The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-11
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TerrfhIs and mccoy suie1ds 0fPeteI
miller Sfs0ufh wheeling.

miller Sf SCUM wheeling.
PessF Miller, : German coal miner sgd
Afty yesrs, Who has been 3 resident OF
wheeling since the sutumn Of 1854, took
biz own life yesterday forenoon in his
dwelling At No. 1881 Wood street, Eighth
ward. in the most terrible and bloody
manner that can veil be imagined. BE
vsntup stsirs 70 q bare dismal room with
= IoT eeiljpe, in the rear part Of the build.
inc over he kitchen, and sitting deliberat.
iv down on the floor, placed the muzLle Of
I double. blrTelled shot gun In bis month
Witb the butt resting 0p the floor, pulled
he trigger and blew the entire ice and
uppeF part OF bis bead Cd. A lev
Moments later, when the man lay rigd
and cold in death, drenched in pool Of
blood, his brains and gore bapattertngI
the aoor and walls, the sight gasabout e
chastity and shocking As hnmsn eyes ever
looked upon. In one corner was his
nose, in another his eyes and pieces OF the
skull In fact the gloomy ensanSuiIed
garret contained scene oil sell murder
which vas sickening and horrible IN the
extreme. SeighbOriDg men and hall
grown boys sauntered In and out and
Shuddered and spoke with bAted breath Is
they gazed upon il.
Areporter, hearing Of the tragedy, yisi.
ted the house At o'clock and learned the
following particulars from Theodore Nil:
Ter and wife, brother and sister.in1aw OF
the deceased. 800.
Until about two years ago Peter Miller
had been engaged in mining coal. Atthat
time he contracted 3 cold, which settled
lin his eyss and resulted in partial blind:
ness. During the past two years he had
only been able to see very imperiectly ont
Of one eye, and had consequently not been
doing any work. He had been under
treatment for his disability At New York,
Baltimore, and Cincinnati. Dn. Pipes,
Frizzell and Hndesty, Of this city, also
gave him medical attendance, but he OBJ
tanned no relief Thefeupon he grew
down hearted and melancholy. He often
complained Of his loss Of sight and inabu.
Iity to work. These are the cSRsesasslsn ed
lby his relatives for his rash and bloody
Miilsrs wife died about four ysars ago
three OF bis children are also buried. The
only surviving memberot die family e
son OF twelve years named Ken Miller.
AfflleroWned the house, with lot attached,
} in which he kept honse with his little
lsop. and pan 81 the dwelling was occu-
pied by another family. Three brothers
Of his-Theodors, Jacob Ia twin and
John-slso live in the city. The,
odote said TO the reporter; Il
could see nothing wrong with Peter;
he talked nationally up I'LL last even;
ing, and seemingly acted as he had
always done. A few days ago, however,
be said TO me while Il ? n4elaneholy
mood: We'll, there'll be q change Of some
Yesterday Psser vent tato his neigh
Dor Peter Righlers house, and told him
me officers were after his taxes again, and
that he had nomoney TO pay, them With.
He wanted to know Il they could eel his
. properly for the taxes. Righler answered
thai he thought not, and Miller went away
apparently satisfied. -.
4 tuEtiee Lesnder- Mix was. called at Z
O'Clock and held an inquest over the body;
: The following iuIJ S1s empanstied sno
sworn: Christ TeiEeg. foreman Retel
: Kloss, OhREIes Miller, Henry BostheheE
Philip Kuntz, William Chaser, Charles
Witte, William Sorg, Samuel SpeIdel
: jossph Hydingsr, Louis RighIer spd n
I A. Greenwood
! hefolloWipg witnesses SeTasnbpGnsed
and examined: Dr.. J. W. Mccoy, ken
Miller. the con, and Louis RighleE.
DR.. j, W. Mccoy testified, ss 9 profess
J ional, that the cause OF the death Of the oe
. ceased was gun shot wound.
ken Miller, the twelve year old Son, tes
| tiled that his father had arisen and pre-
pared breakfast 10 the morning IS usual
, He did not see anything wrong IN M
, fatber's manner or conduct. Dc haQ gone
10 school in the morning and when he. re
turned at noon could not find bis fathel
anywhere. Finally he went mp staIrB anc
, met the awful sight he was the first Il
discover the body, and his screams gave
: the alarm. 1t appeared that no 0n0 haG
! heard the report Of The gun, as the family
,, in the other part Of the house we're out dur
|. ing the forenoon.
Louis Righler testified to4the conSersa
ton referred TO above.
The Jury returned the following YER
dict:
According to the eyidenceand the fscts
the deceased came 70 his death by his OWL
hands with double baTrelled shotgun.
Il is believed that the gun must have
,, been very heavily loaded, and some per.
sons think there was water in the barrel
; which was discharged, az there were
traces Of Il mixed with the blood on the
aoor. The weapon Kicked an indenfation
half an inch deep In the pine floor, and
the butt was shiYered and broken by the
heavy discharge.
; Miller's brothers took the remains in
! charge. It Is sail that he was member
OF the Odd Fellows and Red Men orders,
but had not been attending regularly for
some time. The victim Of this. horrible
self murder was a,man OF light build, ap-
paIently about i've feet and half in
height. and wore 3 dark beard. When
found, he was in his shirt sleeves and Lay
on his back with the gun folded in his
arms which lay across his breast.