Evening star., 1944-02-22

nd protection in bomb-proOf she
rate cases. Inquiry at st. Eliza.
beth's Hospital indicated, however
that pistol did not figure in the
habeas corpus proceedings at which
DR.. Lind was to have testified. The
case, ironically involving a St. Eliza.
beth's inmate who had shot anc
killed doctor in Maine in the
middle l92os, had been postponed
to a later date.
Miller Visited Curran.
1t was learned today that Miller
recently returned from brief vaca.
ton in Florida, yesterday visited
United States District Attorney
Edward M. Curran in his office, but
the latter could not recall their con-
versation. Asked if Miller discussed
DR.. Lind with him, Mr.. Curran said
he didn't but that the conversation
was mostly small talk about Miller's
trip.
1t was recalled that Miller, friend
OF the late Vice President Charles
Curtis, was knocked down by an
auto several months ago and in De-
cember filed suit for $4,000 dam
ages against the College of the I'M
maculate Conception. In the suit
now pending, he claimed he suffered
distortion of vertebrae of the cur
vicle and lumbar regions and has
been in a nervous and exhausted
condition since the accident"
Witnesses to the shooting quoted
Miller as saying he had warned the
.psychiatrist to keep away from his
wife. .,..
Henry Rupp. clerk in the court
OF Judge Thomas E. Quinn, said
Miller had appeared in court yes
terday morning to pay an $85 fine
for man convicted of driving
while drunk.
Boarded Street Car.
Afterward, Mr.. Rupp related, he
and Miller boarded westbound
streetcar at the corner of Fifth and
E streets NV. and rode together
to Eleventh and F streets NV, a
block from the scene of the shoot
ing, where Miller alighted.
Chief Stearns and his wife, En-
sign Irene Stearns, who told police
they had been married the day be-
fore, were passing the scene at the
time of the shooting. They told the
police the same information Chief
StearnS repeated at the inquest to-
day.
Mr.. Stearns said he ran around
to the drivers side of the machine
pulled hte emergency brake and
switched off the ignition, then ran
back to the sidewalk and grabbed
Miller, who made no attempt to
break away.
Both the attorney and his wife sat
in a police scout car around the cor
ner on G street under guard while
detectives tried to piece together a
picture of the shooting.
Thousands OF persons, including
many Government workers from
nearby buildings on their lunch
hours, swarmed to the scene, block
ing traffic and jamming sidewalks.
1t was established yesterday that
Miller knew his wife was going to
Woodward & Lothrop's Depart
ment Store. A maid at the Miller
home at 1914 Eighth street NV
said Mrs. Miller had a telephone
conversation with some one Just
before she left the house.
Miller Appears Calm.
At the first precinct, where the
couple was taken, Mrs. Miller re-
tanned her composure until asked to
pose for pictures. AS flashlight bulbs
popped, she turned her head as if to
avoid them, then, on the verge of
tears, was led into another room.
Miller, on the other hand, waved
and greeted newspapermen and
photographers by name.
To the photographers who had
just made his picture. he remarked
jokingly: II want 81 apiece for
them"
Miller was held at the 18th
precinct without bail overnight. AS
police prepared to transfer him from
No. station, several officers in the
crowd, including one police captain
stepped forward and grasped his
hand.
DR.. Lind's daughter, Mrs. Robert
E. Dudley of 5006 Twenty fifth road
North, Arlington, had frequently
pleaded with her father to abandon
his friendship with Mrs. Miller, her
aunt, Miss Ida Lind, told The Star
However, her efforts were futile.
Mrs. Dudley was confined to her
bed today as a result of nervous
shock. Her husband is a captain
of engineers with American forces
in Italy and she has been living
with her two children, Miss Lind
said. Recently there had been some
discussion of her returning to live
with her father during her hus-
bands absence, and this, it was said,
had led to resentment between her
and Mrs Miller