Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-19
STILL HUNTING.
Officers Making Persistent
Search for Miller.
Deputy Sheriff TarbeIl to Go to New
Hampshire Today-A Likely Clue
from Connecticut.

Since the murder of the Newton fam
lily, Deputy Sheriff Tarbell of Brookfeld
has received fully so letters from all
parts of the country from parties who
claim hey nave seen Miller, the al
legged murderer, since the crime was
committed. One letter was received
from Illinois, but Sheriff Tarbell does
not place much reliance on the alleged
clues, other than those Of Lebanon, N.
H., and town in Connecticut. He will
visit the former place today, and if this
visit proves unsuccessful, he will visit
a Connecticut town, the name Of which
ne refuses to divulge.
Deputy sheriff Tarbell has summoned
Arthur Wright Herbert Doane, William
Eaton and William Bemis to appear be-
fore the grand jury at Worcester We'd
nesday, to give evidence of finding the
bodies and other matters that came to
their attention after the murder was
committed.
Mrs. Emma Prouty, a sister of the
late Mr.. Newton has secured counsel to
represent her interests in an attempt
to keep Mrs. Newton's relatives from
securing the appointment of administra-
tors before consulting her counsel.
The townspeople continue to be con-
siderably excited over the crime, and
as the days go by, they are fearful the
perpetrator will not be apprehended.
Miss Hattie Bemis, the teacher of the
Rice's Corner school district, has posi-
lively refused to go to the school house
until the murderer is found, and her
brother, George w. Bemis, is taking her
place for the present.
1t is stated that the pastor Of the Po-
lish Catholic Church in this city, Rev.
Joseph Jaksztys, knew the man called
Miller, and says that is not his name.
His name in Polish was Mueller James
Leno of East Brookfield, who knew the
alleged murderer well, and who has a
brother living in Holland" who also
knew Miller, went through that district
Sunday and made a thorough search
around the Point Of Pines, but without
success.
State Detective Murray went to
Springfield Tuesday, where he will try
to pick up the trail Of Miller, which
was dropped at that point. In the
ing in from every quarter. One of these
comes from Partelville, a small village
on the stage road between Stonington
Conn, and Westerly, R. l., where a
tramp who bears a strong resemblance
to the published descriptions of Miller
made his appearance last Friday. The
tramp called at the house of Lot Col
Inns and asked for something to eat.
Food was given to him, and he began
to eat ravenously as though nearly
starved The family gathered round
the stranger and one of them asked him
what his name was. He said it was
Paul Miller.
Then he said something else in a.
language which none of the family I'M
derstood. The man was then asked
where he came from, when he suddenly
became very much frightened, and,
leaving a quantity of food uneaten he
jumped up and rushed from the house
and disappeared in a cedar swamp
ing, some children saw him coming out
of the swamp, and later he called at a
house some distance away from the
village and got something to eat and
asked the way to New London. After
the man had gone away, some one in
the village read of the Brookfield MUIR
ders, and thought that the stranger
might be the much-wanted Paul Miller.
Search was made, and a rough shelter
and the remains of fire were found in
the swamp, where he had passed the
night, but the man himself had disap-
peared.
Chief Rufus R. Wade of the district
police force has sent out 1000 copies Of
the following notice:
$500 ARD!-WANTED FOR MUIR
DER.
Five hundred dollars reward will be
paid for information that will lead to
the arrest and conviction of Paul
Mueller (Miller), charged with the muir
der of Francis D., Sarah A. and Elsie
Newton, at Brookfeld, ON the night Of
Jan. Z, 1898.
Mueller is a German and will answer
close to the following description:
About 80 years of age, height feet,
or inches, weight 1876 or 100 pounds,
dark complexion, black moustache,
black alair and dark eyes. Has rather
large head, and there is a scar on the
side of his face, near the temple, which
is only visible when his cap is off. His
front teeth are small and wide apart.
Has scar on one hand. near the little
finger. Wears a No. shoe.
Is in the habit of parting his hair in
the middle and brushing it back from
his forehead; also has the habit Of
grinding his teeth in his Sleep Walks
with a rolling gait Talks broken Eng.
lish, also German and Polish. When
last seen he wore dark clothes, checked
golf cap and felt boots. Mueller may be
found among tramps. Send any in
formation to Rufus R. Wade, chief of
Massachusetts district police, Boston, or
Peleg f. Murray, district police, Wor-
cester, Mass, OF w. e. Tarbell, deputy
sheriff, East Brookfield, Mass.
Boston, Mass, Jan. IS, 1898.
SHOT DOWN IN THE STREET.