The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-03-04
violence of having been tightly hand

BILE evidence of having been tightly hand
cuffed"
Another account gives the following state
ment, which is confrmstory Of the former:
" Letters from the neighborhood where Mil
Ter resided inform us that his body has been
carefully examined for the third and fourth
times and that poison was found in the
stomach The friends of the deceased were
not satisfied with the post-mortem examina-
tons made in Maryland, and after the body
had been brought home and buried, they in
sisted on having it taken up and re-examined.
The examination was made by DR.. j. w.
Hutchinson, assisted by DR.. Dickey. The re-
suit is stated in a letter now before us, from a
responsible source. On examining the neck,
there was found no confusion, extravasation Of
blood, or injury Of the blood vessels, as there
must have been if his death had been produced
by strangulatiOn The tongue was in its natur-
al position, and not Mt all wounded, which is
another proof that he did not hang himself.
The stomach and bowels were found to be
almost entirely empty, and in highly con-
gested, inflammatory condition. The yillOus
coat was nearly destroyed. The vessels of the
membranes of the brain were somewhat con-
gested, and a small quantity of serum was
found in the ventricles. The physicians felt
confident that poison had been freely used,
and that the hanging did not take place until
after death. The muscles under the marks
on the back Of the wrists were very much con-
fused, and there was considerable extravasa-
ton of blood 1t is probable that these marks
were produced by handouts
"The body, after this examination, was again
buried but such was the anxiety and excite
ment prevailing in the neighborhood, that it
was once more exhumed for the purpose of as
certaining, if possible, what kind of poison had
been used. The Doctors Hutchinson and Dick
cyl analysed the contents of the stomach and
bowels, applying the usual arsenical tests in
variety of forms, and in every instance reveal
ed the presence of the poison
These facts place the question beyond doubt.
Mr.. Miller was doubtless decoyed at Baltimore
city when first missed by his frends--was poi
soned by those miscreants, and then hung in the
position in which he was found, in order that
suspicion might be diverted from the guilty
Of this monstrous outrage. Who
can imagine any grosser violations OF law than
were involved in this proceeding Mr.. Mil
her was Il quiet unobtrusiye, and highly respect
able citizen Of neghboring county. Waffle
he WAS temporarily absent from his home, il
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fans, who seized free member of his house
hold, and in spite of his efforts carried her from
his home to one Of the slave pens of Baltimore
city. Mr.. Miller was'indignant at the infamy
Of such conduct and sought legal remedies. He
visited BatlmOre-attained his object-was on
his return home when he was seized by the
agents of slaye-dealers and deliberately poison
ed. Such is an outline of the treatment a citi-
zen of Pennsylvania has received at the hands
of men shielded from justice by the State of
Maryland! And when such monstrous indig-
mites are perpetrated and such reckless viola
tons of law are practiced, Northern men are
expected to be silent and if they are not
Southern Governor threatens a "border war"
with all its horrors.
Southern men talk much and loudly about
Southern Rights. The South have rights, but
have the North no rights Are Northern homes
not sacred! Are Northern citizens not worthy
the protection of the law! And when North
ern homes are inyaded-Northern citizens car
ried off. and Northern men murdered shall
Southern Governors protect the kidnappers,
and shield from justice the perpetrators of the
most horrid crimes? Wehope, for the credit and
honor of our State, our Governor will take
manly stand, demand the delivery of the kid
nappers for trial and insist that MARYLAND
shall not be tardy in the proper punishment of
the guilty. Maryland through her authorities,
has said much about the duties of neighboring
States. The time has now come for her to
practice what she has preached If she dis
charge her duties honestly, Pennsylvania win
DO satisfied Ii she regard not the voice of our
people, she will have done her part in raising |
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