The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-07-22

WatseEa, Ill. Especially .-1doliza-
ton of his daughter Goldie. II years
old. is said to have caused j. b..
Sayler, vice president of the First
National Bank of Crescent City. ILL.,,
to suffer in silence the domestic
tragedy that led to his death sun
day night at the hands of DR.. w.
K. Miller, who for many months had
paid ardent attention to the bank
er's wife, mother of Goldie Sayler
While the real story of the slay-
ing of Sayler will not be decided on
until a jury passes on the case, 1t
was intimated that Sayler had made
himself something of a martyr to
protect the name of his daughter and
had, at last, it is alleged, been i'm
molated by the man who invaded his
home.
According to w. r. Nightingale,
cashier of the bank of which Mr.
Sayler was vice president, the de-
voted father determined TO suffer in
silence rather than take any action
which would involve his child in no.
toriety.
He seemed to fear some tragic
solution of the situation said Mr.
Nightingale. Whenever he left the
city during the last year or so 1t
was his habit to seek privacy, after
which he would reappear with a
bulky envelope containing papers.
Should anything happen to me- he
always told me, open this packet and
follow to the letter the instructions
contained therein After each trip
but the last, he destroyed the papers
upon his return. He was away lit
tie while ago, but when he came
back he failed to follow this prac-
tice. That packet, believe, is lock-
ed in his private box in the banks
vault. Whether it will shed any
light on the tragedy which ended his
life | cannot say. The coroner has
the key, and will open the box later,
possibly after the funeral tomorrow.
That DR.. Miller stood in real dan
ger of lynching Is asserted by Mr..
Nightingale and many others. More
than a hundred men thronged the
streets of the usually quiet village
of Crescent City trying to organize
an attack on the Jail at Watseka
One man with a rope was forcibly
taken to his home by cooler persons,
whose counsel finally prevailed.
Among the latter was Willis Sayler,
a brother of the slain man.
DR.. Miller's defense is that he shot
only when attacked by the banker
with a hatchet. Evidence casting a
shadow on this statement was given
at the inquest.
Sayler was slain about 10 o'clock
Sunday night. Mrs. Miller, wife of
the doctor, had left few days pre-
viously to visit her parents at
Sharon, Pa, and DR.. Miller was TAX
ing his meals at the Sayler table
and sleeping at his own home. There
were also at the Sayler home at the
time of the shooting John c. Grun-
den, father of Mrs. Sayler, and Ira
Grunden, her brother. The older
Grunden came recently from Ard
more, Ok, to become an inmate of
the Soldiers Home at Danville. Col
die Sayler was sent away by her
mother a few days ago.
Sunday evening John Grunden
went to ask Mr.. Sayler, who was oc-
cupying a rocking chair on the
lawn, to come in and play cards
against DR.. Miller and Mrs. Sayler.
MIR. Sayler refused. somewhat sharp
ly His refusal, Mrs. Sayler states,
was due to his belief that she and
the doctor attained success at the
game by a system of signals.
Grace Davis and other girls and
Godfrey Ruhle stopped to chat for a
moment with Mr.. Sayler at the front
gate just a few minutes before he
was slain. He was in a good humor.
They had left Sayler about three
minutes when they heard the fatal
shots,