The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
AGAIN THE PIPE,
Dreams Of Bones of
Mueller Ruthlessly
Disturbed.
THE FAKE DISGUSTS READERS.
Even Bones of Indians Long
Ago Deceased We're Not
Disinterred.
The FAKE DISGUSTS READERS.

Spencer. Aug. 26.-"There is no truth
in the finding of the body of Paul Muel-
Ter at Lake Quaboag yesterday" This
is the statement of every camper and
every resident of the district.
The Spy man first called upon George
H. Allen, farmer and resident of the
district of Podunk, in which Lake Qua
boag is situated. Mr., Allen said: Il
have heard nothing of any bones or
body being found, and the idea of the
body of Paul Mueller being found, is
absurd. If anybody should have heard
Of any discovery of bones or anything
else, l would have known about it. No
knowledge Of such a discovery has come
to my attention, and would brand the
story as false. 1t is possible that bones
could be found, but l do not think that
they have been in this case. About
quarter of mile from this house is
what was supposed to be an Indian
burial ground; quite frequently l come
across bones and other relics of the In
dams, but in the case of the bones, they
always crumble into dust, as they have
laid so long in the sandy soil"
of course by digging, a person can
sometimes locate Indian bones, and it
is possible that some of these bones
We're preserved so well that they stood
the test of being brought to the air.
The statements of George H. Allen
clearly show that no body bones or
anything else We're found at Lake Qua
boag The Spy man then proceeded
from the house of George H. Allen to
the summer cottages located around the
lake. The summer cottage of C. F. Sib-
ley was first called at but at this cot
tage no one had heard of any bones be-
ing found and said that they didn't be-
lieVe it. Next the cottage of F. E. Con-
| ger of North Brookfield was called up
on, and here the same story was told to
The Spy man.
At the cottage of Albert Hobbs of
North Brookfield The Spy man learned
that visitors had been at the cottage of
Mrs. Caroline Storrs, a wealthy New
York lady the day before, but nothing
| had been heard from these Every
camp and cottage around the lake was
| visited, and no one knew of any bones
or of any other discovery being made
| about the lake.
All laughed at the idea of such dis
| covery and branded the whole affair as
! a fake No official notice had been Civ
en- to Medical Examiner i. w. Norwood
nor to Deputy Sheriff w. e. Tarbell.
Mr.. Tarbell said mo, have received
no notice of the discovery, and the only
| thing that I heard or saw was the piece
| that appeared in the Telegram this
morning, which l at once branded as
untrue. If anything of such a nature
| had been discovered, / would be among
| the first to be notified of it. 1t has been
| the custom of a certain paper to find
Paul Mueller at different times since
| the unsuccessful attempt to catch him
after the Newton murder, but in every
! case the man captured has turned out
| to DO someone else,- and i guess they
haven't got Mueller yet or any other
| mans body in Lake Quaboag."
| The cottages of w. c. Bridges, E. A.
| Batchelder, Ansel Edwards, George Ed
wards and w F. Hobbs were visited,
and no one knew of any discovery of
bones of Paul Mueller or any one else
not even fish bones or teeth for that
| matter.
| The cottage of Mrs. Caroline Storrs,
where the report was supposed to come
from, was visited, and there again all
denied that any such discovery had
| been made.
Charles e. Rice, conductor on the
| Warren, Brookfield and Spencer Street
Railway, who was supposed to have
given the report, was seen, and said
that he had only heard the report on
his car from a man whom he did not
| know, and would not recognize if he
! was to meet him.
| The report caused quite a stir in the
| BTookfeldS and Spencer, when it be-
came known, but when it was an
nuunced that the whole report was a
| fake, the townspeople became indignant
| that they We're again fooled by a ire
sronsble newspaper.