The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-12-04

derer, was hanged in the penitentiary
annex shortly after midnight last night.
A though he has never seemed to want
to chest the hangman, he has not always
been fearless. lie was so badly fright
ened when he was brought to the peni-
tentiary from the Union county Jail that
he forgot the date for his execution and
and thought he was to be hanged i'm
mediate!y. While he was being searched
ia the front part OF the prison he trem-
blcd like icaf, turned an aShen hue and
asked:
"Am to be hanged right away?"
He was so badly scared that he could
not walk without assistance and had to
be led into the annex When in the
cage he looked exci:edly around and
above him for the rope by which he was
to be hung. evidently expecting to see it
| dangling ready to cncircle his neck.
Miller is said to have shown some
signs OF insanity as the date of his execu-
tion approached, but there is no doubt
that his mind wes free from disease at
the time no committed the awful deed
| for which he is to be hanged.
AT THE GOVERNORS OFFICE.
The last efforts to save the life Of Nil
ler were made yesterday before Governor
Campbell. Early in the morning the broth
er, sister and brother-in-lsw of the con-
demned man. appeared st the executive
chamber aud made a final appeal to save
his life. communication Of sentence
was asked, but finally changed to stay
Of execution. This the governor refused
In as gentle a manner as possible, and
the trio departed. In few moments
Miller's attorneys entered the Office ac-
;ad " nf os<
Gems. The interview between these gen.
tlemen and Governor Campbell lasted
almost an hour, ut the close OF which the
governor said: 81 am very sorry that
cannot see my way clear to granting
your request, but the case seems very
plain aud l cannet interfere. It seems
hard. yet not nearly so as one case in
particular. where mother (re:erring to
Mrs. Leuth; threw herself on her knees
and begged for the lie of her son. Gem
tlemen. / would not go through that
again for the salary Of this Office for one
hundred years"
AT THE ANNEX.
Miller yesterday asked Warden DYER
to telegraph his brother and ask him to
come and see him before he was exc
cuted. His request was complied with
and his brother, sister and brother-in-
law arrived from Union county this
morning. They did not care to pass
through the execution room to the cage
where the condemned men are confined |
and Miller was brought out to the |
reception room OF the annex. |
The meeting was an alectionate |
one and the scene most pathetic. |
The relatives only remained short time |
when they repaired to to the governors |
Office. After the governor gave out his |
decision in the case Miller's brother and |
brother-iE-law again visited the prison |
and made application for the body, stat |
ing that taey desired to have it inferred |
at Prospect, o. The law provides that
when the body Of a man executed is
claimed the state shall contribute $50 to-
wards the funeral expenses. Coroner
Egan was called to tie prison by tele-
phone and took Millcrs measure Tor q
coffin.
Miller in the morning suggeetedto War.
den Dyer that he would like to have q
new suit Of clothes to die and be buried
in, and q black frock suit was according
1y purchased.
The condemned man has within the
past few days experienced q spiritual
change and row seems to have no fear of
death. Cha plain Sutton was with him Q
long time today, and both tho divine
gentleman and the condemned man
offered prayer several times. Miller
saySs thxt he feels that God
has forgiven him for his terrible sin and
his soul. A remarkable mani
festation Of the inspiration of religion Is
that Miller, ough an ignorant man,
this morning delivered o:ie of the finest
prayers ever heard.
THE CRIME.
Few. murders are committed where
there is sIlch a complete barrenness of
entenuatiEg circumstances, excepting
those prompted by greed for pecuniary
gain, as the one pcrpctrated by Ellis
Miller. This fiendish and cold blooded
deed was one of the most revolving ex-
bibitions of pure, unadulterated hellish-
ness that can be found in criminal rec
ords of the state. Miller was always
as man Of brutal pro-
pensities, his nature being utterly devoid
Of the slightest spark of humanity. He
lived with his wife and family about four
miles from Marysvillc Union county. Close
by lived Mrs. Benjamin johnson, sister
Of Mil!er's wife, and her husband. It
was known that Miller abused and beat
his wife shamefuliy, there being no time
In the latter years OF their married life
1t least when Mrs. Miller did not bear
somewhere on her body evidences Of the
cruel blows dealt by her dctcst;blc hus-