The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-03
MURDERER OF
ANNIE MULLINS
Young Greek Under Arrest
Accused by Chum
OF KILLING MISS MULLENS
Both Were Taken to Cambridge, Mass,
Court To-day and Held on the
Charge--StOry Of the
Crime.

Cambridge, Mass, April b--James
Mantir Of Manchester, N. H., and Peter
Delory of Someryile, charged with the
murder of Annie Mullins at East Cam
bridge a year ago were arraigned before
Judge Almy In the Cambridge district
court this morning and held for hearing
on April 13. 1t is expected both pris-
oners will be indicted by the grand jury
before the adjourned hearing.
Mantis when questioned by the police to-
day would only say: Il am innocent.
When | 90 to court win tell the whole
truth"
The twelve months mystery Of an
atrocious murder was apparently clear
ed yesterday when Dionysius Spiropolos,
20 years old. was arrested for the muir
der Of Miss Annie Mullins, in Arlington
on the night Of March n, 1908, and
Peter Dolorey, is years old, was held
as an accessory. Dolory, II is said by
the police, told Of the crime, placing the
blame entirely upon his companion.
Spiropolos, when confronted last
night BY Dolory and after listening to
the latters statement, collapsed and
was taken to cell in the Cambridge
police station He refused to make any
statement. The information which led
to the arrest Of the two men is under
stood to have been in the hands of the
police for nearby month and originated
at farm in Billerica, where the couple
went after the crime.
DeIorey, according to the police ct
Cambridge and state detective Charles
u. Bvrnes. has made n complete confes-
sion, iii which he admitted that he and
Manitir dragged Annie Mullins into
Eqnires field after having made her ac-
Quaintance on Cambridge street, and
that when she resisted the assault which
they attempted NIantir cut her throat
with rax9r.
Spiropolos, since the murder, had been
working il barber shop in Manchester
n. H., under the name Of James Mon
fey. while Delorey returned 10 his occu-
patton as q butcher IN Boston.
The police last sight would not state
what the causes were which prompted
The murder bur Il IA understood that
thay have information in their posses
sion which indieatsis tha! the ytHng we
man was enticed itto sand pit, where
an unsuccessful attempt to assault her
was made.
In the effort to lind the murderer Of
Miss Mullins, the Arlington and Cam
bridge police questioned several yonng
men aequaintances, among whom was
Peter D0wney, a motorman, who Is
now In Chicago. Persons who saw De-
Iorey last night and had known Downey
remarked the striking resemblance. It
IS thought that in this fact lies the rea-
son for Miss Mullins accompanying the
two men on the night she was murder
ed.
That she walked with them for more
than three miles before she met her
death is shown in the story told by
Delorey to the police.
He said: 1--WE met Miss Mullins on
tho night Of March 2s near the Porter
street station Of the Boston and Maine
railroad. She spoke to us, apparently
believing us to be acquaintances. We
walked together to Squire's fields, Ar
lington. and returned to where we start
ed. The evening being still early, we
walked back again, entering Squire's
field bv way Marathon street.
"Afiss Mullins and Spiripolos went in
TO the sand pit, while ] stood some dis
tance away. / heard him strike the girl'
and heard thud as she fell down, fol-
lowed by several screams. There was
much noise for some time after, but
was afraid to 10 near them After q
while. Spiropolos came to me with his
hands smeared with blood and threat
ened me saying that if ] ever told any
person of what had happened, he would
kill me-"
Delorey then told Of their flight, say
ing that they ran and walked nearly all
night and morning, reaching Billeriea,
where they stayed. Delorey later found
his way back to Boston and resumed his
occupation els a butcher, while Spiropo-
los went to Manchester N. HI, and with
the hands which Delorey says killed
Miss Mullins, he shaved men and cut
their hair as barber on Spruce street.
The arrest of the two men was ae-
complished in Boston by four officers
from Cambridge, without any trouble
spiropolos was brought to the city from
Manchester BY means of a decoy letter,
and as he left the train in the North
station. Boston, the four officers took
him in charge and conveyed him to the
police station here. Then they returned
10 Boston and rounded UP Delorey, af-
ter which both men were submitted to
an examination.
The Mullins murder case puzzled the
police Of Ipsten, Cambridge and Somer
vile for eleven months before they Sc
cured the evidence which led to the ar
rest of the two men yesterday. Follow
irg the finding Ct Miss Mullins body
in Squire's field on Sunday, March %,
by two boys, an extensive investigation
was begun. in which nearly half a dozen
persons were forced to prove alibi lt
VAS shown that Miss Mullins left the
house Of her employer, Prof Hans G. q.
Won Gageman Of Harvard university on
the evening Of Friday, March 27 with
out saying where she was going. Her
male acauaintances were made to clear
themselves OF any connection in the
case. and in order to verify the abb Of
Benedict Shanahan, Newfoundland
fisherman, two police officers went to
st. Johns. n. T.
The autopsy performed showed that
the throat Of Miss Mullins had been cut
four times. Much doubt existed as to
whether she had been murdered OF had
committed suicide, the state police drop
ping the investigation with the state
ment that it VAS case Of suicide,