The Green Forest tribune., 1900-09-06
KILLING AT HARRISON.
Charles G. Miller Bruta11y Mur-
 dered by John Blair.

The Harrison Times of last Saturday gives the following re- port of the murder which took place in that town on Wednesday night of last week:
 "One of the most shocking trag- edies in the history of Harrison was enacted on Wednesday night at the Thurston Hotel, when John Blair entered the sleeping apart ment of Chas. Miller, for mer manager of the Park Hotel, and emptied a 45 calibre Colts revol- yer at him, shooting him with four of the bullets, one of which passed through his heart. Miller died instantly. Blair went at once to the Turf Saloon, and re- marked with an oath as he threw the empty cartridges from his pistol, that "Miller hit me over the head with chair and 1 killed him; and there are others who may get the same dose if they don't look out. He then went to his home, north of the square, near which place Marshall Free ling arrested him shortly after.
 Blair is originally from the Panhandle country of Texas, and has been in Harrison but a short time; his brother Attorney R. F. Blair, located here about a year ago, coming from San Antonio. He has been in St. Louis for a month or more, but has been tel egraphed for, and is expected home to-day.
 The cause generally assigned for the crime is that Miller made severe remarks concerning Blair in connection with a recent as- sault by him upon preacher who was escorting the wife of his bro- ther home from church.
 MT. Thurston, the proprietor of the Hotel at which the deed was committed, states that shortly after 9 o'clock John Bliar entered the office and inquired for Chas. Miller; being told that he had probably retired, he asked to be shown to his room up stairs, which MT. Thurston proceeded to do at once. The door of the room was pointed out to Blair, who knocked in quiet manner, and MT. Tnurston returned to the office; but he had scarcely reached the room below when six shots in quick succession were heard, and he rushed back to learn the trouble. Near the door of Miller's room he encountered Blair who, with smoking pistol ordered him to get out of his way, and at the point of the pistol, marched him down stairs to the office again. Here Blair stuck his pistol in his pocket, and, be- fore the crowd could overcome it's surprise, walked off toward the square.
 Messrs. Pierson, Cave and other boarders of the house went to the room at once, and as soon as the smoke could be dispersed sufficiently to see anything, found MT. Miller on the floor in his under clothes, dead; his cloth ing in places being on fire from the blaze of the weapon which killed him.
 The authorities were notified promptly, and while the M arshal and possee went in search of Blair, coroner's jury was sum- mond by Esq. Cotton and the body and surroundings carefully inspected. Nine bullet holes were found,-it being evident that four of the six shots struck Miller, one shot passing through his heart. While another went through both arms and his body, at the back. Two ugly gashes in the back of his head justified the conclusion that he had not only been shot after he fell, but had also been struck, most likely with Blair's pistol. Three of the balls passing through the wall near the floor likewise strengthen tbiS th haorxy