Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-20
PROPERTY Of CRULL.
WAGON, DOG, CLOTHES, AND PRE-
sCRIPTIOs-BOTTLE IDENTIFIED.
HIS SON LEAVES FOR SISTERSYILLE.
The Body Will Probably he Disin-
TERED and shipped TO Richmond
No Tfdings of Brown, Who Accom-
panied the Murdered Man.

There seems now TO be no reason LOT
doubling that the man who was muir
dered near Sistersville. w. Va, and al
terwards thrown into the Ohio river, was
Emanuel Crull. the well-known livery
man of this city. and his wite, VINO
resides with her children at NO. I'll north
Nineteenth street, is confident that her
husband is now numbered among the
great majority.
All the effects in the wagon. from
which the murdered body was taken be-
fore 1t was thrown in the river, corre-
spond TO those carried from this city
by Mr.. Crull; the wagon itself Is un-
doubtedly the same which the unfortu-
nate gentleman travelled in, and the
clothes on the body are Identical with
those worn by the liveryman. The dog
which hung around the wagon when 1t
was discovered near Sistersville an
swers the description of the one which
left here with Mr.. Crull, and all that
now remains TO the done is TO identity
the body itself.
For the purpose Of doing this, Mr..
Cruls eldest son, Nelson, a Goochland
farmer, left here yesterday on the Chesa-
peake and Ohos 215 train, and he will
have the remains of the supposed
pedler exhumed, and examine them to
see If they are really those Of his father.
WHERE is BROWN?
While all doubt seems TO have been
removed concerning Crull, considerable
mystery surrounds the case, and the
most interesting feature seems now TO
be the rather mysterious disappearance
Of Irwin Brown, the New York cousin,
who accompanied CrulI on his journey.
Brown is described by Mrs. Crull as be-
ing young man of % years, light COM
piexion, clean shaven, with small, blue
eyes, and weighing about 15j or 100
pounds. He wore a sweater and black
suit when he left here, and carried with
him derby and a straw hat. Browns
description closely answers that OF
the man who went through Ohio
boasting that he had done up pedler.
The most cordial friendship existed be-
tween Crull and Brown. and the FAMILY
Of the former cannot believe that he
had anything TO do with the death OF
Crun. Indeed, they fear that he, too,
may have suffered violence.
AUTHORITIES HARD AT WORK.
The authorities Of Sstersyille are hard
at work on the case. and are sparing
no pains TO run to earth the murderer
or murderers of Crull The Constable or
Slstersville has written Chief-of-Police
Howard concerning the case, and asked
his assistance. He describes the body
as that of a man about 8 feet 8 inches in
height weighing 1GO pounds. and says
the man was clean shaven and had dark
hair His purse was empty.
A clipping from the Sistersville Re-
view, which IS here appended, was en-
closed in the Constable's letter
indications are that foul murder has
been committed. A very deep mystery,
however shrouds the affair, and 1t may
never be known who the murdered or the
murderers are The circumS tances relating
TO the case are about as follows: A man
was seen driving four-horse team
through town Saturday afternoon. The
horses looked as though they might have
been on the road for some time. Very
little attention was paid TO the team or
driver. The team was driven too near
the mouth of Pole-Cat run, and turned
around and driven back to a point In the
road lust above the speak-easy boats,
which lay about mile up the river or
lust about what Is known as the Mar
rows The team was unhitched from the
wagon and turned loose. No one who lives
near took any notice OF the transaction,
thinking that everything was all right.
Shug McVey. in looking around the wagon
this morning. saw what he thought 10 be
spots of blood on some OF the effects in
the wagon.
BLOOD ON THE ARTICLES.
'TIpon closer examination blood was
found on various articles. lie az once no
titled the authorities in town, and a
thorough examination of the wagon ana
belongings was made by squire nissan
and a Review representative; From the
indications presented 1t looked as though
an awful crime had been perpetrated. An
old coat and two pillows, which are sup
posed to have been used py ihe hiTr Hr,S ns SH
yan. were saturated with blood. The et-
fects in the wagon, consisting or a pro-
vision-box, a feed-boX, old trunk, ana
some other stuff, such as wearing appa-
rel presents a ghastly appedranee, tiie
| clothes being literally covered with blood.
| and q very offensive stencil greetS the
| observer.
THE WAGON AND BOTTLES.
Nothing could be found which would
| lead any one TO find the righiful owner
of the wagon. The camping paraphernall9
would indicate that whoever IL was had
been travelling and camping by the road
side. The wagon and two bottles OF medl-
cine found in the wagon would indicate
that the party was originally. from Rlch-
mond Va The wagon Is q heavy road
ster manufactured by the OWenSboro
Wagon Company, Owensboro', KY, and
was sold by the Richmond Agriculture
| Implement Company, or Rlchmond, a.
The bottles of medicine above referred TO
were filled August 10. 1896, by j. l.. Ride-
nour. corner Eighteenth and Main streets,
| Richmond, Va. The number Of the pre-
scription Is S0j6l9. and was gwen ny Dr'
rles as TO how the victim met death.
some think he was murdered ON Saturday
night: others think that he was murdered
and brought there In the wagon 70 Iya1
people TO believe that he had been killed
xyhpra the wagon now StanQS.
BODY IN THE WAGON.
"Mr. Cutting a pumper. who lives just
above where the wagon now Is. says mat
the wagon passed his house some time
during the evening, and the family beng
in the house, no attention was paid TO ii,
but soon after, or some time about y
o'clock, the wagon came back, and his
WHO remarked tnat something must be
dead. He further says That after the
wagon had passed no furcner stencil was
noticeable, and his theory is that the
murdered man is the same that was found
floating in the river Saturday night, and
had been hauled there and thrown into
the river by the perpetrator OF the crime
Mr. Porter. who lives near Mr.. Cutting,
has about the same version OF the affair
Two of the horses have since disap-
peared. They were last seen early Mon
day morning by Mrs Porter. The horses
were all described as bay color, and the
two that still remain are llgnt-hays and
very poor, and look as II they had been
ON a long trip. The two that have disap-
peared are dark In color-almost brown.
THE DOG DESCRIBED.
"A dog. which is supposed to belong to
the outfit. and has been lettering around
the wagon since Saturday, is black, with
some white about the throat, and looks
as though he belonged to the hound fami-
ly.
somewhere else. or II may have been done
Saturday night There Is not the least
doubt but that there has been foul play,
until this mystery has been fathomed.