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OFFICIALS GET CORROBORATION OF CONFESSIONIii’sii'!c (he fMint It nrv Miller w#lt;f miinh'i ril more If an uiiwt fears I'i o.culf.r Marion (Haven has had more I ban ! fie I'd-! nnnrv inn'i'.'fi!iij’ -ii cs met with in in.ivti-.rjvHuy *t111'■ — of - net) lt;ill! -1njmIinu.tin' i vidntiee which has ..herntic: c ti since *hr I'life- i • ■ i if lt;P o. liauttt if. L’K. I lint he ci. aim it t (1 tin1 i!‘-clt;:l. Mr* ir and police of-.In I' have tc ■/tin In t-.ke taf print -.|' y.iii which indicate ihe pn.'-•cltlr* 11 ul ht'aimc - .Mauled'- s!at“-ii ‘ til.A ’ imu an nicil b\ I'put' Sheriff I tin K' iiicr. Ill puly Mar-hi.l .lames Cask y anil Xlyhl I’di.-eni.m Lie I’oi,-tin. , the |n: ivnti i- t nk -1 at. imlt;m s Iwill 1 11 Ice I )rl V He |ien|)|e A'hh'h -i'Lve In yct'ifv the cnnl'e-mn maile hy Ma i iic at . Tin si; 'tan nls were made in * hei’. esl'ifat in's hy A. M, \ m hi. !'n 1'iner . .I Hi V»lte mar kill, ami wh- \va • -ervinjr i tha' c.ip'c;' y at I he turn1 .Miller va.. killed. \V. \V. .li.iHichi. neiv hbor '! Mil If!, and .Mr. Mat liehl'- vib. Mari' M.' 11 at fit hi. .Ilnlfitiri Id in lt;1 Shut.Thai ‘he shnnliii'r wht *h wa te-fei red 1 i hy Hauled! in his Iemein-larly this wv-k actually oreimcd was in lie certain when Ilnllielt! s a*. I that he had dune, the :ho«i.ittgk This rtnteinent wa- Ids, suhstan1 iated he Mrs. Hatlilt; 1,1.Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield, nf 1 21 si , j Markley avenue, were neitrhhnrs of .Miller and 'Arte atlWl’ff the first t roach the hm.is • after he was stu'ttck. Their -tate merts as tu what i eurred ari' identical in every important df’nil.Tells id Murder.Mrs. Hatfield, in her statement, said: “On ,! fine Hit h IlenTyMillc!eame tn cur house and asked fr a stick to open his door, as the ni“'ht hi It was in place and he could r r op* ii it. He took a knife and op. ned the deor. Soon I heard my hushand eullinjc ‘Urinjr niy ftun, slt; ftateom. is mSESbk' Henry.’ I brought the {run and he shot thnUKh the* door. My husband was yelling ‘Open 'he door oil’ll kill you.’ I went hack to our house and called-the marshal. When 1 went hack to Miller's house, Mr. Krcakie and some others were there. .Mr. Kreakie said, ‘Henry, who. hit you ?’ Miller did not answer. 1 kmw Hauhotf hy pight. and I saw him at Miller’s htwne June 15. 1 saw himMov. 2, H).1t,t.and he is the same man.” Mr. Hatfield’s statement is substantially the same. He said in part ..f his ; t.it( merit, “I trave Mil!'lr a case kriife and he cut the screen drnr. hut.I saw he was having trouble openiny Ihe other door. I was working in m.vfits way out.’ Then a door slamtnedrand thoi was a loud iiui-e like scme-thifnr fidliny; and cans hemp- upset, f ran over and called for Milter and Sot. no answer. 'Why. don’t you answer?’ 1 shouted, hut there was no ‘ answer. I .heard a sound as if some-, i r e was -tranttliny and 1 veiled, ‘Let I hat man loo- e,' 1 shouted t o mywife for the j* uii and h brought it and I shot thrmmh the door.”ftiih stateuu nts also add the details of Koiny ipto the house antlj finding Mr. Miller unconscious behind a bed. Both statements declare he did nrt answer quest ions put to him rela-tpe tn who lt;truck the blow.following is the statement of A1 Arnold, irur.diul at the time lt;f the murder.Tu Iked To Hatihrif.'Oil .June Hi about 11:110 ! in.;H oiife B iub ,f whom I had known praifically all his life. I met him at the intersection of South Main and Line streets and talked with him (bout haviriK houyht a new litfht cap.11“ said he had the old dark one in the sack he was irrviiut. He went west n.lony the W. # L. K. railroad track*. Shortly afterwards I heard of the murder of Miller and recalled that the lt;Ji-i.etion Banhoff took was towards Mil-, let’s home. It was about an hour anil l‘(' a half after souiy I’auhoff that i heard, of the murder.lb-
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Orrville Courier Crescent
Orrville, Ohio, US
Thu, Nov 05, 1931
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