The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-14
BROWNSBURG'S TRAGEDY
-uzEE PERSONS KILLED IN TIE
pATTLE IN A COURT ROOM.

BATTLE IN a COOR1 hOOA.
,,-s DR.. Walker Killed by the Son OF
.oa Nan Who Insulted Her The
roctor Shot While Helpless Beside
Pis Dying Wife.
From the Nelc York Sun.
LEXINGTON. Va, Nov. 11.-At the
-.-,,sr's inquest to-day it was developed
.sot lanes Miller deliberately blew out the
.-.ins of Mrs. Walker, the wife of DR.. z.
7 walker, during the ARRAY in the Browns
&c magistrates Office on Friday. The
ssonle are wild with indignation, and to
20 the prisoners-James, George and
u riam Miller-from violence they were
.aEep from the Jail here to Lynchburg.
The trouble began with a gross insult
SOD 10 Mrs. DR.. Walker in her own
Tanss while her husband was sick, bY
T Tonry Miller. She refrained from telling
tnr husband until Friday morning last,
-rbsn he was well. DIR. Walker was very
~ and started out with a colored man.
ans N and a shotgun, letting it be gsuer-
~, snown that he intended to shoot on
Int Toward noon Henry Miller heard of
+Ps threat and procured warrant from
Instice Bosworth, and it was in the hearing
81 Ibis peace case before the magistrate
ttat the tragedy took place.
The magistrate, who is an experienced
oa;cial and q man of high personal worth,
Eeard both sides of the case, and Mrs.
Walker had to corroborate the statement
hat her husband had threatened the life of
the complainant. The justice said he would
require DR.. Walker to give bail In 5000 to
taan the peace for twelve months. On re-
l. IVA 1nGfiCa i'll fhora
m alternative but TO send him to Jail, much
a. he disliked personally to do so.
That's what / want you to do, said DIR.
Walker. ''but / would like to get my
inner before going" This was agreed to,
and DIR. Walker said: "There is one other
reouest l wish to make, and that is to be
allowed to slap Henry in the face"
OF course the justice told him that could
moi be done there, but DIR. Walker persisted
that be would do so, and rising, he put his
hand to his hip pocket and drew revolver.
This weapon he seemed to be trying to
cock. when David Miller, son of the COM
pajnant, wrenched the pistol from him.
Instantly there was a shuttle of feet on the
floor and a rush, and then a pistol shot was
fred in the room. A. Gould, who was an
eyewitness. and the first to advance to the
aid of DIR. Walker, says David Miller fred
this shot, and that the bullet struck DR..
Walker in the back. Justice Bosworth,
VINO took the weapon from David Miller
after the ARRAY, says that every chamber
Of toe revolver was empty.
Justice Bosworth tsays the scene in the
70 IN was indescribable. Every one seemed
to be more or less involved in IL, either as
peacemaker or antagonist Pistol shots
we're rapidly fired, men were striking or
menacing each other with uplifted chairs.
and when the firing got hot not few ran out
Of tie room. Mr.. Gould says that when DR..
Walker was frs Tired upon he ran forward
with chair to strike down David Miller, but
was quickly surrounded and defeated in the
purpose. Justice Bosworth says the first
thing he saw was Dr. Walker stabbing
Henry Miller with a large dirk knife, deal
ing deadly blows with unstinted vigor. DR..
Walker neld his enemy in his arms part of
the time while he stabbed and stabbed.
They were both powerful men, and remark
ably strong, the doctor being about 55 years
Of age, and Miller about 90 or 70. The
blows which the doctor gave caused Miller
g. turn pale, to reel, and fall backward.
Dr. Walker then crossed the room to
bench resting against the side of the wall,
en- which he lay down.
Ms. Walker, who had been in the ex-
treme corner opposite, went to her hus-
bands side, and taking bottle Of sal VIOLA
tile from handbag, bent over her husband
and administered the restorative. While
she was doug this wifely and womanly act
she received a fatal pistol shot, and slipping
down beside the bench where her husband
lay. died in a sitting position. DR.. Walker,
in his Solicitude for his wife, managed to
get down from the bench to the floor, and
was lying there beside her when he received
the pistol shots which caused his death.
Justice BoSwUrth says he saw William Mil
ler, son of Henry Miller, go to DIR. Walker,
as he lay beside his dead wife, and shoot
him. Henry Mccormick and John B. La
velle both say that James Miller killed Mrs.
Walker. The sewitnessas state that James
Miller said:
you caused the death Of my father and
you shall all die together
The shot whicl killed Mrs. Walker passed
through the base of the brain from one side
Of the head to the other. Death was in
stantaneous. DR.. Walker died in his own
home at l o'clock OIL Saturday morning,
about two hours after the affray.
Justice Bosworth, acting as coroner, held
an inquest on the bodies of the victims, and
the jury rendered a verdict that James
Miller killed Mrs. Walker; thatsDr. Walker
was killed by pistol shots fired by the Miller
boys, without individualizing them, and
that Henry Miller, the father, was killed
" Ut. walker. his makes Lnre6 klli6Q,
but DR.. George is positive that d. o. Miller
will be added to the list, as he is mortally
wounded in the back. T. A. Beaver, an
other participant in the ARRAY, has a knife
wound in the neck, and John Hempsey is
slightly wounded Dy a pistol shot in the
side There were five of the Miller family,
the father and four sons, engaged in the
ARRAY.
Dr.. Walker was one of the most promi-
nent citizens of Kockbridge county, and
quite celebrated as a physician and surgeon,
and being until recently distinguished
member of the state medical examining
board. He was a spIendily proportional
PHYSICALLY, being tall and otherwise heavily
built, and his bearing and manner dignified
and stately. In influence he was without a
peer in his section, and his friends were
legion. Mrs. Walker was a delicate and
Ienned little woman, very popular, and was
devoted to her husband.
Henry Miller was one of the most wealthy
ana prosperous farmers of the country, and
tne head of large family. DR.. Walker
was brother of the late DR.. William
walker, who for some years, and until his
L9St illness began, was successful practi-
uoner of his profession in New York.