New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-12-09
TEE MILLER MURDER TRIAL.
It is making Tedious Progress in the Courts
at st. Peter.

It is making Tedious Progress in the Court.
at St. Peter.
The Skull Of the Murdered man is Intro.
duced in Evidence.
Tho trial of Mrs. Miller for murder.
which is now in progress in St. Peter
is proving tedious one. At first
several days were spent in impanelling
jury, ,and the examination of witnesses
is dragging along at a wearisome rate
The jury is kept under the strictest
watch and every night at the close Of the
days trial they are conveyed Ito the
armoY where they are given cots and
in the morning they are again led into
the court room by Sheriff Block. The
accused woman, according to the ST..
Peter Herald, sits in court as calmly as
though she had never known the sligh.
test trouble. Her face is perfectly void
of expression and never changes, and
while she is the cynosure of all eyes, she
seems to heed nothing and is ascareless
of her surroundings as an innocent child
That the defence of insanity will be put
up no one doubts, and TO one who has
studied the woman at all it will be wag-
ed with reasonable chance of success.
Alvia Schlie was the first witness
called in the case and she testified that
on the night of Aug. 21 the murdered
Miller came to her house and requested
her to 60 with him to his home. She
acceded to his request and they started
for his house between The hours of 10 and
II o'clock. The twain entered side
door of his saloon. drank a couple of
glasses of beer app and then went up
stairs. They entered the sitting-room
and spent an hour. or possibly more,
there, when they went into his bed room.
She says that he undressed and went
to bed. and that she sat down on the
bed but did not undress. About 2
o'clock in the morning she was aroused
BY pistol shot, looked at Miller and
saw the blood oozing from a wound in
the head. She then looked up and saw
Mrs. Miller with a revolver in her hand
Mrs. Miller then went out land she put
on her slippers and shawl and followed
Mrs. Miller out of the house. She then
went home, aroused her parents, notified
them and then went to the home of DR..
Wicke and notified him. Miss Schlie
was subjected to severe cross examma.
ton, and in that alternately denied and
affirmed almost verything sworn to.
She testified at the preliminary exami-
nation in September and her testimony
on this occasion was very contradictory
Of that Of the first hearing. The girl
seemed quite depraved and her credi.
bilitY as witness may be affected by the
fact that sh e had recently been in jail
pending the action Of the grand jury. She
was accused of having stolen the watch
and pocket book of Miller and although
she confessed having them the grand
jury failed to indict. It is presumed
that her arrest, however, will have It's
effect upon her credibilitY.
The chief witness for the state thus fal
has been Sheriff Block. Mr.. Block af.
firms that upon his arrival at the resid.
ence of Ms. Miller and prior TO her ar.
rest Mrs. Miller confessed to having
committed the crime and gaye him the
revolver with which she did the shooting.
This was to-day introduced in evidence
and present upon the reporters. table
is skull with a hole above theright eye
Both of the relics of the affair contribute
to call more acutely to mind the details
of the murder. Another witness, Mr.
S.ucke of Nicollet. also testified to {
confession by Mrs. Miller. The latter
person listens to the testimony appa
rently with some interest, but up to the
present time she has not given evidence
of the slightest emotion. Once the testi
accused monY was somewhat amusing
and the woman Joined heartily in th,
laugh that. followed, seemingly appreci-
ating it as much as any one in the room
Monday morning the State rested ,ant
Judge Cox then argued the following
motion: 1.-The testimony on the part o
the state having all been offered ant
the state resting its case, the defendan
now moves that the state has failed en-
tirely BY credible testimony or compe
tent proof on the one hand or be-
yond reasonable doubt on the other
and the court is moved On behalf Of tht
defendant to instruct the jury to find {
verdict Of not guilty and that the de
fendant be forthwith acquitted aud dis
charged. This notion was denied B,
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