The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-21

a scene or doing anything that would |
lead to an erroneous impression of my
presence in a young Iady's room. /
then knew | was in Judge Phillips
house, and it was only natural that /
should not want to be found there I'M |
der such circumstances. l entered the |
closet between the front and rear
rooms. But when / found that my
presence there was known, | climbed
over the trapsom into Miss Elinor's
room, with the intention of getting
down the stairs if ] could.
Il soon found that escape that way
was cut off, and, seeing a window open,
/ stepped out onto a rear shed or back
building, thinking that l might be able
to climb down that way. The roof was
too high for that, however, and / stay
ed out there until | was called upon by
the policeman to surrender. / surren-
dered without any question, of course,
seeing that l was mistaken for a bur-
glar. Several times on the way down
stairs and on the way to the patrol
box | sought for an interview with
Judge Phillips or with Mckinney, in
the hope that ] might be able to eX-
plain the situation and perhaps avoid
the publicity that would be unpleas-
ant to all parties concerned"
what did you wear that EVENING""
"a light summer suit and a soft felt
| hat. When / was upstairs and found
that my presence there was discovered,
thought the best thing l could do was
! to disguise myself in order to conceal
my identity, if could. took my shoes
| off and tied them together, pushed up
| the crown of my hat, pulled down the
| brim over my eyes and turned my coat
wrong side out"
| In answer to question from Judge
| Goode, Millilen said that his room in
| the house where he lived was the third
| floor front room, similarly situated to
the one in Judge Phillips house that
| Miss Gertrude occupied.
That's all for this witness" said
| Judge Goode.
ON CROSS-EXAMINATION.
gave Mr.. Milliken a rather unpleasant
quart d'heure. The defendant was
questioned at length as to his personal
habits, and whether it was his custom
to fill up on whiskey punches when
ever he intended to make call on
young lady for whom he professed
such a sincere regard.
Milliken said that it was not, and that
it was an unseemly sort of thing to do
anyhow On that particular day he
must have forgotten the engagement
he had made to call on Miss Phillips.
Now how many drinks did you
really take?"
"a good many"
"Were you drunk?"
Il must have been pretty drunk
Did you stagger?"
~ can't say that / was staggering"
Now, when did you recall the en-
gagement you had made to call on Miss
Gertrude?"
Il suppose when / got back to my
room that afternoon"
'tAnd knowing that you were under
the influence of liquor and that you
were going to call on a young lady
you thought the proper thing to do was
to drink some more whiskey?"
Milliken evidently thought that no
answer was needed TO that question.
Further, he said that on several occa-
sions he had gone to see Miss Phillips
after he had taken drink or two. She
always objected to it, and he made it
a rule afterward never to drink before
going to see her.
In answer to questions from the Dis
trict Attorney, Mr. Milliken said when
| he entered Miss Phillips room it was
dark, and the first thing he did was to
| look around for match. He must
| have been in the room two or three
minutes before he awakened the young
lady by stumbling against the bed.
Were you drunk when you were
! arrested?
No, sir; ] had gone through
enough by that time to sober any man."
In response to Mr.. Birney's questions
he described his arrest and subsequent
| interview that he had with Assistant
District Attorney Mullowney, who let
him go after hearing his side of the
case. Milliken denied that when he
left the city, it was for the purpose of
avoiding prosecution, but simply in
response to demand from his brother
that he should go away for awhile in
the hope that the whole affair might
soon blow over.
Judge Phillips was recalled and
questioned in rebuttal with view to
showing that he had never said or done
anything that would lead the Millikens
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