The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-19
ANOTHER MURDER.
Fitchburg Man Slain
On the Ashburn.
ham Road.
BRAINS WERE POUNDED OUT.
Nahan Hartman Killed and
the Suspected Murderer
Under Arrest.
BRAINS WERE POUNDED OUT.

Fitchburg, Aug. 1S.-This city was
again thrown into a state of excite
ment, this morning, by the report that
another murder had taken place in the
city limits, and the murdered man was
found in about the same way as was
the victim of last Sunday nights al
fair
It was about 9.45 in the forenoon
when a woman and two children ap.
peared at the Central station and re.
ported that there was a dead man be.
side the road on Ashburnham street, {
short distance from McIntire road.
A squad of police were hastily gotter
together, and, with Sergt. Jess
Coombs in charge, a start was mad,
for the spot, which is about 2 1-2 mile,
from the city proper.
There in the brush a short distanc;
from the side Of the road was the body
OF a murdered Armenian, and the mes
senger of death in the shape of a stou
hardwood club, 8 1-2 feet long anC
about 1 Ia inches in diameter witt
blood stains near the larger end, wa
lying in a pool of blood close at hand
DR.. Fiske had been sent for on tn,
hrst information that<a man had sim
ply been hurt by blow on the head
Medical Examiner F. H. Thompson
however, was called as soon as tn.
true nature of affairs was realized, ant
TO him was assigned the hard task O
looking the body over preparatory Il
the usual removal to an undertaken s
He was quickly on hand and assumed
charge of affairs.
The body rested face downward, anC
there was bad bruise on the back O.
the head and q cut over one eye.
The murdered man was known a:
Nahan Hartman, and was married
had family and was employed il
ParkhiH Mill c. AT the close of hi.
days work yesterday, he started foi
home, as usual, but did not come. Mo-
having been seen up to this morning
his mother-in-law, Antaaran Cahaegn
drove to this city to make inquiries re.
garding him.
She was unable to trace him, now.
ever, and started home again over the
same road. When near the spot wher,
the tragedy is supposed to have taker
place, she found the dead mans dinner
pail opposite what proved to be thu
spot where the body was found She
took the pail home
When she arrived home she discoy.
cred blood stains upon the outside o.
the pail, and then other members o.
the family started over the SANE
ground, stopping at the point where this
pail was found, and there in the bushes
was the body.
Fred G.. Wiswell, farmer residing
In the neighborhood, was the firs1
American to reach the spot but he was
soon followed by the officers and Others
who had heard of the affair.
The murdered man resided on what
is known as the Leonard Robinson
place.
Walter Holman saw two Armenians
walking up the street towards his farm
about p. M, Thursday, and one OF
them he identified as the murdered man
There was about fifteen minutes
time between the passing of the two
men past his place, and the rear mar
was walking faster of the two
The latter was probably Hartman
hurrying home from his days work
Mrs. Henry Palmer, who resides ir
the first house south of the one occu.
pied by the murdered man, saw a mar
pass her house about the same hour
and man going south at about the
same time. The two must have me-
If either one did not go outside of the
road.
The man who was coming towards
the city did go out of the road, it is
said, into the bushes and out into The
road again. AS he reached the road, ii
is said that he crouched down as if il
fear of something. Mr.. Palmer sent &
man to look after him, but when the
spot was reached, he had disappeared
from view.
Acting upon the information furnish.
10 lNxy
went to the house of Karop Copegian
at 10 Highland court, and placed hin
under arrest as a suspect He was
found behind the house chopping wood
and when arrested said, 'All right, but
cannot speak much English"
The alleged murderer is 80 years Of
age, married, but has no children. Il
is supposed that revenge played an i'm,
portant part in the affair, it being sale
that the alleged murderer had beer
driven from the farm of Heninian abou
month ago, and 1t is said tina
the arrested man had threatened t.
take the life of his fellow countrymar
several times since then.
The alleged murderer is said to have
been in the city proper between 5 anC
$50 yesterday afternoon, looking fol
work, asking fellow Armenian named
Marrotian to intercede for him at sew.
q al PldceS. Inc ldtlef thought the al
legged murderer was a good man anC
not capable of such an atrocious deed
Two murders in Fitchburg since Sun.
day has stirred the city from end to end
That such acts of lawlessness are to be
frequent happenings here, is regretted
by the people as whole With the
fact, however of such large popula.
ton and of foreign extraction, it Will
not be much of surprise to hear Of
more crimes Of this nature in the fu-
ture.
The two murders are more than
Fitchburg ever experienced before. The
body of the dead man has been turned
over to Undertaken Sawyer and will
await an autopsy by the medical exam
iner.