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ItIII)r\my Horace Mills isyrlt;nI ii•iHeld For Murderi aillOf Son - In - LawtibPvoaeUaPreliminary hearing for Horace b Mills, 49-year-old former Pem-1 berton resident, who yesterday was lodged in the county jail, charged * with the shotgun murder of his f 126-year-old son-in-law, Clarence (German) Miller, jr., at Winding ^ Gulf, has not been set, Sgt. A. Scalise, of the state police, said last night. ,Conservator Walter Huff said! c, he was notified of the shooting | about 6 o’clock yesterday morning by Mrs. Texas Miller, wife of the j victim and Mills’ daughter, who j ^ immediately ran from her home to use a telephone at a neighbor's house. ,pThe conservator said it was his tj opinion that Mills is insane. After shooting off the back of Miller’s head with a blast from a 12 gauge shotgun, Huft stated that Mills “ had thrown two of three shotguns lt;1cds«IT(Continued on Page 4)ifg]
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Beckley Post Herald
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Sat, Dec 01, 1945
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