The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-01-17
Cold BIOOded Murder
Night Engineer of Traction
Co., Assassinated


fore 10 o'clock Monday night. AT
that hour one of the employees of
the plant entered the engine room,
where he discovered Miller lying
on the floor dead, with gaping
gunshot wound in his head.
Miller, who is about 30 years old
and single, was very popular
man, without enemies so far as is
known, and the local police are at
fault for a clue to the murderer of
and for motive for the murder.
The purpose of the murder is
believed to be robbery, as $53
Miller IS known to have had on
his person and other valuables
were missing from the body.
Police in all surrounding cities
including Columbus, were notified
to be on the lookout for suspicious
characters coming from the direc-
ton of Lancaster in the hope of
apprehending the murderer.
Lancaster, o., Jan. 15.-Blood-
hounds were brought here this
morning from Dayton to try and
run down the murderer of Charles
Miller Tuesday night at the power
house of the Lancaster Traction
company. The dogs arrived on
the 1920 interurban and were at
once taken to the scene of the
murder, where they took the scent.
They came out the rear of the
building, up the alley to Colum-
bus street, and from there they
passed through the business por-
tion of the town to the railroad
tracks. Here they went south on
the Hooking Valley road about a
one and a half miles, where they
they switched off to the left across
fields to the Sugar Grove road.
On up the road they went until
they reached Harris Mill and at
this point at the railroad the trail
was lost. Monday afternoon the
dogs were taken to the power
house again, but nothing came of
their work.
At noon Officers Juergensmier
and Nisley arrested Glen Weston
barger, a middle-aged married
man, a laborer, who was locked
up on suspicion in the case. He
was in the neighborhood of Harris
Mill this morning, where the
hounds tracked the supposed mur-
derer, and rode to town in buggy.
He acted very suspiciously and
was placed under arrest. He will
be given a hearing tomorrow.
Charles Fairchild was also ar
rested but turned loose after 60
ing through sweating process.
Excitement was at a fever heat
all day. Crowds of people stood
on the streets, looking for the
bloodhounds, when the word would
go out at their arrival. 1t took
four policeman-two on each side
of the street-to keep the crowd
from forcing upon the hounds.
Prosecuting Attorney Acton
will bring the matter before the
commissioners at their meeting
Wednesday to offer a reward for
the capture of the murderer.
1t is also understood as soon as
President Peters of the Lancaster
street railway returns home that
he will also offer reward.
Messrs. Morris and Jones, who
brought the dogs here, took them
back Monday afternoon on the
A 80 interurban.
Miller's remains were taken to
Summitsville, four miles north of
this city, Tuesday afternoon,
where burial will occur at 2 o'clock
Wednesday.
WATCHING IN COLUMBUS.
j. H. Woodwork of the detec-
tive firm of Woodworth and Morris
of Dayton, who purchased two
blood hounds named "Duke' and
"Jake" of City Detective George
CASTOR, passed through here with
the hounds Tuesday night, having
come from Lancaster, where the
hounds were used to trail the
murdered of Charles Miller, who
was shot in the head while work =
ing in the Lancaster power house
The hounds found the trail and
carried it very easily as far as