Milford chronicle., 1931-07-24
Mystery Surrounds Shooting
Affair 1T Haven Lake
Earl Stillwell, Accused Of
Trying To Murder H. w.
Johnson Is Found Dead
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give is that the young man took
poison and died from it's effects
This will not be known until an an
/ alysis of the stomach is made. Cor
Oner Pearson will hold an inquest
when a report is received from
: Newark.
Sergeants Powell and Purnell of
the State police and State Detective
] Ottie DOnaway of Sussex county,
are investigating the case. AS the
shooting of Johnson occurred in the
district of the Georgetown State
police station and the body was
found in the territory of the Dover
station, both outfits are investigat-
ing case.
Persons living in the vicinity of
where the Car was found said they
heard a car stop there around 10
o'clock Monday night. They said the
screeching of the brakes indicated
the car was stopped suddenly. Pur-
nell Potter said he saw the car
standing at that point at II o'clock
but saw no one in it.
Louis Paisley, who found the body,
says that he was sitting in his home
Monday night when he heard the
car stop with a screeching of the
brakes and going to a window he
saw the car was stopped along the
highway about so yards from his
home. He says he saw a man get
out of the car and walk around to
the tail light, stop there for a mo-
ment and then walk towards a near
by field. Later the man returned to
the car, switched the car lights from
bright" to dim" and then walk
off down the road towards the draw
bridge over the MispilliOn River.
That was the last he saw any human
being near the car. He says this
was between $3.50 and 10 o'clock.
Tuesday morning the lights on the
cars were still lighted. Around one
thirty o'clock Valbert Fox turned the
lights off and Lewis Paisley walking
in the bean field discovered the
corpse.
The shooting of Johnson occur
red about 8:45 o'clock ON the west
side of Milford and the body of
Stillwell was found on the east side,
a mile and half away.
Stillwell's body was identified by
Chief of Police Derrickson, of Mil
ford. He was attired in trousers
and wore no coat and his hands
were tightly clenched in front of
him when his body was discovered.
In the pockets of Stillwell's cloth |
ing the police found a drivers Ii
cense card made out in the name of
Stillwell, picture of young wo-
ticket to Philadelphia.
In his car, which was standing
close by where the body was found,
there was an axe, a 1ashlight, a
towel, two blankets, a fivergallon
can, apparently a gasoline can, and
a small suitcase, containing a shirt
and other small articles. There was
also an envelope containing snap
shot photographs of Stillwell and a
small boy.
While the police are still mystified
by the shooting and the death of
they believe that after
Johnson was shot Stillwell fed in
the car and somehow got into Haven
Lake. The back of the drivers seat
was wet and one hinge was torn
from one of the doors of the car,
but there was no sign of struggle
n the car.
On Wednesday morning Arthur j
Pabst, of Neptune, N. j., brother of {
Stillwell, came here and claimed the
)ody Funeral services for the de- i
ceased were held yesterday after t
loon at o'clock from Berry's fu- a
leral parlors, and today the body c
will be taken to Hamilton, N. j., for
'urial. t