The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-02-24
MsMILLEN MURDER rRIAL.
Ths Testimony OF Witnesses Now Con
ing in.

Ths Testimony OF Witnesses Now Com
ing in.
The interest in this case continues
unRbated, and the attendance in the
court room is fully as large as on the
first day, and number of ladies are in
attendance, while the body of the audi
tOrium Is crowded with men. The tssti-
mOny of Thursday was as follows:
THOMAS r. BAUGHMAN.
Am policeman and live in Canton; on
duty June 10 in south part of town;
knew defendant and his wife; was at
corner Of Cherry and Charles streets at
2O5 a. m., and heard shooting south
down Cherry; heard two shots about a
minute apart; second more clear than
first; blew whistle and ran to rear of
Robinson house and saw McMillen there;
no one was with him; noticed he was
injured in the right side; Mr.. Bachtel
came about q minute after did; we
then started for McMillen's house and
crawled through barbed wire fence on
the road; 1t was about three minutes
after we first came down; went in rear
door to kitchen; there was a stove and
cradle in the room; passed to front
room. There are two rooms down stairs;
found Mr.. McMillen, Sr. in front room;
stayed in front room about two minutes;
Il
was done; the defendant said it was up
stairs; McMillen took lamp and led
the way, his father next and the police
next. There was only one room up
stairs, not plastered. There was in the
room two Sandstone between two beds
and one next to the bed the woman was
on, and chair and a chest. The trunk
sat towards the rear of house; there
were two beds at the front of the house
towards the street; one large and one
small bed; the large bed towards the
west, with head Of bed west, and the
small bed on other side of room; about
four feet between; the space being filled
| by a table. There was only one narrow
stairway; there were three windows in
room. / first noticed the woman in the
large bed; lying next to the wall on her
back, and head turned slightly to the
left; first noticed her at the head Of
the steps; we had lamp which made a
good light, and there was another one
in the room; did not do anything but
look at the body; 1 went up to the bed
and noticed she had been shot; blood was
| flowing over her eyes which were closed.
| She was shot at the lower corner of the
| left eye; noticed the wound appeared as
" the brain had clOgged the hole; her
face there appeared burned with powder;
was black for space about the size OF
silver dollar; was right around the eye;
did not examine very closely; observed
this from the foot of the bed. / also
stood at the side of the bed near the foot;
l could not see the wound there very
well; but Bachtel had pulled her bed
around little; before Bachtel changed
her could not see the wound well from
side OF the bed; the bed stood in the cor
ner; head and side against the wall; the
bed was against the wall its entire
length; noticed two children in the
small bed, about five years old; stayed
but four minutes before going out;
while there Bachtel pulled the head
over but placed 1t back as it had been;
do not know whether she was dead OF
not; the children in the bed, the woman,
Bachtel, myself and defendant and his
father, were in the room; one child was
awake; then went down stairs and out
into the yard; came up town before
went up stairs again. WITNESS then
identified shirt the prisoner wore at
that time and recognized hole made by
bullet, and fire from pistol 1t was a
There was no fence in front Of the
house; you could go on Cherry street;
WIRE fence was on both sides and rear of
house; to the west there was black
marshy run, and west Of. the run stood
the stable; RObinson's lot adjourned; the
wire fence on the north was tTamped
down; we did not know 1t when we first
crossed to the house; McMillen had no
clothing on but the shirt, identified by
the witness. l made NO search for
weapon in the room up stairs; the bed
was a low One-nOt over a foot from the
floor to the Stats. Il
CrOss-examinatiOn was only repetition
except that defendant got on the bed
and kissed the murdered wife, and when
Doctor took shirt off MeMillen, noticed
wound In his left breast.
SIMEON sHIvELY.
Live in Canton; am acquainted with
prisoner; recOlleet when his wife was
killed; saw defendant two or three days
before; heard him say, II told her often
l would kill her, and I'll be damned If |
don't intend to do it," said, George |
never do that. McMillen replied, 81
will kill her." McMillen mentioned his |
wife in that connection. John ShiVe- |
ly's wife was In the room.
JACOB BACHTEL.
Live in Canton; am a policeman; have |
known defendant about six years; knew |
near McMillen's; was rOundsman on the |
the night Of June 18th; made a round |
about 2 o'clock; heard police call from
direction of Charles street; answered the /
call and ran there Immediately; saw no
one till got to RObinsOn's house; there
met Baughman and MeMillen; we then
went over to McMillen's house; went
through the fence between the houses;
went Into the house through kitchen
door, description same as Baughman);
two children were in one bed, one Of
whom is defOrmed; the other bed was at
the north end Of room; defendant placed
lamp on stand between beds; beds were
against east wall; were ordinary beds;
about three feet between the ends of the
beds; stand did not quite fill the space;
noticed some person in north bed; rec
1gnized Mrs. MeMillen lying on the side
1f the bed next the wall; lying on her
back; some bed clothing on her up to
breast; lower limbs were covered; her
light arm slOping from her; her left
land under her cheek, her head on pill
ow; her head turned slightly to the
,ast Qeft); bed clothing did not appear
much disturbed; hands clenched; eyes
closed; noticed no marks except wound
lnder the left eyebrow; the wound was
7ery small, and it appeared as though
brains were oOzing out; blood had trick
ed down over part Of left side of face;
blood was still flowing; face was dark
around wound, as If blacked with pow