The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-03

Fashionable North Tenth street was
aroused and shaken last evening as
never before when George w. Miller.
one of the wealthiest business and so.
ciety men in the city INDUCED in q
riotous street fight with Benjamin Hi
ser. his son-in-law. A revolver and
two pairs of fists figured in the fray,
and both men were severely beaten
before they could be separated.
1t was shortly before nine o'clock
and neighbors of the Millers and Hi
sers, who lived on opposite sides Of
Tenth between A and B streets, were
enjoying the cool evening on their
verandas. A family party had started
out in the Miller touring car earlier
in the evening, but Hiser returned
first, dusty and disreveled He went
into his house, and a short time af-
terwards the automobile drew up in
front of the Miller residence Miller
left his wife and daughter to go into
the house, while he went across the
street to the Hiser house.
Hiser met him at the door and the
two INDUCED in words of abuse. Ac-
cording to witnesses, the son-in-law
said he had stood for enough from his
wife's parent and would hear no more
At this point it is alleged that Miller
struck the younger man. Hfser drew
a revolver and ordered Miller from the
porch steps. The weapon was not
fired, but in the hand to hand scuffle
that followed before the neighbors
could rush to the scene, it was used
with telling effect on Miller's head.
| cutting him badly. Witnesses state
that Hiser tried to discharge the re-
volver and that it did not work prop
erly.
Fought Across Street.
The two men fought desperately
across the street. Miller retreating un-
| til the west curb was reached, when
| they clinched and fell 1t is believed
| that Miller's head struck the SHARP
curb stcne, for his scalp was laid
bare. In George Bond, SON of C.. S.
Bond, witnessed the affair and was
among the frs to reach the men. He
separated them. although at the
time he believed Miller was fighting q
burglar whom he had surprised on the
4 3aot 1NApo nj ths
gun no one knew, and the only pos
tive proof that it figured in the row
comes from witnesses who heard NIL
Ter cry:
DR.. G S. Bond, who treated Miller's
injuries, says that any -of them could
have been caused by fists or by the
i fall at he curb. DIR. Marvel helped tc
| stop the fight, but could not be found
afterwards.
the Bonds. while Hiser disappeared
The extent OF the younger mans in
juries, other than blackened eye and
lacerated face. is unknown. He could
not be located at eleven o'clock and Il
believed to have left the city. Accord
ing to Dr. Bond, Miller received deer
scalp wound, severe bruises about the
/! face and head. and scratches thai
might have been made by Hiser's
teeth. His injuries are not serious.
Story Of Tr.ubIe.
| 1t was difficult to arrive at the
facts in the case on account of the
disappearance of Hiser and the seclu
sion of Miller. 1t appears. however
that the family party in the automo
bile became disrupted because of 9
remark made by Mrs. Hiser that re
flected on her husband. He objected
and Miller interfered. Words follow
ed and Hiser withdrew from the ma
chine. whether voluntarily or at tht
request of his father-in-law, is MOI
known He walked home and appear
to have been ready for the irate Millel
upon the latter's return.
The police started an investigation
soon after the occurrence and abou,
eleven o'clock Chief Of Police GormoE
visited the Miller home. in compan,
with Nilfred Jessrp. who is sad x