Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-02-14

Miller. She said DR.. Walker wanted her
to come and had sent her to see me and
sent note. She gave Inc note. She said
| DR.. Walker wanted me to come over and
see him. The note brought by Mrs. Wal
ker was produced by witness and read as
| follows:
BRowNsBuRe, Noy. sth, 1889,
A. NJ.
Under misapprehension have said harsh
and unjust things about you. deeply regret
and deplore that did it, The only reparation
that 1 can make is that Aatnsbly askyoW to for
gaDe me. have deeply wronged you, please
in manly, Christian forgiving, restore me to
my former position in your esteem. Also, as
an officer of the law it is your duty to see
Henry Miller to-day to-day is scratched in
the note and tomorrow written over it.-REP. ]
and make him ask for warrant for me for
my threats, armed demands, in front of his
house. My letters to him are sufficient evil
dence for my arrest. Your prompt action in
| this regard will elevate you in my esteem.
Do your duty in this regard. See Henry Mil
ler and make him make a complaint. [ viii
yield myself to the officer without murmu
and will answer for my conduct to the officers.
Yours Most Respectfully,
u. j. WALKER.
My apology for this late hour is that now is
the time to apologize to you. l can't sleep
when know have wronged a man.
Again plead for your forgiveness.
u. j. WALKER.
b. b. B0sUOrM,
M0q6strate.
1t was half hour before day when Mrs
Walker came to my house. She had some
conversation with me about what Dr.
Walker wanted. She was much distressed
about the difficulty and spoke of wanting
an amicable settlement. She went home
and came back saying DR.. Walker wanted
to see me. [ went across the street to Dr.
Walkers. He met me on the porch dressed
in his dressing gown. 1t was then not
quite daylight. He said he wanted me to
see Henry Miller; that he (Walker) was
greatly disturbed in his mind about the
difficulty; that he couldn't go on with his
practice the way it was; that he wanted to
go to New York and couldn't go till this
matter was amicably settled. told him
anything 1 could do to bring about an
amicable settlement, 1 would do. I then
went home. Mrs. Walker came once more
to my house about daylight, and asked my
wife to get breakfast soon for me, so [
could go down to Henry Miller's about the
warrant. Once again she came back, but
her business, [ think, was with my wife.
After l got my breakfast went to Henry
Miller's about 10 O'Clock. Henry Miller
said he did not care to have Walker arrest
ed; but it made no difference with him.
My son was present at the interview and
so, think, was David Miller. That morn
ing one of the Miller boys had come into
town On horseback, and [ asked him if his
father was at home, that [ wanted to g 0
down and get his complaint. The Miller
before. While | was at Henry Miller S
home [ read the warrant to him and he
stated the facts. / had heard town talk
that Walker had gone in front of Miller
house with a gun. [ did not tell Miller that
DR.. W. had requested me to get his COM
plant, nor about Mrs. Walkers visits to
my house. One of the Miller boys remark
ed about Walker being along the road
armed, and asked me if there would be any
danger in his fathers going into Browns
burg. / told him [ did not think there
would be any, but if he thought so he could
come with his father and protect him. l
think that was William, but I can't tell
it might have been David. The young
with gun, and had been concealing HIM
self in the cedars between the house and
BroWnsburg, waiting for his father to pass
OH the road. He said that Dr.. w. had also
come as far as on their stile and had black
man with him, also armed with a gun. [
did not advise young Miller to come to
Brownsburg armed. I remarked to the
Young man, eff you bring any arms to
protect your father, don't bring them into
the Academy, but leave them at the stores. y
1 saw Miller and his sons at the Academy
when [ got there, OF few minutes after.
So far as 1 know they were unarmed in the
Academy.
After while Dr.. Walker and his wife
came into the Academy. I said: "Doctor,
have had you searched and the Constable
who made the search reports to me that
you are not armed. Do you wish MI.
Miller to be searched %
Dr.. Walker replied ''No, it would be a
disgrace to me to ask it"
l had asked Mr.. Rufus Patterson to
search DR.. Walker, MI. Agnor had repor-
ted to me that DR.. W. was not armed.
When I said to DR.. Walker that the con-
stable had reported to me that he was un-
armed, he did not reply to that part Of what
I said. Mr.. Miller was about 20 years old.
[ had never known before the fight that
town people were there to help DR.. Walker:
nor have I ever known it since. Henry
Terrill may have pulled David Miller away
from DR.. W.. but I did not see it. l never
saw Henry Miller do anything aggressive,
but to try and hold DR.. Walker. He was
not trying to fight Walker. L sometimes
cam tell William Miller from George Mil
ler I might, as 1 have said, be mistaken
in say ing it was William who shot Walker
while he was down. The reason I appoin-
ted T. S. Agnor a special constable to
make the arrest of w alker, was that [ had
heard from some one, I don't know who,
that DR.. Walker wanted him appointed.
DR.. Walker had been in bad health and
had weak arm. When l saw him in his
porch that morning about daylight, he
seemed much agitated and said he could
not sleep. / do not know what DR.. Walker
meant in his note about having wronged
me. We had had difficulty some years
ago. but that had all been settled. The Mil