The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-14
NelD Boat Line on the
Alabama RiUer Assured

her companion on long drives. rambles
and hunting expeditions.
Two years ago Mr.. Sayler sent his
daughter to the neighboring town OF
Onarga to attend seminary In orier.
II IL said. that she might not be wit
ness to the domestic tangle. When
ever Sayler left the city 1t was his
habit to seek privacy after which he
would reappear with q bulky envelope
happen to him, he always told Cashier
Nightingale of his bank, according to
that official, the cashier was to open
the packet and follow the instructions
therein.
After each trip but the last" said
Nightingale, ''he destroyed, the papers
upon his return. That packet, / be-
lieve, IL in his private box The coro-
ner has the key and will open the box
after the funeral tomorrow"
That DR.. Miller stood in real danger
Of being lynchej last night is asserted
by many More than a thousand tried
to organize for an attack ON the jail.
The tragedy occurred at 10 O'clock
Sunday night. Mrs Miller had gone
to visit her parents at Sharon. Pa,
and DR.. Miller was taking his meals
at the saylers table. At supper time
DIR. Miller, Mrs. Sayler and her father
and brother were absent. Mr.. Sayler
ate alone. After the others returned,
John Grunden, father of Mrs. Sayler.
went outside to ask Mr.. Sayler, who
was on the lawn. to come in and play
cards Mr. Sayler refused.
Acquaintances of Mr.. Sayler who
passed stopped a moment and talked
with him. Three minutes later, they
by an interval and then three other
shots. Three bullets were. found in
the bankers body and one In the wall.
A fifth bullet was embedded In an
outside wall although the staying oc-
CURED In the house, and fifth empty
she'll tallying with the others. was
found on the lawn. The doctor has
a wound in his right wrist which he
says was made by his own pistol dur
ing the struggle with Mr.. Sayler.
After the shooting of Mr.. Sayler.
DR.. Miller was alone with the body
for some time while the others had
gone for assistance and when they re-
turned he was on the porch complain
ing of his wounded wrist.
( The struggle in the house was wit
messed by John Grunden ami Mrs. Say
Ter. The last named, however, ran
from the house. she says, when the
struggle began.
DR.. Miller and Mrs. Sayler are in
separate CELLS ht ttiC JaAA hSh o.
Mrs Sayler said:
'Dr. Miller and have been much in
each others company for the last two
years and my husband seemed to APP
prove. After the shooting when Mr..
Sayler was dead on the floor ] made a
cup of coffee for DR.. Miller
Miller's defense Is that he shot only
when the banker made an attack on
him with a Ratchet. Evidence casting
a shadow on this statement was given
at the inquest.
The struggle in the house was wit
nesssd by John Grupden. He declares
that Sayler brought a hatchet into the
house with him. Mrs. Sayler says her
husband came in unarmed and took the
Ratchet from under couch.
Edward Blantin, aHaborer: Dietrich
II. Meyer, a merchant, and Edward e.
Myer, president of the village of Cres-
cent City assert that they examined
the room thoroughly right after the
shooting. but saw no Ratchet
Mrs. Sayler is said to have betrayed
no concern over the disposition of heI
husbands body which lay on the floor
where It fell. but to have expressed
great solicitude over the doctors
wounded wrist.
DIR. Miller is held on a charge o.
murder. Mrs. Sayler and her father
and brother are In custody as alleged
accessories. bet HHi
John Grunden, father of Mrs Sayfer
came here recently from Ardmore
Okla, to become an inmate of the sol.
dier's home at Danville. Goldie Say
Ter was sent away by her mother few
days ago
Although fear of mob violence Is nc
longer felt. two extra guards were
placed at the tafl tonight