New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-02-28

sgsin. Leave granted by large majority
| The House then adj burned.
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Examination OF ,iiiIer-C snciusion-Pils
Discharged.
| The examination OF Jonathan Miller on a charge
Of arson and murder continued and completed at
| Hampstead Court House yesterday.
The Court convened at 10 O'Clock, and the prosecu
ton was continued by the examination of tue prisoner
Ia answer to questions OF Mr.. Justice Brsdee Nr
Miller stated that his age is ~ years that OF BIZ wife q
her name Maria his daughters nsme was Mary
Jane AGED { years be eldest son, anthony d. aged
n years his youngest SON John Henry, aged years
the whole family slept on feather beds those already
mentioned were the only members Of his family does
/ not recollect seeiDg william Creeds house open
a. be passed on his way to Brooklyn Greed resides
about one and half miles from the scene OF the nre
on the road TO Brooklyn, and II will De remembered
testified 10 seeing man pass on the morning OF tne
FIRE whom he supposed 10 be Miller; DID not see any
one shout the house Of Greed. wore his ordinary
clothes 10 Brooklyn the he had on IN Court eS
cept hs overcost; cannot tell the size OF the main
building OF bis house on the ground passed through
Jamaics miles from bis residence, before sunrise ;
thinks be below Union Race Course, eleven miles
| from home. whea the sun rose does not know VINO
the colered man was who unlosded his hay hrst sa1
him the sland where he came up and offered T. pitch
OF bis hay bis property was Insured Tor about >lUNO
in the Duchess County Mutual Insurance Company M
Pusbkeep.ie-S3OOo on bis house $3.50 his iufnitlre
/
$500 bis bsru and howell so On HE wagon, and so
on his grain the insurance elected on the 9TH day
Of sept -ij considered his house worth from SuO %
$500 the furniture cost him SoO0 10 slUO but can
tell exactly. bis barn. empty was prObay worth 500
10 $500; the frame OF his house was very heavy the
main part Of the building having been remodeled from
meeting house many years before he in posses
zion At Il the sh part Of 10 be- had added himself
he had known the house 6 or II years but II had been
remoddled before be saw 10 he had used his
late the afternoon precedug the fire was not certain
whether he LETT Il the wOOdpie or whether he
one Of bis boys carried 10 ia dOes not remember 10
have il after having used IL. his customary place
for keeping his was between the south and ea,t
doors OF the she'd saw the which was taken from
the ruins and thinks il wes his up and about
his house and barn about hour before he left for
Brooklyn took his breakfast in the kitchen adjoining
the shed did 20 up stairs after first coming down
lighted his candle up stairs LEFT on the table Ia the
center Of the kitchen while he went 10 his barn and
harnessed his team returned, blew out the candle,
shut the gate and started Tor market with his
hsy.
Here the defence opened by calling Eldred
Miller, brother of the prisoner, to the stand Oa the
Saturday night preceding the ire he a. the house
OF William BerTiAn engaged in loading the wagon Of
Mr. B. with oats potatoes, Sc. tor market did not re
tire 10 bed I'LL alter o'clock IN the morning. he began
10 load the wagon II 3 o'clock was At B-rrans gate
when he started with his load he then went 10 the
barn locked the door and went into the house or 10
minutes before 5 o'clock Mr. Berrians barn Is In a d.
rec,ion east OF his house, and distant about fifteen
yards loaded the wagon about midway between the
house and bsrn did not see the gnt Of the hre of the
burning house before retiring Mhers house s about
a mile distant from Bcrrians, In southeast direction
there woods between B,rrisn. ard Miler's,
shout quarter OF a mile from the former witness
thinks II the house had been blazing while We was
5sding the wagon he should have H. his face
the time In that direction the clock
Just before witness retired 10 bed had not been In
bed minutes before he called by Mrs Berrian
and informed Of the hre and went 10
VIM r. Egeretts directly across the road from Der.
rians aSOxe Mr. f. and they started Immediately for
the Of cOnhagratiOn when witness arrived there
ne found three individuals on the spot viz samuel
Fleet JOseph DOron and Mr.. Everett, who had out.
stripped witness In the race present wnen the
remains OF Mrs Miller taken from the ire partly
covered with bricks and parts OF the wall thinks there
some twenty or thirty ccks laying on the body.
and assisted % remove them; Jonathan Mlers d0nes
tic relations with his family Were peaceful and hsrmo-
hious never any thing but peace aud happiness 10
the family Miller and his wife appeared very loving
never any n amiss between them Miller seemed
70 be very fond OF MS children.
Balian Barian sworn--Resides on the turnpike q
miles west Of toe village OF Hempstesd leading 10
Jamaica and little snort Of q mile from Jonathan
Millers. IN a northwest direction witness married
Mil.trs sister Edred C. Miller has been with me most
Of tte time since June lsst was At my house the
18th engaged 10 preparing my load for market he bad
not been s-bed tina: nsht .s tar as know bad been
obec got up shout Oclock my vile had not been
s-bei that night. having remained up 10 prepare my
bres kfas1, &c. don't think went before started
my way to market, when left passed out AZ the
door the southeast Of the house; when eit
my house wen. Immediately % my wagon.
examined my load % all was safe mounted
The wagon and Immediately started think il
was about 10 minutes before g. might have been
3 minutes before ana drove west ~ WIlli4msburgh.
nothing Of the FIRE before starting from home hrst
saw the IRE when AZ Edward HendhcksOn's house
aoOu, u miles from my house stopped AZ Mas
ter gate, miles Of Williansourgn saw any
don burng there who came imrnediat.y after me- ana
informed me that there had been IRE the road that
morning. Mr.. Burling Is the gentle man VINO testified
70 having passed team supposed 10 be Mer's Don't
remember what the time arrived Masters gate
drove leisurely % WILLIAMSBURG ard cold nv Dad %
Dgchmsn. d0nt know his name. have not been On
terms Of Intimacy with Miller for a Number II years
nave had 10 intercourse with him for or vesrs have
not visited his family Tor tha, time there had been
disagreement between Us sb0ut money matters the
families OF Mr. Whaey and Mr Miller have net been
on friendly terms for sometime Mrs Whaley Is a sis
ter Of Mrs Miller the families u SIR Wm r. Everett
and Mr.. Miller on friendly terms Mrs Everett 10
daughter Of Mrs. Whsey and niece Of Mrs Miller.
William r. Erosa.-Marrisd the dsus h:er OF Mrs
Whsley have been in the habi, Of visiting Al Nllers
Tor sixteen months past tire Relations between Miller
and els wife appeared kind and peaceful a. tar ~
have observed ". appeared fond Of his wife. and
think they hyed happily together Miller seemed - b.
very fond OF HE children a. Milers the Friday
before the ire and spent the evening my family
with me Miller and family appeared 10 be pleasant
lei ms among themselves have stayed Mlers II less.
two nights never saw any Disagreement 10 the family
Mners house was very well furnished Mira Miller
occasionally visited a. my house and Away. appeared
happy
Ms Mary Am Ecerer, sworu-Am the wife Of WI.
liam Everett and the laughter Of Ars Whaley have
been IN the habit Of visiting Mrs Miller for about two
years past Sometimes twice week and sometimes not
50 often have remained day and night AZ Mrs Nj,
sometimes longer nearly always found Mr. Miller a,
home Mr. and Mrs Miller appeared 10 be on pleasant
terms never heard cross word pass between the m
Miller always appeared fond Of his children hs house
was well and comfortably furnished: Miller paid
marked attention to his wife and children duriuT m
nsss Mrs. NJ was IL Just previous to her death Twas