The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-18
THEIR CHILD SAW 1T
John MllIsr's Four-Year-OId Boy W.T.
messed tho Murder OF His Mother.
A MURDERER, THIEF AND JAlL.BlRp.
The Police spend tho Dny sn Fol.
lowing Clues and There IL Pros.
poet of Capturing tae Murderer
"A Diagram or the Premises
Startling Discoveries.

At least one person saw John Miller
murder his wife and put her body in the
closet in the back room Al his home. No.
209 Cumberland street. and II he Is cap
tured. as he probably will be. the evil
dence OF this one person will send him
20 the gallows. The witness OF the aw-
full crime yesterday told Chief of Police
King all he knew of the affair. While
his statement was brief. ii will satisfy
anyone that Miller is really the muir
derer The witness referred to is the
4-year-old child OF the man and woman.
Chief King had the little fellow in his
office yesterday afternoon and this Is
the conversation between the two:
Where is your mammal" asked the
Chief
The child. in his innocent way. prompt.
ly answered MANS in the closet"
Who put her shere?" asked the Chief.
Jack"
This one word was spoken by the little
teiiow. but IT was word which will pos
sioly make him fatherless for the child
has always called his father Jack
Chief King then asked what was the
matter with his mother and the boy
said:
Jack knocked mann down"
This was all the boy would say.
THE AUTOPSY.
Coroner Newton held an autopsy on
the remains yesterday. assisted by Coro-
80, mai .eiS anu Dr. l.. Is. Anderson.
me skull was found literally crushed
big hole being stove in the nasal and
frontal bones. in which the blunt end
Oh the monkey-wrench fitted 1t was
the monkey-wrench with which the
fatal blow was administered.
Inc murder Is now known to have
oeen committed on the top OF the stair
way and the body dragged through the
PACK room to the closet. where 1t was
round Tuesday night by Sergeant Tay-
lor. When this closet was opened yes
terday 1t was found that decomposition
nau SCI IN and the doctors and jury I'M d
hard time of 1t in handling the ie-
mains
The face OF the dead woman present
ed a horrible appearance, being unrec.
ognizio!e, cut and battered out of all
shape. The brain was oozing from one
OF more or the wounds.
The two rooms occupied by the co,n,a
were filthy In the extreme. and the blood
Spots about the walls and floor pre-
senteu ghastly scene. On the wall n =
me head OF the stairway were MANY
olood spots, and 1t was these spots which
!eo the police to believe that 1t was here
the murder was committed. Besides
ms smls mere Is trail OF blood leading
from this stairway to the closet which
the murderer had made an effort n
wash up. ~
STARTLING DISCOVERIES.
Chief King and Sergeant TAYLOR who
nave been working hard on the case.
mace several startling discoveries yes
terday. They obtained evidence that
Miller was not only n murderer. but was
also thief, and is perhaps responsible
Tor several OF the robberies which have
oeen committed in Norfolk. He had his
trunks PACKED ready for removal as
soon as opportunity presented itself. and
IL was learned yesterday that he was
even seen In the peighborhood as late
as tuesday night. only III, short while
oeIore the discovery of the murder.
In the trunks which he had packed for
removal were new dry goods and chill
dren's underwear with the tags attach
ed. showing that they had not been
used.
II was also discovered that Miller ha d
served at least two terms in jail-one for
stealing hog at West Point and one for
nssaultlng man. For the former Of
tense he served four months.
On bureau the front room was
FOUND partly filled box of cartridges of
SS-ca libre. and It is thought that before
leaving the house he loaded his revolver
anu put IL i'll his pocket
DIAGRAM OF THE PREMISES
The following diagram OF the second
floor on which the murder occurred will
snow the means empoyed by the MUIR
derer In disposing of the body: