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thought Miller had a wife living ir
the District. That night, 1t. Bert
Sheldon confronted Miller with the
photograph and asked for an ex.
PLANTATION. Miller resigned the fol.
lowing day. He told the court yes.
terday he had been asked to resign.
License Was in Order.
Mr.. Rice said the couples marriage
license was in perfect order. 1t hac
been applied for January 8, 1948, anc
issued two days later as required by
Maryland law. The woman, at thai
time a student nurse at Gallingel
Hospital, was listed on the license
as Irene Marie Roles, 10. She saic
yesterday her first name is Ilene.
Miller was indicted last May by
the Charles County Grand Jury fol
fbigamy and perjury. The perjury
charge grew out of false statements
made by Miller when he obtained
the marriage license.
The case. was postponed at that
time when Miller's attorneys told
the court he could not appear be-
cause he was under medical treat
ment for extreme nervousness.
Miller's tangled affairs was un-
raveled on the witness stand yes
terday by the defendant and the wife
he married here illegally.
Offers Scrapbook on Activities.
He started his testimony by offer
ing to the court a scrapbook record
of his boys club activities and rec
concentrations from civic leaders
and businessmen.
The former policeman said he
had formed a boys club and estab-
lished headquarters in the Kimball
Elementary School in Washington
with $400 Of his own money and
"all my spare time"
He started going with Miss Roles,
he said, after he was separated le-
gally from his first wife.
She filed a divorce action in 1916
and final decree became effective,
Miller testified, December, 1948. He
added that he and Miss Rloes were
married again In Washington jan
uary 7, 1949.
Miller Cites Birth Certificate.
Their decision to go through with
the first marriage, both Miller and
his wife told the court, was reached
when Miss Roles was three months
pregnant.
Pointing to his birth certificate,
which he had presented with the
other papers, Miller pointed to Ger
tain words and asked the court to
note them carefully. The court did
not read the words aloud.
Obviously nervous, Miller then
said to Judge Loker:
Her condition was part Of the
reason we married here, but there
was another reason-all my life I
have suffered from one thing-I did
not want our child to come into
the world with such blemish, I
never knew who my father was"
Miller said he Is now sales man.
ager for the Square Deal Roofing
Co. in Brentwood, but has been un-
able to work regularly because of
his health. He said his family lives
in the Mount Pleasant section.
Wife Holds Baby Boy.
The second Mrs. Miller sat in
the witness chair, holding a baby
boy in her arms. She told Judge
Loker that Miller was the father
and that the child was born Au-
gust IA, 1s48, and had been named
Junior.
In response to a question from
the court, the witness, a shapely
blond, said she was Dutch"
Pennsylvania" the court queried.
YES" she replied, from Altoona. !"
When she learned she was preg-
nant, the witness said, she asked
Miller to marry her.
II did not know" she declared,
that my husband was married
until I read it in a newspaper last
spring. Later she said the story
she referred to appeared in The
Star.
Was "Idolized" BY Boys.
do you want anything done with
him" the court asked.
mo" she answered, love him
very much"
Thomas G. Bethel, Government
employe who gave his address as
1908 E street Sc, followed Mrs.
Miller to the stand. He said Miller
had organized the Randle Highlands
Boys Club with his own money and
without outside help.
For long time" Mr.. Bethel
said, Miller continued his work