The herald., 1893-05-11
IS HE INNOCENT OR GUILTY.?
The Jury Will Today Say'That
Miles Is
A Missing Word Contest That Will
Be Settled Today.
The Defendant on the Stand Yesterday
He Makes Good Impression.
Arguments to Fol-
low Today.

By the time court adjourned yesterday
afternoon three attorneys had had their
innings with the jury in the presence Of
a crowd that packed the little court
room OF Department No. uncomfort-
ably.
This morning Mr.. Shinn will finish
what he has to say, Calvin Edgerton
will close for the defense and Mr.. Dupuy
for the prosecution, the case reaching
the jury early in the afternoon, il conu-
eel are not too long-winded.
The trial yesterday morning was quite
interesting, consisting of the completion
of the direct and the cross-examination
of the defendant, who bore the ordeal
with great calmness und self-possession
and made an excellent impression by
the plain and frank way in which he
answered all interrogations.
Ex-Coroner Weldon was recalled Just
after court convened for the purpose oil
asking him about list of articles taken
from the body of George Miller shortly
after he was murdered. The doctor
read the list of articles and said he
found no trace OF the gold watch of the
deceased, although he looked particu-
larry for it.
Mr.. Miles then took the stand for a
continuation of his direct examination.
Mr.. Edgerton took the keys upon
which the supposed blood stains were
found, and asked the witness if he knew
OF an old money drawer in the Carlton
saloon.
sit was the second drawer back, :"
1Af1
putting things in that were not needed.
There were keys in it. One OF those
keys was key to the front door, 1
think"
HAD you noticed any keys there ?"
II had not noticed any particularly.
Had you noticed any poker chips 2"
IT had not"
''When was the lock on the front door
changed ?'
''The lock on the front door was
changed the day we went into the ga
loon. The keys for the wine rooms were
kept in the cash register. l and Jack
Wooley had access to it, also the bar
keeper. There was one key for each
door"
"How old are you?'
81 think about 48 years DID,"
"Have you family ?"
eyes, wife and three children. They
have been in the court room at times
during the trial"
Take the witness, gentlemen"
Assistant District Attorney Dupuy
conducted the crosH-exam nation, and 1t
was quite long. but not productive OF
any material changes in any statements
made by the defendant.
tfV uyoo hrrx, In.
he replied to the first question.
when did you begin business with
the deceased ?"
81 do not recollect when we began
business in the Carlton saloon. l don't
l knew he had watch. 1t looked like
gold. | don't know whether it was
etop-watch or not. / know he said he
had Q tine watch. He never, to my
recollection. told me he had paid 5000
for it. believe | would recoilect It if
he had more than that; / believe I
would, because | would have wanted to
look at the watch"
when did you go on watch the day
of the murder?"
at III and went off at 2. I went on again
at o'clock. l don't think was on
watch that afternoon at O'Clock. MY
best recollection is l went on at 6
o'clock"
"Were you not behind the bar at 5
O'Clock, and Miller brought in a gray
headed man and introduced him to you,
and you all took drink ?p
81 do not think so. / do not know
Colonel Messmore."
ssXot1 COW from, fho <;roa xxo,. rvow4 -
at O'Clock until Miller's dead body was
found you only went to the back room
twice2''
81 went back twice and only twice,
and when Wooley called me back, |
got an order from Ed Lewis and returned
with it,"
"You were a partner with Miller?"
II was interested in business with Mr..
Miller"
"And had full charge in his alb
sence ?"
81 did, SIR"
"At the time you went back, Mr..
Lewis introduced you to the lady he was
with. did he not?'
eyes, sir"
"You had some conversation?"
"Yss, sir.'
do you remember the subject of the
conversation ~
''No, sir"
"Whst room were they in ?''
''No 2. l could not say how long l
staid there. Wooley was at the bar
when went back"
The witness was then put through a
long examination about the hammer
which is supposed to have killed Miller.
when he got itfrom the machinist, Hall.
where it was kept, what he did with it
and all about it, and replied as he had
done upon his direct examination.
He was alec asked about his going to
the room when the murdered man was
found, and how he acted. He said he
told everyone to stand back when they
first went in the room and not to touch
until the police came.
In reply to questions the defendant
said he was counting up the cash with
Mr.. McCaldin when Wooley informed
them that Miller was dead. He had
made mistake in the figures and Nc
Caldin was calling off the figures to him.
He believed McCaldin had proposed to
do it, seeing that a mistake had been
made when he, the defendant, had
spoken about getting a figure down
wrong.
During the examination the defendant
looked his questioner squarely in the
face, and his eyes wandered frequently
in q straight questioning sort OF look
over the faces of the Jurors.
At the conclusion of the cross-exam-
nation the defense endeayored to get