The Washington times., 1906-10-22
Joined Miles on Street.

Il knew thst there was going to
trouble. and went upstairs 90 dress.
II went down the street and met Mr
Miles. He said 10 me:
d" Minnie. what are YOU doing here.
and 1 replied that I had come 10 take
him into the house.
i am going 10 beat that fellow
standing on the corner He f. the
Speaking RASCAL that tried TO come into
the house / believe that man standing
over there Is the one. He pointed TO
a man on the corner, but IL was an
other man.
Il asked this man to get me a police
man. but he said he wasn't going 10
set mixed up In the trouble"
Miss Elgin said that she met Miles
coming back 20 The house. and asked
him.
Ma. what nave you done?"
'I've Been Cut; Get a Doctor"
'I have done nothing" he replied.
I've been cut; get doctor, quick"
Miss Elgin said that Copeland was
under the influence OF liquor. but she
did not think Miles was.
Copeland on Stand.
Thomas f. Copeland said that he left
the Tolman Laundry with Miles about
1880 Saturday night He went 10 a
barber shop and made arrangements
10 meet Miles at a saloon on Sixth
street They had several drinks there
together and arrived in front OF their
home about 12:30 o'clock. He said that
they found the door locked. and that
while they We're knocking some one
came by and said This is a pretty
time 10 be banging on peoples doors"
According 10 Copelands testimony
there was only one encounter between
this man ana Miles and Copeland.
This. however, con-radicts the tesJi-
m1ny offered by other witnesses
Copeland said that during the fight
he was knocked on the ground, and
Jnat when he got up he saw Miles and
Miss Elgeu coming uD the street to-
gether. Miles, he said, told him that
he had been cut Copeland said he did
not believe IT was anything serious.
Says Miles Was Aggressor.
According 10 the testimony given by
Copeland, Miles was the aggressor in
the fight with the stranger. DIT. Glaze
brook. deputy coroner, testified that
he had performed the autopsy on Miles
ard that the wound was OF his right
side. the knife cutting through TO his
liver.
Detective Hartigan said that Groff told
him he knew nothing about having
stabbed the man. and admitted that he
had had about fifteen glasses Of beer
during the evening.
Frank s Stewart, assistant yardmas-
ter for the Pennsylvania Railroad, tes-
titled that he was coming down Sixth
street when the affair occurred. He re-
ltaraIed the statement made by Miss
Elgin. The case was then given to the
Jury.
With the initials "R. L. c." as the
only tangible clue upon which to work
the police yesterday solved the mystery
surrounding the stabbing Of Miles early
Sunday morning near his home. Groff
who is twenty-five years old. and lives
at 2lT + street southeast, was arrested
on the charge OF having killed Miles.
Thomas f. Copeland, who was with
Miles on the night of the tragedy. told
the police of the Fourth precinct that
his companion had been stabbed by an
unknown about twenty-three years OF
age, who had dropped his derby hat, and
disappeared wearing gray cap. In the
hat were the initials -R. L. G."
Detectives were sent Yesterday 10 visit
everyone in the city whose initials were
"R L. G." Croft wss located by De
tective CornWell, after he had made in
quiries of several people having these
initials He did not deny his participa-
ton In a fight, but said he did not have
any recollection of having done any
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