The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-19


q small remuneration that has ever
AIKEN place. and the trial Il Of an ex-
.epllonnlly interesting nature The
story Of the crime Il substantially a.
follows: On Sunday night, June -.
1891, the body OF a lloaier was found NJ
'nc Of the households lying about q
nile above sistersyllle by some OF the
Inmates when the body was taken
.ut % the water and conveyed 10 sis-
'eraFllle Il was found to be IN a very
badly decomposed condition. and At ths
iame time Il was supposed 20 be the
ipmains Of some unfortunate who had
'ired Of life and had passed 10 the
great beyond BY the suicide route, aud
ne only thing done was to take a de-
lefiptlon Of the remains and then give
ihem decent burial. The newspapers
published description Of the remains.
ana Mrs. Emmanuel Crull. OF Rich
nond. Va, was At once struck with the
ueA that the description fitted her hus-
band. who had started for clstersyllle
snort time before with his cousin. IN
ending to make trip overland.
MRS. Cruli AZ once communicated
with the authorities In regard 10 the
matter. and n more thorough lnvestl-
sation was made OF the affair. with
ne result that a wagon that had been
Handing a. point near where the re-
mains were fshed out OF the river was
examined. and everything was found
10 tally exactly with the OUTFIT with
which her husband left Richmond. In
side Of three days after Il was known
mat something was wrong tue suppos.
ID murderer was In the tolls. On Thurs
day. Nay 20. Of this year. Crull and
Brown left Richmond with a wagon
aud four horses. on their way over
land 10 Slstersville. where Crull Intend
ID going into the livery business. crull
had been induced 10 make the trip by
Brown. who had told him some very
slowing tales Of the immense amount
y work to be had there and the good
prices paid. Brown having been IN Sis
iersrllle several days while on his way
IRON New York 10 visit his kinsman
In Virginia. After leaving Richmond.
they stopped Al the home Of Nelson
crull. a son OF the murdered man. who
lives at Irving. Va. on the James
river. about thirty miles from Rich.
mond. and there the NTH horse was
goL When Crull was n his sons he
remarked that be had plenty OF pro-
Visions and about s25 In money. and
1 u believed that Il was while s,op-
ping here that Brown conceived the
Idea Of numbering his friend and TAX
Ing possession OF the OUTFIT. Al least A.
seems that from that time on he was
constantly looking for an opportunity
70 pick a quarrel. and at every point
Il which the outfit stopped there were
people who have said the men we're
luarrellng.
The men proceeded on their way. /
and after three weeks travelling Ar. /
rived 81 a point In Richie county. two
miles from pennsboro. and this IA
where the crime was committed. An
summation OF the Ground al the poln,
where they camped over night showed
conciuaifoly that was where the crime /
had been committed. as a spot was
found IN the middle of the WAGON
tracks where there had been a pool
Of blood. and after Brown had shot
crull he had used an axe with which
be beat his head ln and marks OF the
struggle OF the dying man we're found /
Knowing that Il would not DO 10 leave
the body u bis victim In that neigh. /
bofnood. where they had been seen to- /
gelhcf. the murderer loaded Il into
abe wagon and during the next three
days and nights rode on the wagon
and slept with a. On Thursday even. /
ing the ouiht camped al Wick. abou,
flshl miles IN the Interior Of a., ooun.
~. and while there he asked farmer
% loan him a spade. a. be- had some
spoiled beef In the wagon which he de-. /
sired TO bury but there was 10 spade
10 b. had. lie LETT there next morn.
ing aud started for sistersvllle. bu,
lAmped akain on The way Ia. Saturday
afternoon he passed through Sisters.