The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-22
STABBED AND THEN SHOT
WILLIAM MILLER MURDERED FOR
STOPPING A FIGHT.

Drunken Colored Fxcursionists start
a Row on an Excursion Train Be.
tween Valdosts and Dupont-Miller
Ouiets the ARRAY and Is Set Upon
and Fatally Woupded-His Assassins
Jump from the Train and Escape
The Coroner's Investisation-story
OF the Killing.
William Miller a colored driver for
Feeley's Transfer Company, died yesterday
morning from stsbs and bullet wound re.
ceived ID al sffray on an excursion train
between ValdostE and DUPONT, on the Sa-
vanrah, Florida and Western railway,
Monday night
Coroner Dixon held an irquest, and the
fury returned verdict charging George
B!ount and Frank Hill with Miller's muir.
der, and George Bell with being accessory
after the fact.
All the participants in the sffray are
colored Hill and Blount live at station
No. 70, a. d Bell lives at Jesup. Bell pulled
the safety rope aud stopped the train shortly
after the ARRAY occurred, and Bi unit ard
Hill jumped of and escaped. Bell got Fl
at Jesup, and was arrested and lodged in
jail there.
AILLERs FATAL TRIP.
Miller, with a number Of companions.
left here 81 rnday moruing and spent the
day at Valdosta. A special train left Val
dcsta for Savannah at s O'Clock NJ nday
night. A cool many Of the excursio is 5
had been dri king and in a short time q
row started between Nancy Johnson,
Blount and Hill. Miller ami
John Elliott, who was the principal
witness at the coroner's investigation,
Quieted the row and separated tie mbAt-
ants. johnson, Elliott said, was diu k
After the disturbance was over Miller went
into another car. and in a few minutes
Elliott, who had succeeded in quieti
johnson, started after him. He met Miller,
and, passing INN, went to the rear coach.
A little later Elliott started back toward
the forward part OF the train.
TIE MURDERER's ESCAPE.
He had not gone far when be met Bell,
who reached up and pulled the safety rope,
and two mo-, whom he was told were
Blount and Hill. jumped off the train AID
ran. That was about half wav between
Valdosta aud Dupont. In the next car
Elliott found Miller standing in the closet
door and leaning agains; the side
OF the car. He told Elliott
that be had been stabbed aud shot aud
into the baggage car. The train reached
Savannah at 2 o'clock Yesterday moraing.
and Miller was taken to his home at No. POS
York street. DR.. Wegefarth made an ex-
animation and found a bullet wound in
Millers back and deep stab near his
shoulder.
THE FATAL WOUND.
The bullet entered the back and went
through the intestiues lodging 10 the q Ssh.
II was cut out aud was found to be-
a SS-calib,e shot The stab was apparently
ma 10 with dirk. Miller was uncons )us
when he was tsken TO his home, ami he died
ABB ut O'Clock.
The only otter witness at the inquest was
Susan Hunter, who saw tho affray aud
heard the shot fired She rec ,gnizsd Miller
and saw man, whom she did not know,
reach over another's shoulder and strike
blow with knife t Miller's neck Almost
immediately after a shot vas fired, d she
saw Miller fall She d not know the men
who dII the stabbing or shocti &, buc said
that g orZe Bel VIII stopped the train was
well acq ainted with them.
The ARRAY created good deal Of excite
ment on board the train, and there was a
crowd Of poop az Miller's house all day and
last night. Mile was a large aid pc r.ul
man. and was vel -dO-dJ ant res ectable.
He was married and had q comfortable
homo