Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-08-02

After which the convention adJournci WIN
out day,
Asa REYNOLDS, Chairman.
J. NJ. HAwRICAS, Secretary.
Tn AscuTNEYYuLE MURDER.-lhc Clare
mont q. H. Eagle reports the testimony
given at the examination Of Miller, alas
Williams, the murderer Of the G5wens. 1t
appeared from it that he obtained no plumber
by bis crime, Mr.. Gowcns wallet, contain
ing SI3j, his bonds, 500 in amount, and
the silver spoons. all being found untouched
in and between the ticks Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Governs bed. The testimony Of the child
Ella was clear and positive, and was rcceiv-
ed with the greatest interest. 1t was as iol-
lows:
Il am T. years old the 10th Day Of last
April / saw the prisoner last summer he
came along and wanted 10 work. He called his
rsme Henry Williams-he worked three weeks
last summer: be came along last spring, the
24th Of March, and wanted 10 work be LEI
himself for seven months, at tweniy-four dollars
.
left be went TO Clsrem0nt, y. II. came from
Claremont and went 10 Burlington father let
him have thirty dollars be Was gone fort
night be came back Saturday, at four o clock,
/ stayed TIL next Monday at ten, aud went away :;
/ He did the chores while he was there be took
/ his clothes when he went away, and worked nc
more for father | slept last Monday night IL a
trundle-bed, under the bed Of my father and
mother father went to bed before DID but
mother did not 20 till went ; heard noise
/ in the night l heard man IN the sitting
room Il should think he was in the sitting-rocm)
tell father that the cattle were in the corn ,
father said. who IL there, and be replied, Mr..
Hitchcock father got up, and told mother she
had better get up ; l heard no noise TIL father
got into the kitchen, then | heard q threshing,
and the table ratified the man then came into
the bedroom where we we're mother said,
who are you p and he replied, who are you p
l heard some threshing about; he touched me
on the shoulder and showed me under the bed ;
l heard the closet door open knelC nan bg
his u0ice-it lcas the hired man that icoIhta
| for us. / an sure Il igIs ms U0icc he then
went up stairs l heard him heard bis boots
when he came down did not dare stir Mr..
Hitchcock came and told me TO get up. and !
| went down 10 his house ; / think II was some
/ time after midnight that he came. for heard
| 10 sleep after good while be repeated three
/ or four times what mother said father Kept
/ his lantern under the sink l saw the ID ght,
and when he went up stains il was dark.
\ report given by correspondent Of tie
Times says
Il appeared On the hearing that Hiram Miller
was born in Richforl, VI, and Is about thirty
81 81. I. "a
| 1866 be worked for Mr.. GoWen about three
weeks. and about the last OF March 1867, again
came 70 Mr.. GoWen and let himself for seven
mouths, AID worked over tive months and then
Quit. be and Mr. G. having had some trouble,
| and that he called himself Henry Williams and
was known by that name in Weathersfeld ;
that be knew that Mr. G0Wen had some hun
drcds Of dollars in Government Bonds On the
| morning Of July 23l at O'Clock and 40 min
utcs, he left the cars at the High Bridge in
| Claremont, coming down on 4 ticket 10 Windsor
and paying fare in the cars from Windsor 10
the High Bridge TWAS over two miles by the
road to the Mr.. Governs House from the place
be lef. the cars. and little over a mile across
the fields The boots that Miller wore we're
| originally half soled, the same were worn away,
except piece at the corner Of each toe and a
piece back the pieces were about the size Of a
track when walking, that coull be easily markell
Mr.. Flanagan and Col. Cummings were d.
rected to take the boots and 90 10 some tracks
discovered by Col Cummings near the river,
and carefully follow the same, making c0mpar-
isou and tests with the boots. They succeeded
in following the tracks from near Mr. Graves
upon the bark Of the river near Claremont
Bridge, to the house Of Mr.. GoWeu, and also a
track back from the house TO near the same
point. The peculiar marks made By the pieces
on the boots were distinctly found in both tracks
going and coming, through two cora fields on
the shore Of the river, aud in a farm road near
Mr. Gowen s house Blood was found upon 4
chamber door and the print Of four nails :;
these were found to correspond with four
prominent nails IN the toe Of the left boot Of
Miller.
When Miller was arrested at Windsor Il vas
found that the right sleeve Of his coat had been
washed from the wrist 10 half way between the
/ elbow and shoulder, and was then damp. Il
also appeared that attempts had been made TO
wash spots Of blood from other parts Of the coat.
and come spots were found that had not been
washed. Miller claimed that hs vas sub ice, 10
/ the nose bleed, and that these spots were made
/ by blood from HE own nose
! Il also appeared that Mr.. Gowen had, W 10
| 4 short time before the murder, kept his Govern
ment bonds in a bureau drawer in the front par
/ Tor. He was induced to change the place Of
keeping them by a cousin. who disclosed to Mr.
I Gowen the fact that Miller knew where be kept
them. The drawers 20 this bureau where he
had kept them were smashed il with the axe,
and the contents of the drawers pulled out on
the floor, and the bloody axe which was used to
break the drawers vas covered NJ with the
clothing.
The direct testimony Of the girl, with well
connected chain Of circumsiantial evidence
proves clearly that Hiram Miller is guilty Of
this horTii crime he may have had an accom-
plce, and the fact that another man lett the
cars with Miller, who has not yet been found
taken with the fact that both victims were first
knocked down with the sled stake and then dis
patched with the axe, seems to indicate an &C
complete who i still al large.
The Eagle says:
The prisoner exhibited throughout theex-
animation the greatest nonchalsnce and indiffer-
ence. Even when the testimony WIS strongest
against him, as when they testified that blood
was on his garments, that the tracks leading 10
the house must have been made by his boots.
snd when the girl said Il am sure It was his
voice. even this did not move him. One thing
however was noticed, be would not look at the
blood-stained axe. Every time that it was e1-
hibited in court, and it was shown several times,
his eyes would drop and he would turn from it;
and yet be would look with apparent interest
upon the huge stake, matted with the blood and
and hair Of his victims. He is about thirty
years old, Of medium hight and stature, but
muscular there is nothing striking about his
features except his upper lip; this is very sin
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