Evening star., 1944-02-25
Grand JuryDue
ToAct Monday
In Lind Case
MiIIer's Wife Stands
On Legal Rights;
Refuses to Testify

Whether the grand jury will in.
dict Robert I. Miller, 67-year- old at.
torney, for the Staying of DR.. Johr
E. Lind is expected to be revealed
Monday, when the weeks true bill.
are returned.
Presentation Of the case against
the lawyer, who has said he Shot
DR.. Lind In self-defense after ht
found Mrs. Miller entering the psy.
chiatrist's car at Eleventh and G
streets NV. Monday afternoon, was
completed yesterday, after Mrs. Mil.
Ter clung to her constitutional rights
and refused to testify.
The grand jury listened to nine
witnesses during a two-hour session
which was held shortly after funeral
services were concluded for DR.. Lind
Mrs. Miller was the first witness
called into the grand jury chamber
She remained just long enough to
have informed the jurors she was
standing on her rights in refusing
to testify against her husband.
Among the witnesses was Pfc.
William A. Lind, 81, son of the slain
doctor, who came to the grand Jury
room from his fathers funeral and
remained inside about five minutes.
1t was believed the soldier, who is
stationed at Will Rogers Field in
Oklahoma, may have been called to
testify whether he knew of any
pistol owned by the psychiatrist.
Ownership of the second pistol,
found in an envelope on the front
seat of the car in which DR.. Lind
was shot, was still regarded as an
important factor in the case. Mil
Ter contends this weapon was owned
by DR.. Lind and that the shooting
occurred after the psychiatrist first
threatened Miller with the gun.
Dlsputing this version was the
story told at the inquest by Lamar
D. johnson, colored porter at Wood
ward & Lothrop's, who said he saw
Miller drop a white object into the
car after he had fired two bullets
into the head and chest of DR..
Lind, while Mrs. Miller sat next
to the psychiatrist in his automobile.
The porter was another of the wit
nesses called before the grand jury
yesterday.
Also appearing was Mrs. Eleanor
Marie Vines, colored maid at the
department store, who has substan-
tiated Johnson's story, according to
the account she has given police.
Miller is free under SIS 900 bond.
His attorneys said he was confined
to his home under the care of a
physician. Several court cases in
which he was to have appeared yes
terday were handled by other mem
bers of his law Office.
Other witnesses who appeared be-
fore the grand jury were Detective
Sergt. Robert V. Murray, in charge
of the investigation; Officer Ernest
B. Dickerson, who disarmed Miller
and arrested him Immediately after
the shooting; Dr. Malcolm McRae,
who pronounced DR.. Lind dead; DR..
F. j. Tararglund, who identified the
body; Deputy Coroner Richard
Rosenberg and Chief Petty Officer
William A. Stearns and his wife,
Yeoman Irene Searns of the WAVES,
who were at the scene.
Funeral services for DR.. Lind were
held yesterday at the S. H. Hines
funeral home. Burial was at Cedar
Hill Cemetery. Present besides Pvt.
Lind were another son, John j. Lind;
Mrs. Robert E. Dudley, daughter;
Alma G. and Ida Lind, sisters; DR..
Winfred Overholser, superintendent
OF st. Elizabeth's Hospital, where
DR.. Lind was senior medical officer,
and DR.. Joseph L. Gilbert, chief
pSychiatriSt at Gallinger Hospital.