The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-12
NLLER'S FAXED CONFESSION.
SYNDICATE MAN SAYS AMMON
PREPARED 1T FOR HIN.
Fixed Up In Sing Sing and Turned over
to the "Herald"-Aiso Says Ammon
Got SIS 900 In Bonds Frsn Him-Man
VINO Took Miller TO Canada Found

Fixed Up In Sing sing ana To5neo ONe5
to the "Herald'-Aiso Says Ammon
Got SIS 900 in Bonds Frsn, Him-Man
VINO Took Miller TO Canada Found
William F. Miller said yesterday on the wit
ness stand before Judge Newburger, In the
Court OF General Sessions, that In the spring
of 1901 while he was in Sing Sing. he directed
saat SSs 100 in Government and New York
Central bonds. which have not figured In
his usso before, be turned over to Col. Bob
Amnon, his counsel. who is on trial on .
charge OF receiving the Franklin Syr dictate Q
stolen money He said that Amn,on subso-
a,lently acknowledged receiving the bonds.
Miller bought the bonds in 1899 through
N. w. Harris 4 Co., 350.Oo worth Of Gov
eminent bonds and $4,000 worth Of New
York Central bonds. Miller said that he
gave the bonds into the keeping Of friend
on the day that he turned over to Ammon
all OF his other money $lso,5Oo. He didn't
explain where the other 5000 in bonds
went.
Lawyer Arthur c. Palmer, counsel for
Ammon, who cross e xamned Miller, pro-
duced a copy of the Herald issued on q
Sunday in April containing moro than
page OF what purported 70 be confeesa on
In Sing Sing by Miller, in which Miller
threw the blame Of all the Franklin syn.
did H NO, u say word vol derosa.ory to 4mmon.
Miller said that the 'confes sion was
propared sby. Ammon. who visited him In
Company with Herald reporter ard told
him about it, Miller said he was too SICK
that the Sconfession' would do him 60 cd
with the public, and Miller replied that he
would stand for anything that Ammon
wanted him to.
the confession that Miller said were not
true He said that he had no scruples
about lying to a newspaper, anyway, but
felt different about lying under oath. He
acknowledged that he had done so In other
proceedings than Ammons trial and SAID
that it was done at Ammon's direction. No
maintained that he is more careful to tel
the truth at present because he considers
the oath he Is under now to be more serious
than the ono under which he committed
perjury at Ammon's instigation. because
IN that case he was lying about properly.
and in the present case mans liberty y
at stake.
He said that one motive for his telling
the truth at the present time is that he hopes
for liberty. He said that he had agreed
to help him a. much as he could.
Miller said that he was educated IN the
public schools. attended Sunday school
at the Tompkins Avenue Congregational
Church Tor ye0T8 ana WAS q m0nDST WBSu
he formed the Franklin Syndicate. He
said that he had little confidence left in
himself az a fnanoier, He said that every
married man lies. and that DR.. Parkhurst
has said: Every man lies mora or less"
did you ever refuse to take dollar from
any one?" asked Mr. Palmer.
1Yes." Miller replied.
what was the instancef
Il refused to take less than $50. replied
Miller. who added that he gave no thought
to the poor people who were among his
depositors. 4 guess I choked my con-
science" he said.
q. You don't consider yourself very stupid.
do your A. / have been stupid;
9: You haye recovered' A. arm getting
p DID g. ;'e ,he Yo you bsofe S S The
through my experience with Ammon.
Miller's cross-examination will be con-
dnued to-day.
John Enrisht, tho man who escorted
Miller to Montreal, was PICKED up yeeter-
day by one Of Inspector McClusky's men
and taken to the Criminal Courts Building,
where he was examined by Assistant Dis
trict Attorneys Mott and Hart.
He told them that he happened into
Ammon's Office about the time OF Millers
flight and that Ammon told him he had a
sick friend whom he wanted Enright to
escort to Canada. Enright did not know
who Miller was.
Enright was once convicted of holding
up" immi grants at Castle Garden, and did
six months on Black wells Island for II.
Four or i've years ago he was special
policeman, and while Capt. O'Brien was in
charge OF the Detective Bureau did some
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