The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-03-02
THE HOWARD HANGING.


Wife Murderer.
A Just Retribution For An
Atrocious Crime.
The Doomed Nan Manages to Smile
On the Soe6old.
|. Ozark. Ara. Feb. E-To-dsy q O'Clock
p ., Jsoss Howard MilIss ~ exeesssa
- DE river baok bslov tovs, in he psss-
saee 81 - iooesse esovd Of peopls The
cine ios which Miller suffered the death
psaslsy - the murder Of hs wife. which
svess took plses is The spring Of 1879. near
Aliua. in THE county. The trial vss held
q this Plscs n Tie Nay tern Of Court. and
sosvishssssdinx The ps,soaer - deiesded
- sbIs eossssl, verdict Of ouNiss in lhe
6ns degrss 80 reedesed, asd Miller vss
ssatenced 70 igrooioioos dssih. The eass
~ then taken 70 Sopseoe Cesrt, and that
body Affirmed shs deei.ioa Of The Court b.
lov. and he time Of executes - sp-
pointed.
Abo0t tour jean ago Miller, vho u .
ssssss Of Misour,, came 10 this Sssis and
sealed near Wan Buren,, little town on
Tie Askaasas Risss sess Tie bss1ss 81
he Nation, where be soon picked up
sequaistsscs vish bloomiae young
widow by the name Il May Smith. She
he'd husband living, bot no chill
dssn, while be hsd . vile and svo
children in The State ii Missouri. After .
shost arqusinssoce the WOMAN became
Aillss's mi.srs.s. end they lived together
sboas three ysara. The woman, Who vss
quite pretty add attractive, annoyed her
pseanour greatly By her sisension 10 other
aen. and he became furiously Jealous Of
her, and. sccosdins 70 The evidence brought
up in the trial, repeatedly threatened to
kill be-. The climax vss reached in jan
sssy. 1879. st dance in The oeiehborhood
vhere they lived. Coosrsry to the wishes
of her lover The woman wss there. and
Miller, Who became funously angry AZ
shia. suddealy pot in - appearance and.
seisias her By The hair dragged her from
The room. Then . Wild scohle took place
betveen The too. The women being drag
ged some dissance and unmeFciiully beaten.
A huge stick which he o Cd ~ brought
up in evidence. and several witnesses iesii.
6si that they heard vild scresms iron the
esbin. sod . womsn's voice pleading fos
mercy. The rude dsscen seood n dis
ssscs and listened /; The music ~ hushed ;
the question which one asked the other
vss: "would be murder her :" Present.
y the esies eeasesi The esbi. Of the Mil
len ~ atill then the pssty broke up, and
soshing further vas known Of the sfisis
uasil The ssxt morning. when Miller csoe
out and snnouoced 'hss BIZ vile v.s dead J;
that she he'd died that sighA IN her I'D d
ss6ocstion, - be said she had had trouble
With hes heart for losG while. The pro
PIE thought dioessnI however. and ." in
quest over the body decided that she had
died Of slrsngulas'on, add that Miller wss
The murderer. He vss. therefore. ARE ted
tried and senieseed u sufIss death.
TIE PRlSONE1 lNT4RvIBwgD.
A correspondent Of the GisSsD s0ra
held lengthy insssviev With the prssooel
yesterday morning. He 80 found in CON.
pasy ~ith E1musda smother vile murder.
e., vho, bot for . resp,te Of the Governor
would hsve accompanied Miller To the gal.
lovs. A look u Miller does not shoe hin
to Be . brutal man. His sss - about
thirty, weight shout one hundred and forty
and vhea IN life We rather fair looking
He passsss, brother aud sissess rraide ID
Missouri, and ere rsspeessble people. Nil
Ter himself - at one time . member, re
spsssively, Of The Meshodiss, Bapsiss end
Casmelise Charehss, and since Be hes bses
cos6rmed b has again experienced divia'
blsiaisga. To your correspondent be draiet
killing bic vile, and DELAYED his insoceoe'
Of any inseasioo Of crime N the ssronges'
terms. Up to yesterday b cherished son,
hope Of . respite, bat vosd - receivss
from The Governor let night that the IL,
uuse take ito coorse. Miller heard chi
without esiscisg any emotion. an6 gent o.
, in . rambling sort Of wsy detailing ih'
story Of bic crime.
i the RxpcUIIox
}. The nissssts osn slept poorly durinl
. The night and spent the morning 10 con
aunica,isg With bic spirisusl adviser
Long before the hour Of execution i00e"s
crovds bessn TO gather aronad the sea61ld
Hundreds Of wagons containing women %,
childrea, iron dozens Of miles away
camped over night, aud for . while j
looked q II the mob would take every
thing. All day long the son hss refused Il
shine, and the wrstched man mentioned
the feet 10 dissppo,nsment. The Grove
j. surked beck and forth, and yelled - be ~
/. led up The scs6old. He MOUNTED the stsira
eoolly smoking cigar, sud seated himse:l
!. near the fatal trap. Then. after som'
delsv, the Sheriff reed the death varrsst
The wretch heard il announcrd, and - b.
stepped On the trap be even smiled snt
shosed not the slightest fear. The SAesii
ihes ssksd him II he had anything to say
Qaiekly the doomed man threw Up hi
haodA, and In . load, clear voice ssid
"Lsdies and genslemen, You hsve CON,
here today to see . wiie-@srdseer. ~
Dot . vife-ourdeses. / an innoeest u d,
crime. Ladies and sesilemen, have moth
ing more to ssy. hope you Will ell ose
IL hsaves." He esassd spesLisR and th>
ssssediag elessyoaa prayed long end Ter