Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-07-15

was due TO a belief that she and the
doctor attained success at the game
by a system of signals.
States Attorney Pollisand has three
witnesses 70 testify to the apparent
excellence Of Saylor's humor a few
moments before the shooting. They are
Grace Davis, Stella De Hart, and God
rev Ruhle. They said they had
stopped and cha,ted a moment with
Air. SaylOr Miss Davis said yester-
day, My home is but a half block
flom Saylor's, but l had scarcely
cached there, when l heard four
shots. 1t was not more than three
n nutes before that had been talking
0 him"
Three bullets We're found in the
ankers body and one in the wall. 4
fifth bullet was found yesterday i'm
5edded in an outside wall, whereas the
Gjaying occurred in the house. and a
h empty she'll aIying with others
and in ;be house was found on the
lawn. This fact is connected by the
.t9te's attorney with the one found in
NIler's wrist. The doctors explain
@sioI Of his damaged member is that
he was shot by his own pistol during
The struggle with SayIor. The discov-
CRY CT the fifth empty shell, however.
has opened up a line of inquiry to
which the state attaches much import
a2ce. Af.er the shooting of Saylor,
Miller was alone with the body for
some time. while the others ha0 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 and Mrs.
Saylor. The last named however ran
II ON the house. she says, when the
struggle began. Grunden says he en-
dCavOred to separate the two men, but
could not.
The stories of father and daughter
on the important point of the hatchet
differ in one particular; Grnden de-
clareS SaylOr brought it late into the
house with him, right after refusing
to play cards; Mrs. SaylOr declares
her husband came in unarmed, but
took the Ratchet from under a couch
Suspicion as to the use of this weap-
or was cast today by Edward Blan-
tin, laborer, Dietrich H. Myer. a re-
tired merchant, and Edward e. Meyer,
president of the village of Crescent
Ci+N- uroVo To n
SaylOr home Immediately after the
shooting. They claim to have exam.
ined the room thoroughly at this
time, and saw no such implement
When Mrs. Saylor returned from the
barn in which she had taken refuge
when the fight began, the three men
went to Millers home. Mrs. SaylOr
and Ira Grunden, (the latter was
asleep during the shOOting) were left
alone in the house with the body.
When the trio returned they found the
hatchet. This, it is said, was two OF
three hours after the death of SaylOr.
Mrs. Saylor is said to have mani
tested no concern over the disposition
of her husbands body, which lay on
the floor where it fell, hut to have eX-
pressed great sOlicitude over the doc
tors wounded wrist, offering to dress
it and insisting that he call a physician
to attend to it.
Miller is in Jail on charge OF muir
der, Mrs. SaylOr, her father and
brother are in custody as alleged ac-
cessOries. The woman yesterday adj
mitted that she and Miller had been
much in each others company for
two years, and declared that SaylOr
knew of it but made no objection. She
and the party were playing cards
when Saylor came in, that he
e1atched the Ratchet from under the
couch and brandished it over Mile,
that she then ran from the house a
short distance, and when she returned
after the shooting SaylOr was dead
on the floor and Ira and Millere were
outside on the porch. "Then / went
and made cup Of coffee for DR.. Nil,
Ter" she SAID.
Miller refused to discuss the case
further than 10 insist that he shot in
self defense.