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VOL; III. NO. 346.Fulfil SHOT TO HEATHMarsha! Carter, of Westwood, ^ Kills the Desperado.HE RESISTED ARREST.A BAD MAN’S CAREER ENDED.Ihe Notorious Undertaker's Stable the Scene of the Tragedy—He Was Shot Three Times.The predictions of many policemen came true yesterday. Fred Miller, the Harrison avenue undertaker and desperado, death at the hands of an officer of the law who had a warrant for his arrest. Marshal “Newt” Carter, of Westwood, fired the shot that cut short Miller’s career and he also fired o*i© that xgpksXhrough the mouth of Charles Stanley, Miller’s brother-in-law, who was assisting in preventing his arrest.The immediate cause of the killing was the bold theft of a %agon by Miller, although his character was sugsh thfct any policeman who attempted 4io attest him on any charge would have taken no chances with him. Friday afternoon Miller drove up to the coal yard of S. E* Herron at Westwood and pelted Herron’s driyjsr fb gi*e him a Wagon belonging to Herron aild drove away with It. ,Mr. Herron was present at the time, feared to remonstrate with Miller on (fount of his wfefl-known desperate cbar-He at once went before Mayor Gamble and swore Out a warrant for Miller, and it was placed in the’ hands of Marshal Carter to serve.Westwood is the home of Miller, and his character was so well known to the residents of that village that when the Marshal started out to arrest him he did «o with a full knowledge of the risk he was taking, and went prepared.Mr. Herron accompanied’him to the city, and the former called at police hited quarters and asked for assistance ip, arresting Miller, but was told that any Officer in the Oliver Street District, where Miller’s place of business was, could be called on to assist in the arrest. ^..... ■ . v I ,^ Carter Went Prepared.In the meantime the Marshal bad gone tc Miller’s stable to serve the warrant, but his man was not there. He sat, down waited, and just before noon Miller drove up in a buggy, and as he was about t the stable Carter grasped the reins horse ahd said: “Miller, you are my prisoner; I have here a warrant forMiller called to his brother-in-law, Charles Stanley;, ‘Get a club and we’ll kill theCarter had on,an overcoat, in the pocket of which he had a 38-caliber double-action pistol, ai|d uflt^QW -in brinjrinjffito^l^n.-^taul^nn'^esponse to Miller’s request, came running with a singletree, ahd just as he did so the Marshal’s pistol cracked and a ball pierced Stanley’s cheek, inflicting only a flesh wound, but enough to make him drop to- the ground crying that he was killed.Miller then sprang from his buggy and started at the Marshal, and again the pistol cracked, and still again, each shot striking Miller but not mortally wounding hi Miller then ran .across the street to t saloon of Henry Oberhelman, and it is si posed that he was trying to get a pistol, he cried: “I’ll kill the , I’ll kill him.”During this time an immense crowd of people had gathered, attracted by the shots, and the nervy Marshal stood in their midst, cool and collected, his pistol in his hand, and a determined look on his face. Miller emerged from the saloon bleeding from his two wounds, and still declaring that he would kill the Marshal.Quick as lightning the officers’ weapon was leveled, and When the desperado saw it his nerve deserted him, ajid he turned to flee from the man whose unfllnchlngalmhad already sent two bullets into his worthless carcass, and one into that of his brother-rt it jo late.Just as he turned to flee a small stream of flame and a report denoted that the Marshal had fired again, and before the buildings could echo the shot Miller had dropped to the ground with a bullet just below his shoulder blade. Before the* smoke from the Marshal's pistql had cleared away the desperado was dead.A ^hird Man Wonnctecl.Some of the stablemen at once rushed to him and carried him into the private office, where Stanley had already been taken. There was still another cartridge in the Marshal’s pistol, and this was fired at a man who rushed forward to avenge the death of Miller, but the bullet cooled his ardor, and he limped off with a wound. All the efforts of the police and Coroner to learn the name of this man proved unavailing.When the body of Miller was carried into the private office the Marshal went in with it, and the doors were at once locked and barred to prevent the mob, which was outside, from gaining admittance.Carter at once called up the Coroner by telephone and then called Patrol No. 5. When the wagon arrived Stanley .was at once sent to the Hospital, where it proved that his wound Is not a serious one. Sergeant McMilla* arrived on the scene within a few minutes and found Carter sitting in the office with the body of Miller. He surrendered himself to the officer, and was at once taken to the Central Station, where a great deal of excitement prevailed, as Miller was well known to every man about headquarters, and his sudden end was not unexpected.Carter related the story of the killing and said that he had done It in self-defense, but was willing to be locked Up if the officials wished to do so. The news of the shooting had spread rapidly, and there were a dozen people at headquarters,-each eager to go on the plucky Marshal's bond. It was made out by Harry Hanover and signed by Peter Ruhiman, a well-known Westwood citizen, and the Marshal discharged from custody. In the bond the charge is manslaughter.Coroner Haerr was one of the first on the scene, arriving there before the police, and he toohT the statements of all the witnesses, which are substantially as related above. It was proposed to remove the body to the Morgue, but Miller's friends suggested that it be left at the undertaking establishment; and the Coroner granted their request.Dr. Denman was selected by the Coroher to hold a post-mortem examination, and after It was finished the body was removed to the home of Miller’s father at Cheviot.Miller’s Notorious Career.Miller’s career has been one long chapter of a war with society in general, and the officers *of the law in particular. He was a quarrelsome man, and when in liquor a terror to the whole neighborhood.He is the man who is generally, supposed to have assisted in the escape of Burglar Anderson from the County, Jail. It' was Miller who waited near the Jail anti conveyed the escaped burglair to a place ofsafety on Price Hill and later out of thecity.'He is belidved to have been engaged Jn stealing vehicles and sending them to a farm in Illinois, where they were disposed of after having fc^en repainted and disguised so as to defy identification. West-w6od was his home, and it was from there and the surrounding territory that the most of the vehicles were stolen, and the citizens of the community employed detectives to ferret out the thefts. While Miller was never convicted of them, there was no doubt that he was guilty.He had been arrested innumerable'times by the police for disorderly conduct and had served ftwcr* terms in the Workhouse.Across his .face he bore the mark of a razor used by a man whom he attacked, and there are many men who bear the marks of Miller's wrath and strength. He was an Immense man, with the strength of a horse, and would fight on the slightest provocation.Several policemen have had desperate struggles with him, and his death at the hands of an officer of the law is a suipprise to none who knew him, but a relief to all law-abiding citizens who liyed in his neighborhood. He leaves a wife, but no children. The Coroner will hold an inquest within a few days and there seems to be no doubt about the verdict being one of justifiable homicide.SUIT SETTLED.Case of Hargis Bros. vs. Southern Lumber Company Compromised.Special to The. Tribune.Richmond, Ky., Dec. 14.—The suit for $5,400, brought py Hargis Bros., of Jackson, against the Southern Dumber Company, of Valley View, this county, whose main office, however, is in Cincinnati, was compromised in the Breathitt Circuit Cotirt yesterday by the payment of $4,850 to the plaintiffs.TAKEN BACK TO HER HOME.Satisfted l^iat the Weak-Minded Old Dady's Son-in-Daw Prompted the Elopement.John A. Davis; of Mechanicsburg, O., the guardian of Mrs. Mary Pangborn, the old lady who, in company with Arthur Hoover, a young farmhand, attmepted to get a license to marry at the County Clerk's office Friday, arrived in Newport at 11:30 o’clock yesterdaKunorning. He came to get Mrs. Pangborn and to investigate the case. He Was not aware, he said, of the scheme that had been on foot, and desired to be made acquainted with the facts. Sheriff Plummer referred him to the account published in The Tribune as the most correct, and he purchased a number of‘copies to take back with him.He blames the son-in-law of Mrs. Pangborn, Chas. Oartmill, with the trouble, as he and his wife would be materially benefited if the marriage had taken place.He states that the first Intimation he had of the runaway was when Oartmill came to him and told him that the old lady had run off with Hoover. This did not arouse his suspicions t.ill Cartmill stated that they were at Cincinnati and wanted money* to return on. This appeared to him io- be peculiar, and all Was ffot made clear till the “arrival of the dispatch from County .Clerk YeitJj. -Stajtipg the ^whereabouts and mission of the couple at Newport.Cartmill denied knowing that the couple an away to get married, but Davis feels assured that he was the Instigator ofsays that Cartmill has been keeping the old lady from visiting him, and he nlt; knows the reason for it. Davis promises make things hot for Cartmill on his return, claiming that he will turn him off the farm and prosecute him if possible.Davis was directed to the St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Covington, and there took charge of Mrs. Pangborn, returning to his home in Mechanicsburg with her.He desired to pay the’Sheriff for the work he had done, but was informed by Mi Plummer that it was done for “the sake of humanity.” He complimented the officials on the shrewd and rapid way in which the investigation had been prosecuted.Hoover, the would-be groom, was allowed } do as he pleased in regard to returning home, and did not leave till late in the afternoon. He seemed to realize that “he vas being made a tool of, and on leaving itafed that he would assist in bringing Cartmill all the trouble possible over the matter.SIX LIVES CRUSHED OUT.Overhanging Bock Falls on a Gang of Men WI*ile They Were Eating Dinner.Special to The ‘Tribune.Middlesboro, Ky., Dec. 14.—Six section len in the employ of the Virginia Coal and Iron Compsaey met their death near Big Stone Gap shortly after noon today.They were working on the Virginia Coal and Iron Company’s road that runs 'from Appalachia to Pioneer, and had stopped at side of the road under an overhanging strata of rock to eat their dinners, where they had a fire built, The section foreman, Mercer, stepped from under the cliff to get a drink. He had been gone but an instant when the rocks overhead gave way, falling on the remaining six men, instantly killing five of them and fatally injuring the other.* Those killed are P. L. Huffman, Big Stone Gap; Dan Payne; Pioneer; Geo. W. Beaton, Richmond, Va.; John Brown, home unknown, and Bill Saylor.Saylor’s home is In Kentucky, but what place is unknown.The injured man’s name cannot be learned. All are white. Huffman leaves a wife and three children. Payne leaves a wife and seven children. The remaining four are single. It is believed that the fire, which been burning under the cliff all morning, softened the earth around the rocks and caused them to give way.J. K. Taggart, Superintendent of the Virginia Coal and Iron Company, }s having the bodies prepared for burial and will send them to their respective homes.FORCED TO GIVE UP.Masked Men Get In Their Work on a Bail road Man at Dau-viile.Special to The Tribune.Danville, Ky., Dec. 14.—C. L. Vallandiag-ham, the night operator at the Cincinnati Southern passenger depot, in this city, was assaulted by two armed men this morning at 2:30 o’clock, and compelled to open the cash drawer in the ticket office and give them the money it contained, which amounted to $14 eft- $15. They escaped. They were rather well-dressed and had the appearance of professional crooks. The operator was unarmed and small, and could make no resistance. jBACK TO WASHINBmPresident Cleveland and Party Returning te the Capital.Norfolk, Dec. 14.—President Cleveland arrived here on a special train at 9:36 p.m., id left on the lighthouse tender Maple for 'ashlngton at 9:48. All well..
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