The Portland daily press., 1871-02-08
THE MILLER DIVORCE SUE.
FIFTH DAY.

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| MiIler's order; have seen Gen. Shepley, at
Mllers's house for the last three years, Is or 20
times; perhaps times week at home; gen.
orally after dinner, about or O'clock, as
he came from his house down street; have seen
| Miller pass from his house at and at IL past
| 1; don't remember seeing Shepley there in the
forenoon ;saw him once walk in the street with
Mrs Miller and daughter; have known Miller
| 10 years. When not in liquor, he is peacable
and gentlemanly; never heard any disturbance
| there in the daytime; am not at the store
| nights; heard some loud talking there once;
don't know what it was; first saw Miller intox-
| icated about 3 years ago.
Cross eI.-She stated the new rum was for
bathing purposes. furnished cooking bran
| dy. mean saw Shepley there Is or 20 times
the last year. The times is mere matter of
opinion; have seen Mrs. Miller's sisters sitting
| at the steps; have seen Shepley there when
| they were there; thirk it is the practice for
people in that part OF the city to sit on the
steps; nev saw Mrs. Miller intoxicated.
Dtrect e1-l never saw her in any company,
Cross e1-Mrs. Miller has been in NV store
number of times; has been there with her
sisters, and once or twice with Gen. Sheplev
FRANK N. Grant, called by respondent
resumed, have been going to sea IS years !;
lateiy as captain of the schooner Frank
fierce; nave been in business with Miller more
or less Tor 10 or 20 years For the last years
nave seen him every trip have made; most of
.nem from Ellsworth here, one in eight or ten
Gays; generally have cargOes consigned to him
| supp uero Jour Gays. WeoWQ vessels tOget0-
er and have accounts to settle. keep mine,
he his; settle once year, never differed dol
| lar in our cash accounts; have seen him at all
| times of day from clock in the morning;
Fever saw him drunk in my life, pretty near
| DRINK July 4th 1S66-partly drunk and partly
| seasick. s'
Cross ca Gone five hours down the harbor;
| saw him drink some.
Statira B. Miller, called by respondent, testi-
| fied-I am sister If respondent. We live in
Pleasant street ] e lives corner OF Spring and
Park; have bsen in the habit of visiting at his
house more or less since he was married. Fer
the last three years whenever have been there
have seen Gen. Shepley there with one ex-
ception; either found him there or he come
before l left; saw him walK with Mrs. Miller
once, never ride. One day she spoke of Shop
ley being in Boston and what time he was ex-
pected back. One afternoon I went down
Congress street to do an errand, while there l
met Mrs. Miller, who invited me to walk down
Exchange street with her to get some peanuts
As we passed Sheplev's Office, carriage and
| driver was in waiting for him as suppose, we
| bought the peanuts; when we came to the
crossing from Middle to Exchange she says
the Generals carriage is here, perhaps we
| will get ride up. told her if she wanted to
| ride up she could would pass over on tue OPP
posite side; she said no; SO we passed on the
| same side; when we got to the junction of
| Free street went into a store and bought
| skein of yarn; she kept looking out of the
| door aud window almost continually; the yarn
was % cents; in laying for it she threw down
80 cents and was going without taking any
| change, l called her attention to it. When we
came out out the store, she told me the Gener-
ais carriage had passed up. We went directly
up to High street down to Spring street, met
Gen. Shepley who turned and walked back to
| Mr. Mller's house. Miss Peters and Henry
| Wood were there. Mr.. Wood and Miss Peters
first and Mrs. Miller and Shepley afterwards;
l went home.
| In 1868, I think in October my brother pro-
off oot thnra Ia Ho 10 nn1 -
He told me it would stay with Sarah he
would walk home with me. About half past
| eight Mr.. Shepley came, said he was directly
from New York, delivered some message to
| Mrs. Miller from her family, made a short call,
seemed rather dull thought; perfectly gentle
| manly. He was there perhaps halt an hour;
| got up bade me good evening. We were in the
back chamber; the parlor was being repaired.
heard whispering in the lower hall; be-
| tween Mrs. Miller and Shepley; no one else in
the nall. Aftera few minutes she came back
| she told me that Gen. Shepley would walk
down home with me, if l would like him to.
told her that would not trouble him l had
| promised Jones to wait. She went back and
| told him what said After some little talk
which heard in a low tone between them
down in the entry, he called to me in very
familiar way estate. He told me it was no
trouble; it was not out of his way; stepped
out and after some conversation, told him
preferred to wait till my brother came, as
promised himI would do. He babe me good
evening. He had never called me by that
name bt fore.
called there one evening about o'clock
last June. Mr.. Miller had not got home,
while there Shepley came made a short call.
Almost the first thing ne said was, where is
Jones? He seemed to be surprised to find me
there, made short call, was very gentleman
ly, babe us good evening, and left in about half
an hour.
At another time, mother wanted to call
there. took the horse and carried her up.
How H. aTrt.~ Irlx<,a x~,,lI
go in if there was no company there. went
in; saw both parlOr doors closed in the hall;
supposing there was nobody in the parlor, 1
ran up stairs; she was not there; called her by
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spoke to me. I asked her if she had company.
She said Gen. Shepley was there and invited
me to come in. declined and told her would
make another call and come in on my return.
This was in an afternoon in 1868.
In the fall of 1868, in October think, Flor
ence Peters was there; found her in the cham
Der with 'little May. She said Sarah was in
off my things, and after 20 or 80 minutes they
came out He babe us good afternoon and left.
Mrs. Miller said she paid $11 for the black
shawl. She showed me a necklace; todd her
that Gen. Shepley bought it 10 Boston with
one for his daughter Anna at the same time.
She told me it was made of pressed flowers
She showed me watch chain of Berlin iron;
told me that Gen. Shepley got it for her in
me fan; told me it was present from Gen.
Shepley.
Tn the spring of 1869 she came to make us
call. overheard her talking below, COM
planning about my brothers. getting
drunk called her into my room; she COM
planned good deal about it; she said she
would like to go to Brooklyn and board with
the children. I told her if she was going to
leave him she better get divorced that be was
not able to support her and the children in
Brooklyn; she said she did not want to be d.
vOrced; she had no one to depend on but Jones;
if her own mother WIS living it might be differ
emit; that her sisters were not able to help her;
she had no friends. talked with her of the
imprudence of having gentlemen visit her as she
did; that it was troubling Jones; that all those
things ought to be avoided. She acknowledge
ed to me that what said was right.
She always had bottle of rum sitting on
the chamber mantle-piece. | told her would
not keepit on Jones' account; she said he
would not drink it.
Mr.. Miller was very kind and indulsent to
his children; never saw him correct ono OF
them ;most always at our house on the Sabbath
with his children; his wife always assured me
| that he was kind to his children; that when he
was in drink he used to hug "May'' little too
hard.
In the spring of 1868, called one evening
about half past six; little Charley had been at
play; he was very cold; his clothes wet and
frozen. He had taken his tea; told her she
should change his clothes; she said be would
not take cold; she should send him to bed and
think she did she had been out making calls.
Iu June or July. 1862 Mr.. Miller brought
little Mary to me to take care of that after
noon. She told me her mother was cross and
ugly; he said can't leave her at my house
alone in safety; little Mary cried to go with her
father. AT five o'clock Mrs. MillerDcome; she
told her what Jones said; she said don't
know what he meant by it.
Mrs. Miller went home to Bangor during
her mothers last sickness, about the middle OF
me; could fnd no shirts for her; ] made her
some.
went to her house on Monday before she
left Friday Jones rang our door bell; had both
children with him. After he left went up;
found he had got home with children; went to
back door and found Sarah in the kitchen; /
said that Jones hap beer drinking and run
ming around the house after her with D hatch
| ct; sne thought she would go to Brooklyn with
| her fath.r; told Der would net go thee; it
| would be all over in few days; have no recol
lection of her saying anything about knife; or
| that he threatened to kill her In the fall of
| 1862 for seven to nine weeks Jones showed no
| signs of drinking.
| Cross Es-I last saw him intoxicated three
| weeks ago. before that frequently; two or three
| drink for weeks; he has been taken from our
| house intoxicated; my youngest sister sent for
| the officer; cannot remember that Mrs Miller
| has complained that he used any violence to.
wards her, or struck her; have visited Jones
once month on an average-sOmetimes stayed
away longer than month, as much as two
months.
Odd YOU see Gen. shepley at Mrs.
MiIIer's in January, February or June, 1902