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A Crime Which Has Shocked the Vil-
lage .of Sacketts Harbor.
THE DYING ESCORTS STORY.
He Says That rthe Divorced Husband of
One -of, the VVomen Committed Tri-
ple Crime Front Ambush—The Sus-
pect Is Takenllnto .Custody.
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Watertown, .N. 1, April 17.—A special
from Sacketts Harbor says that a hor-
rible crime was committed where the‘
Ninth United .States infantry is station-
ed, about ten miles from that city.
During yesterday afternoon or even-
ing George Allen, a steward at Madison
barracks, hired a horse and carriage at
the livery stable in Sacketts Harbor
and took two women outdriving.
One of his: companions was a young
.lady of Sacketts Harbor,’ Miss Daly,
and the otherwas a divorced woman,
Mrs. Crouch.‘ _ '
“At 4 o’clock thisEmorning the horse
came back to the livery stable, drawing
the carriage, which at first the livery-
man believed was empty, but, on going
up to the carriage, he found the bodies
of the two women in .the bottom of it.
He at once notified the police.
About this timeAllen came staggering
into the barracks in a weakened condi—
tion, and he, too, is expected to .die.
He has made an ante mortem state—
,ment to the effect that Crouch, husband
of the divorced woman, assaulted 'the
whole party, murdering the two women
and wounding him. Crouch is under ar-
rest.
Mrs. Wilber Crouch and Miss May
Daly were two domestics employed by
_ Lieutenant Anderson of the Ninth in-
fantry. Allen called for them early in
the eveningand drOve about the village
and surrounding country nearly all
night.
Between 3 and 4 o c’lock this morning
they 11 ere coming on the road leading
from Sacketts Harbor to Brow-nville,
when, according to Allen’s story, Crouch
leaped from the roadside and began fir-
ing at the three occupants of the ear—
riage. All three got several bullets.
Horse Ran Home.
The horse became frightened and
ran back to the livery barn in the rear
of the Everleigh House. Ernest Soule
was unhitching another team which
had been out, when the team Allen had
hired rushed into the yard.
He found one of the women between
the dashboard and the wheel with her
head hanging on the ground. The other
waslying 011 her side. The clothing of
both was badly torn.
The dress of one of the women was
burned along the arm, as also was her
flesh, which makes it conclusive that
the firing was done at short range,
causing the clothing to become ignited.
In the rig was found a six' shooter 32-
caliber revolver, with four loaded car-
tridges and two empty chambers. The
revolver is the property of Allen.
Coroner A. J. Dick of VVatertown and
an undertaking firm were notified. Ac-
cording to Allen’s story he was thrown
out of the buggy near the iron bridge
which spans Mill creek.
He was thrown into the water, but
soon extricated himself and, shot and
stabbed as he was. managed to crawl to
the kitchen door of the quarters, but on
his arrival there was unable to speak
He was nearly unconscious.
Crouch when arrested was placed un-_.
der close surveillance. A knife was
found in his pocket, but no blood stains-.7
were on it, nor was there anything
about his appearance nor about his ac.-
tions to point toward his guilt.
Crouch and his wife have not lived to-'
gether for a long time, and no doubt
this is why suspicion points toward him.
as the murderer.
Crouch Had Abused His \Vife. .
Thomas F. ,Kearns of~this city, who
has been Mrs. Crouch’s legal represent-
ative in a long series of legal actiOns
which have been going on between the
woman and her husband, in an inter—
view, says: -
“This man Crouch is a miserable fel—
low and has annoyed the poor woman in
every possible manner for a long time.
I have on several occasions, when he
has abused her and threatened her bod-
ily harm, (endeavored to place him un-
der bonds and have him brought to this
city to have him taken care of, but I
have never succeeded in accomplishing
that end.
“Do I think it was he? Of course I
do. Who else could it be? She did not
have an enemy on earth.”
Mrs. Crouch’s maiden name was Mary
C. Shannon. On Aug. 13, 1885, she mar-
ried Crouch at Adams Center, this coun-
ty. Two children were born to them.
Burial of Mrs. Tilton.
Brooklyn, April 17.—The body of Mrs. .
Elizabeth R. Tilton, wife of Theodore
Tilton, who died at her home, 1403 Pa-
cific street, was buried in Greenwood
cemetery today. The funeral services
were held last evening and were con-
ducted by Malachi Taylor, a lay preach-
er, who is the head of the sect known as
the Plymouth Brethren, of which Mrs.
Tilton was a member. 7
Humphrey’s Street Car Bill.
Springfield, 111., April 17.—The Hum—
phrey bill extending street railway
franchises 50 years and providing a
tax on the gross earnings of street car
lines was passed today by the state
senate, 29 to 16. The bill has yet to
pass the house and is being bitterly
Opposed, particularly in Chicago by the
municipal reform organization.
Life Imprisonment For Stealing Bicycles l
Boston, April 17.—In the Massachu—
. setts house of representatives Mr. Clarke
of the town of Lee offered an amend-
ment to the proposed bill defining the
penalty for stealing bicycles, whereby
such offense should be punished by. im-
prisonment for life. The amendment
was rejected.
Ancient and Honorables to Participate.
Boston, April 17. ——Orders have been
issued to the members of the Ancient
and Honorable Artillery company re—
quiring all who intend to participate in
the Grant memorial celebration to re-
port at the armory on April 26 at 8.30
o’clock in the morning.
A Cuban' Leader Surrenders.
Havana, April 17.—The Cuban leader
Zarraga, with five of his followers, sur-
rendered to the Spanish authorities at
Pinar del Rio today.
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_ular methods by members.
, tration.
“WAR ON BUCKET SHOPS.
Tachomce Department Issues Fraud Or:
. Yders Against Kellogg & Co. '
New York, April lfi-A fraud order
has been issued by the postofiice de—
partment which will stop the mail of
J. B. Kellogg & Co. of 66 Broadway.
This .is .the concern which has been
advertising the possession'of a wonder-
ful machine dubbed the "Kellogg Mar-
.ket Register,” by the operations of
which .an “infallible” market system
was established. Speculators who join-
ed the syndicates conducted by Mr.
Kellogg were assured that by means
of the infallible forecasts of the reg-
ister .they ..could not fail to receive a
profit of 24 per cent on their invest-
merits.
A suit of elaborately furnished of-
ficesis occupied by J. B. Kellogg &
Co. ata66 Broadway. The concern em-
plOys .a lot .of typewriters and women
clerks, Who have been constantly at
work sending out thousands of circu—
lars. A great deal of newspaper ad-
vertising .has also been done.
Those who have had the fortune to
get .a glimpse of what purports to be
the remarkable machine describe its
appearance as somewhat on the order
of the well known cash register. There
is a smooth .spoken man who is rumo_r~
ed to have been a clergyman who
glibly tells of its remarkable workings.
Cranks are turned and slips of paper
are produced by the machine which are
supposed to show the course of the
market on any selected stock.
,Mr. Kellogg was formerly the man—
ager of E. '8. Dean & Co., the predeces—
sor of the collapsed E. S. Dean com-
pany, but since that concern went down
he had denied that he had any affilia-
tion with it in recent months.
averred that whatever might happen to
other speculative syndicates, his cus-
tomers were absolutely protected from' 6
Neverthe—‘r ‘
less a good many customers, ’fiightenedv , E
at the Dean develonments; have been:
loss because of the machine.
pulling out their mOney.
Mr. Kellogg has admitted that a run
that many thousands of dollars had
been withdrawn. But he said the withm ‘ 3
drawals represented the s‘maller cus-
tomers, “11hom he Was glad to get rid
of anyway” and that the large C115:-
tomeis were not taking their money
out. -
It is said that the;policy in the future
of the postoifice authorities will- be to
stop the mails-'jf an concerns against
which evidence‘can be obtained indi—~‘
eating that they arecarr'ying on either
a “bucket shop” or “discretionary pool”
business, and the payment of divi—
dends to their customers is governed
by pure chance in any way. - '
The directors of the Consolidated
Stock and Petroleum Exchange are as
much opposedvas the governors of the
New York Stock Exchange to all irreg-
The meth-
ods of several members of the Consoli—
dated Exchange are now under exam-
ination.
Charges have been preferred against
Kent W. Ford of Kent W. Ford & Co,
which has an office in the Exchange
building. Mr. Ford is a young man
who came to this city from Chicago. He
has been a member but a few months.
.He has been securing business through
circulars sent out to the south and
west. A few days ago a fraud order
was issued against his firm.
A CAPTAIN’S PEESU’MPTION.
American Vessels Threatened Outside
. Three Mile Limit.
Tacoma, April 17.—W. N. Lazier, one
'of the owners of the American steamer
.Edith, Which-fished off the north Pacific
halibut .banks.-'~iduring thewinter, says
the. officers >0f'ithe.,Gaqiadian revenue cut-
;ter’ Quadr’a Warned the, vessel not to fish
'7 goff the;coas~tzof.=rBritish.:Columbia under
penalty of.= vseizure, ,althoughtshe was
several miles beyond thatthn‘ee mile lim-
it. Lazier saysith'ez‘ oth-eiz:A.me1‘ican fish-
‘ing vessels liavexalso been warned.
He claims to have repented the matter
to the United States authorities and is
waiting ad1ic11e hesPates, under
the conditions, to send the vessel to the
banks. Tne vesselniight be sent out
from British Columbia ports under the
British flag, but the'duty charged by
the United'States on halibut caught by
British 1essels would make that un—
profitable.
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He 1Vas Playing Butcher.
Manchester, Va., April 17.—Linwood
Rudd, the 4- -year— —old son of Mrs Mat-
tie Rudd. attacked his baby brothei, a
year old, with a large butcher knife,
and when the mother, attracted by
her baby’s screams, rushed into the
room the baby was almost unrecog-
nizable from numerous wounds. The
boy, when asked why he did it, said
he was only playing butcher. Some
of the wounds are very severe. ‘
T111 Philippine Rebellion. '
Madrid, April 17. ,— Captain General
Polavieja, prior to laving Manilla, cap-
ital of the Philippine islands, sent a
dispatch to the government here saying
the rebellion is nearly quelled, that only
6,000 insurgents, partly armed, are in
the field, that 24,000 insurgents have al-
ready submitted to the Spanish authori-
ties, and that 20,000 insurgents are upon
the point of yielding up their arms.
Carter Harrison Takes Office.
Chicago, April 17.—Carter Harrison
wasformally installed as mayor of Chi-
cago. He delivered a. short inaugural
address, in which he promised to do his
utmost to give Chicago a good adminis—
He submitted his cabinet ap-
pointments, which were approved by
‘the, council.
Lieutenant \Valkcr of Newark DeadL
Newark, N. J., April 17.—Police Lieu\-
tenant Peter 'F. Walker died at his
home of typhoid fever. He had been
connected with the police department
evei the since the close of the rebel-
lion. He commanded an Illinois regi-
ment during the war.
An Offer For Thorpe.
Philadelphia, April 17. —— Professor
Francis N. Thorpe of the school of
history in the college department of,
the University of Pennsylvania, has re-
ceived an offer of a similar position
with the University of Chicago. He will
probably accept.
Many Arrested at Tokat.
Constantinople, April 17.—It is report-
ed here that 200 arrests have been made
atyTokat, in the Sivas district of Arme-
nia, in connection with the recent mas-
sacre there, including the mutessarif
land the chiefs of police and gendar-
merie.
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