The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-07-07
Boy Commits Murder


Family Quarrel Ends When the Boy
Sh0oss His Father
A family quarrel that resulted
disastrously occurred at the farm
home Of Herman G.. Miles, located
about miles west Of Twin Brooks
on what is known as the James
Brannon farm. It was here that the
Miles family lived. which consist
ed Of q father, mother, and Ave
children-Herman F. aged Is years
Lewis aged Ia, Emil IL, Lola 10,
and Kenneth 8 The result Of the
quarrel was the shooting to death
of the father by the oldest son, and
the arrest Of the latter on serious
charge. Word was sent ia to the
city and Coroner Flett went to the
scene of the tragedy and summoned
q coroner's jury.
! The evidence Of the wife of the
victim Of the tragedy was that her
husband had gottel. up in the morn
ing and called for pair Of overalls
he had had while at Sonth Shore
fishing; said he had something in
them and she told Lewis to 60 and
get them so he could have what was
in them, but that Herman ought to
have them AS he needed them and
that he should have bought himself
q pair for what money he spent on
a trip to Summit Saturday. Then
he said that was his business, and
that he was going to have a good
time. He called me bad name,
then ] could not stand it any longer
10 picked up the incubator lamp
and threw it at him but did not hit
him but hit the chair. He then
came over and slapped me as hard
IA he could. When the boys saw
this they took and held him. Than
he went outside ad picked up the
shovel, and came and hit me with it
hack of the ear and / fell down heard
the children screaming and then
heard a shot. He was not intoxi-
feated.
Herman, the son who did the
shoolin1 testified, When came
lnek ftstn the rest,a1e Nh1re l M
t1hen H. corr hG1fd ~ saa ma
chewing the ng. Came u the
house and heard % callsma ahs1isty
old -----. Ma had told rs boys
that when pa hit her we should
take and hold him. and grabbed
him. He was just awful to ma and
l just could not stand it. any longer.
While we both held him he said
to me, nov hit me you dirty little
devil, you have started it. = Then
! went up stairs and got the gun.
went outside and saw father near
he ash pile; when he saw the gun
he asked me not to shoot but | was
excited and pulled up the gun and
shot. Wanted to hit him in the
legs bat pulled the gun up too far.
Then he came up towards the
house and said Now you have
done it. what did you do that for"
He passed the house . little fur
ther and fell on his knees, then
over on his back. It was about Is
minutes after 6 in the morning.
Father had threatened to kill the
whole works Of us Saturday night.
The other boys and girls Of the
family testified practically the same
as above stated. The little ten
year old girl saying that her father
said that If it was not for the sin
Of God, he would kill the whole
family. that the law could not stop
him.
The following il the verdict Of
the coro nors jury:
Twin Brooks. S. D., July 8, 1916
We. the jury, find Herman C.
Miles came to his death from . shot
gun in the hands Of Herman F.
Niles on or about 6:l5 .. m. July
3, 1916
+. S. Waters
Samual Hanson
Il. B. PurriutOn
The remains Of the man w6fe laid
to rest in the Milbank cemetery
Wednesday afternoon. and the pre-
liminary hearing Of the boy waa
held yesterday and he w1s bound
over on the charge Of murder and
will be on trial at the fall term of
court
BURGLARY