The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-17
MILLER GROWING
VERY LOQUAC|OUS
Alleged Murderer En-
traps Himself.
He BOASTS TO AN OFFICER
COULD TELL MUCH CONCERNING
WILSON'S DEATH.
Life in Prison Breaks the Spirit Of
the Two Women Accused of
Completely in the
Crime.
He BOASTS TO AN OFFICER
COULD TELL MUCH CONCERNING
WILSON'S DEATH.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Special DlSp6tch TO The Call.
SUIsUN, Jan. 16-The three prisoners
IN the Solano County Jail accused of the
murder of "Squeaky" Wilson are get
ting anxious TO be brought to trial. They
profess TO believe that they will be dis
charged at the preliminary examination,
put they are likely to be treated to a dis
agreeable surprise. Miller to-day prac-
ucaIly admitted that he knew more about
the case than he cared to tell. and in his
eIIort TO throw the officers off the track
ne supplied new and important link in
tie chaln or evidence against him. The
uAcoutn sWltchman Is naturally laxative,
ana nothing pleases him better than to
pour his story into the ears of any one
VINO Will listen. His confidence in his
acuteness is yet liable to prove the means
u Itts uhoolng. Miller has taken a fancy
10 Under Sheriff Robinson, probably be-
cause the latter has spent hours at
tline IN cell listening to his protestations
OF innocence While refraining from in
puISlhg IN comments on the question of
MS MS gullt. The first fruits of the officers
SlloLts 10 gain the confidence Of the al
INeg9o murderer We're born last night when
I1MlIler informed the Under Sheriff that
detectives"
They can't connect with me in this
case, said he. with a cunning grin. II
nave got my story down pat and l am
sfory now that | told the day after the
OLD man was killed. and they can't trap
me INTO contradicting myself"
but Miller dld make a mistake almost
IN the next breath. He started to re-
hearse the story of his movements lust
previous to and following the fatal 9Th
Oh october, and was going over the his
tory or his return to the McEwen ranch
few days after the assassination Of
wilson. Referring to the double-barreI
ImIl Il.az shotgun owned by Nc
1 Ewen, winch the officers believe is the
said: 'Ni-ieo' i1e
That gun had not been used for a long
tlfle, tor when went to clean it a couple
81 udys after Squeaky' was killed I
t tfuIt one OF the, cap tubes plugged up
b bignt' = and it took me over an hour to
The significance of this statement is an
parent when 1t is considered that Lucy
owens, Wilson's housekeeper. sWears
that she heard the click of a gun a mo-
drink OF water. followed by Wilson. who
was doomed to fall by an assassin's bull
let lew seconds later. At the time Mrs.
ovens says she heard the click Wilson
was sitting at a table making up his ac-
counts and could have been shot through
the open window from the position in
winch 1t Is now known the murderer
stood at the corner of the house 1t is
believed that his slayers first attempt
TO XIII him was fooled by the failure of
the cap to explode, and Millers state
bears out this theory.
Miller's object in making the statement
was undoubtedly for the purpose of con-
vincing the officers that the gun was out
of order and could not have been used to
put "Squeaky'' Wilson out of the way.
If he had that idea in his head he over
reached himself, and his statement taken
in connection with the testimony of Lucy
owens will prove a strong card for the
prosecution.
All night long Mrs Dickinson neryouslv
floor 70
sleep and haunted by the fear that her
confinement might be heightened into an
indefinite period because of her alleged
evolved the death of "Squeaky" Wilson.
While she still protests her innocence of
all connection with the crime she breads
the prospect OF trial, for she fears that
even should she escape conviction in the
end 1t may be long time before the YER
dict Gi,i OF a aGd tta is , pronounced
plainly the effects of confinement, but
the latter is slowly but surely breaking
down under the strain. OF the three Mil
Ter alone retains his appetite for food. His
mother and sister can neither eat nor
sleep, and bleared eyes and shaky nerves
are the inevitable result. The younger
woman is rapidly losing her air Of stolid
sullen Indifference, but the defiant air of
the mother deserted her at the threshold
of the jail. and she has never been able
surance and bravado for which she had
been noted and which had made her
feared and hated through this section
This morning her breakfast consisted of
a piece of dry toast, and a glass of water
constituted her lunch. She tried to eat
something little more substantial for
dinner, but the attempt was a failure.
Attorney George Lamont visited Mrs
Dickinson in her cell this afternoon in re-
response to her request, and while he
would make no definite promise he prob
ably will undertake her defense.
Only once during the day did the old
woman show trace of the old defiant
spirit, and that was when discussing Hez
McEwen's act in putting up s135 in the
hands of Mr.. Lamont for her use. Nc
Even said the money was in settlement
of her claim against him for her services
as housekeeper at the ranch. Mrs. Dick
inson declares that he owed her more than
$500, and that she proposed to sue him
for the balance due her The action of
the authorities in barring all visitors from
the Jail is still in force, and the attaches
of the Sheriff's office believe it will be pro-
ductive of good results If persisted in
The prisoners have obtained certain de-
gree of comfort in talking about the case
to all who would lend an attentive ear,
and they do not take kindly to the new
rule. They have not been told the reason
for excluding visitors, and they are in
clined to worry over the import.