The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-14
SOLDIER SHOT ROBDER DEAD.
SECOND CROOK SAVED ONLY BY
A WAISTCOAT BUTTON.
Failing to Rope sharpshooter From TIT
Philippines Into PoolroOms. the W
Entered His Fiat 70 Rob and Perhaps
XIII Hm-woman Was Slightly Hurt.

struck a snag when they rushed into the
fat occupied by Herman c. Miller, on the
third floor at 800 East Thirteenth street, at
2 o'clock yesterday morning. Scanlon Is
dead with a bullet in his brain and another
in his breast.
That Donovan isn't quieted in the same
manner is nothing short Of miraculous.
A. bullet on its way toward his heart was
DETECTED by a waistcoat button. Ripping
open his undertaking and g%lancing OF
him, it struck u woman who had been living
with Miller az his wife. The wound she re-
ceived is only a slight abras,os on the left
knee. 1t is not serious enough even to cause
her to limp,
Miller fired only three shots, and these
while he lay on his back in bed. But he
saw three years of service in the Philip
pines as a member of the Fifth United
Sta ties Cavalry and owing to superior marks
manship was raised to the grade of cor
poral and detailed as sharpshooter and
leader of a band of Maccabebe scouts.
Miller is a clean cut, well set up young
fellow. He received an honorable dis
charge from the army in 1908 and coming
to this city got n job as a hotel clerk, Last
summer he was employed in a hotel in the
Catskill Mountains, and he expected to AXE
up the same work on June | this year. This
winter he has been a clerk at the Hotel Du
Nord, Fifteenth street and Irving place.
A wear ago he met Florence keely, a very
pretty girl of % years, who had only recently
left her home in the South. The two became
attached to zach other and went to 1.-Two
together shortly after meeting. When Miller
returned from the Catskills last fall he and
| the girl took the fiat on East Thirteenth
street. Some friends introduced them to
| Martin Quinn and his wife, who offered to
| take part of the fiat and thus reduce eX-
penses.
Quinn was employed as a rubber in a
CHEAP bathhouss on the Fast Side, but
was much more interested in the ability Of
some horses to run faster than others. He
freuuented poolrooms. Mrs. Quinn and her
hu sband entertained numerous friends at
their rooms in the Miller fat. Among those
who frequently called were Scanlon and
Donovan.
These two became greatly interested in
Miller and were anxious that he should
| follow their advice as to playing the races.
Miller had 81 900 when he was discharged
from the army and he has saved more since.
He wasn't much inclined to play the races,
but preferred to place his spare money in
bank.
Miller says he didn't like the looks or
ways OF SaRhlon and Donovan from the
time he first met them. but they continually
made it a point to meet him. They both
professsd to be bathhouse rubbers, but
they seemed to spend most Of their time
porting over racing charts and other betting
dope" According to the police Of the
Fifth street station house, Scanlon and
Donovan were frequenters of saloons and
places where women Of the street oongregate
in the vicinity of Fourteenth street and
Third avenue, and the pair were we'll
known to these women.
Miller was approached by Scanlon and
Donovan on Thursday afternoon and they
told him of an alleged good thing" they
had on the races at Washington. They
were so positive that the horse would win
that Miller agreed to play it and going with
them to a poolroom, wagered SO on the race
much TO the disgust of his two ~steerers
who wanted him to bet much more. The
good thing lost and Miller, turning to the
pair, remarked:
Long ago made up my mind that there
was nothing in this racing game. I much
prefer to either save my money or use 1t in
a better way
In making Ine DeJ NllIleT Hdu ldblleu
a roll OF about 500. He had this in his
pocket when he reached his home at 1
o'clock yesterday morning. He was very
tired, and placing the money, his diamond
ring, diamond pin and gold watch and
chain under his pillow, he turned into bed.
Also under the pillow was Miller's 80
! calibre bulldog revolver. At this time only
Miller and Florence Keely were in the
bo,,o Quinn .uos ut ,rnrl onI Mru Quinn
was out.
Miller was sound asleep at 2 O'Clock in
the morning when the bell rang. The
ringing didn't arouse him, but Florence
Kelly was awakened and, getting up, pushed
the electric door opener. Then she went
to the entrance door OF the fiat.
According to the story the woman told
the Coroner yesterday, she had hardly
reached his door and had just turned
the lock when Scanlon showed his way
through and struck her a blow on the side
Of the face. She fell to the floor, but grabbed
Scanlon's feet as abe fell. Donovan, she
saws, bounded over her and Scanlon as
they struggled on the floor. He made
his way to where Miller was sleeping,
grabbed him by the throat and growled:
where's your stuff?'
About this time the woman shrieked:
Miller awoke to find himself nearly choked.
He looked at Donovan and without making
any struggle slipped his hand beneath
the pillow, got hold OF the revolver, aimed
for Donovan's heart and fred. Donovan
released his grip on Miller's thro at and
made for the door,
Miller then saw Florence Kelly struggling
with a man in the adjoining room. The
man had got up and was standing erect
for a moment. Miller at once fred at him.
The bullet crashed through Scanlon's
head. AS he twisted and reeled to fall
Miller fred a second time and sent a bullet
into the mans breast. Scanlon dropped
like a log.
Miller was unable to get another shot
at Donovan and hadn't bothered to do 20
after the first shot, thinking that he surely
had pinked his man the first time. But
when Miller fired at Donovan the woman
had uttered a shrek and staggered to q
window, throwing il open. Miller after
dropping Scanlon sprang out Of bed and
rushed to her side. He found that the
bullet he had figured on settling Donovan