, 1875-08-25
Statement Of the Doctor Who Dressed
His Wound,
What Tho Proprietor Of the Rock lslnnd
fiUuse knows.
Michael Burke Held on Charge Of Fall
ing to Cancel Stamps.



oers aronnd tho Government building yesterday,
hu. tl,oeo who do know anything about tho. mat
ter worc careful not to give Any further intorn,a-
tim. II was asccrtafnch. however, that aiillet's
wound had boon dressed by
pu. r. ". IsaRAHAM,
and journal reporter intarviewcd him about 1t,
with Tho following result:
Kcportor lid tho r1lootinE haprena
I,r. 1ngrnllam--A Az tho wnre1,onre ncar Twelfth,
street, Oh the west side Of tho river, at nbont IL
orlock.
1eportor-Who cn,lol you?
1T, LII think IL was Mr. Tronkt, \ detective
In the Un:.ci States soezet Service.
1soposlcr-Did either party who was on the
sccno make hns asatau1ent to you
Dt, Ion inquiry. 1 obtalncl . statement
from Miller, uo aal that OH that evening aud
for somo timo prcy,ous ho la1 employed n
shadow " 10 accompany him. Tor be knew that
l1e WAS sudowct1, an detectives call II. by parties
in tho interest Of the whisky ring, and slo feared
tlat b,s life wns in danger. On last Friday
night 10 took this ,uan with him to tho waro-
house.
lla,,orter-What wnH his uarue?
pr. Ill do not remember, but will call him
Mr.. Ehadow. As / taid 1lo took Sliadow to tho
nuuse ncnr Twelfth ktrcet, aud stationed him
near tho northern end to watch while he {Aliller}
look tho southern end: llo was partially
srrccned by projection Of tho building so tlnt
hr could not he readily eeen, but could eco aty
parties who ahoulI attempt to carry my goods
away from tho xarohouso. In thta Posi-
ton ho considered l,inlscl! aato from attack from
Any ono WHO might ~ following Kim. from
El,adow loarnet1 shat Just befofo thu hllots
wire hrod man, heavily disguised mud ill-look-
u,g. cana mp to him aul said prqftlv, What
y" y",, doing horox no Appsa1ed @ 80 sntsde'llT ny
anal'y ho made out to say: II nm hero waiting
ior nv girl, bu. ahe don't con,o.' No moro con-
scrpation waa had Detween them. but tho 1nAn
immediately left. Shallow pow supposea that 10
u,croiy camo up to him to seo whether hn WAS
the nau he wanted, and, on learning that ho
WIS udi went to tho southern end Of thu house
whore Atlllar was. At tllls tlmo Miller was Bt-
ting .lown. resting both olLo"s op his knGeF;
rcyolycr. lfe Ind osi:lens'y anticipated tho
,,uod OF gurk ncti.n. Wien tho afsnssn saw
tllo ,larIlv-concralel form Of tuc oH-tiauger ho
stole Htaalthiiy up to him, locked once INTO lia
Taco to make silro Vt no ,nytake aad upon being
fully convinced TINT tie u,nn WIZ Miller. nrel
at i1u heart. Nl!aE returned two ehota, but
could NOT learn whothor they DID any good or
mt. Tho 1toi4o ot tho tlT1,:; brought tho
Int the nusasstn had escaped. Tho officer ill.,
.,i1re,l ns to tie noise, Int wns g1rtod by sono
remarks Of tho Shadow. Miller waH thnn rc-
moved 10 tho Hoct Island uouTc. and was
called w mo pF9tEtel. ~ iuA"' - aslenu
the wounded man. t0lud ls coat bau'y ohfhca
over tho loft breast, n,d it appeared ter-
fcctlY oyit!ent TINT a. fntal hhot MAS intended.
1Iute ID tho description Of tho Wo'lutl that ss'e
ball made, which took out gu tho rFot: 'iho
bnl1 parsed into the hano Of the lstt urn, be-
tween THO ebuw ana Tie shoulder, an1 came oHi "
on n lne h2HoHto where IL entered, Tho "a gnll
taking the course Of tho lcttcr l. ,evoifcd. e. Iho
muscle aud t1osh WAS badly mashcd. IA" pro,
found arteries vcra penetrated Tho ball PASSED
within ono: sixteenth ol an inch o1 tho bronchial
artery, wl,ic!, II it had severed death would
haye instantly followed. AZ 1t VAS ho "aa luss
barely raset.
HoEorier-Did Miller know tho woulu-be muir
dcror?
III. miller payB ho SEW him once bcforo
that day, and Ii crisaiu that no would teeog-
niXe him Il slo ahouhl Hce him aaH1r. Iho wholo
affair i'asscd oH 10 quickly shat he eohid not
ciyn description Of tho man: 10 Knows
tl.at hc waa leaYily built and had fhick mus
tach'. 1io had becn nwarc Of biH being shnd-