Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-14
COUSIN Of MILLS
ESTABLISHES AL|b|.
Tells straightforward Story
and Is Released From Jail
at Rockville.
BIZ a STAFF Correspondent of The star

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ROCKVILLE. Md, July 14.-Sam
. s. Mills, 81 years old. cousin of Ed
ward L. Mills, 4s, who was murdered
within stones throw of his home
AT Hunting Hill. Md. at dawn week
ago today, eSta blished what was de
scrihed as an incontestibie alihi and
this afternoon was released from the
iaD here. where he has been held as a
suspect since last night.
Brother.in-Law of Welsh.
Mills, who is unmarried. is
brother. inlaw of William Welsh, pool
room proprietor who was questioned
Yesterday. Welsh had been repre-
scented as saying that he overheard
a man make threat in his pooii.oom
TO get both murdered man and Welsh
brother. When taken before the an-
thorities Yesterday, however. Welsh
denied that he had overheard such
remark.
Inasmuch as Sam Mills is Welsh $
hrother-in-law, persons interested IN
the case were wondering TO-DAY
whether the authorities obtained in
formation from Welsh which led 10
Mills arrest or whather they got 1t
from anOIneF SUuICS.
Shield Cause for Arrest.
The exact cau@e for the arrest of
Mills was carefully shielded by the
authorities, hut it Is known that they
must have thought well of 1t or they
would not have gone to the extreme
of placing him in Jail. During the
weeks investigation the authorities
have had information which appears
TO have justified them in arrestlng ana
keeping in Jail more than halt
dozen persons. hut they have contented
themselves with questioning them and
giving them their liberty.
Mills formerly worked as a Wash
treton taxicab driver and also with
prominent construction company sha
hahitues of the Courthouse declared
that he had not been in this vicinity
for some time. The record shows.
however. that Mills had been tried
here in June on a charge OF DRIVING
under the influence OF liquor ana was
sentenced to 80 days in Jail. which ne
has avoided by noting an appeal and
giving a $500 bond.
Third Placed in Jail.
Mills was the third man to he placed
in iaiI as result of the murder IN.
vestigation. two of whom today are still
held in custody. The first was Gar
euce Miles, 20-year-oid farm hand who
witnessed the murder. The second
Frank Polan, wandering musician
was picked up under questionable cir
sumstances early yesterday.
Miles was arrested on the request
of the Marlboro authorities. together
with hi brother Clinton. on charge
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however. that he is to remain here
so long as the murder investigation is
under way. On several occasions al
ready he has been brought up to the
courthouse in an attempt to have him
identify Mills murderer. His reac'
ton after looking at suspects has
about proven that he really could not
identify the murderer. as on one occa-
sion he told the authorities: Dress
him I'D in black clothes and put him on
the hill and ] can ten you if he is the
murderer" Despite the fact that the
authorities declare that there can be
no connection between Polan and the
murderer. they are still holding him.
The Mills murderer, if he is the
same man who wrote the sensational
love confession pinned to the dead
mans coat, is a member of promi-
nent fraternal order and also a man
well versed in legal phraseology, it is
confidently stated by persons who have
studied the confession. 1t is said there
is a phrase in the confession peculiar
only in the lodges in certain frater'
nal organization and that the man who
used this phrase must have been a
member of this order.
Involved Statements Used.
1t Is pointed out also that in the con-
fession, instead of making simple
statements, involved legal phrases
are used For instance. instead of
saying Montgomery County. Nd"
the confession reads Montgomery
County, in the State of Maryland"
With the detention of Sam Mills be-
lieved to be only a matter of hours,
the murder investigation today got
back into the rut into which it had
fallen yesterday morning before the
wandering musician was brought in
and Mr.. Welsh had been summoned
before the authorities.
Many of those who have closely fol.
lowed the investigation, however, de-
clare that the authorities carefully are
building up their case and that when
they strike it will be shown that most
of their movements. which appear to
he mysterious at this time, were part
of deliberate plan to apprehend the
murderer.