vs Kapsch ct al: Parish vs. Hudson Reser voir and Irrigation company; Waters vs. same defendant; Mclaughlin Vi Root.