Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-12
Gun Is PROVEN
THAT USED FOR
SCHAUL Staying
Story of Arthur Miller, Charged
With Murder Of Pawnbroker
Fans Before Evidenca.
CARTRIDGE WILL NOT FIT GUN
Load Taken From DEFENDANTS Wea-
pom by SchieberI Could Not be
Used in Other Pistol.

"Gentlemen"-the hushed crowd
in the court room hung breathless-
ly on the words to follow, as AS
sistant States Attorney z. L. Eagle
hesitated in grave significance be-
fore driving home his last conVinc-
ing point in the opening address of
the states closing arguments in
the case of Arthur Miller, charged
with the murder of Jacob Shaul-
%"thfs cartridge which was taken
from Miller's gun on the night of
Nov. "a by Frank SchieberI will not
fit the gun which Miller says he
later turned over to John Sullivan
and which he claims is his gun. 1t
will fit easily, however, the pistol
recovered in SchauPs pawnshOp a
few minutes after the shooting and
the same gun with which the pawn
broker was shot"
A pin, if dropped, could have
been heard distinctly, as crowd, at
torneys, judge and jury craned
their heads to watch as Eagle dem
Onstrated the truth of his state
ment.
They are not the same calibre
guns" resumed the assistant pros
ecutor, that is the reason this
cartridge taken from Miller's gun
on the night of Nov. "a will not fit
the gun which Miller claimed was
his and the one which Sullivan tes-
titled that the defendant turned
over to him for safe keeping only
a few minutes before Schaul was
shot in his own place of business.
THE gun which you see here
marked defendants exhibit No. l, >
and which Miller says is his, is a
80 calibre Colts special. The gun
found in Schaul's place, the gun we
have here offered in evidence as
peoples exhibit No. L. is a SO cal
ibre Colts This bullet will fit this
gun perfectly, but can not be made
to go into the chambers of the Wea-
pom which Miller testified is his.
Why? Because the two guns re-
quire cartridges of different cali
bre and size; the diameter of the
loads for these respective guns
vary and the shells can not be in
terchanged"
Significance Revealed.
Those who had been wondering
why the state had introduced
SchieberI and the bullet as evidence
now saw plainly how final was this
discriminating link in the envelop-
ing cha Of evidence convicting the
defendant of the murder of Schaul.
With it's introduction the carefully
erected edifice of testimony brought
out by the defense tumbled as COM
pletely as a house of cards.
"And that is not ALL" resumed
the assistant states attorney "I7he
bullet which was found by Coroner
John Miller on the floor of Schaul'S
place of business on the Sunday
afternoon following the shooting is
identical with the cartridge taken
by SchiebeTi from Miller'S gun on
the night OF Nov. "a. And the in
PRODUCTION of this shell accounts
for the sixth bullet which was not
fired from the gun with which.
SchauI was killed. Only five shots
were heard discharged that night
by the witnesses you have heard
here. One was fired in the pawn
shop and four others outside as
Schaul ran in pursuit of Miller.
When the gun was found it con-
tanned five discharged shells. One
chamber was empty.
mere are L06 cartridges WHICH
were in the gun which Miller says
he turned over to Sullivan? The
defense has not produced them
Yet Sullivan testified that the wea-
pom was fully loaded when turned
over to him.
Gentlemen, the story which
Miller and his attorneys have built
up to save him from the gallows is
faIsei They know it is false! And
We will prove it is false by showing
you the little discriminating things
which the defense overlooked in
framing up the tale told by Miller
on the witness stand.
One Bottle Missing.
Sullivan claims that he saw two
bottles of whisky, one in each hip
pocket OF Miller, just a few min
utes before the murder. Just a
short time later, Miller's own tes-
timony has proven that he did not
get rid of one bottle, when he was
searched in Spencer square by Of
ficer Kell he had only one bottle
of whisky
when he was brought back into
the pawnshop to face the man
whom he had deliberately shot
down in cold blood, in his own
place Of business, mind you-and
was accused by the stricken man