1 2 before me, S. E. Adams, a notary public within and for said county, Mary Dunn, wliobeinpby me duly sworn deposeth and Faith: That I reside in the city of Cleve land, in the said county of Cuyahoga, and have continuously for more than 18 years ra"-t, and on the 23d day of March, in the year 1881, 1 resided withTmv hnsband.Frank I)unn, at Xo. 1002 Shcriil street in said city. I am personally and well acquainted with James W. Miller, 'who now resides in Pittsburg, in the State of Pennsylvania. On the evenincrof said 23d day of March the said James "W. Miller was a guest at my residence on said Sheriff street. My hus band, my son "Willis, my neighbor, Mrs. Hmma Ashley, now Mrs. Osborne, and her daughter Perin were also present at our house, and while we were all sitting to gether in my kitchen, where we had" been having a lunch, a conversation aroe bc t een Mr. Miller and Mrs. Ashley about re volvers and about different kinds of revolv ers, and how to ue them. Mrs. Ashler re marked that her husband, who was a soldier in the late war, cave her his revolver before he left home and told her how to use it if it became necessary for her protection while ihe was alone, but that she never had occa sion to use it. And thereupon I got up and went to my bureau and Took Ont Mr. Miller's Revolver which was lying upon the bureau and broncht it to nira and sat down again with the above named person.in the kitchen. Mr. Miller then, iu order to show us how to uso it, took out the cartridges in our presence and laid them on the table and then pro ceeded to show us how it worked. His re volver was what he called a double-action, self-cocking, Smith and "Wesson. After he had. as we all supposed, taken all the car tridges out of it, he pointed it about the room, and as we were all still sitting at tho table he snapped the nistol two or three times and discharged the cartridge which he bad accidentally left in the pistol and which accidentally wounded ray husband. Mr. Miller and my husband were the best of friends at the "time, and no sne regretted the wounding of Mr. Dunn more than did Mr. Miller. After the wounding Mr. Miller showed my husband every possible kindness and attention until he had fully recovered, and I have no hesitancy in stating on mv oath that the shooting was purely acci dental. I, Mary Dunn, the above named depo nent, being duly sworn on my oath, say that the statements contained in the foregoing affidavit are true. Signed. Mrs. Mart Dxnrs. Sworn to and subscribed before me by the said Mary Dunn this 18th day of August, 1891. Sicned. S. n. Adams, Notary Public, Cuyahoga county, O. Ei idpnee In Corroboration. Also on this 18th dav of August, 1891, came before me, the above named notary public, Mrs. Emma Osborne, formerly Asb" ley, who, being duly sworn, says that she has heard, seen and read and has Herself read tne foregoing affidavit of Mrs. Marv Dunn, and that the facts therein are all within her personal knowledge and are all true. Signed. Emma Osborjtk. Swtii to and subscribed by Emma Osborn- this day and year aforesaid. (Signed) S. E. Adams, Notary Public. Also came Miss Perin Ashley, who be ing sworn, says that she is one of the par ties who were present at the residence of Mrs. Marv Dunn at 1002 Sheriff street, citv of Cleveland, O., on the 23d dav of March", A. D. 18S1, and that tne facts and state ments contained in the forecoing affidavit of Mrs. Mary Dunn are all within her per sonal knowledge and are all true as therein stated. (Signed) PERIX ASHIEY. Sworn to and subscribed before me by the said Perin Ashlev this 18th dav of August, 3801. S. E. ADAMS,Xotarv Public. I personally a-s'stcd in gathering this testimony and saw the affidavit written out by S. E. Ailamt. who was formerly Prose cuting Attorney for Cuyahoga County. 3IILLER'S OWN STORY Or HIS MOTfUEMS ON THE DAT OF TIIE SAI.K OF THE BONDS. An Account or the Arrest From a Taper of That Date A Statement of the Trans action "Which. George X. Whitney Says Is Correct. Xow to eIiow hvw the police came to con nect Miller with the Connors robbery it is mcessary to give the story of the bond sale and the facts leading up to it. This story is from Mr Miller's own lips, as follows. Some two or three days previous to the sale of the boiid to Mr. Nelson by Montague I concluded to go to Pittsburg, having grown tired of my concealment. "While on my way to Pittsburg I met Arch'e Montague on the train. The recognition was mutual, as I had met him often in saloons and gam bling places in different parts of the coun try. He knew that I was blamed for the f,hooirg of the man Dunn in Cleveland, and when he referred to the matter on the train I requested him to say nothing about it to any one in Pittsburg. Furthermore, that I did not wish him to recognize me if he should sec me or. meet me on the street in Pittsburg, as I understood that he was known to the policejof that city. 1 went to the lied Lion Hotel, where I bad been in the habit of stopping on ac count of my friendship for one of the pro prietors; Montague also went there and put up. He negotiated the sale of the bonds, in connection with auother man, with the broker Nelson, and on the day on which lie actually made the sale he was standing with the said Nelson in front of the St. Clair Ho tel, on Sixth street, w hen I passed up street with Mr Mellon, one of the proprietors of the lied I.ion Hotel, on my way to examine a buggy at MeKclvy's livery stable. A Statement That Hurt. He nodded as I passed, and I have since ascertained, told the broker Nelson in a spirit of bravado, 'If you knew as much about that little fellow that has just passed as I do, it Would be w orth a few hundred dollars to you," presumably referring to the shooting in Cleveland and the possibility that there vasa reward ollered. It so happened that I needed some money that day for different purposes. Among others. I wanted to send some to Cleveland to a man named Itow land, with whom I had made arrangements that as soon as Dunn would bear removal to convev him outside the jurisdiction of the Clo eland police, when I intended to re turn, knowing that no case could be made against me with Dunn absent. I also wished to give some moner to a woman living on Duquesnc way wliom I bad often befriended, and hat ing several 51,000 bills about me, I a.ked one of the proprietors of the Red Lion Hotel, Thomas Gamble, to take me to the, bank where he transacted business and introduce me, o as to facilitate my changing one of the 81,000 bills that lhad in my possession. He complied with my request, aud conducted me across the street to the Fifth National Rank and introduced me to Mr. "Wilson. After acknowledging the in troduction aud conversing for a few mo ments, I made the request to have this bill changed. Itliinkitwas the pajing teller who gave me the change and made the re mark as he did so, that one does not often see thousand dollar bills and that he had just paid out several of them that morning, lwentb'ick to the iiotel and sat down to dinner with Mr. Gamble and his family. Miller Placed Under Arrest. "While at dinner Detectives ItogcrO'Mara and Gray entered, asked for me, and as soon as I came out placed me under arrest. I aked for what I was arrested and was told I would know soon enough. I supposed I was arrested for the shooting scrape in Cleveland. Thev conxeved me across the street to the Fifth Na- tiunal Bank, and in the presence J of Mr. "Whitney searched me, taking from my person money amounting to about Sl,800. From there they conveyed me to the Central station, where I was locked up. That afternoon the broker, Nelson, was brought in by Roger O'Mara. I was taken from the cell and was confronted by him, and he was asked if he recognized me as one of the men who had sold him the bonds. This he denied. Later in the day he was brought in a second time, when he said X was one ot the men who had sold him the bonds. As for the bond transaction that had pre viously taken place, here is a statement of the facts as published in the Pittsburg Tele graph of July 28, 1881: On tho 2Sth day of July. 1881, George "W. Nelson, a land broker, with office at No. 118 Smithfield street, inquired of Dihm & South, brokers in the same building, if they could dispose of some bonds, producing a S1.000 Allegheny Valley ltailroad 7-30 bond; four $1,000 Brandy's Bend bridge bonds, three 100 7 per' cent Allegheny Valley Income bonds. Mr. South visited Mr. George I. Whitney at the Fifth Na tional Bank on Sixth street, about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. "Wilson, the cashier of the bank, informed him that Mr. "Whitney ws not in, but as he was notary for the bank, he would probably be there about 4 o'clock, as that was "his usual time for making his rounds. South called at 4 o'clock and Mr. "Whitney bid 1 23 for the 7-30 bond, 90 for the Brady's Bend Bridge Company bond and 35 for the Income bond. The Bonds That Were Sold. On the morning of the 29 th Mr. South stated Nelson camo into his office and handed him a package of bonds about 8 o'clock. South examined the bundle and found more bonds than he had seen on the evening before. There were three S1.000 Allegheny Valley Itailroad 7-30, two 51,000 Brady's Bend Bridge Company bonds, and four $100 in 7 per cent Allegheny Valley In come bonds. South went to Mr. George I. "Whitney's office and sold the bonds, receiv ing a certified check on the Fifth National Bank, on Sixth street, for?j,3Gl 10, which included unpaid coupons on the 7-30, amounting to 5109 50. Ueturning toward his office he met Nelson, who had declined, for no reason assigned at the time, to go to the bank, but said he would meet Mr. South on his return. Mr. South, after receiving the certified check from Mr. George I. "Whit ney, had stopped at the paying teller's desk and had the check cashed, receiving the money in 51,000 bills for the main figures, and in smaller denominations for tne balance. This circumstance somewhat aroused Mr. "Whitney's suspicions when it came to his notice. South, passing out of the bank after having his check cashed, met Nelson at the corner of Sixth street and Penn ave nue, and the money was paid over on the sidewalk as informally as though it was a transaction at a peanut stand, and the amount involved 5 cents. The Discovery of tho Cashier. By the time the 7:30 bonds, which had been purchased by Mr. "Whitney for the Citizen's National Bank, were delivered, Cashier Wilson, on examination and com parison with the list of stolen bonds, found these same bonds were part of the plunder the robbers had captured, and telephoned to Mr. Whitney to that effect. Mr. Whitney telephoned to the Mayor's office to arrest Mr. South, and started off himself for the same purpose. The officers were immedi ately sent to South's office on Smithfield street, and it was fortunate this was done with promptness, for within a short time after the check had been paid, a man had come into the Fifth National Bank who had some large bills and wanted change. He was introduced to Mr. "Wilson by Thomas Gamble, proprietor of the Bed Lion Hotel, as Mr. Miller. There was no suspicion at the time on the part of the bank officials, but he was ob served to go across the 6treet to the Red Lion Hotel. "When the Mayor's officers arrested Nelson they secured information lrom him which enabled them to effect the arrest of Miller. He was arrested at the Red Lion Hotel, while at dinner with the proprietor, and taken across the way to the bank. Mr. Whitney had returned iu the meantime from a fruitless search for South, and was very much surprised to find the man Miller connected with the case. Whitney Refused the Money. The officers searched Miller in the bank and found on him about 51,800; this they tendered to Mr. Whitney, believing it to be part of the money received on the bond transaction and asked him to receipt for the same. This Mr. Whitney refused to do; that is, he refused either to receive the money or give a receipt, saying that he knew nothing about Miller, "that he had bought the bonds in open market, and that was all he claimed, and that was what he intended to hold. In the searching of Miller a receipt for a telegraphic order for $100, sent to Thomas Rowland, of. Cleve land, was found. Nelson was placed in the Central station; at first he had nothing to say; later he claimed that he had received the bonds from Miller. South was also ar rested that evening, but subsequently re leased. The prisoner, Miller, was as close mouthed as a clam and declined to state aught with reference to the robbery. Last Saturday The Dispatch" reporter visited George L Whitney aud asked him to make an affidavit to the following. The above statement is substantially cor rect in this, that on the evening of the 28th day of July, 1881, the broker South called at the Fifth National Bank, and ollered for sale some 7:30 A. V. R. R. bonds, some Bradv's Bend Bridge Company bonds, and some Allegheny Valley Income bonds, for which I quoted" 1.23 for the 7:30 bonds, 90 for the Brady's Bend Bridge Company bond, and 50 for the Income bonds. Mr. South returned the next morning, and, being known by me as a broker in good standing, I bought from him three $1,000 A. V. R. R. 7:30 bonds, two 51,000 Brady's Bend Bridge Company bonds, and fourfrlOO in 7 per cent Allegheny Valley In come bonds, paying therefor the total" sum of 55,301 10. I ne er had Any Transaction 1 ith James W. Miller in regard to the purchasing of these bonds, nor did I ever purchase any bonds from the sjid Miller, nor did I know that the said James W. Miller was in any way connected with the bonds, until the said James W. Miller w as brought into my office in the rear of Fifth National Bank "on Sixth street by the officeis of the law and searched there by them, they taking from his person about 51,800 in money, which they claimed I should receive and ive a receipt for. This I, George L Whitney, declined to do. Neither do I know that this money was any part of the money paid for the bonds, nor have I ever claimed that it was, and as far it is known to me personally, James W. Miller was innocent of any part in transact ing the sale of the bonds. Mr. Whitney admitted that the state ments were exact and true, and stated that the facts as set forth in the affidavit were true in every particular, but that as he had lost money in the bond transaction, and was disinclined to be mixed up iu the affair any further, he would not make the affida vit as requested, although he was willing to be reported as to the truth of the statements set forth in it. He further stated that if he was callel into court he would testify to the bum . THE TRIAL RECALLED. KEVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE ON WIIICH MH.T.ER WAS CONVICTED. Extracts From the Testimony Taken From tho Onlcial Records One Woman Sworo He Unci tho Money tho Day Before the Bond Sale Good Friends With the Sheriff. "When Miller was arrested on the 27th clay of July and taken to the Central station, fearful that the charge for shooting Dunn had been preferred against him in this city and that this arrest was for the purpose of conveying him back to Cleveland for the punishment of that offense, he refused to say one word as to where he came from, what his business was, and who his friends were. That aiternoon, according to Miller, when the broker Nelson waa brought in by .rf.v... .,. .'r.Zjiia3.mitHmi (,, ffeirit 'nif-li a police officer and he was asked: "jo you identify Miller as the man who sold you tho bonds?" He said: "I do not." The next day Detective Jack Cribbs came from Clarion county for the purpose of con veying him to the county jail He arrived in Clarion about 9 o'clock on the night of July 29. On the next morning, when per mitted the freedom of the corridors of the jail, it was with feelings of wonder and as tonishment that Miller viewed over the three men who were jointly charged with him in robbing John Connors. They seemed like ordinary farm laborers or coal diggers, and it required quite a stretch of imagina tion to believe that, unless inspired by liquor or hunger, these men would have sufficient courage to rob anyone. Sure He Could Not Be CoiiTlcted. An examination before the justice of the peace was given in a day or so, and Miller was remanded to jail to await the action of the grand jury. Perfectly sure of his inno cence, and not believing it possible that he could be convicted of the charge preferred aeainst him, he patiently waitedt he course of events. Between the 27th of July and the flth of August Colonel W. D. Moore arrivod from Pittsburg and announced himself as having been retained to defend Miller. When questioned by Miller as to who bad retained him he absolutely refused to say one word other than, "I have been sent todefendyou, I know you are. innocent, and if you make no objections I will do my best to clear you." The grand jury indicted Miller, Harrop, Jackson and Ott and in a few days after wards the trial began. The first effort of Miller' lawyers on his behalf was to secure a severance or a separate trial. This the State refused to allow. The broker Nelson's evidence against "Stiller- taken in connection with the evidence against the other three men, completed a chain of evidence that made it possible for a jury to convict, because under the law of Pennsylvania at that time the evidence against one person, tried jointly under the same indictment with other persons, held eouallv eood asainst all the accused. As the trial progressed, and fact after fact was piled np which would seem to prove the guilt of Jackson, Harrop and Ott, Miller anxiously inquired of his lawyers if it wouldn't be better for him to tell the story of the shooting in Cleveland, where he was on the night of this robbery. To his horror he found that another old English law, adopted by the State in the early days of Commonwealth, that if any man be charged with a greater offense than a misdemeanor, it prohibited him from testifying in his own behalf. The law has since been repealed. Moore Not Allowed to Testify. Colonel Moore, in his desire to do justice to the man whom he knew to be innocent and whom he saw would inevitablv'be con victed, asked that he might be allowed to disassociate himself as counsel and tell the story which he has since sworn to, but even this was refused. The arrest, the journey to Clarion county, the indictment and the trial of the men only occupied a period of 27 days. Three days after trial Miller was sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary and conveyed there under guard to undergo his sentence. On Colonel Moore's return to Pittsburg after the conviction of Miller, when he re ported the fact that Miller had been found guilty and would in all probability be sen tenced to a long term of imprisonment, the men who employed him determined to make one more effort to prevent the imprison ment of an innocent man. They went up to Clarion county jail, effected an entrance through the cellar into the main corridors of the jail, intending to secrete themselves in one of the empty cells close to the main entrance, from which they would have enticed Sheriff Coll ner into "the jail, and after having over powered him liberated Miller. Tney in formed Miller of their intentions, and" not desiring to have himself connected in any way with these people, and having formed a friendship for the Sheriff and his family, which continues to this day, he informed him of the facts in the case and enabled him to take such precaution as was necessary to frustrate their design and to save the life of the big-hearted Sheriff The Evidence at the Trial. As for the evidence addnced,there is here with given some of the words of the wit nesses, and the substance of what the others told. In an affidavit made by John Connors, Sr., at the August term of Court, 1881, Clarion county, on the 24th day of August, 1881, after relating the circumstances of the robbery, how the robbers told them they had come to search for counterfeit money and how they tied himself and his wife up and robbed the sale, this is his exact lan guage on the witness 6tand: "I cannot identify the man; thev came there about 8 o'clock" in the evening; their faces were masked, holes for mouths and eyes, coats buttoned up; can't tell whether they had hats or caps." This was the entire and complete testi mony taken from the records of Clarion county regarding John Connors' identifica tion of the men who took his money. W. F. Morris, a telegraph operator at Red bank, saw two men come up the township road aud then onto the railroad to ward Phil lipsburg. This was 3 o'clock on the morn ing of the 24th. Redbank istwo miles below Phillipsburg. He said: "I saw these men in the afternoon. I was operating at the new depot. These men came in the direc tion from the furnace. These men were strangers." True, this was a point where a great many strangers came. George I Whitney testified at the August term ot court in 1881 in Clarion county: "I purchased some bonds from a man named South. There were eight 5250 Brady's Bend Bridge Company bonds; there was one 5300 Allegheny Valley 7 per cent income bond, and three 51,000 7-30 Allegheny Valley Railroad bonds. I sold these bonds to Fifth National and I Got These Bonds From D. M. South. "I gave a cashier's check. I soon found these bonds had been stolen and that thev w ere Connor's bonds. I found the check had been paid to South. I w ent hunting for South in his office, and went from his office to the Mayor's office, where I found Miller, from whom they took 1,800 and some cents." Rebecca Wallace, a cousin of one of the men, testified at the time of the trial: I live iu Armstrong county near Brady's Bend. Un the morning of March 24 there was a knock at my door and I asked who was there. The three defendants came in, Jackson, Harrop and Ott. Harrop had a valise, and Jake Ott asked me to get them some ale. Jake Ott had a 5100 and a 550 bill. The next morning Jake Ott and William Jackson w ere standing at my well arguing about a bill. Ott said it was a 550 bill and Jackson said it was 5100. Charles Glenn, who w as a clerk in Brown's store in East Brady shortly after the Con nors robbery, testified that a party who re sembled Harrop had a hundred dollar bill changed. Reese Davis, who lived at Bradv's Bend, testified that he was acquainted with Jackson and Ott. In last February, 1881, he saw Jackson in Pittsburg. He asked me if I knew John Connors. He allowed it would be a good place to make a haul. , He asked me how old and how large Connors was. J. S. Speedy, policeman at Braddock, testified that iu the evening about a year ago, in Braddock, Harrop said there was an old man named Connors living about five miles from Brady's Bend. He said he was an old man, had 520,000, and it would be easy to go through him. From the Official Record. James Tay, whose testimony is taken from the official record, testified: "Before the robbery Harrop did not work in the ore mines, for I do the hauling and keep the accounts. There was only one way to get out of the ditch where they were digging before the robbery. After that they made another way out, although it was not neces sary. J. A. Criswell I knew Jackson, Harrop and Ott, Harrop told me he expected to get away before he was caught. Henry Seibert testified: "I am well ac quainted with Jackson, Harrop and Ott. After the robbery Harrop asked me if I had iifstji'. ... . .-saMfe - .. . ... .. .t ... . i -Ji.,ijSfw, V .t. A .- ... - .'... . - ..,i ..,- .." M' t :,jiy . -'..- v. .... . "' ...... 1., .. ,. .-.-., . ,feMaa-e-Bii 1 m , tife,-, ,w.vtifiiTf,ltii iiiaf i, , . 1 1 1-uiu mtfiMl 11 n yijilMLjiiii-uBtMWWi! - THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, MONDAY. AUGUST seen any detectives; that he supposed they were looking for him. He said they had cracked a shell and were going west. Jack Cribbs, the detective, testified on the witness stand that he arrested Jackson, Harrop and Ott. Harrop, when arrested, said: "Are you not going to arrest anybody else but me." Before the warrant was read he asked whether it was for the Connors robbery." George Rumbaugh: I was in jail when the three defendants were brought in, heard them quarrel; heard Harrop and Jackson tell Ott he had robbed the old women. Ott said Harrop and Jackson had helped to rob old Connors. Ott slept with me in my cell. The others told him to keep his mouth shut and not give thein away. Ott told me they had robbefl old man Connors, and if they had searched their boots when they were ar rested they would have found something worth looking for. W. S. McGarra testified that he was tele graph operator at Redbank on tho night of March 23, 1891. I was on duty all night. Some time after midnight two men came in aud asked me if the night trains stopped. Soon afterward another one came in and asked the same question. They then went out and walked up and down until the train came. I did not see them afterward. The Testimony of Nelson. George W. Nelson I reside in Pitts burg; am n broker. I have been charged vvith'burglary and larceny and receiving stolen goods, and the case has been nol prossed on condition that I testify against the defendant. On the 27th of July, 18S1, a man came to me with some bonds. He said the were not his, but belonged to an other man, and he wanted me to sell them 'for him. They were Brady's Bend Bridge bonds and Allegheny Valley Railroad bonds. I could not sell them that day. I went down to a saloon on Virgin alley as directed. The barkeeper, Downer, was the man who came to see me. He introduced me to Ham ilton and Miller. He- said Miller was the man who owned the bonds. I asked him what he wanted for them. He said he eot them in a trade and he would like to get his money out of them and would sacrifice them. I offered him 4,500. He consulted with Hamilton and concluded to take it. Next morning I gave them to Mr. South to sell. He was in business with me and sold them for 54,700. I gave Hamilton the 54,500 agreed upon. The bonds were worth be tween 55,000 and 50,000. E. A. Smith I was in the Fifth National Bank acting as paying teller. Mr. Whit ney left the bonds in the bank and I made out a cashier's check for the money. After the sale was closed Miller came into the bank and got a 51,000 dollar bill changed. I made the remark that I had paid out a 51,000 bill about 20 minutes be fore. He had several large bills. Had the Money the Day Before. Sadie Manning testified "for the defense: "I knew Mr. Miller. He was in my house the day before the arrest and had quite a lot of money in 51,000 and 5500 bills. He was not in the condition to take care ot the money at the time. I induced him to trust me with it and took charge of it. I returned it to mm the next day. John tx. Mellon testified: I keep the Red Lion Hotel. Miller has stopped at my hotel for a year or more on and off and al ways had large sums of money with him. On this evidence Miller was convicted. The public and the papers had by this time manufactured for him more aliases than have been given to Fred Fitzsimmons since, his tragic murder of Detective Gilkinson. Two little stories of that day will show how the public was mistaken. This is the story told by Miller himself: 'I had been always regarded by a great manypcople as a very desperate and danger ous man. To show the fallacy of this belief, I wish to relate a little circumstance in con nection with my removal from the county jail in Clarion county to the penitentiary in Allegheny City. When we arrived at Fox burg, the one friend who had done every thing in her power for me from the time of my arrest, Miss Sadie Manning, out of fratitude for the many kindnesses that I ad done her, had come to Foxburg on the morning train and met the Sherifi" and me for the purpose of seeing if there was noth ing further she could do. Good Friends With tho Sheriff. I requested the Sheriffto unlock the hand cuffs with which he had encircled mv wrists and permit me to go back in the car and converse with Miss Manning about matters of importance to myself in regard to what future moves would be made looking to my release. The Sheriff, from the very first hour I met him, inspired me with a feeling of respect and gratitude. His kindness was like the mercy of God, 'unstrained and without measure.' When I made the request he simply asked me to pledge my word that I would return to the car when we arrived in the vicinity of Pitts burg and allow him to relock the handcuffs on my wrists. While it is true that lie ac companied me back into the car, there was no time during the two hours or more which were consumed in the journey from Fox burg to Allegheny that it wns not practical and possible for me to have jumped off the car and escaped, nothing restraining but my pledged word. It is needless to say that when we arrived at Sharpsburjj I went quietly back into the car and permitted him to again put on the fetters and convey me to the prison in Allegheny City." The truth of both these narratives is at tested by ex-Sheriff Collnor. As for the notes of evidence, I have myself taken an affidavit to their correctness. In point of fact they correspond with the notes taken by Hon. J.T. Mofiett, of Clarion, at the time o'f the triaL STORY OP THE SH0EB0X. MILLER HAD NO ASSISTANCE IN HIS FAMOUS ESCAPE. A Description of His Wanderings Before Reaching Canada Walking From Kent to Cleveland on a Terribly Cold JN'Ight The Fight Against Extradition. The world knows of the famous escape made from Riverside Penitentiary. How he succeeded in eluding the hundreds of officers has always been a subject of wonder to the outside world. Several years ago he told the story in confidence, but did not want it published because he wished it all to die. On Saturday at my request he dic tated to a stenographer his actual experi ence, which follows. After my conviction and sentence, I was conveyed to the penitentiary in Allegheny City. On arrrival there, the usual routine having been gone through with, a few days afterward I was put packing shoes in one "of the prison shops. I had not been employed in the works long until I was convinced of the feasibility and possibility of putting myself into one of the boxes in which shoes were packed and escaping from the prison. It is true, my lawyers had informed me there was no doubt I would cither get a new trial or a pardon in a short time. But, un der the circumstances, I think the majority of men at least will understand the feeling which prompted me, a boy of 22 years old, to take advantage of the chance of escape. This I did, and if I remember right, about December 13, I made preparations by rid ding myself of my cell mate to make a pain of trousers out of a blanket which wouid en able me to travel the streetsof Pittsburg until I could secure something more suit able. Escaped Without Assistance. These made, I placed them under my prison trousers, and on the 23d of Decem ber, about 10 o'clock in the morning, I placed myself In a large packing case, se curely fastening the cover on the inside without any aid or assistance from anyone, either civilian or convict. The driver of the wagon for W. E. Schmertz & Co. was a conscientious, dull-headed German (I see him, by the way, everyday) whom I trained to place the boxes with the-stencil end up on bis wagon, thus minimizing the chances of death. The driver placed the case on his vehicle and started with his load, as was his usual custom, to W. E. Schmertz &Co.'s store, on Fifth avenue, Pittsburg. Honest men as a rule, claim that a lawbreaker, or one who has been convicted of violating the law, has no courage but if to-day the ma jority of men in Pittsburg had to take the same chances of life or death that I did in escaping from the penitentiary, they would change their opinion on the courage ques tion. ' When the wagon was almost opposite the Red Lion Hotel, where I had been arrested, I prepared to leave the wagon and get out of the box where I had ensconced myself. My intention was to carry the box away and throw it into some vacant lot. The manifest which the driver carried only called for a certain number of boxes, the one which I was concealed in being an ex tra one and not numbered in bis bill of lading. Wearied and cramped by my Jong ride in a small space, as I prepared to leave the box a small boy paddling in the gutter hap pened to look up, and surprised at the ap pearance of a man emerging from such a confined and peculiar place, in a shrill voice exclaimed, "Look at that man!" An Exciting Moment. Instantly 50 pair of eves were turned on the wagon. Voices called on the driver to halt, which he did with an exclamation. I saw instantly that the carrying away of the box was an impossibility. I sprang across the street, passing down the alley alongside the Red Lion Hotel, and came" out on the side street, walked quickly into a cheap liquor shop on Diamond street, called for a glass of liquor, part of which I drank and art of which I spilt over my clothes, my esire being to appear intoxicated, simulat ing ine uuu.xieaiiun wnicn j. uiu nut leei. jl went quickly into a clothing store on the corner of Sixth and Liberty and bought a long heavy ulster, buttoning up which it covered m'e from my head to my heels. I next went to a hat store and bought a hat. From there I went to a clothing store and bought a suit of clothes, telling the dealer I wanted them for my brother, about the same size as myself. Havme secured a complete outfit of clothing, I passed over to a barber shop and bathing establishment on Fifth avenue, where in the privacy of the bathroom I made the-change in cos tume. Emerging from the bathroom, and having been shaved and my shoes shined, I passed out on Fifth avenue, bought a roll of newspapers from a news boy which I carefully wrapped up in the express office a little later and car ried under my arm. I then made my way to the Union depot, where I found the alarm of my escape had reached, and I saw the detectives scurrying to and fro. I took a train and went to Braddock, where, alarmed by some suspicious moves on the part of tne conductor, I left the train, Sassed over to .the Baltimore and Ohio epot and took another train. I rode on that a short distance eastward, having an ample supply of money, which had been convoyed to me through a guard at the penitentiary by friends on the outside. The Journey to the North. I took across the country until I struck the Pennsylvania lines again, thus chang ing back and forth. I made my way to a point on the Pennsylvania Railroad called Marysville, where I took a Northern Cen tral train for Elmira, N. Y. I arrived in Elmira at 12 o'clock Christmas Eve. The bells were ringing out the old anthem that the Christ was born who taught peace on earth and good will toward all. With haggard face and bloodshot eyes, I made my way to the depot to ascertain when a train left for the East, and to my chagrin I found that no train left before 5:30 the next morning. To stay out in the cold air that Christmas Eve was an impos sibility. Sleep and rest I must have, for even my iron constitution was giving away under the intense fatigue which I had undergone for the last few days. I stepped into the hotel adjacent to the depot, and the first man I saw was a police official who knew me quite well. He arose, greeted me cordially, inquiring where I came from. It would have been folly to have lied, and looking him boldly in the eye, I said I came from Pittsburg, Pa. We went to the bar and had a drink. I went to the regis ter and registered, and the same register can be seen to this day, "James W. Miller, Pittsburgj Pa." A clerk assigned me "a room, which I was shown to. Suspecting the police officer might have been afraid to make the arrest alone, and had simpiy acted in a friendly manner to throw me off my guard, I locked the door and climbed over the transom, and finding an empty room further down the hall I went to bed. I slept soundly until 5 o'clock in the morn ing, when I prepared to dress and leave the hotel and took a train for Bradford, Pa. A Cold Night for a Walk. From Bradford 1 took a train to Mead ville, from Mcadville I proceeded to Kent, O., and arrived at Kent about sundown on the evening of Christmas Day, and, afraid that I might be recognized if I attempted to take a train for Cleveland, I started to walk from Kent to Cleveland on the narrow gauge road. I shall never forget that night walk. The moon was bright and it was bitter cold. I was worn and weary from severul days' fatigue and several sleepless nights, and I tottered along the track on that terrible journey, almost dead. When I came to a lit tle wayside station I would throw myself down, face foremost, on the platform, aud slumber until the intense cold awakened me, when I would rise and stagger on. Six o'clock on the morning of the 26th of December found me in the city of Cleve land: 40 miles had been walked the night previous. I went to a friend's house who put me to bed, from which I did not arise for a week. At the end of that time I made my way by the Lake Shore road to Erie, Pa., from there to Buffalo, and from Buffalo to Toronto, Canada, where after consulting with some of the best lawyers of the Do minion, 1 became convinced 1 could not be extradited as an escaped prisoner. Let Them Know Where He Was. I had no hesitancy in communicating with some of my friends, as much for the purpose of letting the police know where I was, and thus cause them to abandon pur suit, as for thepurpose of allaying anyfears' as to w hat had become of me. Under the old treaty between the Dominion of Canada and the United States, if your bookkeeper should embezzle money from you to-night and make his way to Canada, from where he could not be extradited on the charge of embezzlement, it is only necessary that you should secure some person who would go be fore a Squire, make affidavit that, on a certain night a burglary had been committed on his premises, and that he believed the absconding cashier to be the man who committed the burglary, (if burglary was an extraditable crime). It is only necessary that you should go to Canada, arrest the absconder, have him brought before a justice for extradition on the charge of burglary. If when he was extradited and sent back, you took him be fore the Squire who had issued the warrant, and the prosecutor appeared and simply said, "X inaae a misiase, mis is not tne man, he would be discharged on that charge and being then within the jurisdiction of the United States, yon could arrest him for the crime of embezzlement. This was almost precisely what was done in my ease. Finding they could not ex tradite ine as an jscaped prisoner, some of the officers returned to Pittsburg, visited John Connor, in Clarion county, informed him that if he would make affidavit that, on the night on which he w as robbed, he was also shot by the burglar, they would see that all the money that was stolen from him was returned. The only foundation for this charge was that, during the robbery a re volver had accidently been discharged in tho room in which the robbery was com mitted, inflicting no injury on the inmates of the room. At the request of the officers, Connor sw ore out a warrant for felonious shooting. Extracts from the extradition fiapers attached hereto, would show in what urid colors some of the officers testified in regard to that shooting. To the Highest Court. The result was that the case was carried to the high court in England and the extra dition papers were granted conditional on the promise of President Arthur, of the United States, to the Governor General of the Dominion of Canada, that if the pris oner, Jas. W. Miller, was not found guilty of the charge on which he was taken back to the United States he would be returned to Canada. Once within the jurisdiction of the State of Pennsylvania, the State author ities claimed that the United States could not interfere with a prisoner of the Com 2i 189L monwealth. I was not taken to the jail in Clarion county. I was never confronted by my accuser nor tried for the charge of felon ious shooting, which was purely an imagin ary crime, and which was thrown out by the Grand Jury of the County when presented to them some time afterward, but I was conveyed to the Western Penitentiary and confined therein for a length of time, mak ing altogether five years, nine months and ten days. Immediately on my return there was a great outcry by the friends of my three fel low prisoners, Jackson, Harrop and Ott, that they were guiltless and that I was one of a notorious gang of robbers who had all escaped except myself, and the three prisoners, Jackson, Harrop and Ott were pardoned. Of the ter rible torture, shame and disgrace of that imprisonment it is needless to speak. One thought alone was uppermost in my mind during allthosc long bitter years, and that was, that if God spared my life, on my re lease I would devote the rest of it, if neces sary, to gathering facts which would enable me to establish my innocence. At this distant day;, some 11 years, my pains, search and "vigil long" result in' the vindication that is given to the public to day. During Mr. Miller's walk from Kent to Cleveland his sufferings were so great that when he arrived in the Forest City his hair had turned gray on the sides of his head, but in late years it has come back to its natural color. Another incident of his es cape was that he spoke to Captain Dan Sil via, who recognized him. but was too star tled to make an arrest. It took 16 minutes after he left the box for the officials to get word from the penitentiary and establish the identity of the escaped prisoner, and it was in that length of time that Miller made his change of clothing. CONFINED IN A DUNGEON. MILLER'S TALE OF HIS PRISON LIFE AFTER THE ESCAPE. One Kindly Keeper Who Helped to Make Life Endurable Soothing the Last Mo ments of a Dying Convict An Experi ence of the Flood. As to what James W. Miller suffered in the penitentiary after his short dream of liberty can best be told by the people who knew him ten years ago and who say that he now looks 50 year's older. A par tial story of his experiences as told by him self follows: After my extradition from Canada and re turn to the prison in Allegheny City, life was very hard in every way, and made much more so by the vindictiveness of several of the officials connected with the institution. First, let the reader remember that the average life of the prisoner is seven years, while it is true that many old criminals will be found who served a longer time than that, yet that has all been considered. In fixing the limited time which a man can endure imprisonment, I have no desire nor wish to say anything that would seem to reflect on anyone connected with the West ern Penitentiary during the time of my im prisonment there. That I was unjustly punished often times will not, I think, be denied by those acquainted with the cir cumstances. "Still, even among jailers, you will find kindly-hearted men, and one of the kindest we had in those days was a keeper called Hastings, who was affectionately termed "Daddy" by those confined in the prison. He never was known in the memory of any prisoner to have reported a man, and there was never a man who refused to go with him when sent after him to take him to the place of punishment. Among the prisoners it whs considered an exception able piece of good luck when "Dad" had charge of a dungeon in which a man was confined, because your slice of bread would be larger, and if you showed any disposition at all to obey the rules in future, "Dad" would intercede for you and secure the mitigation of punishment. A Story of a Kindly Keeper. I relate one incident as it was told me which shows the perfect kindliness in the man's nature and his disinclination, even while performing a duty, to inflict an in jury to the man placed in his charge. One foggy morning "Dad" was acting as inside guard aldng'the wall of the Western Penitentiary and 'at the same time taking a surreptitious puff at an old clay pipe. He heard a noise, and looking up, saw a prisoner disappear over the other side of the walL In a loud voice he said: "What are yon doing up there?" The prisoner answered back: "I am going to escape." "Dad" sternly ordered him: "Come down out of that. Some of these guards will come' along here and see you on top of that wall they would shoot you as sure as fate. Get down out of that." It must be borne in mind that "Dad" was ariped with a repeating rifle himself at this very moment. The prisoner came down and "Dad" gave him a cuff on the ear and locked him up. During the many long days I spent in the dungeon, "Dad" "did many a kindly act, which will always make me recall his memory with pleasure, ana none were prouder nor better pleased when my im prisonment was ended and I began to make wK mm- In 4-tA it-tpl? h 1 Tl Til rl ' TTnFr1n3 my way In the world than "Dad" Hastings. Charles Reade, in his book called "Never Too Late to Mend," tells of the horrible torture endured by one confined in a soli tary dungeon, and that it could not be en dured for more than three or four days at the time without affecting the mind. If confinement in a dungeon for that period of time is productive of insanity, I and hundreds of others would have been raving maniacs year ago. Plenty of Time for Thought. I spent months chasing in the narrow limits of one of those dungeons, and had ample time for contemplation and reflec tion. The big flood of 1884 found me so confined, and as the water rose higher, flood ing the whole lower portion of the prison, I heard the waves lap against the floor under neath my feet, and when I asked the keeper wnat tney wouia uo in case sun con tinued to rise and invaded the dungeon, he told me with a sneer that he would quietly lock the door and leave me there, and to be confined in a space G-toot long, 4-foot wide and 8-foot high, with a knowledge that the door was locked and double barred and that you might be drowned like a rat'would pre vent you enjoying sleep during the days that flood went swirling down the Ohio Val ley. "One of the saddest things that came under my notice while in prison I witnessed at the deathbed of a man vho had been shot by one of the officers He was a great stalwart fellow full of animal life and vigor and the shot had passed through the man's stomach. At first it did not seem to be a mortal wound, but after the doctor had made his examination he told him if he wanted to write to his friends he had better do so. And it was pitiful tonotice the look of amazement and horror depicted on the man's countenance when he realized that he must die. Everyone left him and 11 o'clock at night found me by his bedside in the hospital giving him such attention as a nurse might give. As the dawn was break ing he aroused himself from a sort of lethargy into which he had fallen and put ting out his hand, already grown cold in death, he whispered, "Don't leave me, stay with me until its done, I'm so lonely. Lonely he must have been and lonely he must have felt and sad must have been the thought that surges through his mind lying bare on a prison bed with a life but ebbing and no father, mother orsister's hand to wipe away the death damps from hirface. Death is hard at any time, even when surrounded bv the nearest and dearest, but death under the circumstances which are just related is the most horrible thing conceivable. Of course, these are but a few of the ex periences which made up Miller's prison life, but the very recital of his suflerings brings back memories that he would rather crush out and forget the weary years that were spent in the solitude of a dungeon in the weary work at the weary prison workshop. SINCE HIS RELEASE. MIIXER'S STRUGGLE TO RECOVER A PLACE IN THE WORLD. His Start as a Laborer in a Lumber Yard Working for and Living on Nine Dollars a Week Forty Cents Left for Luxuries -Bourn and Mltkienlecx. The record James Miller has made for himself since his release has been the wonder of all who knew him. Though liv ing under a heavy burden he rapidly forged ahead. The following is a part of his life story told by himself and covering the time since his release: Time sped on and the day dawned when the sentence which the law had in flicted was finished, and the prison doors swung back and I emerged forth to begin again the battle of life with very little money and not more than half a dozen friends in the world. I determined as I ,-anned the future that I would do two things; one was that I would take no finan cial assistance from anyone, that I would stand alone and make myself a place inthe business world as far as possible unaided and unassisted. My health was very poor for a year before" my discharge. I had hemorrhages several times, and the doctor declared me to be in the incipient stage of consumption. A kind friend gave me a few w eeks rest at his country home, and when I had become acclimated, so to speak, I started to look for employment. I didn't want or ask for a position as bank cashier. I only sought some honest labor by per forming which I could earn my bread. The Pittsburg Lumber Company was just start ing in business at that time on the Alle gheny Valley Railroad in the vicinity of Forty-third street. Mr. Strous, one of the members of the firm, gave me employment, and my duties were many and varied. I was a bookkeeper part of the day, and a few hours later wouia perhaps nna me unloaa ing a car of lumber, and a little later in the day I would probably have to deliver some of the same lumber that I had unloaded in the morning. I worked on with dogged de termination, and with a feeling of hopeless ness thatis in expressible. Not Living In Luxury. Everywhere I went it seemed that people took a keen delight in resurrecting the story, of the past. I was paid 59 a week, 56 of which 1 spent for board; 51 50 per week was spent lor the rent of a typewriter which I manipulated at night with a hope that when I had become proficient in its use I might get something to do which would increase the remuneration. Sixty cents a week was spent for car fare to and from my work, and 50 cents was paid to the laundry. I will never forget with what a sickness of heart I used to gaze at the 40 cents that was left each week after the bills were all paid, and think of the years gone by when I had spent that many dollars in a day. The first gleam of sunshine came from a little kindly act which one of my employers unconsciously performed and which sur prised him when I called it to his memory a month or two ago. He had taken in a partner and the partner had taken charge of the office and the books,I being employed entirely outside in the yard. It was neces sary one morning to send a team with some lumber over to Allegheny. The evening previous he had called me in the office and gave me instructions regarding the loading of the lumber. I called his attention to the fact that the teamster would need some money to pay toll. With a look of surprise he turned to me and said. "Why get it out of the safe, the combina tion has never been changed; it's just the same as it was before Mr. S. took charge." The First Trust Reposed In Him. It was the first trust that had been re posed upon me, and I will never forget, for I thought with a thrill of joy if this one man will trust me I can make others do it, and I think the confidence then begotten, was the lever which enabled me to move circumstances from that time on. When spring came there was a little increase in salary and I was put on the Toad selling; lumber. I was ordered one morning to prepare my-, self for a journey to West virzinia to a place called Burning Springs, on the Little, Kanawha river, to inspect a large amount of oak lumber which thefirm contemplated buying. The river being high with the spring flood, it was necessary to go horse back quite a distance across the country. Night found me one day at a log cabin in the wooded hills of Webster county. Putting up my horse, after supper as I sat on the porch of the cabin the woman ap proached me and said: "Stranger, I notice that you wear a white shirt. A. neighbor of our's has died over here. The nearest store is 40 miles away, and we would like to procure a white shirt i and a collar and a tie to dress the corpse I in." I cheerfully placed my store of clean linen at her disposal and she carefully se lected what she needed, at the same time keeping up a running fire of thanks. In that portion of the country there was neither wagon roads nor wagon, an'd when a man died the neighbors gathered from far and near and the male portion of the com munity acted as pallbearers, the corpse Continued on third page. Hugus & Hacke. Our prices are rapidly closing out the "odd lots." Make your pur chase while they last. A few more days will close the bal ance of the 35c PLAID CHEVIOT SUITINGS, which we are offerine at '19c A YARD. BLACK and WHITE STRIPED SURAH SILKS, a few pieces only, 1 quality, at 50c A YARD. Light ground all-wool FRENCH CHALL1S, choice printings, 55c goods at 25 c A YARD. A small lot, 10 styles, of FINE FRENCH FLANNELS, stripes and figures; regular 75c quality, will be closed at 39c A YARD. Do not miss our sale of POR TIERES. Half price and less for our remaining assortments. AN EXTRA SPECIAL BARGAIN. "FRENCH GRENADINE ROBES, the most fashionable novelties shown this season; original price S35, a choice now AT $12 50 EACH. Cor. Fifth Ave. and Market Si. an23-MWTsa DIAMONDS A GOOD PURCHASE WHEN Bought from a first-class house, when qual ity is guaranteed and no fancy prices asked. We carry a large stock, handle only line goods and figure close prices. No trouble to show you. E. P. ROBERTS & SON, FIFTH AYE. AND MARKET ST. aul2ocrr The Cambria Wortfi Fnlly Taxed. Johsstowx, Aug. 23. For tne flrst time In many years every department of the Cambria Iron Company is on full turn to-day. As General Manager Pulton Is kr"n to be strongly opposed to all kind of Sunday work, tho active operation of the workson this day is taken as an indication that there is an un usual pressure of orders. The Leading Drygoods House. Pittsburg, Pa., Monday, Aug. 11, 1S9L JOS. HOBHB & C0.'S PEHN AVENUE ST0SE3L FOR THE AUTUMN. We are daily receiving our advance importations for the fall season of choice DRESS GOODS Of the best English,. Ger man and French manu facture. As usual, our display will be larger and more com plete than that of any previous- season. To a first view of the new fall styles we this morning invite the ladies of these cities and vicinity. Our mail order depart ment sends samples free to any address upon request. JOS. HORNE & CO., 607-62-1 PENN AVENUE. au2t ODDS, ENDS -AlfD- REMNANT : SALE! Odds in Dress Goods. Odds in Corsets. Odds in Shirts. Odds in Curtains. Odds in Waists. 1-2 Prices on All Goods! Remnants in Dress Goods, Remnants in Ginghams, Remnants in Silks, Remnants in Black Goods, Remnants in Embroidery, Remnants in Laces, Remnants in Table Linens, Remnants in Flannels, Remnants on all counters some in good dress lengths at prices that will make them go. We will, make this the Greatest Remnant Sale of the season. 435 MARKET ST. 437. auil-mry
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