The Alaska citizen., 1915-08-16
BOTH O'CONN0R AND MILLER ARE
 HCLD ID JURY
O'CONNOR TAKES THE STANC BUT MILLER HAS NOTHING
 TO SAY NOW

The preliminary hearing of Julius Miller and William O'Connor. the two men suspected of the murder of Mrs. w E. Rowe, was held before Commissioner Brown yesterday in the district courtroom, the commission CTS quarters being too small to ad- init the large crowd in attendance.
 The hearings of the two men were held separately, that of Miller being taken up first He stated that he had been unable to secure counsel. and upon being asked if he was ready to go on with the hearing, he answered. T guess I'll have to go on with it
 The first witness was Commis- sioner Weiss, who testified only as to the finding of the body on the spot where the crime had been com mitted
 Ed Cairns was then called and told the same story to which he had affixed his signature when giving the information to the officers. and the as was printed in these columns couple weeks ago.
 Other witnesses in the persons of Chief Deputy Miller. J. T. Morgan, John Hicks, Jack McCarty, Jerry Quinlan Jack Forrest and Scotty Taylor were also called in behalf of the prosecution and all testified practically the same. The witnesses called by the defense were ques- toned by Miller for the purpose of trying to establish an alibi, he himself being rather foggy on that subject owing to the huge consump- tion of liquor for several days pre- vious.
 The prosecution presented in evi- dence shirt and pair of shoes owned by Miller on which were bloodsta'ns, the shoes especially looking as though they might have been worn when stepping in the pool of blood from the unfortunate woman This evidence Miller tried to disprove on the theory that he had cut his hand with a knife in the messroom, and had bled pro fusely, the trail of blood leading from the table to his bunk, at which place the shoes were sitting, Wit ness Morgan admitted that he had seen the blood on the table, as well as the trail of blood leading to Millers bed.
 Throughout the hearing Miller was exceedingly nervous, but not more so than would be natural with any other person charged with so seri- ous a crime When asked if he cared to make a statement he said that he did not think he would; that he would like to say some thing that would prove to the people that he was not guilty of the murder but that perhaps it would not be best to do so at the present time.
 He was then bound over to the grand jury without bail, and re turned to the jail
 William O'Connor was then brought in and practically all the evidence introduced in the Miller case was reiterated. The sworn statement of Cairns was the only direct evi- dence, the balance all being of circumstantial nature, as in the c2E of Miller
 O'Connor was equally as nervous as Miller during the examination, and would frequently break out with re marks such as: God Almighty, has the whole country turned against me?" In couple of instances while questioning witnesses O'COnnor in sinuated that perhaps they were the ones that had done the killing
 O'Connor took the stand in his own behalf, and showed considerable irritation at the questions put to him by the prosecution.
 He was then held to the grand jury on the same charge as Miller and remanded without bail.