New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-16
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
At THE MILLER INQUEST.

SCENES AT THE MILLER INQUEST.
WHAT Is SAID BY WITNESSES ABOUT TRACEi Fn"-
IN THE MURDRR-A WINES WHO oooAS 80,
GET orr-PERsoN.lLTIEs BETWEEN iih WV
Sci AND THE CORONER. - oi
Tho court.roofn of the COroncrs office waH'SaiIn
re oe,ordav NJ the continuation OF the ~
onsst in The case Of Charles F. Miller wto %aS
Killed by William Tracey deT Philip Merkle
present aud occupied a'seai 3eside Joni p ~"
lows TIE first WtneSssSs we're bTt fbev had nothing
ard George w. Boomheid' puV .hoy Ia" @
william H. Bors formerly owner Of the low re-
sort in Sixth-aye. known as The Empire" was
thnn called He is rather good looking man OF
above the medium height, with black curing
moustaohe. He was dressed IN tightlynIItig cut
away coat. and save thai his shirt was cut low 10
the throat he might have passed at hrst slght LOT
gentleman lie was in Darhng's liquor store az the
cot benin corner of the wall Before he beat his
retreat, however, he had seen q pistol IN MIXERS
hand, pointed directly at Traceys heart ne cane
out from behind the corner Of the wall after WhIle
as he did not bear any more shots fired, and then he
saw Miller with his pistol resting on ms LEI. am
aimed AT Tracey Belts and one or two OF heIs "eIe
holding Miller Borst thought that Miller had s1 g
ped his pistol at Tracey. and that IL l, IlSscu NJ
He had not seen PssS bn had Rad It in his left
hand Borst watched Tracey very closely thaf ignu
as lie knew he had been under the lnnoence Oh qo
Tracey had been shot when heard the repo oI
IS. f. Howe rising and extending his leit hand.
90 sa TAI SSmo l%f' Fn@oid on minute. The
Denntv Coroner has not taken this all down.
Coroner Hernnln-The counsel viii slt i0S 2WLh
hand which was adorned by n cluster OF dlalnoh0s'l
ii know the DerptyCoroner Is a perfect gentleman
aad scholar there Deputy-Ccroner waterman
blushed deanlvl: but he is not a stenOgrapher. /
shan't sit down until l see that this testimony Is
taken down. w -, Id
enough Of this. 1t is the counscis business 10 sU
and watch the case. l
0s,la r
diamond pin which blazed on his shirt front Ike al
Colonel Fellows ITO the witnes-)-lvhat gave you
tn idea IN At Millers pistol snappedf
"CO.Onel Belts t0dime so, - -
tons in regard to a point he did not underSlipu'
aln sorry to cause so much trouble ne auu'u'
Ncssrs Howe and BrOOke-No at all.
11bs Coroner pounding the table and looking
angrIly al the cCunsel-Iou did quite right, sIr.
am glad that the jurors take interest III the
II met Miller IN Daring's saoon," continued
Borst, shortly after he shot Tracey, tin i hn
that he did wrong, lie said that he only tLlhs nc
regretted was that he didn't shoot the -.
/ told him that if he did he would be hq ang;
He replied that ne would shoot Tracey the nrst
chance he got and take the chances OF the hanging
repeated this remark 70 Tracey and also 10 Joseph
DOYLE. don't know where DOYLE lives
The CnroSer Smiling saro a,icallyl-I, he broker
or commission merchant, like most OF the gentle
men who have testified here
Mr. Hive to the Coroner, with great indigna;
tion)-Why don't you ask him II ne IS Coroner
The Coroner disclaimed all idea of insulting Nr.
Borst but insisted upon his right to ask the ques'
ton and Mr. Howe was Obliged TO snbdue ms mug
nation. Mr. Borst then continued his remarks;
lie was friendly, be sad WIN Ooth Tracey
and Miller. that is he 'tOoks driuksand smoked with
them" He himself was npt IN any business dt pres
emit but he had Just bought hotel and restaurant,
which nc intended to open to-day.
Captain Williams was the next witness just
before he began his testimony BOrst, who had gone
TO the back part of the courtroom came forward
and spoke to Mr. Brooke who then asked the Coro.
ner if Mr. Borst could not 90, as he had important
The Coroner-Why, certainly
Mr. Bor5t helelessymBnt ne p0lee6m womt
CAPTAIN Williams knows and where 20 find me.
Captain Williams smiled as if he did know CON
The CoroneT-Wen Mr.. Bcrst. ! guess you can 90.
a you are inthe liquor business. 1t is these brokers
Captain Williams then told how Tracey and
Gormley had been arrested lie had pistol, he
SAID, at the police station, which Belts had gwen
asked the Cautain what kind of pistol it was. Mr.
Brooke objected on the ground that 1t bad not been
proved that 1t Millers pistol The Coroner ruled
10 MIR Brooke's great disgust that Captain Williams
could answer Colonel FelOws's question and that
the latter could prove atterTard that IT was Nlcrs
pistol CAPTAIN Williams then stated that II was a
revolving pistol with five barrels al o. winch were
loaded. One of the jurors asked If any Of the
cartridges showed that the hammer had been snap
Mr. Howe jumping to his feet-I object You
can't always tell in that way whether hammer has
been snapped. You will have to call in an expert
The Coroner encouraglngly to the jurop-Pay no
attention to the counsel.
Mr HONEYWELL | like that | am obliged to
YOU | shall pay no more attention to you. What
DO YOU think Sitting down and whispering to Nh
Brook 81 of thar manf ~
Mr. Brooke with fierce glance at Colonel Eel
lows)-I am almost much disguised with Fellows
as | am with him.
Colonel Fellows was somewhat taken by surprise,
but he quickly recovered himself and pTOceeded to
show that il was perfectly proper to introduce Cap
tain Williams's testimony about Miller's pistol Mr..
Howe then rose to vindicate himself. well" said
Coroner Herman, sadly, 1T you'd require her
culean effort TO stop Mr.. Howe
Mr.. HOwe-I want to make myself night.
The COroncr-You are not on trial
"If was wouldn't have you Juror
The case was finally adjourned until l / a. IN. to-
day. At p. IN. the jury went with Coroner Herr
WAY TO view the of the shooting.