The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-09
mrs H, MILLER
BOUND OVER
Case Against Her Husband
Was Dismissed.
LITTLE NEW EVIDENCE
Mrs. Miller Placed Under
$4,000 Bond.

AS the result Of the preliminary hearing
of Mr.. and Mrs A II. Miller, who were
charged with the murder of three
months old infant named Charlie, whose
body, it is believed. was found in the
back yard of the Miller home one week
ago today, Miller was dismissed on mo
ton Of the county attorney, and Mrs.
Miller was bound over to appear before
the district court under a bond Of $1,000,
which until late yesterday evening she
had failed to secure. The evidence
brought out in the preliminary yesterday
differed little from that produced at the
coroner's inquest last Friday afternoon.
At the inauest Miller was found by the
coroner's jury to have been an accessory
in the crime, but the same evidence,
when produced yesterday. was not con-
sidered strong enough TO make case
against him.
The leading witness for the state was
Mrs Anna Brennan, who was also the
most valuable witness at the coroner S
inquest She testified to practically the
same things as before. She stated that
Miller was at home on the night that
Charlie disappeared. and that he and
the man whose name she bears took
breakfast at the Miller home the follow
ing morning Mrs. Brennan has spent
the days at the Miller home for some
time and stated yesterday that she knew
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in the back yard since she had been there
one OF which she had seen buried but
sn WHICH she had taken no part AS she
stated last Friday she testified yesterday
that she had fed Charlie on the evening
OF the 18th Of August, then went TO her
home near by and did not return until the
following morning. She stated that when
she returned she noticed at once that
Charlie was missing, and asked Mrs. Mil
Ter where he was, but got no definite
answer, more than that she should wash
his bottle as he would not need it again.
She testified as to the character of the
house conducted by Mrs Miller, all of
which was not beneficial to the defense.
Judge Wall in his cross-exarnination
which followed, did little more than at
tempt to show that the character of the
witness was not the best, and succeeded
10 a certain extent. This was objected %
BY the county attorney, and the objection
was sustained.
DR. p. s. Thomas testified that he had
given child to Mrs. Miller during the
month Of July and that he had given
her $3.50 for procuring it home He
stated that the baby was born at his
sanitarium about June 18th, and he
thought it was about July Is when ne
delivered it into her care. He stated
that it was a male child. and that he
had given it the name of Vera. When
questioned as 20 the health of the child.
he stated that it was not robust child.
neither was it weakly. but was what he
considered an ordinarily healthy child
DR.. J. D. Clark. county physician. tes-
titled as to the condition of the remains
of the child after they had been ex-
humed and placed in the Bleitz under
taking rooms. He had examined them
carefully and stated that il was his opin-
ion that the remains were those Of a
male child. but that decomposition was
so far advanced that it was almost i'm
possible TO make a positive statement.
He said he had been called TO the Miller
house early in the summer To treat a sick
child. but did not say whether or not the
child was Charlie, the one with whose
murder Mrs Miller is charged
Bedford Woods. city detective. who had
charge Of the invest igation. next went on
the stand and told Of the finding OF the
body. lie stated that he went to the
Miller house on Wednesday. and showed
a plat of the yard through the aid Of
which he located the body of the infant.
He stated that after the find he hurried
10 the city to report the result of his
investigation 20 the county attorney and
report the matter TO the coroner.
David German. a member of he police
force, who assisted in digging up the
child, stated that when found it had no
clothing upon it, and that it was covered
with lime and dirt. He stated that the
lime had eaten the flesh and the body
was in a badly decomposed condition. He
also stated that he found the body of
another infant late the following after
noon. much larger than the first hut was
unable 10 state whether it was alive when
born or not
Coroner McCollister testified that he
had visited the place after being notified
Of the find, and had taken charge o..
both bodies and buried them at the ox-
pense Of the county
Detective Stevens. who assisted in the
INVESTIGATION leading mp TO the nndine of
the first CHILD stated that Mrs. miller
was not at home at the time the dis
ooNery was made. but when she returned
later ordered them of the place Il was
from his testimony it was gathered tina;
Mrs Miller stated she had buried the
child in her backyard after she had Wis