A Horrible Crime

A horrible murder occurred at Ypsilaati last Saturday night at the Hay and Tod mili. Jay Pulver, the night watchman was the victim. The man who was to relieve him in the morning found him lyingin a pool of blood with his head cruahed in, the instrument of assassination, a pair of pipe tongs, sticking in the wound. There were no signs of a struggle, The deed must have been committed between 10 and 11 Saturday evening as he had finished sweeping below, a portion of his work which usually occupied hini until 10 o'clock, and he had not begun upon his up stairs labors. Clifford Hand has been arrested on susDicion and lodged in the county jail in this city. Hand was diseharged sometime ago from the Hay & Tod mili for abusive language and disorderly behavior about the works. He had been employed there as a mechanic for a long period, and since his discharge he has made many threats against prominent men in the company, and also it is said against Pulver. His keys were found in the room with the dead man and blood was found on the boots and trousers worn by him that evening. He was found in a saloon by the officers. Hand ia about 34 years of age, addicted to drink and when under its influence is quarrelsotne. His parents live in Ypsilanti, and he himself is inarried. Pulver was about 45 years of age, a températe man and generally respected. He was a member of the Baptist church. He leaves a wife and four children two girls and two boys, the youngest one Albert being tifteen and attending school. He has educated his other children well, the two girls having graduated at the normal and are teaching, one at Raweonville and the other in the northern part of the state. The eldest boy is in the employ of F. Davis the druggist. How conclusive the evidence is against Hand cannot be stated here; it is suflicient to cause his detention for trial. Public sentiment seems against him, many people believing in his guilt.