Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-08-13
CHARLES MILLER.


rhe Verdict or the Corsnsr's Jury
Zeal Play Suspected.
Coroner Conn last evening held an In
quest to inquire into the AUS Of the
death Of Charles Miller (oolored). He
10 Of the opinion the circumstances at
tending the mans death should be more
fully Investigated. Following Is the ties.
timony given before the Coronsr:
Dr.. ]. U. Hall, sworn /: have known
Miller two years; be has been milking
for me the past two months; he came
bstween 6 and z o'clock. the usual hour.
last Sunday morning; took his milk
buckets and went TO the stable; he TO
naming longer than usual, the servant
girl tent two OF the children up to see
Why; be did not return with the milk;
they came back and reported that he wss
lying down In the stable; I then went
up myself and found him wallovins
around In the manure and alth about
eight feet from where the COW usually
stood; q bucket had . small quantity
Of milk In II, the other lying empty; I
went to him and asked "What hurt
your" He said. II don't know" 10
reached out his hand aud said. Doctor.
you are . good man, help me up" I
raised him ON his feet; he could not
stand; moved him over to Q dry place
and aRain asked what hurt him; stiil he
replied 1T don't know" the COW was
standing about ten feet from him.
perfectly composed. and did not
seem excited at oil; his hat Was lying 10
the stall close to the bucket that the COW
eats her bran out oil; his pants was
down around his hips and bis shirt out
side Of bis pants; my COW In not o
vicious COW; she has never shown any
disposition to b vicious and 10 perfectly
gentle; there IL q loft Immediately over
the place where hs usually milks; he
had NO business up In the loft. there was
no hay nor anything Of the kind kept
thsrs; hs seemed to be perfectly rational
but would not admit how he was hurt; /
could not fnd any blood on the horns Of
the COW; I think he could have told
what hurt him II be wanted to.
Dr.. Weber. sworn-I have charge OF
ths County Hospital; On the morning OF
the 7th Inst. Charles Miller was brought
to the hospital; he had . lsosraisd
wound OF the LETT ear, o little wound on
the right side OF the neck, the right Jaw
and right side OF his neck was very much
swollen; I had him put In . warm bath
and had bis clothes changed. which were
covered With manure; he seemed semi
conscious. able to speak In o whisper
and not disposed 10 talk; whom he was
brought on O litter from the bath to .
ward I had two persons try to stand him
ON bis feet, and found he was unable to
stand, but his limbs were not totally par
alyzed; he was unable to pass his urine.
aud 1t had to be drawn OF from day to
day; there seemed to DO no injury OF
those parts; / asked him q number Of
times how he was hurt; he told me on
the 6rst occasion that Q COW hurt him;
later. on asking him. he told me that he
fell and hurt himself; be declined stead
ily from the time he came until this
morning, when be died; / am not OF the
opinion that be knew in what amer be
was hurt; watchers were with him o n
tinuslly night and day, and there was no
period that he seemed sufficiently intel.
iiRent to tell how he was injured; there
10 no doubt but that his brain was In
volvcd.
Dan Sheehan, sworn-I knew Charles
Miller when hs was living; have heard
from Charles Brooks that John Alex.
snder had made threats against the lie
Of deceased and also against the step
daughter. in iaot, against the entire fam.
lily; there was some jealousy existing be-
tween the parties on account OF . young
lady who was living ct Millsr's house.
and would also state that / and the Con.
stable examined the house where do.
ceased was hurt; made inquiries and
found John Alexander was with him the
morning he was hurt; he was seen stand.
ing at the barn door; . boy named
henry, Who peddles milk around here.
says he saw Alexander standing at the
barn door when Miller was milking the
COW; We found . shovel and ~pitchfork In
the barn. and thought We saw blood on
the point OF the shovel. butDr. Hall said
be thought It was rust.
Charles Brooks, sworn-I knew Ohas.
Miller while he was alive; I was In the
alley near the Bank OF Gold Hill about
eight months ago, John Alexander was
speaking to me- about bis brother Char
Icy not treating him right; hs said be
bad brought them out here and that no
would get even with him; l have heard
him say that be ibis brothsr) was 49,
Of Q b.; that he was interfering With
bis business and that he said after that,
referring to Millsr's girl. that u he did
not get the girl no one else would.
John W. Alexander. sworn: / an
hslf.brothsr to the deceased; be was
born In Kentucky; his age was about %
years; he came here In June. 1870; i
have been here since 1858; ! have been
always on good terms with the deceased;
I saw him last before he was hurt on
Saturday morning; I was at Mr.. Gsllup's
when I heard Tor the Arst time that
Charley was hurt; DR.. Hall called me
and told me; I thought be was foolinR;
I was not ct the barn door on Sunday
morning. and did not see him that
morning until after he was hurt.
VERDICT OF TIE JuRY.
We, the undsrsignsd jurors. sum.
mon.d to appear before F. n. Conn,
the Coroner OF the county OF Storey. at
the town Of Gold Hill. on the 18th day
OF August. 1881. to inquire into the
death Of Charles G. Miller. having been
duly sworn according to law, and hav.
ing made such inqui.ition after inspect.
ipe the body and hearing the testimony
adduosd. upon our oa,hs. each and all
Of u do say that We find the de-
ceased was named Charles @. Miller;
was . native OF Kentucky. eyed about
siIty.six years; that he came to his
death on the 18th day Of August. 1881.
In this county. by causes unknown to
tha iury.