Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

MILLER MUST HANG.
Tho Murderer of Samuel An
gar Sentenced.
His Partner IN Crime Sent to JEFF.
ferson City for Fifty Years
Miller Talks.

John Miller must pay the penal
ty of his crime. If the solemn SEN
tence of the Court, made Tuesday
afternoon, is carried out, he will on
Friday, August %, be hanged by
the neck until he is dead. Prompt
ly at / o'clock Miller and Mortimer
were led into the court and
given seats within the railing.
Judge Hughes was in his seat and
the moment the large audience was
stilled, he quietly announced that
the motion for a new trial for John
Miller had been overruled. He
followed with reasons for his ac-
ton.
THE PRISONER SENTENCED.
John Miller will be brought
up" said the Judge.
The murderer arose and stood
facing the Court.
"John Miller" said the Judge,
"have you anything to say why the
sentence of this Court should not
be passed upon your"
81 have, SIR" was the response.
Then in a manner SO strikingly
cool as to bring forth smethered
EXPLANATIONS of wonder from the
audience, the murderer calmly be-
gan to talk. As he proceeded, his
manner became positively dramat-
ic. His gestures were good and the
talk throughout was one of force.
1t did not seem like the grasp of a
drowning man at a straw. On the
contrary, slowly and calmly, with
as much eloquence as he possesses
and with such language as he COM
mands, he appealed to the Court
for mercy eff the Court please"
he began, II was and am a poor
man. My wife was sick and for
this reason | was forced to occupy
a house with another family. |
was forced to rent half ofmy house,
and this man Mortimer came to live
with me. | have tried to live in
an upright manner and l think l
can now truthfully say before God
that | never harmed a man. I am
without sin. God knows this. |
am speaking the truth. All the
acts of my life are of purity and in
nocence and my good works are well
known. l am ready to accept any
punishment the Court may deem it
best to inhict. God will punish his
children no more than they can
bear and my shoulders are strong
enough for anything that you will
put on them. l have been upright,
honest, humble-a Christian, hum
Bile to my God. This man has
taken my life to save his own. l
have harmed no man and God
knows l am innocent ofthis crime"
When Miller had finished, Judge
Hughes said: "You have had a fair
and impartial trial and l see no rea-
son why the sentence of the Court
should not follow"
THE SENTENCE.
"yohn Miller, you will be taken
back to Jail, there to remain unit.
Friday, August 16, on which day
you will be hanged by the neck un'
til you are dead" The prisone,
did not move a muscle. He ever
seemed to part his lips in a smile
as the solemn words were spoken.
A death-like stiffness pervaded the
room and for a minute no word wal
spoken. Then Miller raised hi
hand as if to speak, but an Office
led him across the dock to a seat OF
the west side of the room. Afte
making an entry on his records
Judge Hughes addressed Georg'
Mortimer. who stood a few feet dis
!, tant at his right.
4 George Mortimer, have yo7
i anything to say?"
"No, sir" was the simple re
Spouse.
"The sentence of the court is,
, continued the Judge, THAT you b
confined In the penitentiary for
term of fifty years"
THE DATE CHANGED.
| Judge Forrist, Miller's lawyer
r asked that the day of execution b
put further off, in order that b
might be given time to prepare
bill of exceptions. The court the
, changed the day to August %, on
, week later.
STAY GRANTED.
!, Judge Hughes granted a stay {
execution in the case until the ST
preme Court renders an opinion
which will likely be early in tn
coming year.
If you are a Wheeler, read M
Ferris letter on page two to-da,
nj VIM. Douglass, charged with Blu
y glary and larceny, was tried MOI
day. Jesse for the State an