Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1907 — RUN TO EARTH. [ARTICLE]

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Man Who Murdered His Ex-Wife Stands Off the Police RUNS OUT OF POWDER AND SHOT ' - --- —— — — . « - • “ -: —• Geta a Wound in the Leg and la Lodged in Prison—Evansville Quieter—Three of a Kind. Muncle, Ind., May 23.—Barricaded In a box car on the outskirts of the city, Tony Miller, a man who shot and killed his ex-wife, defied arrest He was heavily armed, and It was feared he would not be captured without bloodshed. He was seen In a strip of woods about noon, and after exchanging shots with the men who sought to capture him sought refuge In the car. The police were informed and reinforcements left for the scene. Wounded and Out of Ammunition. Thfl p diet- officers, followed by ,a large crowd, surrounded the ear and ordered Miller to surrender. He replie with several shots from a revolver. The police returned the fire. Shota were exchanged until Miller had emptied his revolver. He received a bullet in his right leg and was captured and taken to jail. He had returned to the city as he said to kill the man who was with his wife, when he killed her. '

Story of the Woman's Murder. Jealousyis supposed to have prompted the murder. Early Tuesday Miller had found the woman In the south part of town and shot twice at her without effect. She reported this occurrence to the police, who urged her to file charges against the man, but she refused to do so. At the time of the murder the police were searching for Miller with a warranteharging him with robbing the home of Charles Thompson early in the afternoon, where he had stolen the revolver with which he did the shoting and also a gold watch. Died on Her Way to the Hospital. Mrs. Miller was in the company of Orris Cannady, at whose home she boarded, when her ex-husband approached JN.two, and. Almost without warning, fired the revolver, the bullet entering the abdomen and causing her death a few minutes later, as she was being taken from the ambulence into the hospital.

THEY ARE THREE OF A KIND Members of the Board Which Will Have Charge of Indiana’s Monument at Anderson ville. Morgantown, Ind., May 23.— Dr. EL C. Griffith, a member of the board recently appointed by Governor Hanly, to take charge of the erection of a monument to the 800 soldiers who starved to death in the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Ga., tells of a coincidence that is somewhat unnsnai. The bortrd Is composed of C. ,W. Diggs, of Winchester; D. C. Smith, of Crawfordsvilie, and the doctor. Ail of the men are widowers and have two children each. Not one of them ever swore an oath until he went into the war —served several months in Andersonville prison. None ever chewed tobacco, smoked or drank anything stronger than coffee. These men never met until a few days ago, and when comparing notes they found their hsrtJfts had been very much alike through life. The three will leave June 4 for Andersonville, to select a site and make arrangements for the erection of the monument, for which the last legislature appropriated $lO,000.

Evansville Quieting Down. Evansville, Ind., May 23. Street ears are running and few disorders have been reported. Tbe union leaders have issued a statement saying that they have the strike practically won as the people have refused to ride on the street ears. The company says it will continue to operate its cars, and that in a few days cars will be running on all the lines In the city. He Showed the Boys a Trick. Shelbyville, lnd., May 23. While several young men were hesitating about climbing to tbe top of a tree sixty feet from the ground to destroy a hawk’s nest, John Yearling, aged 65 years, decided he would show the boys a trick, and climbed the tree to the nest, where he found two young hawks. ■ ' i ... v-'' Locked Out the Union. Huutiugbnrg, Ind., May 23.—Recently the employes of the Huntingburg Dry Press Brick ooiqpany organized a union and made a demand for an increase in wages, to take effect Jnne 1. The company at once closed It* plant and about fifty men are out of work. . • . • : Scnper tbr Odd Fellows. Indianapolis, May 23.—The Indiana grand lodge of Odd Fellows has voted to erect at oace a fourteen-story building to cost $540,000. The new ball will occupy the present grad lodge eite here.