The Verdict.--
The interest in the Miller-Gensemer tragedy at union Station has not abated; in fact, it may be said to have crystallized, and as there are always two sides of a question so are there two determined factions - for and against the prisoner. Miller was taken to Union Station on Saturday, by Constable Wolfskill, of East Cocalico, and Chief of Police Deichler, of Lancaster, for a hearing before ‘Squire Garman.
On the arrival of the train at the station a large crowd of excited people assembled and the officers hurried the prisoner to the justice’s office by a short route.
At the hearing two witnesses were examined. Clinton F. Reager testified to the shooting, and Dr. Weist to the death from gunshot wounds. No defense was made. Bail was offered and refused, and the prisoner committed for a trail at Court.
The wife and barkeeper of Miller were allowed private interviews with him.
A large crowd gathered in front of the magistrate’s office, manifesting suppressed but intense excitement. The officers, bearing in mind the rumored threats of lynching, conveyed the prisoner quietly out of the back door to a close carriage and drove rapidly to Reamstown station, where they took the train. Miller was safely landed in prison in the afternoon.
~ The Lititz Record, 28-Oct-1881, Page 3, Column 2
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