The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-26
DID He POISON HIS wIFEi
a HoRRnhSTA sAIOoE EEEPER &C
CUsED OF MURDER BT mrs sos.


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Mrs. George Miller. 40 years old, died sud-
denly at her home o48 German place on
SATURDAY. morning. The facts disclosed By the
autopsy. which was performed yesterday By
Deputy Coroner Weston. and the story told By
the woman before she died. seem to indicate
that she was poisoned. On the complaint OF
her son John OF OS3 Elton avenue the police
have arrested the voman's husband on
suspicion OF having been concerned in
her death. Tho prisoner was rema nded by
Justice Feitner in the Morrisanis Police Court
yesterday to await the action OF Coroner
Dobba
Miller keeps q saloon at 84S German place.
1t appears that for a long timc there have
been rumors that he was trying to get rid Of
his wife. About year ago Mrs. Miller was
taken to the Harlem Hospital apparently
suffering from the effects Of poison. Miller
would have been arrested then had not his
wife refused to enter a complaint against him.
John Miller. the son. said that his father had
been in the habit Of ill-usinR the woman and
that hc had take two o. the younger children
to live with him in Elton avenue on account Of
their parents tad habits. lie added that in
the latter part q les,2 his father put rouRh-on-
discovered It In time to escape the danger.
Sihre then It IL reported that the saloon
keeper has threatened several times to kill his
On Friday. night the Millers had a violent
quarrel. during which. II Is said Miller struck
morning Mira Catherine Vol. who lives in the
house adjoining the Millers. heard some one
tho bedroom door CrOaning. When MrS. Wolf
asked her what was the matter she replied:
me drink Of whlssey I'm GOING 70 ale sa he
Mrs. Volt assisted by colored woman who
bed. and a messenger was sent Tor a doctor
DR.. MCGUIRE OF 737 Fast I45th street respond
critical, but was unable to say definitely
whether she had taken poison or not. Miller
ss %!ss T Would
worse and died shortly after O'clock on Sat.
suspicious thnt Dr. McGulre notified the po-
lice. who 10 turn notified the Coroner.
then made he notified Dr. Weston to perform
fduna HS to az 81 feos DC
sive poisoning in the woman's stomach. A
chemical analysis will be made to decide the
When .Ir.isned in the MoEri.anis Police
Court Court yes'erday morning. Miller I,5, refused to
eaid that on Saturday morning she found MIRA
Miller eroaning in her room. The latter told
her that she was very sick. but nothing about
having been poisoned. she aaid that she
had heard the Millers quarrelling on FRI
may man night s bout sSad n ta'y unds ss
was said. Early on Saturday morning
q policeman saw Mrs. Miller standing on the
doorstep. clad only in her night dress. Miller
was on the sidewalk in his shirt sleeves but
when the policeman asked them what was
the m after they both went into the house.
John Miller said that n colored girl who lived
at tl+s came to his house on Saturday. She
said that his mother was very sick. when he
reached the house he found that his mother
wns dying Then he suspected that Miller had
poisoned her. as he had att m pied to do a year
before. The Millers have i've children. all Of
whom live away from home.