Evening star., 1944-05-17
Miller 5 Friend Tells
OF ScuffIe in Auto
Before Lind Shooting
Attorney Says He Saw
Defendant Follow
His Wife to Coupe
BY NORMAN A. KAHL.

! Frederick A. Thuee, an attor-
ney who said he has been a
friend of Robert I. Miller for the
past 20 years, took the stand as
a Government witness in District
Court today to give his eye-wit-
ness account of the fatal shoot
ing of DR.. Lind last February 81.
Mr.. Thuee, who said he also had
known DR.. Lind during the past five
years, said he was standing at the
curb on Eleventh street near @
street NV. when DR.. Linds auto
mobile passed him slowly. He said
he recognized DIR. Lind at the wheel
and that the phySciatrist appeared
to be looking straight at him.
After I had definitely determined
it was DR.. Lind the witness said,
the door Of the car open6d. or was
opened, by lady. who rafI from the
curb hurrfedly and got In his coupe 2
Mr.. Thuee said he later recognized
the woman as Mrs. Marguerite
Miller, wife Of the 67-year-old at
torney who is charged with the first
degree murder In the killing OF DR..
Lind,
Says Miller Followed Her.
within a matter of seconds" Mr..
Thuee continued, "Mr. Miller hastily
followed this lady. Mr.. Miller's
arms were then thrust into the car.
I could observe all of his body ex-
cept his arms from his elbows to
the tips OF his fingers"
The witness then said he noticed
the tops of both mems bodies NOV
ing about in what he said he could
best describe as "horseplay."
Mrs. Miller still was in the car, he
said, and he heard feminine voice
shouting something which he could
not understand except for the name,
Bob Bob"
Then I heard two muffled shots.
The shots seemed to follow in Sc
quence like the tick of a clock"
The witness said that during the
IS or 40 seconds which he estimated
elapsed between the time Miller
reached the car and the shots were
fired the bodies of both men were
constantly sin movement"
The lady hoped out of the car,
either pushing Mr.. Miller away or
he voluntarily pulled himself away
the witness related.
DIR. Lind's head then disappeared
from my view through the window -
Mr.. Thuee said.
Ran Toward Car.
The witness then told of running
toward the car, which had started
to move slowly toward G street. He
said he intended to stop the auto
mobile. but that while he was run
ming along the side some one in a
Navy uniform hoped on the op-
posite running board and put his
hand on the ignition switch
Did you at that time see any,
thing In the car when you tried to
stop it?" he was asked by Assistant
United States Attorney Charles B
Murray.
Il didn't look" Mr.. Thuee said
MY sole object was to stop the car
After it stopped, did you then
look in or get away from it?"
Il got away from it."
When he turned away from the
car and next saw Miller, Mr.. Thuee
said, the aged attorney was stand
ing with an officer who had a gun
in his hand.
Was it the first time you had
seen the gun?" Mr. Murray asked.
NO, sir the witness replied. LAS
Mr.. Miller pulled away from the car
I noticed the shining object in his
hand"
81 Saw This Thing"
Later at patrol box across the
street from the scene of the slay-
ing, Mr.. Thuee said he walked up
to Miller, who was standing with
an officer, and said to him. Il saw
this thing"
Did you see him pull a gun on
me?' the witness said he was asked
by Miller.
Under cross examination Mr..
Thuee said he had an unobstructed
view of Millers left side as he
walked toward the car.
Did you at, any time, as he
walked from the curb to the car,
see any white object in his left
hand?" the witness was asked by
Defense Attorney H. Mason WEIGH.
The witness replied he did not.
Gould you tell whether Miller
was pulling something with his left
See Mill pege A-97