The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-15
MRS. MILLER
WILL STICK TO
HER HUSBAND
Letter Written by Him Asks
Her to Come to Him at
Once
PREACHER DEFENDED THE
PRESERVATION OF The HOME
Declared 1t Was Mans Duty to De.
fend Its Honor ut the Funeral Ser.
vices Over the Dead Man-Business
Suspends During Services.

Crescent City. Ill.,. July 15.-The
! contents of the private package left
by the late banker, J. B. Sayler, which
was opened today. are said to be of
startling nature. According to w. r.
| Nightingale, who was present when
the secret papers were read by the
brothers OF the decedent, the con.
tents, which he refused to divulge,
have direct bearing on the killing
. of Sayler by DR.. w. l.. Miller last Sum
day as the result of the alleged at
tachment of Mrs. Sayler and DIR. Mil.
| Ter.
Wife Still Loyal.
Watseka. ILL.,, July 15-A letter
! summoning his Still faithful wife to
! his side was sent from here today by
DIR. William l.. Miller. slayer of ]. B.
Sayler, the Crescent City banker
whose body was followed to the grave
yesterday by nearly the entire adult
population of his home town.
, An Associated Press dispatch from
Blairsville, Pa. quoting Mrs. Miller
as having forgiven her husband and
only awaiting his summons to fly to
his aid, was received here today simul-
taneously with private message from
Mrs. Miller to Sheriff Heikes of the
same import. The message was turned
over to the prisoner, the sheriff Offer
ing to telegraph reply.
| II will write" replied the incarcer.
ated physician. 1t was long letter,
slowly and carefully written and for
the first time since the tragedy which
| wrecked two homes there was a glow
| on the prisoners cheeks.
The burden of the letter was come"
/ What else appears on the closely
written sheets can only be conjec-
! tured. 1t is believed by those who
have seen the prisoner since his re-
ceipt of Mrs. NIillers message that
! the romance which began its surrepti-
tlous course two years ago ripened
into open disregard of the conven-
! tions of society, put one citizen into
his grave and another behind the bars,
has ended. The Doctors whole atti-
u,de-stray remarks dropped to inti-
mate friends who called today-the
new hopefulness in his eyes-all sug-
gested this solution.
Mrs. Sayler was not allowed to at
tend her husbands funeral. although
she begged for permission to do so.
She wept most of the day.
This action of the sheriff was gener-
ally commended by persons who insist
that Mrs. Slayer's presence at the OBJ
seques would have been provocative
OF insults, if not actual violence.
At the funeral the Rev. Joseph Bell
dwelt on the sacredness of the home,
of a mans duty to defend its honor,
and counselled that the law be al
lowed to take its course.
The casket wa sfairly smothered
in flowers within the modest Sayler
home. but so great was the crowd
that they were kept on the lawn, the
preacher delivering his address from
the porch. Business for the day was
suspended
Il pray God that the whole light of
truth may be on this awful tragedy"
F; said the preacher. but let it be ac-
cording to the law. 1t is slow, but it
is best. The instinct of self-defense
is strong in mankind. for it was put
there by God, and self-defense means
defense of the home"
At this statement there was a mur-
mur of "amens" through the crowd.
THE guilty must be punished" the
preacher continued, and again the
murmur more grim than that of re-
! ligious excitement, was heard.
The funeral procession, coming
from Crescent City through Watsekt,
passed within block of the Jail,
where the widow sat alone The angle
of her narrow window afforded her
just a glimpse of the hearse and car
riages. Her face was drawn, her eyes
were red.
Mrs. Margaret jenkins. proprietress
OF the Crescent City hotel. said today
that MIR. Sayler spent most of Sunday
at her hotel
HE told me that they-Dr. Miller,
Mrs. Sayler and her father and broth
er-were all at his home, and he
couldn't stand it. He asked me about
rates by the month ana said he feared
he would have to come and live at my
place. While he was in the parlor, the
party at his house passed in buggy.
Mrs. Sayler saw him and made q
grimace at him. He saw that had
seen it and said: Don't pay any at
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