Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-07-12
They Killed the Babe.

Under the above head The Evening
Wisconsin of last Saturday prints a
highly sensational story duplicating a
newly-married couple OF the town Of
Sullivan, this county, from which we
reproduce the following:
Seaman B. Mill and his wife, Eva,
who live in Jefferson county, near the
postotfce of Oak Hill, are under arrest
at the central police station on charge
of having murdered the babe which was
found on the Lake shore last Wednes-
day morning. The prisoners have con-
fessed. The story that they tell is a
most remarkable one and includes
some sensational details.
The couple are children of farmers
who have lived in Sullivan township,
Jefferson county, for many years. The
two farms are only about mile and
a halfapart and Seaman B. Mill and
Eva Rowe, which was the woman's
maiden name, grew up together. Lat
er it became current gossip that Sea-
man and Eva would be married But
they lad their spats like other lovers
and Eva became fascinated with an
other man
Last February an estrangement oc-
CURED between Eva and her friend.
Then she began to 90 with Seaman
Mill few months later and the gossips
whispered that the couple had made
up and that it would be match after
all. To Chief Jansen this morning
the couple admitted that soon after
this they became unduly intimate. and,
according to the story they told the
Chief, Eva went to Mill a few weeks
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for him to marry her. He readily
agreed to this and it was arranged
that they should 90 to Palmyra last
Monday, get married, and then come
to Milwaukee to spend the Fourth Of
July.
The programme was carried out, the
couple reaching here early Tuesday
morning They registered at a Grand
avenue hotel and spent part of the
morning walking about the city. Short
ly before noon Mrs. Mill complained
Of being Ill. The husband, anxious for
the comfort of his bride, FASTENED for
a physician. He brought back DR..
Dodge. The doctor diagnosed the case
and said that the woman would soon
become a mother. The woman pro-
tested that such thing was impossible
and the husband was dumbfounded.
Nevertheless, the doctors prediction
was verified. Mill claimed he had
been duped, Mrs. Mill finally broke
down and confessed that her husband
was not the father of the babe which
lay by her side. Mills first i'm mpulse was
to abandon the woman, but her tears
and his sympathy for her condition
finally induced him to reconsider his
threat.
Then, they began to talk the matter
over. Mill claims that it was his wife
who suggested that they might get rid
Of the child and 60 back to their home
as though nothing had happened. The
woman does not deny this.
When the attendants returned Mrs.
Mill sti rtled them with the announce
mentf st she was going to return home
that - t. They said it was impossi-
bic, but sitter supper she started for
the depot. Strange to say, she was
suggestion that they ride on the cleo
couple turned down Wisconsin street
toward the depot and that was the last
the hotel people saw of them.
This morning the prisoners were
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spector Riemer After short time
they broke down and told the story
which has been related above. They
said they staid around the Northwest
ern depot until it became dark and
then walked up the government break
water. MIS-. Mill carried the child un-
der her cloak. When the government
pier was reached she threw it out.
Mill was standing by her side at the
time. They retraced their steps to the
depot and took train for Oak Hill.
The woman gave Chief Jansen the
name of the man whom she claims was
the father of the child. Mill is about
20 years old and has always lived on
the farm. His wife is comely lass of
about p years. Both families stand
high in the neighborhood in which
they live.
Tuesday morning Mill and his wife
were held for trial in $4,000 bonds on
charge of brutal murder, in accordance
with the finding Of the coroner's jury
which investigated the death of the
babe.
DR.. PRICES BAKING POWDER.