The age-herald., 1901-06-29
FRANK MILLER EXPIATES HIS
 CRIME UPON THE GALLONS AND
 DIES PROTESTING INNOCENCE

- - - - - - - = - - - - - - - - - was the time. When told he said he had until Il o'clock and asked for the very last minute possible.
 Prayer was recited for the second time by Father O'Reilly. Miller listened. but Sheriff Burgin walked up the steps and bade him goodbye. A brother of the mur- dered officer Adams also shook hands with him.
 Miller asked for more water. When it was given him he said goodbye to County Physician Heacock, after which another prayer was read by the priest, Miller re- beating the words:
 "Oh, God, I ask pardon and forgiven ness for all my sins"
 All the time Miller was moving and edg- ing from the trap door with dread of the passing time. He was fast losing the strength gained by some medicine admin istered during the illness of the morning Signs of weakness were evident in his ev- cry movement and in the shuffling of his feet.
 When the prayer had been read the feet of the condemned man were tied he mak- ing several listless motions as 1T to resist Then the moose was adjusted. As the rope was drawn tight he peevishly asked that his collar be removed, which was done by Father O'Reilly Then he said he wanted to kneel and pray, but the priest told him to pray standing.
 The moose was now adjusted and the black cap put over his head Yet he made restless movements to get himself from over the trap. And as the sheriff asked the priest to watch and move from the trap door, Miller made one other effort to move backward. Again the sheriff called out that he was ready. As he did so the muscles in the prisoners legs al- most gave way, and he started forward as if falling. At that moment the trap trigger was pulled.
 Down shot the limp body and it hung without a single muscle movement other than the slight turning due to the twists of the hemp.
 Within fourteen minutes he was pro- nounced dead by Physicians Heacock Wheelan and Jones. In five more minu- tes he was cut down and his body removed to the undertaking establishment of Gaudin & Loy. where during the entire afternoon an immense crowd thronged to view it.
 The Last Few Hours.
 Miller went to the gallows with beard of several weeks. growth on his face, but with a new suit of clothing and a black tie. He refused up to the last hour to be shaved, although he did have bath. During the morning hours he was very weak nervous, and sick. County Physi- clan Heacock was called to the cell and administered some medicine that had the effect of settling the nerves, placing the stomach in condition, and strengthening him.
 He failed to eat any of his breakfast, and lay with his eyes closed while the death warrant was read to him. He at first refused to listen to the reading of the warrant, but was told that 1t was necessary that it be read to him. While this was being done Father O'Reilly and Father Muerer were with him. They re- mained with him until the last.
 Attorney Leatherwood of Birmingham and Hon. Sidney j. Bowie called upon him during. the morning, and to them he made statements regarding Duncan. He thanked the jailers for their treatment and gave MT. Thompson a silver.mounted rabbit foot.
 The execution was witnessed by about two hundred persons in the jail yard and almost an equal number from the court house windows. A few men and boys climbed poles and the walls but were not allowed to retain their positions. A few women were in the court house. but none in the jail yard.
 Outside. for two blocks distance on either side, a crowd pushed and moved making efforts to view the body as 1t was brought out from the yard or to ask some one about the hanging. For hours this crowd stood around the yard and talked of the execution.