The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-20
is AN OUTLAW FEUD
TERRIBLE WORK IN THE EASTERN
PART OF OKLAHOMA.

ucElroy and Miller Gangs are at Logger
heads and are Trying to Wipe Each
Other Out-Roth Gangs are Bad and
Stop at Nothing-MiIIer and His Wife
and Child are Killed in Cold Blood
Result of the Investigation into the
Crime-No Clue to the Perpetrators is
Found.
Guthrie, o. T, Oct. 19.-(Special)-
Particulars of the last crime in the Mil
ier-McElroy feud have reached here.
This crime was the murder of D. A.
Miller, his wife and child, as related in
fhe Eagle. a day or two ago. D. A.
Miller is brother Of Bruce Miller who
was killed several months ago in ingalls,
For several years there have been
two strong parties in the Northwestern
portion OF the Creek country, known
rs the Miller and McElroy factions or
gangs"
It was openly declared that the Miller
gang was composed of outlaws of the
worst character and from all accounts
the McElroy crowd is very little better.
A number of the Miller gang have been
killed and now George McElroy, DR..
Bland and two or three others stand
convicted OF the murder Of Dutch John,
member Of the Miller gang, over
year ago.
The Saltwater Gazette gives the fol-
lowing in regard TO the investigation of
the last murder:
Whether the McElroy following had
any hand in this last murder was are
unable to say, as the parties who COM
mitted the deed have so far completely
covered their tracks and will probably
never be brought to justice. Below we
give report of the coroner's inquest
as reported to the clark Of the district
court:
Territory Of Oklahoma,
Payne County.
l, Harry Jones, justice of the peace
Of Eagle township, hereby testify that
on the night of the 18th inst, 1 was call
ed to the house of one D. A Miller in
this township, that there had been a
part of the family murdered. l pro-
ceeded tothe scene Of the murder, being
the first person on the ground after the
murder was perpetrated and found the
bodies lying in pools Of blood and one
boy about Is or Is years old, and two
children lying between the two dead
f-odles. Their names, Ben, Charlie and
Bessie Miller, They stated to me as fol-
lows: About o'clock 1 heard the dogs
( bark and l went out into the yard but
could see nothing. / came in at the
back door when the shooting commenc-
ed at the front door, Ny father was
sick on the bed and he jumped from
the bed and said: What Is it and fell
10 the floor from gunshot wound and
died. My brother running across the
hoor was fired at twice and fell bleed
ing and died ten minutes to in great
agony. / then went to the dugout and
found my mother murdered from a gun
shot wound" 1 stayed at the premises
until 2:30 o'clock on the morning of the
18th inst. l sent for two of the neigh
bors TO stay with the children while
went back home to get the code and
my breakfast. About s o'clock 1 re-
turned and commenced preparing for
an inquest which is as follows:
After impaneling jury, the following
witness, after being duly sworn, testi-
ned as follows as copied from the re-
port Of the inquest to the clerk: V. D.
Miller states: II was lying on the bed
about o'clock when the dogs began to
bark. First Ben went out of the door
TO see what it was and he came in at
the back door. He had just gotten in
when the shooting commenced. The
first shot that was fired was the one
which killed Willie, my brother, then
ne jumped from the bed and ran across
the room. Then two more shots were
fired at him. Then there were four
shots fired at once; two at pa and two
at Willie, and then pa got up and start
ed across the room and then fell down
Then my brother got the shot gun and
] motioned to him TO shut the door. 1
then got the pistol and went out could
not see anything of any one outside"
p. B. Miller, another brother, testi-
fed to practically the same story
w. Fisher testified that about D. m.
he heard five shots in rapid succession
N q diIaPtinr1 IF
w. Chambers testified that be lived
about mile southwest OF the Miller res
idence and that when he went out to
milk he heard four or five shots in that
direction.
c. w. Ramsey said that at about z
O'Clock on the night previous he heard
four or five shots. in the direction of
Miller's house. He did not know what
ut meant until about o'clock when MIL
1er's boy come down and told him what
had happened. He immedia tely made
an examination Of the ground and
found some empty shells which showed
that the killing was done with a 1914
Winchester.
VERDICT OF JURY.
Territory of Oklahoma,
Payne County. SIS.
inquisition held at the residence of ID. |
A Miller in Payne county, o. T, on the
18th day Of October. 1895. before me.
Harry Jones. justice of the peace of
said county. on the bodies of D. A. Mil
Ter, Mrs. Mary Miller and Willie Miller.
their bodies lying dead by the jurors .
whose names are hereunto subscribed: /
We find that D. A. Miller's death was
caused by bullet entering the right
side of the back, al about the left lung,
coming out above the heart. and find
that Willie Miller met his death by a
wound through the left thigh,
ranging through the body and one gun
shot wound entering the hip and rang
ing up through the bowels, and find
that Mrs. Mary Miller met her death
by gun-shot wound entering at her
left breast. We the jurors now find
that the shooting was done by parties
to this body. Signed
FRED FARRAR l. BOUND OVER
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