The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-05-18
The Parker Murder at Manchester.

Tho arrests which have been reccully
made at Suco and elsewhere, ofpcrsons im-
uiirstrd IN titr Puri,--r trtdftieF, ,.sf. H,ade
at the instignion or Parker J. Wiley who
has confessed that hc wus the uun who call.
sd Alf Parker sul Of lhe hnwlug snlucn ou
the night of his murder, slough hc dsuic-
having had any further connection with tIo
affair. other than tn receive $500 as his shurc
Of the plumber wiley h now in the Salem
jhii, ou he ctnrgo ot UUystug rourtrrtrtt mn
nry. The following s'r,riurtrt m rrla'iru
To tie circumslnmial evidence ognrist the
parties arrested We COPY from the Mnit
Wiley is n native of Ware, New llamp.
shire and nas lnrmclly n rHrpcnler hy iiudu.
llu /, iunrricd Wun, and Inns one child only.
Prior To the murder Of Mr. Parker, Wiley aud
hi- fnnnly lived in Manchester, where be
leased the howling saloon, from whence Mt
Parker wns called 10y person unknown, n
few minutes before The lmr lac was murder.
ed hut had sold out aud gone back to his
trade. lie worked some time IN Dover, aiicr
which lee went to Suro, and worked m the
WATER Power Compuuy'S muchiuc shop, IN
Bddciuf3--whch is divided from Saco 10y
The river otthut unm0, Nhllo ia tlns employ
Wiley aud his family boarded IN tie SJro
house, kent nt that time hy ASA Wentworth,
vino idt C0TU7 from Aiurriir--t-r ',tt-il-,,-...I
that establishments Wiley lett his uudu Ia
tho fall or,hc ycur 1915 and engaged viii
Wentworth NJ his lar tender, mud general
manager ofihc office business Ia the hotel,
where hc remained until the summer or lSio
when hC lcil aud went To Portland, md re-
Aumcl- his nccupnllon M the thcatrc thCrr -
Since that period his lahors hnvc been of ihnt
.u!iscclL-uenns cnsl Mlich throw description
ont of the question, but which greatly l0VOr
suspicion Of rcrlau kind. The result si
the whole is thut hc NOW lies IN Salem Jail
upon the charge ofuucring counterfeit mo-
uey.
la February mud March 1910, tho Went
wortha and the more notorious Dc. Smith,
.undorwont a long examination at Suco, touch.
ing their cVrucctinu with, aud completely in
tho Parker murder. Wiley was at that time
engaged as bar keeper in the Suco House,
while the examination was progressing. he
said to person Who was with him NJ the
t,,,t. t,f the. hotel " sHf ,yitua2 l.nW nC MAs
summoned the Wcutworhs would dHrcc
,rl,om rnliing" Thr individual referred TO-,
naturally inquired who That witness was,
when Wilcy made no reply, bnt Significantly
pointing hi~ iuEer to hs hrnd, nodded, 80 ns
to intimate that The desired testimony could
ic furnished by hluiscl.
hhnm the same time, and while the exam
inaliou wns going on, Wiloy sdid to n gentle
man in the Saco House, lint lac c."could show
him n Thousand dollars of Mr. furkcr's mon.
cy up sruirs, ucar ihc leg at a hcds,cnd, and
underneath the carpet" Mnuy persons IN
the huhit Of frequeniug the Suco House.
hive noticed the unusual familiarity which
suGsistrd helwocn Wiley nud' his employer.
which IN some instances, would almost have
satisfied ANY one ,hnt the positions ofthc
laIlrA-AEIc- lhc- -leEA- -tcACrze- Of lllnse- -nnl-
lrrly ntnl.rStund to exist between Ihem.
Asa Wentworth, ,nnothrr ofthe party impli-
Gated Is n mHu about % years of age, of
smul proportions. md was a shoemaker aud
farmer IN Wakefield, New Hampshire where
lac belongs. About 6'ycors ago lac left of
trade anil occupnion, aud cnsed The Man
chester House IN Manchester, Which he car
ried on, unprofmbly 10 himself for four years
Shortly before the time of Tic Parker murder