Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-03
MILLER CAUGHT.
Hodson Identifies the Photo Sent
from Nebraska.
Officers Feel Confident that they Have
the Right Man at Last.

The indications are that Paul Miller,
the suspected murderer of the Newton
family at Brookheld, Jan. Z, has at last
fallen into the clutches of the law, and
that very shortly he will be brought to
this county and put on trial for the
fiendish crime of which he is suspected.
Since the officers commenced work on
the case, Jan. 10, they have been notified
Of the arrests Of suspects in all parts of
the country, until they became skeptical
of every report of an arrest. They, how
ever. followed up each suspect, and in
some cases where it seemed there was
a strong possibility of the person under
arrest being Miller, the authorities sent
a person acquainted with the suspected
man to identify the prisoner if they
could. None of these trips was sue
cessful, but the officers were sanguine
Of eventually landing Miller and at in
tervals have sent out fresh circulars
with a description. These circulars were
sent broadcast over the country, and it
was this circumstance that caused so
many persons to be held as suspects.
One of the circulars reached Valentine,
Neb., and resulted in the arrest of a
man whom the officers now believe is
Miller.
When the suspect was placed under
arrest in Valentine he was held on d
charge of vagraney, and photograph
was taken of him and sent to Deputy
Sheriff Tarbell. This picture was unac-
companied by any description of the
man. Mr.. Tarbell showed the picture to
many persons in Brookfield who were
acquainted with Miller, some of whom
identified it at once; others were not
sure 1t was photo of Miller while
others were positive it was not a pic
ture of the suspected man. 1t was de-
cided to have L. ]. Hodson. MilIer's
former employer, see the picture, and
If he identified it us that Of Miller, the
officers felt that Identification would be
complete, and an officer would go to
Valentine for the man. Wednesday
morning Deputy Sheriff Tarbell and
Capt. Proctor of the state police went
to Gloucester, the home of Hodson, and
ne was shown a number of pictures, all
OF which showed resemblance to Miller
IN one or more ways. Both Hodson and
his wife picked out the picture sent
from Valentine as that of Miller. and
both We're positive in their Identified
ton.
The hopes of Detective Murray were
raised Wednesday afternoon upon re-
ceipt of telegram from Valentine Civ
ing a description Of the man held there.
the description of the man held was:
. feet inches in height, weight 1862
pounds, and Wore a No. 6 shoe. The man
has scar on his forehead next the hair
and another scar on the back of the left
hand. All of these details tally to a dot
with the description of Paul Miller, and
together with the positive Identification
Of the photograph by Hodson and his
wife, both of whom were well acquaint-
ed with the man. leads the officers to
believe that the chase is nearly ended,
and that in a short time Paul Miller will
be lodged in the Summer street jail. The
officers wish to show the picture to a
Worcester man, who knew Miller well,
today, and if he will say the picture is
that of Miller. Detective Murray will
start for the west at once.