The herald., 1893-05-03
THE TRIAL OF GEORGE MILES,
One of the Most Mysterious
Murder Cases on Record.
A Review of the Facts Connected
With the Matter.
MiIIer's Career In This City-His Murder
at tho Carlton Saloon while He
was Asleep on a Lounge.
The Jury Secured.

Yesterday morning the trial OF George
A. Miles, accused OF the murder OF
George Miller. May 16, 1891, began in
department No. 6 Of the superior court,
Judge Smith presiding.
This case is mysterious one--one
which called for the work OF Lecocq to
unravel the puzzling question OF who
killed the man. The local detectives
and police failed to find any positive
evidence, although they constructed q
theory by which they accused the de-
fendant, Miller's partner. OF the crime.
He was arrested and was diHcharged
after preliminary examination. He
went then to the territories and had
been for some time at Albuquerque,
when the last county grand jury re-
turned an indictment against Miles,
charging him with the murder. He
was arrested several months ago, and
since that time has been in the county
jail awaiting bis trial, bail being refused
in his case.
Miller WAS an elderly man, and had
been in the city several years before he
was killed. He was possessed OF consider
able money, and had figured with his
WIFE, nTb. hlllcf, III puhCi knuo Hu-
tempted to be worked ON Mrs. Miller by
a man named Harris and a woman pass-
ing as his wife They got Mrs. Miller
. house, on South Spring street, and
frightened her, as che had been taken to
the room by Harris, go that she gave up
her diamonds, valued at $500. The
property was afterwards recovered.
Mtllar hot1nhf tho (1arltnp aalnnn n
South Spring street. between Second
and Third streets, and took George Miles
in with him on some sort of q partner
ship understanding. He was in the
habit OF getting drunk and sleeping off
his potations on lounge in one of the
four private rooms at the rear OF the
saloon.
On the night of May 16, 1891, he had
gone to the room very drunk, Miles
having taken his money and put it in
the safe before he went,
At about II O'Clock he was discovered
by Woolley, tho billiard keeper, dead.
There were two wounds in the back OF
hie head as he lay on the sofa, and he
had died without struggle. People
had been during the evening in the adj
joining boxes, the billiard tables had
been going and there had been crowd
com ng and going in tho saloon.
The murderer, whoever he was, had
indicted two blows on the old man while
he lay IN a drunken stupor, and he
never knew what hurt him. He then
either escaped by the back way or
mingled at once with the people in the
saloon.
When the police reached the salcors
Miles was behind the bar serving Gus.
toners, and the murder was not gener-
ally known. Afterwards hammer was
found in closet under tho stairway, the
head OF which fit in one of the wounds
on the head of the murdered man. 1t
bore some traces OF blood. Upon this
and some other Suspicious circumst8n-
ces the arrest of George Miles followed,
and he is now to be tried upon the in
dictment.
Mrs. Miller, widow OF the murdered
man, has employed epecial counsel ip
the case, Hon. 7. E. Gibbon, who ia
associated with Assistant District At
torney Dppuy in the prosecution. The
defendant has for COUNSEL W. III. Shfnn
and Calvin Edgerton of this city, and
G. W. Pritchard of Albuquerque.
The empaneling OF the jury occupied
the entire day yesterday, both sides be-
ing very careful in the process of weed
ing out to them Objectionable jurors.
Several of the Jurors who sat upon the
Bentley murder trial were dropped like
hot cakes by the defense. The proeecu-
tion did not exerciee very large num-
her of their challenges. and at 5 O'Clock
the following jury had been selected to
try the case: J. w. Bude. Walter
Scott, Elisha Luke, Albert E. Mcigs,
Lewis E. Boyer, w. F. Lancaster, z.
Frank Gerling, VIM. F. Hall, Solomon
Lipp, A. M. Watson, S. d. Grow and w.
G. Bell.
The court then adjourned ahtil 10
O'Clock this morning when the taking
of testimony will begin.