Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-03
Murderer Of Miss Annie
Mullins Under Arrest.
Two Greeks, One Of Whom
Says Companion Did Deed.
Dionysius spiropouIos, Accused,
colIapses on Arrest.

terry OF an atrOciouS murder was ap-
parently cleared today when Dionysit,s
SpiropOulos, 20 years, was arrested for
the murder Of Miss Annie Mullins. in
Arlington en- the night Of March p.
1903, and Peter Delorey, IL years Old.
was held as an accessory. Delorey, II
Is said by the police. told of the crime.
placing the blame entirely upon his
companion.
Spiropoulos when confronted tonight
by Delorey and after listening 10 the
latters statement, collapsed Wnen
taken to cell in the Cambridge po-
lice station he refused to make any
statement.
The information which led to the arr
rest of the two men is understood t"
have been in the hands Of the police
for nearly a month and originated at
Il farm in Billerica, whore they went
after the crime.
SproDOulOs, the murderer had been
working il a barber shop in Manches-
ter. n H., under the name OF James
MnnIier. while Delorey returned to his
occupation as a butcher in Boston. lir-
ing at 320 Beacon street. SomerVillr.
The police tonight would not state
what the causes were which prompted
the murder. but it l.; understood tina.
they have information in their posses
sion which indicates that ;hc young
where an unsuccessful attempt To as
Sault her was made.
In the effort to locate the murderer
of Miss Mullins, the Arlington and
Cambridge police questioned several
=
whom were Peter Downey, a motor
man. who is now in Chicago. Persons
who saw Delorey tonight ard had
known DOwney remarked the striking
resemblance and it is thoaght that in
this fact lies the reason for Miss
Mullins accom- panying the two men on
II" night she was murdered.
That she walked with them for more
than three miles before she mt her
death, is shown in the story told b.
Delorey to the police tonight He said
I'VE met Miss Mu''15 IN the night
OF March IS near III !-"ttcr street sta
ton OF the Boston x .,fa;n. Railroad
She spoke to us. apparently believing
us to he uaintanceS We walked to-
Ecthcr to Squires field. Arlington, and
returned to where we started.
The evening being still early. we
walked back again, entering Squires
field by way of Marathon street. Miss
Mullins and Spiropoulos went into Tho
sand pit, while l stood some distoncr
away. l heard him strike the girl and
heard n ,hud as she fell down, follow
ed by several screams. There was much
noise for some time after, hut | was
afraid to go near them. After a while
SniropOulOs came to me with his hands
smcared with blood and Threatened me
saying that if l ever told any person
OF what happened, he would kill me
Delorey then told of their flight, say
ing that they ran and walked nearly
all night and morning. reaching Billeri-
ca, where they stayed. Delcrey latel
found his way back to Boston and re-
Sumed his occupation as a butcher
while SpiropouloS went to ManC hester
q n. H., and with the hands which De-
lerey says killed Miss Mullins he
shaved mems faces and cut their hair
as a barber on Spruce street. Both
men will be brought into the Cam
bridge police court tomorrow, Spiro-
pOulos being charged with murder. and
Delerey being held as an accomplicc.
The arrest of the two men today was
accomplished in Boston by four officers
from Cambridge without any trouble
Spiropoulos was brought to the city
from Manchester by means of dccoy
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 to Boston and rounded w
nn1
submitted to an examination.
The Mullins murder case puzzled ths
police of Boston, Cambridge and som
erville for II months before they Sc
g cured the evidence which led to tn,
arrest of the two men today Follow
ing the finding of Miss Mullins bod,
in Squires field on Sunday. March %
by two boys, an extensive investiga
ton was begun, in which nearly half d
dozen persons were forced to prove
aiibis. 1t was shown that Miss Mullin:
left the house of her employer. Prof
Hans c. G. Won Jagemann of Harvard
University, on the evening of Friday
March q. without saying where sh,
, was going. Her male acquaintance
We're made to clear themselves OF an,
connection in the case. and in order
to verify the alibi of Benedict Shana-
han. New Foundland fisherman. tive
police officers went to ST. Johns. y. +
The autopsy performed after the dis
covery of the body showed that the
throat of Miss Mullins had been cut
four times Much doubt existed as &c
. whether she had been murdered or had
committed suicide, the state police
dropping the investigation with the
statement that it was a case of suicide
Delorey is OF French Canadian extrac-
ton He is a native of Nova Scotia.