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IS (INLY SIXTEEN.YET SUE HK.S A BAIIY T» IIElf It K EAST.Hi'.i;iii: the iU*d ! WVml Her Own Falher I* Charged willi llrioie II' Father—SNa* MllWr Arretted fur linc'1—Kefu*es In Talk tu l In* Thur* Man Taken l« Winehe*-Irr by Sheriff Overman.f»pe1*1-«*Ji-u*r-»i Vr '0*1ei -:\*‘Klit'andliareet.an••Hello, Sde,’ saiu Sheriff T. J. Overman or Randolph county, Friday m.irnii if, aa lie reached his hand through the ceil door that kept S:,.is Miller froui the outside world, *1 am sorry *lt;• llml \nu heie ••Ye.'. aanl the prisoner, the water coming to his eves. it's had. Ilov are ail the folks over at WincbesUi? And alter a lew more Irieiidlv word?, vlie T.ium man reached his handsthrough the bars. Wi:tried to gel our proboscis in, but tins was one of the I line* t hat our nose u is put completely out of joint. .No. 1 will not even tell ou how old 1 am: I won't answer a 'ingle question. and it was evident lroui the gt'ture ot his eye. the tone of Ins Voice, and his general resolute demeanor that we were wasting time. We were a little more successful with his !»• year old daughter that was in the private rooms of Sheritl Ricbasmi below, hugging a bahy buy to her breast, bora on the HUH of June last. •Shew js a pale, delicate looking girl, blue eyes, easy manners, and apparently but little disconcerted.••WtutU y«mr name? aaid we. “Delia Miller.‘•How old?‘1 am 10.‘•When were vou boro?”• March I. I*S4. That would make me !»., wouldn't it?•*X*'t that would make you IV “Well. I can't say for sure*. 1 «a* 16 last March. 1 could tell you the year if I had the testament.The testament! Then her innocent baby da? eauie ilittlugout from their dozen years of beastly incarceration, and wo wondered how it is that in time tbe conscience becomes as seared as a withered leaf. Here before u was but a child In years, a bahy at her breast, and upstairs behind grim iron bars one who auswered to the call of father, charged with Its authorship. And she said her birth was recorded in the family testament!nooeot of this charge aud that no criminal relations ever existed?’“That is what I say. 1 will not tell vou wlm is the father of this child. 1 can tell, but I won't. No, air. my own f mother does not know. It was about ; the 1st of August last year that father and 1 were at my aunt's. He was hauling by there aud stopped all night.’At I 4) that afternoon Sheriff Over* ' man lett with the handcuffed prisoner for the capital of Randolph, the girl and baby accompanying them. His arrest was made on an indictment returned by the grand jury, (if course j Silas Miller stoutly denies the charge. This is very natural. He will soon be giver, an opportunity to substantiate this denial.It is u sad case indeed—three unfortunate', an unnatural and brutal ; father.aruined daughter, *r unforlu-iiHtc baby. Indeed the way of tbe lunsgressor is hard.ADDITIONAL LOYAL..1 .lines H. K«ley, the grocer, was called to Chicago this week tu attend the* tnneial ■! a relative.N. M. Copi'uck broke tbe ba**k door glass in Jerry Suilivan's saloon in his HTorl to steal a half pint, of whisky. Eleven days in jail.Dan Heobe was run in Monday night at the instance of his wife. wbr has applied fur a divorce. Tu-May morning Daniel had cooled down and was released.Charles Lyons, the Southside milkman, was thrown from his wagon Friday on the Burlington pike. He hung to the lines, was dragged some distance, and somewhat bruised. No further injury.Mrs. Abraharu Hyre left New Wav-erly Wednesday for Dayton. Ohio, and after two weeks will go to New Jersey. After t liiihtmas she will go to California to spend the winter with her daughter Mrs. Dr. Freeman of Lameasa.The railroad branch of the Young Men's Christian Association of Cincinnati has arranged with Jim Bui wick, the railroad evangelist, to hold a series of meetings at Cincinnati, beginning January 31 and continuing for a period of two weeks.Mrs. I. W. Egman of Twelve Mile was out of the yard Sunday for the first time since February. She wanted to see a sick neighbor. T. J. Hoover, who lived just opposite. Accordingly the genial* merchant of tbe villagei hi*, name hi* R»m»n! tont h*r underTheMettJ.Hu10 (40* Broa
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Logansport Times
Logansport, Indiana, US
Fri, Nov 17, 1899
Page 8
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