Early on the morning of 19 September 1910 , Clarence Hiller's wife noticed that a light which they usually left on was off . when clarence went to investigate , he came across a stranger at the top of the stair. The stranger had broken in and was about to burgle the twice and ran away. Killer's wife ran to him when she heard the gunshots bt found him dead. soon after,the police arrested a man named Thomas Jennings not far from the Hillers' house.