St. Landry democrat., 1883-12-01
A COLD.BLooDED CRIME.

The Mysterious Assassination OF Kay
County MOI Farmer-The Dead Mans.
Nephew is Charged with the Deed-A
Lynching in Prospect.
RICHMOND, Mo-, Nov. q.
Monday night the family OF JET Evil
sizer, a uelI-to-do farmer in the Mud Creek
neiphborhooti. were aroused about half an
hour after they had gone to bed by some-
hodv calling. It was the voice of man,
but was not recognized. Mrs Evilsizer re-.
.panded by asking what was wanted. The
voice rerlied: II want to see jeff" 'Who,
is itp, tie woman asked. "Johnnie Evil
sizer,, Ca younger brother of jeff, was the
answer. After venting her mind on the
improperly of calling folks up at that Tune
of night, she told her husband to go to the,
door and see what Johnnie wanted. Evil
sizer got up and openedthe door, and stood
several seconds peering out into the dark
ness. The voice did not speak, neither DID
Evilsizer. A brief period passed-perhaps
quarter of nainute-then shot was
fred, and the farmer walked to the bed and
Law down. He had received his death
wound, but fingered until morning. The
bullet penetrated the bowels.
In intervals of consciousness the dying
man told his wife that he could not recog-
niZe who was standing in front OF the door
until the pistol was fired, and then ne saw
distinctly that it was Willie Miller, MS
nephew. He said that Miller was scarcely
three feet away when he fired. Evilslzer
repeated this several times. posse was
formed and armed, and a visit made to the
house of Thomas Miller, the father of Willie
Miller The elder Miller is one of the,
wealthiesE 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 Creek locality is twenty mics
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: Ihomas 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 mornings,
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 aisomawhat jaded horse, butupon being
questioned gave reasonable account or his
movements, though acting strangely lndlf--
ferent with regard to the news OF the muir
der. Later the elder Miller appeared,
whereupou his bondsman surrendered him
and he was hurried before the Grand Jury,
and notwithstanding he is reputed a 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
of Judge Lynch's Court, in which case it is
not difficult to predict the result.