Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-03-14
Tho Rocent Robbery and Murder in Ten

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Moth IL has vet trans rcl Ia dispcl the ystcrv
that slii- nls the cruel robbery aud murder com
matted IN jackson, Tenn. on the night ofthc Bird If
l'bruarr. \ correspondent 81 Of the paper.
irnIst", the most minute particulars of the ter
iihlc aaair HAT have yet been Published. lie
says:
The b,nAins house is Il large double two story
hrIck luiIdIng. and has until lately, been occu-
Iicd Is family, but was at that time empty, OK
cepiins 1T room which Mr.. Miller had occupied
- ms III u and sleeping room This was adioin.
laS thu banking room, and opened into it. Up te
this II, uent there is positive clue to the terri
lie ii el The prevailing opinion is, that some
irrsol evidently IL resident of the placc-wcli
known and in the entire confidence of the muir
dered man, and had prevailed upon him. against
the rn!r, ii the bank TO enter the luilling after
nght, AMI fill him UP check some place.
Thu, would cempcl him to open the doors of the
vault, ia order to get the check book with the
cashiers signature He took this to the table
near t,te fire aud with hs back turned towards
IT, was evidently engaged finishing the check when
he rcrelvcl hls dea,h-blow by tn" hammer which
was k"p' III the corner near the Fireplace One
tremendous stroke on the top of the bare hcnh,
the fatal instrument being buried deep in the
brain, scattering it in every direction, followed up
by ~ ";hers, must have deprived him instantly
ot life aud preventing his giving any alarm.
The murderer rctrcatcd hy the same door he
had entrrc! with hi. victim ont by the side of the
house which pens into side ward and then into
the street Mr.. Mllcr's hat and oycrcoat were
found IN his bed where he had left them ns he
uassc through. After killing him the william
'lche at'ly took his white handkerchief from his
Mile pocket, locked the outside door, run the
handkerchief through the key hole where it
found evidently for the rurp So OF excluding the
light, should any one come to the door and look
through the kcv-hoe. Every thing appears to
have lrrn done i'll the most deliberate manner,
The iu!crcnccs given above in regard to the
check arc reduced almost to "A certainty, from the
TACT thit tn" leaf Of the check book WAS torn out
r,lcd up and put into the fire, IA was also Oh c!.
on tlat Bank. which appears to lave been 6llcl
up by the murderer, To pay, in la9,. the check he
had ride ed. On a piece d! common paper, found
on the drsk. were discovered, male bv Mr.. Miller,
the ii ,uic 9o3, from which were deducted per
cent the premium charged hy the Bank. when
ltawing ca Memphis then there was 1.L.S deducted
from ii, Hd the balance added, in order to make
NJ '.lb ii lndinS the premium, which appears 10
hay" bccn The full sum he wanted to buy check
T. unni"ly the checks thrown into the fire
We ant cairc'y consumed, aml were taken on'
r t. ashes that part of the check on the Bank
EXHIBITS very plainly the f,ur', SIS correspond
L. i the calculations made the slip Of
paper lnui on the ,e,k--nna clearly shows that
he must have had the money IN the Bank, else
the cork would not have undertaken to draw for
him and thus he must horo Lta Il dcpos,tor in Hc
/ Bmk The matter stands thus ia regard TO the
operations: The murderer affected IT, want tor ~.
ally di want CHECK ON Memphis for 1898 less
the cX hanL". gave his cheek on tho Bank
for SIS. and paid in money the balance. The
protilcntial preservation # that part of the
check, together with the slip Of paper used to
make the calculation on, with exact amount Of
draft required 993l may lead to the arrest of the
murderer.