The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-02
MILLER CHILLED
 WITH QUESTIONS States Attorney Does Best to Get the Prisoner Off His Guard-Tragedy Re-
 hearsed.
LETTER TO HIS WIFE READ
Prisoner Says He Did Not Know Re Nolvcr Was Loaded, But Cannot Explain Why He Shaved
 Moustachc.

The murder trial of Charles Henry Miller was continued in the criminal side of the superior court again yes- terday. During the morning a num-
 Der of more witnesses were put on
 the stand who told of seeing a col
 ored couple quarrelng on the street
 together on the night in question but
 they like those of the day before,
 could not Identify Miller as the man
 of the two. Chief Ellis of the An
 sonia police force and Detective Ward
 of the local force, told of the two ar
 rests of Miller, the first directly af-
 ter the shooting and the second later
 at Briar Cliff Manor, N. I.
 Yesterday afternoon Miller himself
 was put on the stand by the defence
 and his testimony brought the sen
 sation of the day. When questioned
 by his attorney MT. O'Connel, he
 told the complete story of the trouble
 from first to last His story was that
 he went to a saloon on the night in
 question with MT. Wayans as was told
 by the latter the day before, and that
 1t was on his way home from the
 saloon that he met his wife. He left
 his friend and went to his wife She
 did not want to 50 with him, protest
 ing vigorously even to the extent of
 sinking down on the walk in one
 place so that he had to life her up.
 Finally he got her home, dragging
 her along most of the way. She was
 very angry and he did not know why.
 An hour later they went to the bed
 room and she took a revolver out of
 a table drawer and began to flourish 1t. He was afraid something might happen and took it away from her, though he said he was sure it was not loaded as he had put no cartridg- es in 1t.
 When he took it away she began making protest about wishing she was dead and he said he pointed the re- volver at her saying that he would
 shoot her and save her the trouble if
 she did not keep still. He pulled the
 trigger and she was shot in the left | side.
 He told MT. O'Connel that he and
 his wife arranged it between them | when she was at the Grace hospital | that he should write her for he had | to go away to get work. The name they decided on between them was Henry Renfew. the latter the name of
 an uncle of his. He then told in de- ton ool ,ar,. ro ,,idlt. oI Ir7ost nc if bo
 he'd learned 1t by heart the story of
 his going to Bridgeport and taking | the boat to New York and from there l taking the train up the Hudson and of
 his finally settling in Brler cliff Manor I where he got work with a MT. San I ford He told of how he was finally II detected by Detective Ward of the Il New Haven force when he went to II the postoiflce to see if there was any II mail for him addressed to him under II the assumed name.
 Il Then Mir. Williams took the accus- Il cd in hand to make him sweat under II cross C Xamination. 1t was 3:15. The II prisoner told how he met his wife as II she was coming home from work. N It was after he came up with MT. M Wayans from the saloon up Fremont N street. az was described in MT Way Il ans tcstimany of the day before. f When he first met his wife she had ll only a cap on her head. She did not N want to go home with him and that M was Miler's reason why he took holi M of her arm and tried to pull her along. ll She sat down, angry. and he lifted her N up.
 III "Why not leave her there and go on III home?" asked Mir, Williams.
 IN T didn't want to leave her there in M the street" answered Miller.
 M Prisoner said he did not get angry jl with her all the way home, and that II neither he nor she screamed. He MI said 1t was a dark night. MT. Will MI Hams wanted to know why he took MI Mrs. Miller through a lot where she MI was heard to scream, He said 1t was MI nearer that way, but could not explain MI how it was easier when there were a MI number of fences in the way. Miller MI said he had hold of her right arm all MI the time. He carried her cape ovei III his arm and had no rope. CTesti' M mony the day before mentioned ono) Al They did not speak much, he said. MI Miller was shown a plan of hi' MI home, showing all the furniture. Hc HI lit a lamp They both sat on sofa " They sat there about quarter: III of an hour She would not speak tC M him. The, went to the bedroom HI taking the oil lamp with them. Sh' MI went first and went to table Tn ll first thing he knew she had revolve' MI in her hand. He said he took 1t ava! gl from her and took it out of the room
 to the Kitchen He said he did no - know why she was angry.
 Did you say if you don't stant
 still I'll kill you?'"
 n "I did, but not meaning It seriously
 I wanted to 'peacify' her"
 A short recess was taken at thi V point, At it's conclusion the stat IS called Frank F, Hoadley, for who's l. sister Mrs. Miller worked as a domes )r ie.c He said sisters health wa l. noor. The last time he had seen Mrs f. Miller was two or three days befor
 the shooting He told of giving Mile -h his wife's clothing.
 l. Miller was then recalled. The ligh t. skirt which Mrs Miller wore whe
 she was shot was identified by hir
 He said he was very anxious to kee
 tho revolver from her,
 He admitted pointing the revolve at her Thinking there was 10 car 'i fridge in the barrel he pulled !he trig
 ger and it went off. Mr. William or dramatically Illustrated how he mus at have done it and tried to show ho' f. the butt-end of the cartridge woul he have been in plain sight, if the chan
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