Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-04-11
DETROIT'S MURDERS.
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revealed a large pool of blood on An
toinette street two and a half blocks
from the point where the body was
found.
When the police learned, this morn
ing, that Prof. Miller and Miss Jennett
had been well acquainted, and that he
had given her music lessons, Capt.
Baker went to his house and arrested
him. At the station officers then asked
him to take off his coat and vest and
then one OF the most dramatic events
ever known to the police took place.
With great reluctance the music
teacher removed the garments. The
officers then took off his celluloid cuffs
| and rolled up the wrist bands of his
white shirt. On the inside of these
were found blood stains and when they
stood revealed and when the policemen
and detectives looked up to Miller for
an explanation, the man turned pale
and fell on the floor in fainting fit.
He was restored to consciousness and
| then led to a cell, on the way to which
| he tainted again.
| Blood stains also We're found on his
trousers. Some were found on his over
coat and more on his hat. This, a
derby, had evidently been washed, but
not sufficiently, as blood crystals were
positively identified. Captain Baker
| went into the cell with him after he
| had recovered somewhat from his
fainting condition. and spoke to him.
Miller was seated but looked up quick
ly and said: Il know nothing about the
matter"
In the sweat box Miller claimed that,
last night he attended a meeting of the
| Wolverine Circle, an insurance organ
ization. on Baker street, and that he
left about IL o'clock. If true this would
be a sufficient alibi, for the murder
| took place at II o'clock or a few min
utes later.
The dead girl was organist of the
Rehekah Lodge to which she belonged
and at the meeting, last night, she is
said to have been cheerful and even
gay. AT 10 O'clock she arose and said:
II don't see what further use you have
for me. and guess I'll go home.''
Wait for us and you'll have COM
lpany," said one of those present.
But the girl insisted and went away
alone
The others stayed there until IL
kociocl:. The father and mother of the
| murdered girl sat up late for her re-
turn, but finally went to bed, leaving
the door unlocked. When they arose
this morning, they found that Carries
bed was untouched. The father hastily
left the house and on the street met a
married sister of the dead girl. who
informed him that Carrie had been
| 10 nj ftar, fn
the morGuc and identified the mangled
and bloody remains as those of his
daughter.
The spot where Miss Jennett was
murdered was peculiarly adapted to the
lawful crime. The nearest electric light
is three blocks away and there is not
a house in tine block.
VIM. Quart is merely held as a possi-
BILE valla ole, witness, the police say,
and not as a suspect.
| An autopsy, today, revealed the fact
that within three or four months the
girl would have become a mother. 1t
also furnished many evidences of the
brutality with which the poor girl was
murdered. In addition to the other
CHASTITY wounds on her head, her neck
had been broken.
| Prof Miller, who is under arrest on
suspicion OF being the girls murderer
left his house, according to his wife
at o'clock last night, saying he was
going to n lodge meeting. At 11.20 T.
M. according to his wife, he returned,
apparently cool and collected.
A three hours search of Miller's
home by officers resulted in finding a
towel bearing faint traces of blood,
rolled up and thrust into a corner OF
the wash stand in the wash room.
Though the blood stains We're scarcely
distinguishable, tt, attendant circum-
stances caused the .. ectives to believe
/. to ba Tho ctroppacN bind of c;rcup,
Istantial evidence.
| Miller came home, according to his
wfe's story, at 11.20, less than half an