Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-03-15
TWO SLAIN BY CONVICT.
AFTER KILLING DIVORCED WIFE
AND STEP-MOTHER ROSCOE P,
MILLER COMMITS SUICIDE.
TRAGEDY AT BEAVER DAM.
Murderer Had Served Sixteen Years in
Prison for Killing Man at
Milwaukee.

BEAVER DAM. Wis, March IL
Special. IA brutal double murder and
suicide late Saturday ended the criminal
career of Roscoe P. Miller, former con-
Wet, who served a term for the murder
Of fellow workman at Milwaukee. His
victims Saturday were his divorced wife
and his stepmother, Mrs. E. G. Miller.
Details of the crime, as told today by
Mrs. Max Schumacher, Miller>s daugh-,
ter, add to the horror of the deed
Murder of Wife Terrible.
Miller weI.t to the house where his
wife and daughter were and sat down
to smoke while the two women were
washing. His daughter went into bed
room to make the beds, when she heard
her mother scream for help. Going into
the room, she found her father beating
her mother over the head with q billy.
She hurried to help her. only to be
knocked down by a blow from her ia
theirs club, She got up, took up her
baby, and fled to a neighbours. Her ia
Their then killed her mother by beating
her into insenslbility then shooting her.
in the left eye and in the right jaw.
When officers found the body, Il .
year-Old grandchild was standing over
it crying.
Struggle with Step-Mother.
Miller then went over to his step-moth-
er'S and began Quarreling with her. He
put his arm around her to hold her, but
she broke away from him and he caught
her by the hair of the head. AS she
backed away from him he shot at her
and she threw up her left hand and the
bullet struck a ring, cutting off the third
finger. She attempted to escape at
door, but he threw her to the floor and
shot her in the right jaw.
Miss Grace Miller, a stepsster, es-
capped from the house while he was kill
ing her mother.
Miller then seated himself in a rocking,
chair and put a bullet in his head. He
lived three hours and a half after the
shooting, dying in the city Jail.
Quarrel Over Daughter.
The triple tragedy was brought about
by the appearance of the wife of Miller
at his home. He has been making a
precarious living in this city since his
release from prison by doing odd jobs.
A daughter of Miller has been keeping
house for him.
While Mrs. Miller was attempting to
persuade her daughter to come to live
with her in Milwaukee the two were in
terrupted by the entrance of Miller.
Cut Off in Fathers Will
The triple tragedy was primarily
I'd uSeu ny IuulilS llOublto' 1HNI1 SihIS
Miller has been released from prison
here have been strained relations. From
4 model railroad employe Miller descend
ed into a common rOustabout, morose
and vengeful His wife had obtained
divorce. His daughter, Myrtle, stuck to
nim through all his trials and kept house
Cor him.
An important element in the shooting
was the fact that one year ago, on the
death of Ebenezer. Miller his father, the
son was cut off without a legacy. The
entire estate of something like $4,000
went to Mrs. Egbert G. Miller, the step
mother.
First Crime Over Trifle.
Miller was 90 years of age. He was
born and raised on his fathers farm
near this city On March s, 1887, while
employed in the West Milwaukee car
| shops, he killed Lot Compton, an engl-
neer. in a trivial quarrel over fancy
lunch box. For this crime he. was sen
| fenced to twenty-five years, after evad-
ing arrest for several years, in the peni-
| Tertiary. He was pardOned ABOUT TOUR
| years ago
Miller has daughter, Mrs. August
| Cafalaf, who lives at 451 Park street,
| Milwaukee, His wife has a brother,
! George Fields also living in Milwaukee.
Boy Stays His Father.
SOLON, O., March 11.-Richard Ken
nedy, Jr. 20 years old, struck his father
with a baseball bat, killing him instantly.
| His father and mother were quarrellnS
and the son came to his mothers rescue,
dealing his father the fatal blow. The
| boy surrendered to the police.