Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-22
IT Is CRULL'S BODY.
sIsTERsviLLE CORPSE IDEyTI-
FLED As RICHMOND LIvERYMAN.
HIS SON VIEWED The REMAINS.
Supposed Murderer Arrested Yester-
day and discriminating Articles
Found ON Him-TaIk of Lynching
Said to lie Rife.

other than Emanuel Crull, OF this city.
All doubt as to that point has now been
removed, and suspicion points to his
cousin and companion. Irwin Brown, as
the murderer. In Moundsville, w. va,
a man answering in many particulars
the description given of Brown Is under
arrest. but until this prisoner is brought
face to face with Nelson CrulI. the MUIR
dered mans son, who is now in Sisters
Vile. his identity cannot be fully estao-
lshed.
The Dispatch has had is correspondents
diligently at work on the case. and the
following special kilograms give all the
newest facts in the interesting though
horribly revolving crime.
WHEELING, w. VA, June H.-(Spe-
cial. 1.-The probable murderer of NJ. j.
Crull. of Richmond Va, whose fiendish,
unusual taking off has been puzzling
sensation for ten days past, was cap
tured at Moundsville this afternoon The
prisoner is apparently % years od, mas
light hair, light complexion, light NOUS
tache. and blue eyes and gives his name
as Seth HILL and his residence as two
miles from Grafton. w. Va. He refused
TO talk about himself. The capture was
made by Deputy Sheriff Bert Evans, OF
Marshall county. Deputy Evans read III
the papers the description of the sup
posed murderer, and at once came 10 the
conclusion that the man Whom ne laler
arrested fitted the case exactly. lie later
found Hill and put him under arrest.
CLAIMED GRAFTON AS HIS HOME.
"In reply to questions. Hill said his
home was two miles from Grafton; thal
he came to Moundsville two or three days
ago from Rosebys Rock. from Mounds
vile. went to Wheeling, then back to
Rosebys Rock, and then back to Mounds
Vile This is the route Irwin Brown Is
supposed to have taken. He admitted
he was in Sistersville June 18th, the day
the body was cast in the river, and said
ne came to Moundsville by way OF Smith
field. Warrington. and Cameron.
'The prisoner was searched and on ms
person was found three watches-two gold
and one silver. One of the gold watches
had a hunting-case, and the other ana
silver watch open faces He also had
Ss.s5 I'm money He is thought to have
given $40 as counsel fee previous TO MS
being arrested 10 w. NJ. Meighen. In
his pocket-book was found the name OF
Warren Brown. Elma, y. c. Two let
ters were also found. One was addressed
NJ. j. Crull, Hanover Stables, Eighteenth
street. Richmond, Va, with the memo
randa. c. d. H., Richmond, Va, on one
corner of the envelope. Inc other Ict-
ter was addressed Emanuel Crull, NO
10 north Eighteenth street, city, and was
postmarked Richmond, Va, May IL, 1885,
WOULDN'T TALK MUCH.
"This latter letter contained circular
IN German. other papers OF no siGnl-
6cance were found; among them was Il
statement, eyidentally written Dy Cruii'
whose name ii bore, containing memo
randa OF some ones funeral expenses
The prisoner was asked wnere MS re-
volyer was, and he replied mat ne hau
left IL with the stable boss, 81. Charles
Hotel Wheeling. Some OF the prisohei ,
linen was found in Moundsville, and II
also bore the name of Seth Hill, the same
as siven bv the prisoner Many other
questions were asked the pilsohei' p"' "N
refused to talk further.
sheriff pyle communicated with SIS
tersviIle about taking the prisoner down
Iast night. but was Informed that excite
n.ent was so great there that th@re was
danger of lynching, and he deferred the
trip"
CHARGE OF MURDER PREFERRED.
1.-THE man, supposed to be Brown was
arrested merely on suspicion, and was
held in jail 10 await developments. rear
inc babeas corpus proceedings, Chief
of9police King. OF Sstersville, had
warrant sworn out by Crulrs son, who
arrived there to-day, formally charging
murder. This warrant was brought TO
Moundsyille and served this evening, and
the prisoner will he hurried to Ty-
Ter county Jail early in the morning.
C,r,lVs son gave Chief -of-Police hing a
minute description of several articles MS
father carried among them silver
watch. The watch bore some peculiar
marking, principal among them being
a dent made by falling. The silver
watch taken from the prisoner bears all
these marks. and Mr.. King Is sure IL
belongs TO Crull.
HILL NOT KNOWN AT GRAFTON.
"a telegram from Grafton to the au-
thorities at Moundsvlle says that no
such person as Seth Hill lives in that
section. nor has any such person lived
there within the memory of those in
nosition to know the inhabitants of the
county. That Mr.. Crull was murdered
is now positively proved, and impression
prevails that Brown did ii, and Mounds
ville's prisoner, the police think, is
Brown.
..NeIson Crull, son OF the murdered
man. arrived at Sistersville at o'clock
this afternoon. The wagon and remains
of the man fished out of the river were
declared by young Crull TO be his
fathers. The body was taken from the
sandy grave. and the crippled left hand
and other marks known by the son to
exist were all plainly visible. A close
examination showed that the dead man
had been shot back of the ear and that
the face and breast had been pounded
so as TO break the bones, with some
blunt instrument. This is supposed to
account for the blood-bespattered wagon
and contents The shooting is supposed
to have been done last as final pre-
caution"
MAY NOT BE BROWN AFTER ALL.
The description of the Moundsvllle
prisoner answers to that OF Brown in
every particular, save that Brown, when
he left here. was clean shaven, and the
prisoner Is described as having light
moustache. Browns previous good re-
cord. and the fact that the murdered
mans family are disinclined TO the be-
lief that he could be capable OF so base
an act. would lead one to believe, how
ever, that he and the prisoner are not
the same. Ii will also be observed as
antagonizing the theory OF identity. that
some OF the prisoners clothes were
marked with the name Seth HILL
which he gave upon being arrested.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS DAY.
Nashville Rapidly Filling With WIS.,
Reconsideration Prnx