The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-01-15
A COLD B[O0DED MURDER
Henry Miller. of Plain Found
Dead in His Barn Horses
Starving.
FoDDERCovEREDBoDY

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Herman Miller, who lived on Section
l3, Towpship S, Range SO, sixteen miles
from Grady and three miles from the
head of the Apache Canon, was murder.
ed at his home about the 2Dtb Of DE.
cember last. Ia his house was found
n calendar clock which had stopped at
IL o'clock, December Goth, a cat was
found dead iu the house, and his horse
was tied in the barn, aud was in u
starving condition. The body was ia
a good state of preservation owing TO
the fact that il was frozen. On Decem.
beT 2Sth Miller was at the post Office
at Grady, but none Of the neighbors
had seen him for several weeks. On
January 5, Professor BrOcard WIS pas.
sing the house Of Miller, and noticing
the horse tied in the barn and seeing
no evidence Of any person, his suspicion
was aroused and he called In other
neighbors aud search for the missing
man was made. In the stable a glove
was found near the horse, and in u pile
Of fodder was found AN arm. The
body was left ia the barn and officers
-'N,sre sent for TO Tucumcari. DR.. Hale
aud Others from Grady had the body re.
moved to the house, and at 5 p. m,
Monday, the County Physician DIR.
Nichols, Deputy sheriff Flores, and j
T. Waite of Norton arrived, when jury
was empannelcd, and an examination Of
the body made.
The body had bcen wrapped in a
blanket and covered with two feet Of
fodder. In removing the blanket, his
cap and pipe were found on his breast
and II glove on his right hand. His face
was covered with blood which was
probably due TO u hemorrhage before
death Further examination showed
that one bullet had entered the body
from the front about two inches below
the heart, aud made It's exit directly
back of, and about two inches below
entrance. The second bullet entered
the body In the back on right side
about the ninth rib, and ranged upward
lodging in the shoulder, showing tina,
the murdered man was facing his an
tagonist when the first shot was fired
aud that he was in a stopping position
or was falling when the last shot wal
fred. The bones OF the right shoulder
were badly shattered. No doubt, Miller
after receiving the first shot tried tC
escape, and had turned to flee whcr
tho murderous william gave him an
other shot, determining to finish hii
6endish deed.
The condition Of the body, the starv
ing horse, the dead cat, and the clocl
In the house stopped, all indicate thai
the murder had been committed at least
two weeks before the body was found
The people Of tho vicinity in which
Miller lived did all possible to aid the
officers, and entertain them while there
The officers from Tucumcsri speak il
high terms OF their reception and en-
tertaibment by all the people, and es
pecially the kindness shown them b.!
j. W. Frost, d. B. o'Rourke, Lee
liu,cheson, and Joseph Forsthoffer
Verdict of Coroners jury: "We thu
undersigned citizens Of Quay County
appointed TO examine the body Of on,
/. Herman Miller, after thorough exami
nation conducted by DIR. @. II. Hale
as,s { IN led TO believe that said Her
man Miller met his death by a bulle
shot from the hands Of an unknown
party"
Signed,
A. J. Pettigrew,
J. W. Frost,
8. +. Jennings
4. w. Leech.
T. X. Anderson,
ID. b. Rourk.
Miller was man who had not Al
enemy that he knew, was quiet, peace
able and industrious, and was well like
In the community. As ho was not
man Of means, the murder is a mystery
both as to the perpertrator and tn
motive. His brother, who lives II
Kansas City, was notified, and his VIII
arrived in Tucumesri Tuesday evenin
and Wednesday went to the scene O
the tragedy.
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