Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24
MILLER'S OWN STORY
OF BIS MOVEMENTS ON THE DAY OF
THE SALE OF THE BONDS.

An Account of the Arrest From Paper of
That Date-A Statement of the Trans
action Which George j. Whitney Says Is
Correct.
Now to show how the police came to con-
nect Miller with the Connors robbery it is
necessary to give the story of the bond sale
and the facts leading up to it. This story
is from Mr. Miller's own lips, as follows.
Some two or three days previous to the sale
OF the bonds to Mr.. Nelson by Montague L
concluded to go TO Pittsburg, having grown
tired of my concealment While on nv
way to Pittsburg 1 met Archie Montague
on the train. The recognition was mutual,
as I had met him often in saloons and gam
bling places in different parts of the coun-
Iry He knew that L was blamed for the
shooting of the man Dunn in
Cleveland, and when he referred
10 the matter on the train 1
requested him TO say nothing about it to
any one in Pittsburg. Furthermore, that L
did not wish him to recognize me if he
should see me or, meet me on the street in
Plttsburg, as l understood that he was
known to the police. of that city.
went to the Red Lion Hotel, where
had been in the habit of stopping on ac-
count of my friendship for one of the pro-
prietors; Montague also went there and put
up. He negotiated the sale of the bonds, in
connection with auother man, with the
broker Nelson, and on the day on which he
actually made the sale he was standing with
the said Nelson in front of the ST. Clair Ho-
tel, on Sixth street, when passed up street
with Mr. Mellon, one Of the proprietors of
the Red Lion Hotel, on my way to examine
buggy al Mckelvy's livery stable.
A Statement That Hurt.
He nodded as L passed, and have since
ascertained, told the broker Nelson in a
spirit!of bravaGo, If you knew as much about
that little fellow that has just passed as / do,
it wonld be worth few hundred dollars to
you,' presumably referring TO the shooting
in Cleveland and the possibility that there
was a reward offered. 1t so happened that
needed some money that day for different
purposes. Among Others l wanted to send
some TO Cleveland to a man. named Row.
land, with whom / had made arrangements
that as soon as Dunn would bear removal to
convey him outside the jurisdiction of the
Cleveland police, when l intended to re-
turn, knowing that no case could be made
against me with Dunn absent.
/ also wished TO give some money to
woman living on Duquesne way whom l
had often befriended, and having several
81, 600 bills about me, I asked one
of the proprietors of the Red Lion Hotel,
Thomas Gamble, to take me to the bank
where he transacted business and introduce
me, so as 10 facilitate my changing ore ofthe
81 200 bills that l had in my possession He
complied with my request, and conducted
me across the street TO the Fifth
National Bank and introduced me to
Mr. Wilson. After acknowledging the in
PRODUCTION and conversing for a few mo-
mcnts / made the request to have this bill
changed. / think it was the paving teller
who gave me the change and made the re-
msrk as he did So that one does not often
see thousand dollar bills and that he had
lust paid out several of them that morning.
] went back to the hotel and sat down to
dinner with Mr.. Gamble and his family.
Miller Placed Under Arrest.
While at dinner Detectives Roger O'Mara
and GRAY entered, asked for me, and as soon
as 1 came out placed me under arrest. /
asked !or what / was arrested and was told
l would know soon enough. 1 supposed L
was arrested for the shooting scrape
in Cleveland. They conveyed me
across the street to the Fifth Ma
tional Bank, and in the presence