Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-14
DANlElSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
DANEIScJN


 A seazch for the head of Clarence T. Miller, done to death at his home in Towards Valley during the early morn 4ng hours of last Tuesday by Ernest Skinner. now held at Brooklyn jail after pleading guilty to a charge of murder, VIII mark the days of this week. Many A4e convinced that the degenerate Skin- ner now held to answer for the crime to whtIa he has confessed, severed the ksad from the body before he fired the Miller home
 The condition of the charred torso, re- covered from the cellar of the burned house seems to indicate that Skinner has not as yet told all of the grim tale of his doings of last Monday night and the early hours of Tuesday morning He has not hesitated to tell how he made his way into the Miller home and was ran eacsing 1t in search of money he be- ffeved to be there, and of how, when Miller awakened, he attacked him with 2 hatchet and chopped off his arm and beat his head with the weapon. His ad- missions, however. do not account for She missing head, nor has Q careNll sszrch of the ruins of the burned Mil Ter home brought it to light although =sking through the ashes has led to the recovery of a number os small bones Of tho body that if seems would have been eors1med as well as the skull had not the head been GU off and taken away.
 Strange tales Of Skinner's doinss in the rsishborhood where he has lived since ne YRS boy are added to the facts a. ready generally known by residents Of the Howard Valley section.
 Clayton weatherhee. formerly q mem her of tho New London police force, add r4 sa77e tales Of interest Sunday. Last Monday. the day before skinner set the Ffi.le- house afirs Mfr. Weetherbee and ether persons went 10 the Skirne- place = have 2 small quantity of apples r--u1d UT for cider at the Skinner mill. F-rest Skinner received them and ey- pressed his willingness 10 do the work. Aid ot Weatberbee and others in his rarty were asked by Skinner to reset his ensoiine engine. which he had been using a saw wood so that 1t could be connect es u7 with the apple grinder. Several t.-nRs durin~ the course of the changing operations Skinner left Weatherhpa and I,s cornanionq to show them different things about the place. He was engaged r. wat has been described IS "showing oe" One Of his sports was to eet into tfe hen cooo, nut h's head out through C-- window and crow like a rooster.
 Eventually he asked Mir. Weatherhee -s .n wbrthn- 1-.-- would I.'-e to buy one ~s r-.-s-~' d,,o'-s at tho Skinner place weatherbee agreed that he would bug 2 dt:rk .f the 7ricc were right An agree --e-t was reached. Efforts to catch one ot tAe ducks led to WeathArbeee discovery thet th, ducks wcra c'rite wild and ht asked Skinner to allow the usa of hia e"1r = shoot one Skinner refused. sayinr tAat he rever allowed anyone to shoot hi' r4lr Weatherbee said that he would r' "a r;S home a short distance away, apt Fes .is own gun. which he did and uD7- his r-tu~nin- ta the Wnqtherbee place h' n-d Skinner took uo hunt for the ducF, which had zone down the river, it va! p-esumed.
 Skinner and westherhee l'aH been n7 crErS in moro or lAs7 fruitless effor .o locate inc ducks when they ran ont pair of them. As one durl, went int gAs river V-eatharheA shot it with h: r'7" but beStated to shoot at tha othe Ehica had -one up the river. fearinG tha ths r.fo hall mi@ht 20 toward 2 ltshwa. resr6v and iniure someone. A chase o 'Se second duck was undertaken ant crrin= the course of 1t Skinner an Res -he-oeo became separated. Weather bee was working his way along the rive bar, ar1 h9d tust swur~ himself arount c fence post at tha edge of the strean vt~0 he locked dow1 at what appeare to be a black s'io'-. but which oro-ed [ be the rauzz'a cf Sl'nne-'s ru-. which h Nes pointing di-cct.v. at Weatherbae skinner was hidden in reess and br7;s on the river hank and had WAatherhe covered w;h t+ cur "T1is is goo yua or mire." S'-i"nAr said 70 Waataar hee as ihe latter 9rshed the barre, swal ~snd when I shoot at anything with kiI itt"
 That seeUs 'iFe 2 might s!gniican Fnmarll to Weat1o-be4 tn the ,ight 2 Wha- happened within dozen hou~: aft 2, :he rcmar', was made.
 P-ier to th.s incident. Weather6e-. i light Of Skinner, had taken sma. amount of change uu, of his t-ouse-' pscket and paced it in h,s bill fold { n'event possible .css Of the money whii