The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-19
MILLER CONFESSES
To SHOWING CHILD
At BAR OF SALOON
Man Asking Court for Gus
tody of Baby Tells Story of
Wine Rooms and Public
Dances.

The marital trials of Frederick E.
Miller and his wife Lou, as recited by
Miller himself on the stand in circu<
court today, consisted of round of
wine rooms, public dances and swear
words with an occasional fight. Mil
ler is trying to have his twenty
months-old child, Tampa LaSalle Mil
ler, taken from his wife Lou Miller
and given to his parents who live in
Spring Grove.
The trial of the Millers, who a week
ago yesterday figured in police court,
attracted crowd of spectators.
When Miller was placed on the
stand this morning, he recited his case
rapidly. All the principals in the case
were excited adding a dramatic touch
to the court scene. The small baby
for whom the fight was waged, made
itself the center of attraction from
the arms of step-aunt by crying
much of the time.
At one time when testifying that his
wife came home intoxicated Miller
rose from his seat and initiated her
walk and the manner in which she
carried the child
street with my baby stuck under her
arm and swearing and cursing," said
Miller, at that time greatly excited.
Smashes Fathers Picture.
"She went up to my house to pick a
fight. When l was gone she broke
my $6 steel fishing pole. | found it
when l came home SO l broke her
fathers picture. Then she took a
hammer and broke the cooking uten-
sils and everything else she could find
that belonged to me. She didn't dare
break up the furniture because she
knew that wasn't paid for"
Miller introduced some testimony
regarding a woman with whom his
wife associated and to whom he re-
ferred as the Malaby woman. He ad-
mitted that he himself had introduced
his wife to her and that they had fire.
quented wine rooms more than year
ago together, both couples with their
babies.
Shows Baby at Bar.
Miller admitted he had displayed his
baby proudly over the bar at Harry
Mink's saloon where he and his wife
had been drinking In the rear room.
He also admitted that at numerous
other times, he had been in wine
rooms with his wife and baby. How
ever, he stubbornly insisted that ''it
was the right thing to do" and that he
knew his wife wasn't in trouble when
she was drinking with him instead of
some other man.
"She wouldn't even sew button on
my Clothes" Miller said. when l
asked her to mend torn place she
just basted a patch on in a careless
way. | asked her to do it better and
she told me it was good enough for
me.
Il asked her to quit Juggling the
baby around and to quit walking the
streets with her immoral companions
She told me it was none of my ID
business where she went and she
didn't give d where l went.
never even knew what kind of people
she was running around with until
men stopped me on the street and
told me to watch her"
Mrs. Miller who took the stand this
afternoon, put up as hard fight
against her husband and says she will
have witnesses to prove that her hus-
band is not a fit person to have charge
of the baby and that it should b left
! in her custody.
Judge Fox probably will make a de-
cision on the case tomorrow morning
in circuit court.