The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-08-19

somehow or other when the party reaoh-
ed the place the dead man had dlsap-
peared. What had become of him was
a mystery. The gentleman reporting
the matter Is o perfect temperance man
and Of course never troubled with the
" Jim jams'' or anything of the kind.
The box was brought home empty, and
the gentlemen looked as II they would
rather not be questioned about the
matter.
The Miller Murder During the past
week some new developments have been
made In regard to the Albrlght-Mil-
Ter murder. Although Maria HANNA
ker swore at the coroner's inquest that
she was the wife of Miller, II appears
such was not the case. They were how
ever to be married either the day of the
murder or the day following. Miss II.
accompanied the body Of Miller back to
the residence of his mother, where she
remained till Friday when Mrs. Miller
asked her II she was married to her son
and II so demanded to see her marriage
certificate. The girl lett her house with
the promise to get 1t, but did not return.
She however went to the house of Mrs.
Weeks, the mother of Miller's first wife
where she st aid till Saturday morning.
Capt. Cummings the employer of Maria
in Harrisburg gives to the T" Telegraph"
the following statementin in regard to the
affair:
Miss Hammaker has resided with me
for nearly year. The statement that
Albright had been seen at my house
since the 14th of May Is false. The
person referred to Is another individual.
l consider Miss Hammaker perfectly
respectable and honest. She left our
place with the intention Of going home,
expecting to be married to Miller. Her
action on Saturday attribute to tenn
porary insanity, and she is at present
under physicians charge. She has no
friends or relatives here, and intend to
protect her. In answer to the question,
"Why has she given such contradictory
statementsp" the captain said: "Her
health was not good before she left for
home, and the excitement incident to
the murder, coming on top, has tempo
rarily unsettled her. She has often
wished, as stated In the papers, to tell
Mrs. g. something, meaning, of course,
her having child to Albright, which
fact was also known to Miller. Last
night she told my wife she was never
married to Albright, but admitted hav-
ing child to him and that was all the
claim he had to her as wife. The only
time she admits seeing Albright was at
my house In May last. After she left
Weeks house on Saturday morning,
she went to the river, and had not been
on the cars as rumored. / think that
she left for the purpose of committing
suicide, as after she returned she remark
ed: "Oh, my God L wish that had
done what started to do" She also
remarked previous to Mrs. Cummings:
"There Is only one way out of this !"
meaning suicide. We knew she intend
ed to go home and Miller was to follow
her. There was nothing clandestine
about the meeting. She was to return
on Saturday last to work at my house.
We were under the impression that they
were to be married. Since giving these
contradictory statements concerning her
marriage, my wife asked her, Mary,
why did you make that statement, that
you were married to Miller" She re-
piled: 81 will tell you something"
think she gave this story to keep AL
bright away, as he was bothering her.
She did not want to see him in May.
When she came back from Newport,
she gave my wife letter which she had
received from Miller. 1t was addressed
Mrs. Maria G. Miller"
Mrs. Captain Cummings refuses to
allow any one to see Miss Hammaker in
her present distressed state of mind
She states that Mary" as the young
woman is called in the family, always
conducted herself properly, and her
opinion is tfAR injustice slSeA been done
her. Mrs. Cummings is of the opinion
that Miss Hammakerstwill give a
straight story at the Proper time,
The conflicting stories told by the girl
make many persons think she had
knowledge that the deed was to be COM
mitted. ~
Although Albright has been twice
seen since the murder by persons who
know him well, he has not been ar
rested. A number of persons in that
vicinity are known to sympathize with
him and to give him aid. On Wednes-
day Deputy Sheriff Gray, with posse,
went to scour the mountains where
there is no doubt Albright is concealed,
but after two days. search, returned
without seeing anything of him, al
though he arrested Jesse Johnson, who
is charged with concealing and aiding
the murderer. Other persons will
probably be arrested on the same