The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-07
She Had Been OespODdent for Some Time and in
 Bad Health CORONER RENDERS
 4 VERDICT QUICKLY
Says She Killed Infant Son and Her. self-she Was Wife of Policeman A. B. McMiIIan and a
 Fine Woman.

Mrs Susie McMillan, wife of Policeman A. B. McMillan, gave her S-months-old baby large dose of carbolic acid and then committed suicide by shooting her. self twice In the breast yesterday after noon. She was found lying dead on the floor in her room about o'clock by her husband when he reached home to get his supper. The doors were locked and he was forced to break one open to gain entrance. The baby was lying dead on the bed with his face terribly burned by the acid.
 Mrs. McMillan was burned by powder from the pistol with which she shot her self. The tragedy occurred at the resi- dence 2612 Thompkins avenue. When the bodies of Mrs. McMillan and the baby were discovered they were still warm, and death had evidently come only short time before.
 Mrs. McMillan's clothing was still burning when she was found, and the floor was slightly scorched where she was lying. pr. J. M. Naff, who lives nearby. was summoned and made an in- vestigation. He states that death had ensued about forty-five minutes before he arrived.
 Coroner Summoned.
 Coroner Paris was summoned and after hearing the testimony of several persons who were among the friends of Mrs. Me- Milan, and who were among the first to go into the room, he rendered his decision that it was infanticide followed a, 1,ia ba pistol containing five shells and all bear ing evidence of being freshly fired. He also has the almost empty carbolic acid bottle, which was found on the shelf of the closet in the room where the double tragedt occurred The bottle will hold about two ounces of acid, and there was about a teaspoonful remaining in 1t. It was bought from a drug store on First avenue.
 The remains of the mother and child were carried to the undertaking estab- lishment of Lige Loy, and will be sent this morning to Columbus, Ga, where Mrs. McMillans mother and father live. They will probably be accompanied by detachment from the police force.
 Mrs. McMillan was Miss Susie Cotton of Columbus, and was 26 years old. She was married to Policeman McMillan seven years ago and three children were born to them. The first was boy, who is now about years old, and the others were twins, 8 boy and girl. They were born on August 19 last. Last fali the baby girl died
 Account of the Tragedy.
 The best account of the tragedy ob- tainable is that Policeman McMillan went home to supper about o'clock, the usual hour. When he went into the house he found the door to his wife's room,' which is just to the right of the front door, locked. He went around and told another door leading into the room, and found this locked also. He then. went to the door leading from his wife's room into the front hall and burst that in. There he saw his wife lying dead on the floor with her head within few inches of the door. Fire was still smouldering around the upper part of her body. Lying on the bed was the baby with it's face and mouth burned by the acid.
 Policeman McMillan ran onto the front porch and called to Mrs. Alice Smith, who lives next door. and asked her for Gods sake to come quickly She ran to the house and went into the room with the policeman.
 The two at once commenced tearing the clothing from the upper portion of Mrs. McMillan's body and extinguishing the fire. She then went to the baby and coy- cred 1t with a blanket. While she ran to call in other neighbors MT. McMillan picked his wife up and laid her on the other bed In the room. He seemed then to become prostrated with grief and sobbed for long time.
 telephone message was sent to po- lice headquarters and Policeman Eagan, Sergeant Chambers and Tom Shirley, for merly a detective on the force, went to the house. As Sergeant Chambers en- tered the house Policeman McMillan handed him the pistol used by his wife and asked him to examine it and see fl it had been discharged.
 Dr. Naff, Mrs. Smith, Sergeant Cham.