Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-02-20
ARREST Of THE FRANooNIA MURDERER.

i The murderer, after committing the dee
: robbed Manwell's house of all the Yalu
J. bles it contained. and stole his victim
hotse and buggy, and was followed
e Gorham (some 40 miles distan., where
: left the team and where it was ascertain
ed that he took the cars on the Gran
Trunk Railroad and started toward Can
J ada. Every effort was made by Ne
Hampshire officers and others to secu,
the murderer--who they were Statistic
was one Samuel Mills-but without sue
cess, and at length the selectmen of Fran
coma. after abandoning the search, as wei
as nearly all hope of ever hearing of him
applied to private detective Moses Sargen
and secured his services giving him un
limited power to use every effort and ex
pense to secure and bring the criminal tt
justice.
Mr.. Sargent left Boston on Thursday
Jany 10, and. going to Franconia, gath.
cred what facts he could and started from
that place on the following Monday, and,
striking the murderer's trail, followed it
through different parts of New Hamp-
shire. Vermont and the Canadas. where
he visited several mines in search of Mills
Chat person being miner,) but became
convinced that Mills had continued his
fight westward. Mean while Dir. Sar-
gent had provided himself with supply
of small printed circulars. containing a
brief account of the murder. very full
and accurate description of Mills and the
offer OF reward of $500 for his arrest by
the Selectmen Of Franconia and, before
leaving Canada East, he mailed copies of
the circular to different officials in the
Western States, and particularly to those
who resided in the immediate neigh bor-
hood of mines.
After making further inquiries, MIR.
Sargent left Canada for the West, and at
ength, after much hard and rough trav-
ling over distance of thousands of
niles, he reached Galena, ILL.,, where be
ound and arrested Mills while at work in
mine near that place. The murderer
7as placed in the custody of Sheriff Luke,
t Galena, who detained him there until
he arrival there of a requisition from the
xecutive of New Hampshire for bringing
i'm to that State. ,
Soon after the prisoner was secured, Mr..
argent, thinking that he might have put
is hands while stained with the blood of
IS vicim into his pockets, turned them in t
de out and found one of them much d
aimed with blood. This he at once cut O
om the pants and secured it for evidence. c
lis discovery and act of the detective %
used the murderer to turn deadly pale Il
d tremble violently from head to foot, G.
lille large drops of preparation covered .
forehead and face; and it was only g,
the aid of cold water and fresh air +,
1T be was prevented from swooniug. AS &C
N as he recovered sufficiently to speak, m
exclaimed, IL am innocent ~ Mr.. n,
rgcnt Immediately informed Mills that 10
was not obliged to soy anything that
uld tend to criminste himself, upon "
ich mills replied, IL know that" 1t h,
evident that Mills had strong hopes of is
aping from the clutches of the law. as
made frequent inquiries whether more 70
n one officer was to take him back to d.
v Hampshire. .,
last Sunday after heavily ironing his to
'oner' Mr.. Sargent. accompanied by ho
5. q. Goodwin of New Hampshire, Ia
10 carried the executive papers from of
State.) left Galena with him on their
nm to the county in which the murder col
committed. They arrived in Boston tn,
Friday the 9Th, aHd Mills was securely tn,
led up in the Fourth Police Station ca,
the night. Saturday morning MIR.
gent and Capt. Goodwin, with their
oner, took the FIRST train for Littleton
d., where further proceedings will be ,t ts
before Trial Justice. -,
ILLS is an Brglisbman, he having so
born in London, in 1888 or '3s, and ma
to this country about three years will
since which time he has worked in wb
os in dover, N, j., Racine, Wis, and -,
re Lake Superior region His parents eac
now living in london, and he has a Re-,
living in Cambourno, Nornwall, Eng liv,
Off
lille in the cars in Ohio on their re- the
two earnest Life Insurance agents Civ
the acquaintance of the two officers boo
their prisoners, and cndcavored to pur
VI three as customers. The officers deli
pity declined, but Mills was more wbi
'sed to learn terms, conditions, .Sc.o ron
held considerable conversation with il o
gents, and examined their pamphlets, it.
nkles only being ironed in the day pacl
At length the agents had THAR a. = l