Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-23
THE MURDER TRIAL.
TIE UNION STATION TRAGEDY.

A Jury lmpanelsd and the Te,simony Beeun
In the court Of quarter sessions yester.
day the jury in the case of Maze Tayler,
colored, charged with fornication, return
ed a verdict Of guilty. Sentenced to pay a
fine of $50 and costs of prosecution.
The Miller Murdsr Case.
The next case ready to be taken up was
that of Samuel H. Miller, who is char ged
with having killed VIM. Gensemer on the
night of October 18th, last. The prisoner
was brought into court, and being ar
raigned pleaded not guilty. The work Of
securing a jury was then begun. The
regular panel was exhausted shortly after
4 o'clock in the afternoon, after seven
jurors had been secured, and the sheriff
was ordered by the court to secure a
special venire Of forty-eight jurors.
When court opened this morning the
sheriff announced that he had secured the
jurors. The list was called and all an
swered. After an hour FIVE more Jurors
were obtained and the names of the twelve
are rs follows: Jacob Hall, farmer, East
Donegal; r. d. Hull, blacksmith, Earl !;
Emanuel Hoffman, saddler, Elizabeth
town BENZ. kaylor, carpenter, +: Done
gal John B. Neal, carpenter, Martic !;
Edwin Smeltz, grocer, 9th ward, city ; J.
d. Wilson. farmer, Fulton George W.
Benedict, agent, city; John NJ. Fridy,
tobacco dealer. West Hempfield; Abiiah
d. Gyger, gentleman, city c. II. Fas-
nacht, clerk, city; Walter Sutton, clerk,
CITY,
The defense is represented by S. Fl. key-
nolds, David McMullen and j. Hay Brown,
esqs.; and the commonwealth by District
Attorney Davis, NJ. Brosius and ]. L.
SteinmetZ, esqs.
The Case Opened.
District Attorney Davis opened for the
Commonwealth stating to the jury what
they would prove.
The first witness was DR.. Peter O..
Blei!er, who was swOln. He testified as
follows 1 reside at Denver (Union Sta
tion). l have been a practicing physician
for six years knew VIM. Gensemer
was called, on the night of October 18th,
1881, to attend him professionally, he hav-
ing been shot; found him sitting on the
pavement in front of Miller's hotel ; he
was on his knees and was supported by
VIM. Lutz he was taken to my house and
rallied, for time becoming conscious he
spoke in about two hours and was after
wards removed to his own house where he
died. Blood hemorrhage caused his
death it resulted from bullet wound !;
founi three bullet wounds, one below the
left ear, another in throat and one on the
hip bone the latter was simply an abra-
sion of the skin; the lower jaw bone was
fractured by the first bullet, the bali lodg-
ing against the third - bone, the one in
the throat passed through the right lung
and going downward lodged in the third
rib. Drs Kline, Weist and held the post
mortem that disclosed that the cause of
death was into rnal hemorrhage from the
bullet. which entered the throat; saw
the man little before 12 at night and he
expired the next day between 12 and
O'Clock.
X did not probe for the bullets before
the man died.
DIR. Samuel S. Weist sworn reside at
Schoneck and have been physician for %
years was called to attend Gemsemer
at the time of the shooting, on the morn
ing Of Oct. 1G; found Gepsemer in the
house of DR.. Bleiler he was Frustrated
from the effects of bullet wounds he was
slightly delrious but would wake up; in
two hours he became unconscious and re-
mained that way until his death; DIR.
Bleiler and saw that the man was rapidly
sinking and we did not think it best to
probe the day after the death we made
the post mortem. This witness then OK
planned to the jury the nature
of the wounds stating that the bull
let which penetrated the neck was the
cause of death producing internal hemor-
rhage. This wound was necessarily fatal.
The witness also exhibited the bullets
taken from the body.
DIR. U. 3. Kline was also called in cor
rotation of the other physicians.
Col. w. Il. Gerhart, Of this city, testi-
fed that he was a civil engineer; he made
4 drawing of the Miller property where the
shooting occurred. This drawing was ex-
hibited and explained to the jury by the
witness, and it was admitted in evidence.
Testimony of an Ego Witness.
Clayton H. Regar, sworn.-Reside at
Reamstown will be % years old in Au-
gust, and have been married over two
years knew VIM. Gensemer for eight
years also knew tho defendant !; saw
William Gensemer on the evening Of
October u it was Saturday first mot
him about Z o'clock was with him be-
tween II aud IL o'clock !; we left Ebcriy's 5
hotel for home and went down street at
Millers hotel the shutters were closed and
VIC heard music inside l said, " Lots go
in and have some fun - some said &C 10 y
as it would cost money to 60 in, and
others wanted to go in; while talking Sam'l
Miller came out and said, "G-d d--nd
if you will 60 in" and lie fired a pistol shot;
Gensemer and | then walked down to
where Miller was and said that We could go
over the pavement or in the hotel as it
was public house Miller again said We
could not as it was his property ; he fired
another pistol shot and the bullet struck me
IN the leg Miller was on the cellar door
and then stepped to the gate ; after l was
shot Gensemer moved Oft and Miller fol-
lowed and shot several times at Gensemer,
who was on the board walk Gensemer
was four or five feet from the gate ; l was
in front of the cellar door when he was
shot Miller fired three shots at Gense-
mcr, and about the time Of the first of
these three handed Gensemera a pistol, he
having said, "Give me that" ;" he had
scarcely got the pistol when he said, Boys,
I'm sLot," and began staggering. On
that evening VIM. Lutz, Adam Ludwig,
George Gritfiths and Charles Regar were
with us. After the shooting Miller went
in the gate of the yard. which is
on the south side of tine house the pave
ment and board walk in front of the hotel
are used as a public walk by the people of
the town the people who were with me
on that evening lived in tho lower part Of
town we had to pass Millers going home
Gensemer lived three Or four squares be-
low there was no walk on the other side
when lived there Denver probably has
200 inhabitants and two hotels on the
night of the shooting it was starlight a