The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-23
A Woman Shot by her Husband!

land, and that he was arrested for shooting
his wife. The shooting took place at about
four clock p. M, nearly opposite Stauffer' s
Foundry, East Stroudsburg, on the road
leading from the Iron Bridge towards General
Browns residence, and was witnessed by
George Mount and James Van Buskirk,
both of whom were standing in the foundry
door at the time. From Mr. Mount we
learned that Miller and his wife and another
woman were standing in the road and that
there appeared to be some trouble between
them. From the appearance of things Mr.
Mount and Van Buskirk both judged that
the woman was endeavoring to get away
from Miller, as on her companion pulling
Mrs. Miller by the shawl, and as she was
turning, Miller drew pistol and shot her in
the head, Immediately back of the ear, infict-
ing a wound that can hardly fail to prove
fatal. Immediately after the shooting
Miller ran, but was pursued by Mr.. Mount
and others and was arrested on the opposite
bank of Brodheads creek, near William
Frankenfield' S residence, in Stroud township,
and brought to Squire Reess Office who
committed him to prison for further hearing
The cause of the shooting it is alleged, was
the refusal of Mrs. Miller to live with her
husband because of his neglect to properly
provide for her support Mrs. Miller, whose
given name is Ellen, is a daughter of Peter
Dildine, who for a number of years worked
in the Tanneries in and near this place.
Since the above was in type, We have
learned that Mrs. Miller is in fair way of
recovery.
Mrs Hineline, who was with Mrs Miller
at the time of the shooting, when called up
on by one Of our reporters. made the follow
ing statement:
| went to town shortly after dinner, in
company with Mrs Miller, for the purpose
of purchasing some furniture and doing some
shopping; after making my purchases We
started home and after crossing the Iron
bridge over Brodhead's S creek man whom
[ learn was her husband stepped up to Mrs
Miller's side and laying his hand upon her
shoulder said, hello, Ella Turning
around, she replied, ''hello, Jerry" He
then walked along by her side and told her
that he wanted to speak to her. We walked
on together for two or three hundred yards
when walked on head of them; when a
short distance from them l turned around
and looked back when l saw him with his
arm around her shoulders and she struggling
to get loose; [ walked on as far as Albert
house, again looked around and saw that she
was still trying to get loose; [ went home
and put my things in the house and went in
to Mrs Stones house and told her what had
happened and that feared he might do
some mischief. then hurried back TO where
had left them and found that he still had
hold of her and she struggling to get loose
when | came up close to her [ saw that she
was crying; stepping up to her asked her
what was the matter?" she replied, Jerry
wants me to take walk with him along the
railroad. / asked her if he was her hus-
band? She said yes" | asked her to come
along with me as | wanted to 60 home; she
told me to hold on and she would 90 with
me. He said he wanted her to take a walk
with him along the railroad and unless she
did so he would shoot her. [ told him to
come to my house where he could talk to
her. He replied, no, want to talk to her
alone. [ told him no one would interrupt
him at my house. He said he would keep
her until night if she did not take walk
with him. [ then told him | would not leave
her, for if anything happened would be
blamed. He then had hold of one of her
hands and his one arm was around her shoul-
1ers. [ then took hold of one of her hands
and he held fast to the other; she entreated
him to let her go, but he said he would keep
her there until dark unless she took walk.
told him that if he did not let her 90 |
would call for assistance. / saw three men
coming across the bridge and l called them.
As they continued on | thought they did not
hear me AID beckoned to them to come
over; as 1 did so Miller turned his head
around and saw them coming. He theG
took his arm from around her shoulders, still
hold Of her hand, and reaching to
his side drew pistol and shot her. He
then let loose of her hand, jumped over the
fence and ran through the fields. She was
placed in a wagon and brought to my house.
Had he succeeded in getting her to take a
walk with him down the railroad he would
no doubt have completed the terrible crime
Once through the Forge cut, no one could
have seen them or heard her cries for help.
The bloody deed done he could have con-
cea.ed the body and made good his escape
Dr. BUSH attended to her wound. The
ball passed through the scalp, entered the
occipital bone, about two inches from the
ear, posteriorly, where it remains embed
led in the bone.
WE have been requested to announce that
the Hon. T. A. Thompson, Secretary of the
National Granpa p of RI will oddroSo