The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-06-07
few years ago. would collapse when

few years ago, would collapse when
the time came for the death march.
Instead he was the calmest of all.
There was a faint smile on his
lips as he appeared in the death
chamber wearing a regulation pri-
son cap. He walked unassisted be-
hind the Rabbi and was the only
one of the trio who repeated the
lnumbled prayers. His voice was
slightly tremulous as he said the
prayers in Hebrew.
Faber glanced at the witnesses
as he walked to the chair. He was
still wearing the cap when he took
his place. A guard removed 1t and
placed it on the left knob of cleo
trio chair. 1t remained there while
four shocks, totaling 10000 volts
shot through his body. He died in
less than five minutes.
So Ended Executions
So ended the fifth triple execu-
ton in the history of Massachu-
sets. AS in the cases of Nicola
Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti,
world-known communists who died
in the same chair in 1927, along
with Celesinto Madeiros of New
Bedford, the Faber-Millen execu-
lions required 26 minutes.
The crime for which the trio
paid with their lives was the
machine-gun killing of Patrolman
Forbes A. Mcleod. who was slain
as he raced toward the Needham
Trust Company Office in suburban
Needham in response to a burglar
alarm on the morning of February
2, 1894.
An elderly bank officer was
wounded during the $4,000 raid,
and in their escape the robbers
shot and killed Patrolman Frank
o. Haddock, father of four young
daughters.
Auto Battery Was Trap
1t was the battery of the auto
mobile which the killers used that
put them into the hands of the law
and eventually sent them to the
electric chair.
After the car was found, burned
and abandoned in woods near Nor
wood, John F. Stokes and Joseph
L. Ferrari, ace state detectives, dis
mantlcd the battery in the hope
that it would supply clue. They
discovered that J-Type separa-
tor had been installed in the bat
terry.
A photograph of the battery and
the repair job which had been done
on 1t was published in a Boston
newspaper. A Roxbury battery sta
ton proprietor recognized the pic
ture as that of work he had done
on battery for Irving Millen.
Faber Confessed
Neither of the Millens could be
located But Faber was found at
his radio shop in. the Back Bay. He
was. questioned exhaustively, and
finally not only confessed that he
and the Millens engineered the
Needham hold-up, but also the
murder of a bill poster in Lynn
theater robbery and clerk in the
attempted robbery of Fitchburg
sporting goods store.
About three weeks after the
Needham hold-up. the Millen Bro
theirs were trapped in q hotel lob
by in New York. With them was
Norma Brighton Millen, young and
beautiful daughter of. a minister
who had eloped with Murton only
a few months previously.
Norma was convicted as q MUIR
der accessory. she having assisted
the bandit trio in burning the au-
tomobile used in the Needham
hold-up, and is now serving a
years sentence in Dedham Jail. She
probably will be paroled shortly.
Norma Seeks Parole
Dedahm. Mass. June 7-(U.P.)-
Norma Brighton Millen, 21-year-
old widow of the executed murder
er Murton Millen, will seek parole
Tuesday from Dedham Jail, where
she Is serving a one-year sentence
as murder accessory,
Only few hours after her hus-
band and two confederates were
electrocuted, It became known to-
day that she will iile a parole petit
ton with the Norfolk County Com
missioners. She has been eligible
for parole for several weeks but
has been kept in jail in accordance
with the recommendation of Super
Tor Judge Nelson p. Brown. her
trial judge. who felt she should be
confined until after the triple exc
cution.
Attorney George A. Douglas will
confer with Norma Monday to pre-
pare the petition. No action Is ex-
pected for some time as District
Attorney Edmund r. Dewing and
Probation Officer Albert Townsville
must confer with the commission
ers before a decision Is reached.
Norma wept when told to-day
that the execution was over and
that her husband had left ali his
possessions 60 her. She was excused
from her nsuaI duties In the fail.