Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-11
|1IISIERIES OF DETRUIT
Two Most Brutal Murders In the City
of the Straits.
WOMAN BEATEN TO DEATH
Her Music Teacher Arrested-Faints
When Accused of the Crime-BOOk-
keeper of IrOnwOrks Vic.
tim In Other Murder.

Detroit, Mich, April 1.-THE city is
aroused over two most brutal murders
in one of which a woman was beaten
and stabbed to death on the street
while in the other man met death in
a very similar way.
A young girl, subsequently identified
as Carrie NJ. Jennett of 1871 Wabash
avenue, the daughter of j. r. Jennett,
a cabinet maker, was stabbed and
pounded to death at Thirteenth street.
Her throat was cut from ear to ear, a
knife was thrust into her brain behind
the ear, and a dent in her forehead
| showed that she had been dubbed
A resident of the neighborhood, Har-
~ Jewell, notified the police. He says
moan first attracted his attention to
the crime as he walked along McGraw
avenue. He heard low groan and.
looking across the lots, saw a man
striking at something on the sidewalk.
JEWELS footsteps on the board walk
alarmed the murderer, who ran away.
Jewell hid behind a house, and the
murderer returned to complete his
work. Jewell notified the police, who
found the girl dead.
Miss Jennett attended meeting Of a
Rebekah lodge in hall not far from
where she was murdered. She left
there at about 1915 o'clock. Less than
two hours later her body was found.
Professor james Miller, music
teacher, was arrested during the morn
ing, accused of being the murderer.
Blood was found on his clothing, and
when an explanation of it was asked
Miller tainted. He was revived, but
tainted again while being taken to his
cell. Miss Jennett was pupil of Mil
Ter.
Miller Was Cool at First.
When the police learned this morning
that Professor Miller and Miss Jennett
had been we'll acquainted and that he
had given her music lessons, Captain
Baker went to his house. Miller took
the announcement of the girls death
coolly and asked no questions regard.
ing the murder. Captain Baker finally
decided to take him into custody. When
placed in the sweatbox at the Grand
River avenue station, he had himself
under control and said very little. He
no emotion and answered all
questions apparently in straightfor-
ward manner,
The officers then asked him to take
1ff h1H nd
The most dramatic events known to the
police took place.
With great reluctance the music |
.eacher removed the garments. The
officers took off his celluloid cuffs and |
oiled up the wristbands of his white |
shirt. On the inside of these were
'ound blood stains, and when they |
stood revealed and when the police
men and detectives looked up to Miller
or an explanation, the unhappy man
urncd deadly white and fell on the
ioor in Il fainting tit. He was restored
o CONSCIOUSNESS and then led to a cell,
N the way to which he tainted again.
The other Murder.
In the second murder the victim was
George w. Haywood, bookkeeper and
'aynaster at the Michigan Malleable
ron works. His body was found living
n the sidewalk on Junction avenue.
hort distance from his home on Am
erst street. His head was badly
ounded, and there was bad cut over
he left eye.
man named W. F. Jones, who
oarded at Heywood's house, is under
rrest. A revolver was found in the
Hey short distance from where Pa.
'olman Brisson discovered Heywood's
ody, and the murdered mans son iden-
fled it as belonging to Jones.
Haywood had attended dance at
aker hall, corner of Baker and Sew {
nteenth streets. His wife had intend. '
to accompany him, but was ill and {
ave it up. 1t is not known what time /
started for home, but he was found
lthln hundred yards of his own !
'etty house and had evidently been J
Fad for some hours. !
AS ler husband did not return during
re night Mrs, Haywood was very
u"h alarmed. and, arising early, she
mt her eldest boy, Earl, aged twelve.
it to see if he could find any trace of 0
S father The little chap had gone f
1t short distance from the house II
hen he discovered the lifeless remains c
the parent. The police were notified e
"a the body was removed to the W
orgue and placed beside the remains ii
Miss Jennett.
tones is said to have been infatuated
marked degree with Mrs. Hey
'od, so much so that it had been Fl
ighborhood gossip for some time. Il