The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-29
A COLD.BLOODED CRIME.

The Mysterious Assassination of Fay
County (NIO.y Farmer-The Dead Mans
Nephew is Charged with the Deed-A
Lynching in Prospect.
RICHMOND, Mo-, Nov. q.
Monday night the family of JEFF Evil
sizer, a well-to-do farmer in the Mud Greek
neighborhood, were aroused about half an
hour after they had gone to bed by some
body calling. 1t was the voice of man,
but was not recognized. Mrs. Evilsizer re-
sponded by asking what was wanted. The
voice replied: II want to see jeff" "Who
is it?' the woman asked. Johnnie Evil
sizer" Ga younger brother of jeff, was the
answer. After venting her mind on the
impropriety of calling folks up at that time
of night, she told her husband to go to the
door and see what Johnnie wanted. Evil
sizer got up and opened the door, and stood
several seconds peering out into the dark
ness. The voice did not speak, neither did
Evilsizer. A brief period passed-perhaps
a quarter of a minute-then a shot was
fired, and the farmer walked to the bed and
lay down. He had received his death
wound, but fingered until morning. The
bullet penetrated the bowels.
In intervals of consciousness the dying
niZe who was standing in front of the door
until the pistol was fired, and then he saw
distinctly that it was Willie Miller, his
nephew. He said that Miller was scarcely
three feet away when he fired. Evilsizer
repeated this several times. A posse was
formed and armed, and visit made to the
house of Thomas Miller, the father of Willie
Miller. The elder Miller is one of the
wealthiest men in that part of the county,
having farm of 400 acres, well improved
and stocked. He met the neighbOrs with
out any show of feeling, and told them that
his son had gone away Tuesday morning,
and would not come back for several days.
The Mud Greek locality is twenty miles
from here, and remote from the telegraph
and the railroad. The roads are bad and
news travels slowly. 1t was not till this
morning that full details of the tragedy
reached Richmond. The Miller and Evil
siZer families are related. Thomas Miller
married a sister of jeff. Eyilsizer, and
Willie Miller is one of the children. The
families are mixed up in curious case now
in court, and this is supposed by those who
believe Willie guilty to have furnished the
motive for Mr.. Evilsizer's removal.
Miller was arrested here this morning,
whittier he had come to be present at the
trial of his father which was to have been
had to-day on the pending charge. He
rode aisomewhat jaded horse, but tupOn being
questioned gave reasonable account of his
movements, though acting strangely Indlt-
ferent with regard to the news OF the muir
der. Later the elder Miller appeared,
whereupon his bondsman surrendered him
and he was hurried before the Grand Jury,
and notwithstanding he is reputed wealthy
man, such was the feeling caused by the
tragedy and the supposed connection of the
Millers with it that no one could be found
to again go on his bond and he remained in
custody of the Sheriff. The feeling among
the community is intense and the slightest
particle of corroborative evidence against
the younger Miller may result in a session
of Judge Lynch's Court, in which case it is
not difficult to predict the result.