, 1890-12-12
FOUND GUILTY.
Charlie Miller Convicted of Murder
in the First Degree.
A Verdict in the Case Quickly
Reached by the Jury.
The Murderer is Unmoved by the
Finding.
Interview With the Parents of One
of the Murdered Boys.

There was no individual in the court
house yesterday afternoon who manifested
such l~istless interest in the proceedings or
who seemed so Indifferent of the conse-
quences as was Charley Miller the meager
little murderer. who was on trial for his
life. Miller is sn enigma to everyone
who has watched the proceedings. 1t is
evident that he lacks all moral response
bility. He doesn't seem to appreciate the
enormIty of his crime, but on the con-
trary appears incapable of forming any
conception of its awfulness He sits in
the court room with even less interest
in his surroundings than the least
interested spectator. He told his own
awful story without a culver. No muir
derous detail seemed to effect him in the
least. Strangely enough the notoriety
which the case gave him did not seem to
arouse his interest or apparently crafty
any unsatisfed longing in him.
CLOSING SPEECH.
The case was called up at 9 O'Clock yes
terday morning. Mr.. Stoll hen contin-
ued his address to the jury, which occu-
pied about about two hours in its delivery.
His position was hat the jury must either
acquit or find the prisoner guilty of muir
der in the first degree. He explained in
detail the distinction between murder in
the first aud second degree. After Judge
SCOTS charge the case was given to the
jury at ll.45 o'clock and court was ad-
iourned.
THE VERDICT RENDERED.
At a few minutes after u O'Clock word
was conveyed to the sheriff that the jury
was ready to render a verdict. Soon
thereafter the court was r~econvened, the
Jury appeared and Miller was led in. He
betrayed bis usual lack of feeling.
Nobody who did not know him could
have picked him ont as the individual
Whose life might depend upon the few
words which the Jury would utter. The
foreman of the jury handed over the yer
dict to the Judge. who passed it to Clerk
Atkinson. That official read: We do
find the defendant, Charles Miller, guilty
of murder in the first degree in manner
and form as indicted" All eyes we're
then turned on the prisoner. He never
turned a hair. When led out by Deputy
Sheriff Thomasson he smiled and
said he felt all right about the YER
dict. A lady in the audience leaned
oyer toward him and said hysterically:
NOV, Charlie, when you are led out on
the scaffold, be sure to bear yourself like
a man.
The Jury was polled by Attorney Tag
CART who afterward made the usual motion
in arrest Of Judgment The prosecuting
attorney had a mol pros entered in the
case against Miller for the killing of
Fishbaugb.
A STRANGE INTERVIEW.
Miller was taken into Sheriff Martins
Office. There he met Mr.. and Mrs.
Emerson, for the murder of whose son
he bad just been found guilty. Mr..
Emerson wished to have a talk with the
murderer, who was told that nothing
which he might say would be used
against him at any subsequent trial, if he
ever had one. Mr.. Emerson has natur-
ally paid a great deal OF attention to the
case and has spent time and money il
tracing up Mlller's career. His theory is
that Miller lie morally irresponsible. He
started out in life with a weak intellect
and dime novel reading has put into his
head some grotesque ideas. Mr.. Emer-
son believes that the boy did not make
his confession to his brother because the
double murder rested heavily on his
mind but for the reason that he believed
his brother would join him in organizing
a bandit gang modelled after the plan
suggested in the dime novels. The inter-
view was not prolonged but it is believed
that Mr., Emerson satisfied himself that
his theories were correct. As Miller
started towards the Jail at the ter.
mination of the Interview he extended
his hand to Mr. Emerson who shook it.
He then extended it to Mrs. Emerson.
The lady hcsitated for a moment with the
natural autipathy of a mother to the muir
erer Of her son but finally touched his
hand with the tips of her fingers. Miller
told them both that he was sorry that he
had killed the boys but his tone and
manner did not indicate any depth of
feeling on the subject.
A little later Miller sent this telegram