Bridgeton pioneer., 1891-09-24
THE LINGO CASE.
The Husband of Murdered Mrs,
Miller Promises to Have
Judge Westcett Ar
rested.

Juuge WcSGcDU Ar.
rested.
The Camden Courier Friday pub
lished this story concerning the Lingo
Miller case:
John Miller, the husband of Mrs.
Annie Miller, for whose brutal murder
year ago Francis Lingo was con-
victed last spring, told a Courier re-
porter this morning that within a very
short time he will give ex-Judge Wes-
colt, Lingo's senior counsel, an oppor-
tunity to prove the Dbelous statements
he has made, in which he accuses Mil
ler of numbering his wife.
Il was upon this theory that they
depended for Lingo's acquittal aside
from his alibj, and every effort was
made at the trial by his attorneys to
throw suspicion upon the husband.
The jury, however, took no stock in
their theory and found Lingo guilty
of one of the most heinous crimes ever
committed in this State. Within the
past twenty four hours, interest has
been revived in the case, and in this
phase of it especially, by the publica-
tion of statement said to have been
made by detective named Henry
Campbell. This man. who is unknown
to the police or detectives On either
side of the river, is quoted as being
willing to make affidavit that he went
to work for the defense ia April last,
and formed the acquaintance of Mary
Collius, the murdered women's sister,
who keeps house for John Miller, as
she did before her sisters death. He
then, through her, was introduced in
to the Miller household. He was
much in Miss Collins company, TOOK
her to dances and The theatre, and
finally she confded to him, he says,
the story Of the tragedy. This was
in effect that Miller murdered his wife
upon her return from Moorestown
and. with his brother, carried the body
to the bush lot, where one of them cut
her throat. This is the detectives
alleged affidavit.
AS soon as John Miller heard of the
statement this morning, he drove to
this city to see Prosecutor Jenkins.
He held a long consultation with the
prosecutor. who, by the way, puts no
credence in the story, and finally left
with one of the prosecutors officers
to seek counsel to enter suit against
Counsellor Westcott. Millers suit
will be for libel, and will not only be
for heavy damages in the civil courts,
but, it is said, he will cause Liugo's
attorney 10 be arrested on a criminal
charge OF libel. When seen by a re
porter he was seated in the truck
wagon in which he had driven in from
his farm and seemed disinclined to
talk, but after much pressing he said:
Il propose in few days to give John
w. Wescott an opportunity to prove
the lies he has been circulating about
me. l think l have stood it about IS
long as man is expected to, and be-
lieve it to be time for me to act. The
whole story from beginning to end is
pack of lies. There's not a word of
truth in it,"
Miller says man calling himself
Campbell did call at his farm, but he
represented himself as having been
sent from Prosecutor Jenkins and was
treated as any other officer of the
State would have been. The man
never was, in Miss Collins company
except in the presence of others SO
that the so-called confession could not
possibly have been made.
This mans visit was known to the
Prosecutor at the time it was made,
and the State has been cogniza zant of
every move made by the defense, and
the Prosecutor has also had his detec
tives at work upon the case. 1t is nos
the intention of the Prosecutor to
persecute anyone, and he feels it his
duty In all cases to prosecute his in.
vestigations in all directions and run
out all cues. As he has before said,
he firmly believes Lingo to be the
murderer of Mrs Miller, or he would
never have prosecuted the case against
him"
cleared Big Money!