, 1892-03-26
THE GALLONS SHADOW
MiIler's Life Is Only Twenty-e eight
Days Longer.
He was Apprised of His Fate
Yesterday.
A Hangman's Rope Sent Here to
Swing Him OF.

Charley Miller, the young double muir
derer, has been apprised of the horrible
fate which ends his lite at the end Of a
rope on the 22nd day of next April. The
news was conveyed to him by his attorney
yesterday afternoon. Sheriff Kelley and
Deputy Sheriff Wilkes, Attorney Taggart
and reporters from the two Cheyenne
morning papers all went in to the Jail to
witness the effect upon the young muir
derer. Sheriff Kelley ordered Miller's
cell door to be unlocked so Miller would
be allowed to come out into the cage
where he could talk to his attorney as
easily as if they were standing in any or
binary room, there being only q crossed
iron bar partition between the young pris-
oner and the visitors.
Attorney Taggart shook the hand of
Miller, with a genuine 'how are you
CharleyP" Miller replied that he was
pretty well. Mr.. Tsggsrt then, without
any hesitancy told Miller that the COVER
nor had refused to interfere IN his case
and that the death sentence as pronounced
by the district court and confirmed by the
supreme court must stand. At the same
time Taggart handed Miller the letter
of Coy. Barber. in which the governor
refused to commute his death sentence to
life imprisonment.
Not q tremor was shown in Miller's AK
preston. Not the least surprise did be
show. His color neither came nor
went" nor did he chew his tobacco any
faster than formerly. Miller stood lean
ing upon the bars of the cage and after =
moments pause said. It did not expect
anything but this"
What have you to say about it
Charley2" put in Mr.. Taggart.
"Oh. 1 will tell you there is a mystery
about this killing that will surprise some
people when l tell 1t. 1 do not mean to
tell it, however, until the rope is around
my neck" Here the strange. superla-
lively strange, Young man. with the blood
of two of his fellows upon his head.
aroused the curiosity Of his sympathetic
attorney. Mr.. TagRart insisted that if
there we're any mystery in the case that
Miller should tell him. That If Miller
put off the telling of it much longer no
hope whatever would be left.
well. it wouldn't do any good, any
way" said the condemned man.
you do not know" replied Taggart.
'You are not supposed to know what
would be best tor you"
well. / amt agoin' to tell it now" he
drawled out. and that was all that he
could be gotten to say in regard to the
mystery" Mr.. TagRart told him that
he (Taggart) would call there Sunday af-
ternoon and that it there was any secret
which he had harbored in connection with
the crime that he (Taegart) would and
must know it. Miller did not reply fur
ther than mat he would only cough up"
the mystery" when under the gallows.
1t is pretty safe to state, however, that
by Sunday afternoon Miller can and will
if he undertakes to do 80, nave a full
blooded, well grown, able bodied mystery"
The only thing about the whole affair
which will surprise anybody who knows
of the heartless and cold blooded murder
he committed without any e%xtenuating
circumstances, is that he could or would
keep a secret sixty minutes.
Sheriff Taylor of Illinois. one of Sher-
if Kelley's old friends, has sent him a
nice half-inch rope, with a hangman's
knot at one end. to hang Miller with. 1t
is highly probable that a good many
other ropes will be properly forwarded
and it is hard to tell which will kill the
man. Already some of the curiosity
fiends rave put in their petitions to Kel
ley for a piece Of the rope which hangs
the murderer. 1t looks now very much
like the kids a ''goner."