The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-28
Niece Of the Dead Women Testified That
Many Threats 10 XIII Her Were Made.
MILAN WANTED wlfES PROPERTY.
Said " She Old MOI Give II 10 Him He Would Kill
nsr-Smashsd Up Nsarh All Furniture
With an Axe.

Quincy, Mass. Jan. 2S.-After a sec
ond hearing i'm the municipal court. to-
day, before Judge Humphrey. Mhchael
Milan. charged with having caused the
death OF his wife. who was burned 10
death i'm her home Jan. 6, was held
without bail for the grand jury, which
meets in April next AT Dedham.
The first witness was John Crotty
who. told OF trip to Harrison square.
Boston. ON the day OF Mrs. Milan'a
death. and a VISIT TO "a barroom where
several drinks were taken and where
Milan bought a pint of liquor to take
home.
Williams, a neighbor of Milan, testi-
fed that Milan came into his house at
a:15 O'clock on the night Mrs. Milan
died. He had pint of liquor in quart
bottle. He was intoxicated and witness
saw him home al $50.
John ]. Murphy told of hurrying 10
the Milan house after hearing of the
fire. Milan was outside. Witness asked
him what the matter was. He replied
my poor wife is burned" Witness
went into the house. thinking that he
could relieve the woman, but found her
dead beyond "A doubt.
Miss Matilda Kinnemon, niece OF
Mrs. Milan testified that she had lived
with her aunt for four years previous
to- the middle of last October. Mr. Mi
Ian. she said. at five different times
last summer wanted his wife 10
give him the property which she own
ed On the 24th of July, witness testi-
fed, Mr. Milan said that II she did not
give him the property he would Kill her
and the witness.
.'One day i'm September" continued
Miss Kinnemon. my aunt and had To
lock ourselves In the house all day To
escape from him. l heard him say one
day last summer, She has only an
other year TO live"
Miss kinnemon Also testified that
Milan had taken deeds of the property
owned by his wife from Mrs. Milan'S
trunk and asked her To sign them i'm
his favor, saying that III she did not he
would do away with her. The witness
was questioned by Judge Humphrey
and in reply said that Milan had beat
en- hts wife within six months:that Mi
Alan had an axe and gun I'm the house
sand that on the cath of July the date
previously referred he smashed up
nearly all the furniture in the house
with the axe.
AT this point letter was produced
which Miss Kinnemon admitted she
Trad written 10 the clerk of the court
eriticising him for an alleged remark
made al the previous hearing concern
ing the needlessness of siimmoning 50
many witnesses as " would cost n
large sum TO pay them. The letter con-
cluded by saying that the writer would
use influence 10 have the United States
supreme court interfere in behalf OF
justice.
Assistant Medical Examiner Jones
stated thar il was not probable that
Mrs. Milan could not have made an
outcry after she took fire, though IL
was possible that she could net. Mrs.
Mnguire of Danvers. q sister of the
dead woman. testified that she spent
the night at the Milan house a mum
der of years ago. and that Milan was
drinking all night He threatened her
and her sister with g. gun and as she
stepped outside a door the gun was
discharged.
Chief OF Police Litchheld told of
searching the house after the fire. He
said nc found TWO VI isfey bottles. The
government rested at this point and
then defence submitted no evidence.
Judge Humphrey stated that he nad "A
strong suspicion that The woman did
not come 70 ner death on ner own ac-
count, and that the case should bo fur
,her Investigated. To afford time for
this he ordered the defendant held Tor
the April grand jury.