The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-02-18
Testimony Reveal. Details in
Alleged Shooting Of Man
at Carp Last Month
ONLY EYE WITNESS TO
SHOOTING NOT HF,I
Miller Brothers, Up to
Time, Had Not Been ca
to Witness Stand II
The testimony in the case of

The testimony in the case of FsI. =
State Of Minnesota VS.. George t$ss3
Robert Miller for the alleged m, III
der Of Alfred Fenton is still beii4'
presented by the prosecution. Ths
testimony Of John Swentik showed
that on the day of the shooting of
Alfred w. Fenton, he and Fenton
had been cutting wood on the farm
home of a neighbor in the after
noon, that after the wood was cut
Swentik took the wood saw to his
place and Fenton started off with his
rifle, and on skis, apparently with
the intention Of going to Mixers
place some distance away. 1t was
we'll on in the, afternoon when both
man parted. From the time given at
which the shooting was done it was
notNong after the time Swentik and
Fent4n had parted that Fenton was
suoty
The Miller brothers, George and
Robert, together with another man
named Nicholas 'Siminoyik,' were
loading hay in the Diedrich meadow
from a hay stack when a man on
skis was noticed coming toward the
stack. Robert Miller was on the
stack and George Miller on the load.
AS the man approached, according to
the testimony, the Miller boys stated
they got down off the stack and load.
When they saw the man coming they
stopped their work and watched him.
According to testimony Miller stated
that the man fired shot from a
rife. 1t was at this time that the
men got down from the stack and
load of hay and went behind, the
hay load. They stated they shouted
at the man to stop firing and when
fired in the air by the Millers to
warn the other man, so testimony
stated. Another shot came across
the back Of the hay load an at this
time Robert Miller, the Older brother,
told George Miller to take good aim
and get the man as he evidently
meant business.
1t was at this point the shot was
fired by the younger brother which
WAS. supposed to have killed Fenton.
After" the shooting, Robert Miller,
with his wife and family, and George
Miller drove over to y. R. Crabtree's
home and Robert reported to Crab
tree that they had had a duel and
shot man that he thought was
Bowman. Robert Miller asked Crab
tree, who is constable, to go out
and see the man, suggesting that he
go armed, in case the man was not
dead. He stated he had brought his
family with him as he was afraid to
leave them alone at home.
c. r. Crabtree accompanied by J.
c. Love. another neighbor, were
driven to the scene of the shooting
by Charles Lee, another neighbor.
The body of man was found lying
about two hundred feet away from
the haystack where the Millers had
been working. The mans head had
been hit and a portion of the top Of
the head blown off. His hat was
lying about eight feet away from the
body. The body was lying on it's left
side, the left arm slightly under the
body. There was a nlitten on the
left hand while the right hand was
bare and was lying close to the muz-
zle end of the gun with the gun ly-
ing between the dead mans legs. \
Upon the: return of the three men
from the scene of the shooting, Love
and Craotree went to Crabtree's home
where the Millers had remained with
a brother of c. R. Crabtree. Upon
reaching the house and entering
Crabtree said to the Millers
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