Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-23
/, CHARLEY MILLER DIES GAME. ,
The Boy Murderer Executed at
Cheyenne.
Money Sent Him for a New Suit OF
Clothes.
A Brutal Murderer Hanged at New Or.
leans-His Companion In Guilt
RePrieved at the Last
Moment.

Associated Press Dispatches.
New YORK, April 22.-An old man
evidently not much experienced in send.
ing kilograms, went into the Office of the
Western Union yesterday afternoon
After much labor he handed in dis.
patch to the receiver as follows:
Give these few dollars to Charley and
tell him goodbye.
(Signed) GEORGE HoLz.
"I want to send S1S with this telegram
to Cheyenne" he said. He told the re.
ceiver to whose order he wanted the
money paid, and then asked anxiously
"The money will 60 today, won't it? 1!
would be of no use unless it did?"
"Why are you SO anxious to be paid
to-day ?" asked the receiver.
"The boy is to be hanged tomorrow, )"
was the answer, land 1 want him to
have money to buy new suit of clothes
to be buried in"
In response to further questions the
old man eaid: ''The boy is Charley
Miller, born in New York, and is only
II years old.s His father and mother
died some years ago and he was
placed in an orphan asylum. He has
one brother and two sisters. was ap.
pointed trustee of the estate, which
is worth about $1,000, so Charley's share
was $3.50. He learned the printing bust
ness and went west. Two years ago he
returned to New York, but soon started
west again. He had drawn most of his
money, and long before he reached
Cheyenne he was penniless and hungry.
On the tramp he fell in with two men
who had plenty of cash. He
waited until they had gone to
sleep, then took a revolver out
OF the pocket of one and killed them
both, stole all their money and jewelry
and jumped off the train. Another
man was arrested for the crime, but
eventually Charley gave himself up.
Every effort has been made to get the
governor to commute his sentence, with
out success. In looking up my account
today found l owed the poor fellow
SIS. 1 resolved he should have it be-
fore he died. 1t will help to give him a
decent burial"
MILLER EXECUTED.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 22.-Charles
Miller, is years old, who, while tramp
ing in company with Ross Fishbaugh
and Waldo Emerson of St. Joseph, Mo-,
murdered his companions for few dol
lars, year ago, was hanged this after
noon. He showed the utmost indiffer-
ence.
A HANGING IN NEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS, April 22.-Philip Baker
was hanged here this afternoon for the
brutal and unprovoked murder of the
young wife of Neil Nelson, young
grocer, By whom Baker was employed
as clerk, after he had attempted the
life Of his employer, in March, 1890. To
add to the enormity OF his crime, the
murdered woman was enciente. Baker
tried to fix the crime on Nelson, saying
Nelson had discovered that he (Baker)
was intimate with Mrs. Nelson, and cut
her throat in jealous rage.
A sCoUNDREL RETRIEVED.
Etienne Deschamps, a quack doctor,
was to have been executed at the same
time for the seduction and murder of
Juliette Dietsch, aged - years, January
80, 1889, but the governor this morning
granted a reprieve, pending the action
of the board of pardons. After killing
his victim with chloroform, Deschamps
attempted suicide by the same means,
but was resuscitated. Both were dis.
covered nude On bed, the girl dead and
Deschamps unconscious.