Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-02-18
The Bank Robbery and Murder at Jack
son,


son.
Nothing has yet transpired to dispel the mystery
that shrouds the dark deed committed at Jackson
the night Of the Sd inst. correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette furnishes the most minute par
ticusrs of the horrible affair thai we have yet SEEN
He says:
The banking house is 4 large double two story
brick building, ana has, until lately, been occupied
by family, but at that time empty, excepting
one room which Mr.. Miller had occupied as his Of
fee ard sleeping This was adjoining the
banking room, and opened into it. Up to this mo-
ment there is positive clue the terrible deed.
The prevailing opinion is, that some person-evi-
deutly residen; Of the place-Well known, and in
the entire confidence Of the murdered man, had pre-
vailed upon him, against the rules of the bank, to
! enter the building after night, and fill him up
| check on some place. This would compel him TO
| open the doors Of the vault, in order to get the
cheeksbcok with the cashiers signature. He took
this TO the table the FIRE, and with his back
} turned toward it, was evideuty engaged finishing
the check when he received his death blow by the
/ hammer which kept in the corner near the FIRE
place O5e tremendous stroke on the top of the
/ bare head the fatal instrument being buried deep
in the brain, scattering in every direction, followed
up by two others must have deprived him instantly
| Of lite, and prevented his giving any alarm.
The murderer retreated by the same door he had
entered with bis victim by the side Of the house
f! which opeus into side yard, and then into the
/ street Mr.. Millers hat and overcoat were found
| on his bed where be had left them, as be passed
through. After killing him The william deliberately
| took his white handkerchief from h,s Miller y
pocket. lockeu the outside door, run the handker-
I chief through the key (Wbere it was found evi-
dently fJr the purpose of excluding the light should
any one come 10 the dcer ami look through the key
hcle Everything appears to have been done in the
| most deliberate manner.
no fufa- sgiv oh in "A 1lot
are Ieibeed almost q certainty frcm the fact that
the leaf Of the check book torn cut, rolled ur
and thrown into the fire. as vas also a check on that
bank, which appears to have been flied up, by the
murderer to pay in part, the check be had ordered
| Ga piece of common paper, found the desk
| we're discovered, made Ly Mr. Miller, the figures
| 1913, from which was deduettd per cent, the pre-
luum charged by the Bank, when drawing on Mem
| phs, then there was j50 deducted from it, and thu
balance added inOrder TO make up 1898 iucu liDgt
premium which aPpsar to have betn the full sun ht
wanted 10 buy check for. Fortunately the check
| thrown into the FIRE, were not entirely consumed
and re taken out Of the ashes-that part of tht
check on the baok, exhibits very plainly the figures
SJ28, corresponding WI h the calculations made oI
| the Flip Of PAPER found on the dtsk-ald c;earll
shows he must have had the money in the bsnk, els
The cerA would not have undertaken TO draw fo
him, aud thus he must hare been 9epositor IN n
bank. The matter then sands thus in regard TO tn
operations: The murderer affected to Tor really
did want) q check on Memphis for $685. less thi
| exchange, gave his own check the bank for S528
and paid ia money the balance. The proVidehiia
preservation Of that part Of the check together will
I the Flip Of paper used to make the calculation on
| wi exact amount of drsf. required, (S993) ma,
( lead to the arrest OF the hCartless murderer.