The progress-itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1918-1929, 1920-04-02
MARSHALL SLEW BABY,
ONLY SURVIVOR SAYS

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May Miller, the lone survivor of the
shocking tragedy on Jan. Is near
Amory, in which four of the five
members of the Miller fanny were
murdered and their home burned, re-
told her story here today, this time
before a jury sitting in judgement
upon Charlie Marshall, who at last
has been called to answer for the
crime.
She made remarkable witness.
Not only did she stock to her facts
cody ana calmly, but she was SO
1ar able 10 stand the dlgnifed bu,
searching examination OF Marshall S
lawyers that she actually brought
cneers from spectators in the court
ROOM
oaImy Reviews Murder.
"Our home was at the Poinson
Pond IN Monroe County, Pearl May
began, as she very collectedly walked
to the witness stand and sat down.
There were five of US, my papa, my
brother, Leonard, aged 16; my sister,
Fannie Green, aged II, her baby,
Burly, then eight months old and me,
| am just IA. Our house faced to
east. There was a front room, a bed
room with an oen hall between, a
dining room and kitchen In the din
ing room was a meat box about
feet high
about 7 o'clock that night the
fnprs hapay, 10 hc,
the bedroom after supper, sitting by
the fire Ny father and brots
went into me hall Then there was
1ion Just in front OF the fire,
lfd, g It' tsu1ned me. 1t sphnoered
the floor and turned the dresser ov-
er. l went to the bed minute and
came to myself.
Then my father and brother came
back into the room. l ran toward
the dining room. l saw shot from
the window and papa fell dead wit
his head in the door. I saw him
fall. l didn't see my brother fall
but 1 heard the shot. I was ther
behind the door that open
ed into the dining room toward the
meat box Fannie Green was sitting
on the box hodind the babv. I told
aer to come behind the door
me. She said she would not; that
papa had been killed and they would
Kill her too. Just then shot from
the dining room window trsuck hen
and she fell over dead.
Il craWled up into the loft. 1t
was not ceiled. 1 looked through the
crack. | saw Charley Marshall come
up through the hole the dynamite
had made. He hit the baby over the
head, and it rolled over dead. l do
not know what he struck the baby
with He then picked up an oil can.
1t was not ours. saw him begin to
spill 1t over the floor. | crossed ov-
er through the loft into the other
room, came down on a bed and latch
ed the door leading into the hall.
Then | crawled out the window and
made my way to Mr.. Ell Walkers,
about half mile away, through the
bottoms"
Positive of His Identity.
INV 1GI away Neho Sllell AiN h1eli -
shall when you saw him ?" asked Mr..
Berry.
"About as far as he is now, she
replied as she looked coldly at Mar
shall sitting barely 10 feet directly
in front of her.
"Is there any possibility that you
could be mistaken" asked Mr.. Ber-
ry. "Have you known him long?"
"None, she answered, l have known
him for 5 years"
On cross examination she said she
did not know who actually killed her
father, her brother and her sister,
"but," she insisted, Il know that
Charley Marshall killed the baby
~ was not excited she insisted.
81 left the house because l thought
he would kill me too, iwf l stayed.