The San Francisco call., 1899-01-25
SUISUN MURDER
SUSPECTS LIKELY
TO BE RELEASED
Evidence at the Preliminary Ex-
QDindtiop Not Deemed Suffi-
cient to Hold Them.

hugely enjoy the notor1ety he had sud
denly attained. He was evidently pre-
pared to tell of other conversations, but
Attorney George Lamont pricked the
bubble OF his Importance by forcing him
to admit that the remark quoted was
made while discussing Wilson's flag
rant lmmoralities and the, feeling in the
neighborhood caused by his doings.
sam Riley testified that he was. en-
gagged by William Craig to take the lat
ter's place in the Calender stable at
Vallejo on October 9, 1896. while Craig
went to San Francisco.
AT about $50 in the afternoon" said
Rlley, man came in and wanted a
rig. I hitched up a horse in an open
road wagon and he got in and drove
on. l asked him when he asked for the
rig where he wanted to go, and he said,
To take little drive a"
Have you seen that man since?"
asked District Attorney Devlin. =?
Yes; about two weeks after the
murder. City Marshal, Savage Of Vale
jo, the present Sheriff, came to me and
who hired the rig that night / told
him l could. A few days later L saw
Miller at the Vallejo crossing and
pointed him out to Mr.. Savage"
DO you see the man in, this room?"
Yes; that is the man." replied
Riley indicating Miller.
Are you positive?"
AS positive as a man can be-"
The witness said that Craig returned
at 7:S0 and asked him to stay a while
longer, as he (Craig) wanted to at
tend a blowout" being given that
night by the Neptune Firemen, of
which he was a member. He did so,
and when Craig came back about II
o'clock he decided to stay all night. He
and Craig slept together, and when Mil
Ter came back with the rig at about $50
in the morning Craig unhitched the
horse and put him away. Riley did not
see Miller at that time.
William Craig testified to having
hired Riley to take his place in the
stable for a day and gave uncon-
trovertible reasons for fixing the date
at Friday, October 9. He said that
when Miller brought the rig back Miller
stepped out of the buggy directly in
front of him, but as he had the collar
of his coat turned up and his hat pulled
down over his eyes he could only see a
small portion of the mans features.
The fellow had a scar or scratch on his
right cheek. He was asked if he
could identify Miller as the man.
He looks very much like him" said
Craig but 1 did not see much of his
face and I could not swear to it
which he did, setting it far back on his
head.
Pull it down over your eyes," said
Craig. "Further-now, that's it. Now
hold you hand over your chin so I can
just see your nose and mouth.
Miller complied and the moment ne
did so the witness exclaimed:
Il am almost positive that is the
man."
Craig testified that the horse driven
by the man alleged to have been
Miller on the night of October was
badly used up from. hard driving and
could not be used again for several
days. He had not seen Miller at the
stable on the following Sunday. when
the latter claims to have hired rig
there, although he was there attending
to his duties all day. He was positive
Miller got no rig there on that day.
Mrs. Mary Hayes of Vallejo said she
was awakened between $50 and 6
o'clock on the morning of October 10,
1896, by an explosion. She looked out
of her window and saw through the
open kitchen door of Miller's residence,
which was next door, the flames from
a gasoline stove, which had exploded.
A moment later Miller came out into
the yard, carrying the stove. He wore
a long overcoat at the time. On the
Sunday after the murder she heard
Miller and his wife talking in the yard.
Miller said, addressing his wife:
Il would like to go up to see Addie." "
Mrs. Miller replied: 1T seems to me
you take an awful lot of interest in her.
Let her get out of the trouble the way
she got into it,
On another occasion she heard Miller
tell his wife the officers were watching
him. and he hoped they would not put
his mother in Jail and feed her on bread
and water until she told all she knew. E"
On cross examination the witness tes-
titled that Miller's house and that of
her mother, where he lived, were sep
arated by about twenty-five feet
Ferdinand j. Bendel, who was report
ed to have said that Miller told him he
was obliged to kill Wilson in order to
save the property, was one of those
who fell down when put to the test.
George Hughes testified to q wrangle
between Miller and Mrs. Wilson while
the latter was living on the Wilson
ranch after the murder, in which Mil
Ter accused his sister and niece of hav-
ing caused Wilson's death, and Lily
replied:
IF the truth was known, you are the
one who shot him.
Hughes testimony, however, is no
longer given the Importance it was at
first credited with.
MIS-. Eliza SleendQ WAS CdlleQ Dy the
defense. She and her two daughters
gave testimony supporting the Miller
alibi.
The defense closed with the Shee-
hans. and District Attorney Devlin,
addressing the court, said twenty-f five
witnesses had been examined. and that
while some of the evidence that was
expected to be produced had failed to
materialize, some strong testimony
tending to show the guilt of the prison
ers had been given, - well as testi-
mony in their defense. He wanted time
to fully consider the evidence offered
before making a motion to either com
NIT the defendants or discharge them
and he. therefore, moved that the case
be continued until 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning.
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