Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-08-08
KILLED FOR TWELVE DOLLARS.
It is Claimed That a six-Year-0ld
Girl Was Murdered for @l2 Insur-
ance-There is No Question
But What the Child Was
Killed-The Motive is
Not Clear.

Mexico we're very much excited on
Tuesday morning when the body OF
Corintha Crowley, colored, aged siz
years, was found dead under the Grow.
ley house, with its head crushed as il
from a severe blow. VIM. Crowley and
Ada Crowley, his wife, do not live to-
gether, and sBudn Norris Monroe,
who it is claimed was living with Mrs.
Crowley, it is thought knows some
thing about the murder.
The child was insured with the
Metropolitan Insurance Company, of
which Max Owen is agent. The in
surance amounts to s12, and is payable
to VIM. Crowley and not to Ada
Crowley, his wife. For this reason it is
claimed the child could not have been
killed by Mrs. Crowley for the insur-
ance. Wm. Crowley thinks his wife
killed the child for the Insurance, as
ne claims she was very much inter-
ested in the insurance, and thought
she was going to get il.
The child was reported to J. FL.
Lane as missing at Ga. m. Monday and
was found dead at 6 a. m. Tuesday.
The child evidently had been killed
and placed under the house.
Besides the theory Of murder for the
insurance it is thought that in an
angry moment the child was killed by
its mother, Ada Crowley, or "Bud"
Monroe.
Sheriff Quincy James is looking in
20 the matter very carefully and with
out doubt the guilty party will be
found. Coroner Bridgford will hold
an inquestover the remains tomorrow,
when evidence win be taken in refer
ence to the matter.
Sheriff Quincy James Immediately
arrested Mrs. Crowley, "Bud" Monroe
and VIM. Crowley. Sheriff James
will leave no stone unturned to find
the guilty party, and there seems to
be no question but what one of these
three killed the child. Probably
Crowley is innocent, at the anne time
on the theory that the child was killed
for the insurance, he is the only party
interested. Neighbors and friends Of
the family are of the opinion that the
insurance had nothing to do with
the killing of the child, and that Mrs.
Crowley or Monroe, who lived with
her, in a passion or simply to get clear
of the child, struck it a blow which
resulted 10 death.
Sheriff James will receive the cordial
support of all our people, white and
black, in his efforts TO convict the
one guilty Of murder.
COILS DRAWING TIGHTER.
From a glance at the evidence adj
vanced at the inquest over theremains
Of the 6-year-old negro girl, Corintha
Crawley, it is to be inferred that the
officers are not amiss in having placed
the dead girls mother under arrest.
The inquest was begun in Lupton's
undertaking department at 10 O'Clock
this morning and a number Of wit
nesSes were examined.
Before the inquest began and while
quite a crowd was present VIM. Craw-
ley, father Of the dead child created
quite a scne in his lamentations over
the body of his child; he wa led away.
After the jury, composed of the
following:
j. p. Dobyns.
G. T. Hook.
A. II. Reid.
B. A. Thornburg.
T. L. Hill.
W. r. Kemp.
was sworn in, the talking Of evidence
began.
The first witness was Constable
Robt. Muir. He testified as to finding
the body under the house Tuesday
morning and that it was not there the
day before, where he looked. He
identified a large rock found in the
accused woman's home.
Other witnesses testified as to
threats Of the Crawley woman to kill
the child and finally it was told of the
woman's peculiar actions, both before
and after the killing.
The Crawley woman and the man,
who are under arrest on suspicion,
both refused to testify.
At II O'Clock the investigation
rested, pending a post norton. The
jury will meet Thursday morning to.
consider further evidence brought out
by the post norton examination.