Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....MILLER, James July 6, 1888
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Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky., August 28, 1889
(1)
Newspaper articles pertaining to the trial of former Judge Alanson Madison 
"Matt" (A. M.) PULLIAM, for murdering James MILLER in July 1888.            

A. M. PULLIAM

Ex-County Judge of Breckenridge on Trial
for his Life at Brandenburg

For the Murder of Jas Miller at Hardinsburg July 6, 1888

THE COURT HOUSE PACKED WITH PEOPLE FOR SEVEN DAYS EAGER TO
HEAR EVIDENCE AND THE FATE OF THE SLAYER.

No New Facts Developed By The Defence.

JUDGE McBEATH'S INSTRUCTIONS TO THE JURY

The Arguments All Made and The Jury Took
The Case at 11 o'clock Yesterday,

JUST ONE WEEK FROM THE DAY IT WAS CALLED

Everybody Glad It Is Over.

(Special to the News)
Brandenburg, Aug 27, --- The argument in the PULLIAM case was concluded at 11 
o'clock to-day.  Chapeze WATHEN made the closing speech and it was the best he 
ever made.  The jury have had the case all day and up to 5 o'clock the hour of 
adjournment, had rendered no verdict.  The judge held them over until 8 o'clock 
to-morrow.
     The case of the Commonwealth of Kentucky against A. M. PULLIAM, for the 
killing of James MILLER in Hardinsburg, on July the 6th. 1888, was called for 
trial in the Meade County Circuit Court at Brandenbueg, on Tuesday of last week.  
The crowd present each day was very large owing to the enormity of the offence 
and the prominence it had occupied in the minds of the people of this section of 
the state since its occurrance.  The court room was packed with people when the 
defendant Judge PULLIAM entered and took his seat in the bar.
     Mr. PULLIAM looked a little pale from his long confinement in jail, but 
otherwise there was no change in his appearance.  He was dressed in a neat blue 
flannel suit, and seemed to be prepared to confront the great ordeal that was 
before him.
     He was accompied by his two daughters, Misses Sallie and Annie, who have 
been staying in Louisville for several months past.  Surrounded by his attorneys 
and a few personal friends, the groupe was a center of attraction from all eyes 
in the crowded court room.
     Promptly at 1 o'clock, Judge McBEATH called the case for trial.  The 
Commonwealth was represented by Hon. Chapeze WATHEN, District Attorney, assisted 
by Judge Milton BOARD, Judge N. Mc. MERCER, and Hon. David R. MURRAY, and County 
Attorney TRENT of Meade.
     The defendant was represented by Mr. David W. FAIRLEIGH and Gen. Alpheus 
BAKER of Louisville, Hon. W. R. HAYNES of Leitchfield; Mr. H. T. WILSON of 
Elizabethtown, Mr. James G. HASWELL and Morris ESKRIDGE of Hardinsburg.
     This being one of the most noted and sensational murder cases that has 
occurred in this part of the state for many years, it attracted many people from 
all the adjoining counties, and they were anxious to hear it tried out.  While 
it had been confidently predicted that the trial would come off, and all of the 
circumstances of the case this time be given in full to the public there were 
some misgivings that a hitch would occur some where, and the case again go over.  
Sure enough when Judge McBEATH called the case for trial there were several 
witnesses who did not answer. 

Additional Comments:
#0242 Miller Cemetery #3, located off Highway 992, near west Hardinsburg, in 
Breckinridge County, Ky.

MILLER, James  13 Nov 1831 -- 06 Jul 1888
UNKNOWN IF HE EVER MARRIED
son of Matthias MILLER, Sr. & Isabel HOWARD
have articles from the trial for the man who murdered James MILLER
he has a tombstone

HIS PARENTS ARE ALSO HERE:
MILLER, Matthias, Sr.  11 Jan 1790 -- 12 Oct 1876
husband of Isabel HOWARD
parents unknown
he has a tombstone

MILLER, Isabel  1801 -- 28 Apr 1862
wife of Matthias MILLER, Sr.
parents unknown
she has a tombstone
Dana Brown & Peggy Russell
 

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