Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-11

bad condition.
But cattle and horse were not the /
only live stock in the barn. Down in !
the cellar were a couple of pigs, They
grunted more vociferously than ever
when they heard footsteps up stairs, |
while the hens and roosters in the poul-
try yard uttered, with augmented !
shrieks, that craw-craw noise which al |
ways indicates hunger.
The two young men, after witnessing
the condition of affairs, then thought
that probably Paul was away, and so,
after making the cows more comfortable
and giving them fresh water and grain, !
no more attention was paid to the cir
cumstance.
THE SUPPOSED MURDERER.
The man who murdered the three
Newtons was a cold-blooded villain,
without a single drop of the milk Of hu
man kindness in his breast No Nero
was ever more cruel than he; no char
acter can be portrayed more repulsive
than that of this murderer. He had
practically no provocation to commit the
deed. If he wanted the money he
thought was in the house, he could
easily have procured it without sacr1c-
ing three human lives, two of which
were those of defenseless women. And
yet he had carefully premeditated his
act, as is shown elsewhere.
There is not the slightest shadow of
a doubt but what this man was Paul
Miller or Muller,-no one seems to know
which is right. He was farm hand,
in fact, the only farm hand that Mr.
Newton employed; and he had been at
work on the farm for about two
months. He came there and wanted
work. Mr. Newton had seen him about
the town. He wanted man; and, as
Miller seemed strong and anxious to
work, he decided to give him a trial
How Miller repaid Mr.. Newton for his
kindness is too well known.
1t did not take the officers, who were
detailed upon the case. very long to de-
eide that it was Paul Miller and he
alone who did the numbering The
young men who knew of the murder,
before it came to the ears of the Off
GERS, had satisfactorily established that
fact in their minds. Every new devel-
opment only adds additional evidence
against Miller. If he is brought to the
court of justice there seems now to be
nothing that can save him from a fate
he justly deserves. The WEB of evidence
about him is, even at this early day,
very tightly woven
Paul Miller came to Brookfeld in the
latter part of March. At first he Sc
cured a place with Mr.. Hodson VINO
ran pleasure resort at the Point of
Pines, upon one of the lakes near
Brookfield During the busy season he
worked mostly about the stable, putting
up teams, doing chores, and making
himself generally useful. When the sum
mer season closed, and there was no
more business at the Point, Mr. Hodson
engaged him to drive one of his wood
teams This he did until about the mid
die OF November, when he threw I'D his
position, and few days later went to
work for the man he murdered,
Unfortunately, Mr.. Hodson removed
from Brookfeld only a week or SO ago;
thus making it impossible for repre-
sentative of the Spy to talk with him
regarding Paul Miller, Monday night
however, many of the townspeople
know Miller having met him at the
/ Point or on the road, and the stories
they tell about him are by no means of
! the best. "a
1t seems that in addition to his other
duties, Miller acted as official "bouncers'
a. the resort; and, If any man became
opstreperous or inclined to pick a quar-
+! rel or to make himself otherwise disa-
! greeable Miller sailed into him. One of
Mr. Hodsons friends, with whom the
latter talked about Hodson. one dav
last summer, told Spy reporter that.
IN discussing Miller, Hodson said. He
I Is bold, bad man, and as soon as a,ny
party comes here and does not behave
an rlght, all have to do is to call Paul
anu ne VIII NIX him. A little while ago
man came down to the Point from,
warren, and seemed to want to stir ur
urouote | told Paul the man was on
the premises UnbeknoWn to me he
went out with a cart-stake and Knocked
him doWn. He gives them all to under
sLaho tnat he can run the place without
ene assistance of any outsiders"
Inns story of Hodson's, however is
s,,u.e nos ene only one that has come to the
surface since the murders were discov
eieqq. Ihere Is an incident connected
WIN Miller's leaving Hodson,s employ
that SHOWS he was possessed Of a olIick
uunanageable temper when once he he,
came excited. The story is told bv Jesse
Doane, young fellow, who lives onlv
a lew yards from where the difficulty
LOON piace; and he happened to be an
eyewitness to the whole affair
Hodson and Miller were both driving
Ioads OF wood from Sturbridge over to
| North Brookf1eld last fall There are
places IN the road between Sturbridge
and Brookf1eld that are pretty steep. and
| Two horses often find it a hard lob TO
haul a good load up the hill. Miller was
one day driving a pair that either would
|
they were attached.
hooson, who was sitting on the load
IN front, became angered because his
| man was stopping in the road. He cal
led to Miller to come on; but the latter's
only reply was that his horses could
not pull the load. More words followed
ana at last Miller got down from the
team, and told his employer he could
drive the team himself. He (Miller) was
sick of the job. Shortly after that he
came. to work for Mr. Newton.
Paul Miller is described by those who
know him as being of German birth.
about 40 years of age. He would weigh
not far from 140 pounds, and stood about
feet s inches. He had long, dark hair,
and dark and rather bushy moustache.
lie spoke only broken English, with a
decided German accent, and claimed he
had been sailor However, he came
into Brookfleld as a tramp, and made
no hesitation in saying so.
He had rather peculiar, slouching
gait when he walked, was inclined to
stoop forward, was slightly round
loose-jointed. He talked but little, and
when he did. he dragged out his words
rather slowly and languidly.
4 SO far as is known he had very few
friends in town. He was never seen
evenings upon the street or otherwise
I attracting attention. Those who have
seen him most while at work at the
Point of Pines and at the Newton farm
say that they had seen him when it was
plain that he had been drinking. He was
/ never seen really intoxicated. He rarely
spoke of himself to the few acquain-
tances he had Generally his conversa-
ton consisted only of passing the time
of day with those people whom lie was
accustomed to meet frequently either
upon the road while drawing wood or at
the Point of Pines