The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-04
HL0Be'S MINNIE AP0LiS OFFICE.
~ 90 WASHINGTON Az. SOUTH.

John McGraw SHOT and killed Mrs.
STACY Miller yesterday afternoon in. a
Jealous rage, and then, placing the re-
volver to his throat shot himself.
Mrs. Miller conducted boarding house
at e27s Seventh avenue south, Minneapolis.
McGIaw was a bodrder. AT about Ills
yesterday afternoon, Officer w. A. Martin
saw McGraw walking along Seventh
. street toward the house. He hailed him
and McGraw seemed to be In excellent
spirits, and spoke to the officer as though
no thought Of the subsequent tragedy
had entered his mind. Fifteen minutes
later. the other boarders in the house
were startled by the loud. report of a
revolver. 1t was followed quickly by a
second shot.
The reports came from the front room
on the first floor, and one of the boarders,
rushing to the door. found it closed. He
roughly pushed 1t open. Both bodies
Showed signs OF life but it was the last
movement of agony preceding death. In
a moment life was extinct
Mrs. Milters body was in chair Her
head was hanging over the arm and the
blood and brains were oozing from a
hole in the top of the head. Her right
hand clutched the arm of the chair while
the other covered her heart Sho had
evidently been shot while sitting in the
chair.
"A few feet from the chair was the body
of McCiraw on the floor. His head was
resting. in pool of blood. Near the
right hand laid Il big revolver. There
wereNno evidences of a struggle and the
condition of the furniture showed that
the woman had no chance to offer any
resistance to her slayer. and that he, as
soon as he saw the result of the shot.
without moving from the spot, took his
own life.
From the stories told by those in the
house 1t would appear that the two had
been quarreling somewhat of late. From
statements made it was CLEANED that Nc
Graw was jealous of the woman, and that
he had demonstrated with her before in
regard to some alleged infidelities, and
that when he returned to the house this
afternoon he was in q state of mind which
showed that something had happened. He
was no sooner in the house than he took
the woman into the front room. He clos
ed the door after him, and that was the
>ast heard or seen of them until the re-
ports of the revolver were heard and the
tragedy was disclosed.
Deputy Corner Downey examined the
bodies, took charge of the personal eff
fectS of the deceased, and then had the
bodies removed to the morgue. His ex-
animation disclosed the fact that the
bullet which killed Mrs. Miller had en-
tered the left side of the head just above
the ear and came out on the right SIDE
McGraw had placed the muzzle of the
revolver then to the right side of his
neck and fired. The powder burned the
flesh, while the bullet went in a dag
onal course through his head coming
out of the left side and Embedding itself
= In the ceiling. Both shots. according to
the coroner, were necessarily instantly
fatal.
Mrs. Miller is said to be married but
her husband separated from her about
three years ago.. She was a woman about
thirty years old and had no children.
McGraw was about the same age and Is
we'll known. He was a miller in the
Washburn-Crosby mill. and for the past
three years had boarded in Mrs. Miner's
house. 1t is stated that he he'd been
paying special attention to her.