The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-10-03
COLOR Ed MAN SHOT
TO DEATH YESTERDAY
James Mills, ColOred, Shot And Kill
ed Sunday Morning About Four
O'Clock At His Home At Pine-Top.

James Mills, colored, was shot
and killed yesterday morning about
four O'Clock at his home at Pine-Top,
near Cabin Greek, following a quar-
rel that is said to have lasted prac-
tically all night. His wife, Mildred
Mills, and Clarence Cephas were
placed under arrest and are now
lodged in Cambridge jail.
According TO the statement OF his
Wife the couple came to Cambridge
in July and lived here for a few
weeks on Douglas street; while here
he did not work but she did day
work in the community. Later they
were told that they could get work
at PinetOp and moved there. Her
husband engaged in the boot leg
ging business, having still and
making whiskey which he sold
around wherever he could. Shortly
after moving to PinetOp she became
i'll and went down to Virginia to
visit two brothers, only returning
last Thursday.
Thursday night her husband went
out and on Saturday she learned that
he was in fredericksburg and also
scrap which took place at cele-
bration held there. This lnforma-
ton she gathered from the converse
ton between her husband and
man named James Jenkins who came
to see him Saturday afternoon and
spent about two hours at the place.
After Jenkins left Mills told her
that it was true that he had been
mixed up in a shooting affair at Fed
eralsburg and that he had fired four
shots and that while he did not know
that he had hit anyone he thought
likely he had. He also told her that
he was going to Preston that night
TO sell some whiskey and that II he
sold out quickly he would be home
early that if he did not he might be
very late.
Just before dark she stated that
she saw a man come up to the house
and heard him rap upon the door and
that she went downstairs, opened
the door and asked him what he
wanted. He asked her if Mills was
home and stated that he had heard
that Mills claimed that he threw a
bottle at him in fredericksburg
Thursday night and had threatened
to get him for it, She told him that
Mills was not at home and that she
did not know when he would be. lie
then left.
Later in the evening she heard an
automobile drive up and two men
got out and came up to the mouse
and raped on the door but she dld
not answer the rap and they went
away. She states that she does not
know when Mills got home but that
she was awakened by his getting IN
to bed. but does not knew if he hao
inst come home or not. Just about
that time she states that two men
came up the stairway, one coming
all the way while the other had nall
of his body exposed but his feet ana
legs were hid from view on the
steps. The man ahead raised PTS
tOI and shot and she felt motion
upon the part of her husband. She
states that she was so badly search
that she tainted and when she came
to her husband was gone; she got UP
and started to move around When
the man who did the shooting came
back up stairs and ordered her to get
into bed. She states that she did
so and that during the time she hearo
O!ie or more shots in the yard.
She did not make any further Ell
fort to get out until between elgnt
and nine O'Clock in the morning Wheh
she went down and found her nus
band stretched out in the yard, ms
hat at his head, ms shoes at MS leeI
and the clothing that he mad worn
thrown across his body. AS soon DIS
she found he was dead she went
across to the nearest neighbors ana
gave the alarm.
She absolutely denies killing hlm'
stating thatNwhile he had me fepu-
taIion of being a bad man, ne was
ALWAYS good TO her and had never
given her a cross word during the
eight years they had been married
| Later she described TO States Attof-
| ney Marine the appearance OF the
man who did the shooting and upon
| the description furnished by her'
/ Clarence Cephas, who was the man
who had been accused Of throwing
| the bottle at Mills, was arrested. she
| identified Cephas as the man VIM
vame to the door about dark and as
| the man who did the shooting ana
who came back and ordered her TO
| get into bed. Both of them are helo
! in the county jail.
/ NOTICE TO ODE FELLOWS.