The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-12
PROF. MILLER CONFESSES.
Music Teacher Acknowledge Muir
der of Miss Jennett at Detroit.

der of Miss Jennett at Detroit.
Detroit, Mich, April 11.-After TWEEN
ty-four hours spent in the Grand River
avenue police station, Prof. Joseph Nj.
Miller broke down to-day and confess
ed that he murdered Miss Carrie NJ.
Jennett one of his former pupils, last
Wednesday night, with the small
Ratchet which was found in his kitch-
en- last night with blood stains upon it.
This afternoon warrant was issued
for him in the police court and he was
arraigned there at o'clock. He waived
an examination and was committed to
Jail without bail. Tomorrow he will be
brought into the recorders court and
asked to plead guilty. If he does 50.
the self-confessed murderer will be on
his way to the Jackson penitentiary by
Saturday noon to spend the rest of his
life
Miller admitted that there had been
Illicit relations between Miss Jennett
and himself for the past two years
and said 1t was the result of these
relations that led him to kill her She
refused to go to a lying hospital as
he wished her to, and Wednesday
night they met to discuss her trouble
and decide on some action. Miller
says that Wednesday afternoon he de-
cided to kill her if she refused to do
as he wished and he therefore carried
a small hatchet with him to their rem
devious.
They met and walked out Thirteenth
street, talking it over, and finally sat
down on the sidewalk. Miss Jennett
renewed her demands that Miller
leave the city with her. He says he
told her ii was impossible but she
still insisted
by that time I was pretty near
crazy" he said. 1.-The impulse seized
me and while she was still talking,
reached into my overcoat pocket, drew
out the Ratchet and struck her.
Miller Tells of His Crime.
Describing what passed between
them as they sat on the sidewalk in
the lonely spot on Thirteenth street
Miller said:
"She wanted me to go out of town
with her and leave my family. She
was stubborn-she would not agree to
anything reasonable. She said she
would consent to but one thing, and
that was that l go away with her
BY this time l was pretty near crazy.
The impulse seized me, and while she
was still talking I reached into my
overcoat pocket drew out the Ratchet
anu STRUCK ner.
How many times did you strike
herr" he was asked.
Il don't know" answered the pris-
oner.
When did you make up your mind
to kill the girl?"
Last Wednesday afternoon he an
swered. Il was thinking of what
could be done, and of my being mar
ried and with a family when my eve
fell on Ratchet up at the house. 1t
seemed to tell the way out of the trou-
BILE, and the idea of killing the girl
swept over me with irresistible force
then"
Il felt that l had to do something "
ne went on in a lower tone. II felt
that had to get rid Of her. She was
infatuated with me, crazy after me
and continually chasing me. If / gave
concert anywhere she was sure to be
in the neighborhood. :"
1t was impossible to induce him to
go into details of the butchery. He
tod OF putting the Ratchet back In
ms pocket, of seeing his victim
stretched upon the sidewalk in her life
blood and then of his walking home
by the most direct route
Had Pleasant Time Afterwards.
Reaching home, he said he threw the
hatchet on the ground in the woodshed
that he then went in the back door of
the Kitchen, washed the blood off his
hands, and then, going into the dining
room, greeted his wife and Mrs. Shoe
maker. a visitor, for whom he made
tea and prepared a lunch the three
atterWard eating and joking together.