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AT JACKSON ■ 1Testimony in the Crouch Case Con-tinued. r iJscJtaoa, Mich., Not. 21.—Both the nek jurymen were in their erau this morning for the trial u( Dan Holcomb. Capt. Cruurh, oi Terns uai with the other members uf the fitnujy and *aui he vn ju*t from New j Mtoicu.The people wanted to cofititi the br*tl-tiwtiy of Julia Hmms but that witness* couldnut be fouudJohn Gilaon, of this city, a dealer in boot*and shoe#, was put un the stand. He testifiedli.ut Judd Crouch bought a pair uf the Bo#ton Rubber Company's make of ruM trbool* of witness on November 21, lMKt. Judd stjib'd he wanted a pair for his father, a* be was fired seeing him truing with wi t fiet The boot# were of the lx»t make and had liner creasing on I he soles than other boots. Judd afterwards paid the bill.Sheriff Winney testified concerning hi* trip ap to Ogeinew county in company with Defective Harris and *aid that they found Dan Holcomb had bought a 38-ealibr# revolver at Lansing and that witness and Harris afterward had an inti rview in Harris's room with Holcomb. Tho latter then admitted that he had bought a 3-oaJibre Smith Wesson revolver at Lansing in theOrtol e: before the murder, and had taken it up to give to liis brother William, but had lost it in the woods. Holoonib stated that hi?s reason for going to see bb brother was to induce him to come here and live. The defense objected to the sheriff stating what Holcomb'* manner was at Liu* interview.The sheriff attached no imjxirtanoe to the lioot.s, as in his opinion they did not correspond in size with the tracks about the bodse the morning of the murder.The court will adjourn for one hour to attend Prosecuting Attorney Hewlett’s funeral j to-morrow forenoon.
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Grand Rapids Morning Telegram
Grand Rapids, Michigan, US
Tue, Nov 25, 1884
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