Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1914 — PAT MILLER APT TO REMAIN IN JAIL [ARTICLE]

PAT MILLER APT TO REMAIN IN JAIL

Mt. Ayr Man Charged With Liquor Law Violations Visited by Chicago Woman. J. M. Miller, better kjiown at Mt. Ayr as “Plat” Miller, is apt to be a guest of Hotel de Hoover the balance of the summer. Pat is accused of violating the liquor laws otf the state and there are twenty-eight indictments against him in Newton county. His partner, George Eg* gl'eston, is also apt to be here for some time, there being a half dozen or more indictments against him also. August Buck, who was in jail for a short time, was bailed out Saturday and has returned to Mt. Ayr. Miller was visited after his incarceration by a Chicago woman, who is said to have been his enamorata for some time, notwithstanding the fact that he has a wife and son 7 years of age. Pat telephoned the woman after he reached the jail and she came down from the city .to see him. Sheriff Hoover advised her that she had better keep away or she might .get locked up, also, and she left town. She arrived again Thursday, holwever, and was taken to Mt. Ayr by a local ljvery car owner. She went there to get her Clothes and is reported to have said that she did not care ito see Miller and did not go near the jail. Miller’s wife has been staying with her parents in Chicago, it is said, owing ito the fact that he has persisted in living with the other woman. Buck, Who secured his freedom by giving Iboqd, is a brother of Miner's wife. There are two other prisoners in jail now, namely Robert Walton and John Hultman. They are the men who are accused of setting fire to a building in Keener township arPd who werQ captured and brought to Rensselaer by DeMotte citizens. Henry D. Vance, the real estate dealer who is Charged with obtaining money under false pretences, was baled out some time ago and is working on Sheriff Hoover’s farm.