The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-05
Victim

be withheld for the present. has been a fact ferreter for the New Haven railroad and the federal government, as we'll as for the pri. !. rate sgency he is affiliated with at this time. s
 His Explanation
 First I wish to point out that fn my opinion John Grove never planned the murder of anyone. He wac q religious, law-abiding citi- xen---a gentleman in his own pecu- far manner. He never smoked, drank, gambled or sought the com panionship of the opposite sex. He mover exercised talent for he'll raising. He seemed to adjust him. self to the environment and codes against which many of us frankly rebel. do not even hint that he was religious fanatic, nor that he was actually pions. or conscien- tiously exact. He always appeared at ease, calm. as grave as q judge. He had established a reputation of fninding his own business.
 "Crowe lived his own life. avoid- ing others along life's pathway. He was not Dr. Jekyll and MT. Hyde. He had never been arrest cd for even misdemeanor, nor accused of breaking the peace since he established residence in this country almost three decades ago. He respected his neighbors. with the possible exception of one family, and. some of them intima- ted they would hesitate in turning him over to the law should he seek shelter and protection under their roof. They wish him well despite the terrific odds against hini. They do not fear, and never did fear. an unannounced nocturnal visit from the fugitive.
 Don't stampede off with the idea that I am modern Sherlock Holmes or criminologist. am not affiliated with Scotland Yard. the French Surete, or the Royal Canadian mounted police. My de. auctions are merely those derived from facts and the application of common sense.
 'The presumption of innocence, that favorite creature of Anglo saxon Jurisprudence, cannot play m important part in this particu- lar murder case. Four more eye witnesses of the staying of Yuskis and Karvauskas positively identi- fled Grove sa the perpetrator of the dreadful deed. And Grove disappeared immediately after the double crime as completely as though the ground had opened and swallowed him. Perhaps it did. I shall discuss that phase of the mystery later on in this interview.
 s'In the eyes of the law and as st classifies human conduct, when. ever two persons are alone togeth- CT and one of them meets death by violence. the alternatives are deemed to be murder or suicide, murder or accident, murder or self defense. In this case, however, all Alternatives must be abandoned. Grove murdered his two neighbors. Il was no accident, no suicide. and he didn't operate his deadly weap- ons in self defense. it seems.
 Motive
 "Now we come to motive. There is nothing incredible in crime and tho greatest problem of murder is 1ac1k of motive. The Wolcott double murder was . seemingless, pur. p0selens crime. It has been charac- terizod us a cowardly attack upon 1tnsuspccting victims. The authori- ties tack A key to the atrocious crime. Dut Grove had motive for committing his internal deed even though he never planned t. in my opinion.
 twas it hatred, Jealously. re. 4enRe. Or InfluenceY Everyone 10 entitled to his or her own theory. 8n my humble opinion and in con. A|ds -gslion of the facts and aspects of xIie ease. influence was the mo. fira for tIlk double killing.
 ''xbe case Is filled with sinister #~&sif .lltles and porplcxities. but