Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....MILLER, James July 6, 1888
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Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky., September 4, 1889
(3)
Newspaper articles pertaining to the trial of former Judge Alanson Madison 
"Matt" (A. M.) PULLIAM, for murdering James MILLER in July 1888.


                              THE SENTENCE
     Early Thursday morning Judge PULLIAM was brought into the court to receive 
his sentence.  There was, as usual, a large crowd present, as it was understood 
that the doomed man would have something to say.  He looked dejected, pale, and 
broken down in spirits.  When the judge asked him why the judgement of the court 
should not be passed upon him, he arose to his feet and said that it was 
difficult for him to concentrate his mind upon any one thing, and he desired to 
read a statement which he had prepared during the weary and sleepless hours of 
the preceding night.  In a faltering voice, but clearly and plainly, Judge 
PULLIAM read the following:
     "May it please the court, I wish to say a few words to the jury and to the 
people.  To the jury, I will say, I do not entertain any hard feelings toward 
any one of them for the verdict.  I believe you did the best you could under the 
circumstances, owing to the weighty, revengeful, and vicious prosecution, braced 
and supported by the various powerful influences which bring results of unfair 
practice and false evidence.  I wish to say to the jury and the people that I 
have labored to such a disadvantage and would be compelled to continue to do so, 
and believing from what I have seen at the trial that at the next trial, they 
would prepare, and prove everything under the sun and, considering these things, 
I have decided not to appeal and will accept the verdict, but in my conseption 
of right, I am unjustly punished."
     "I wish to state here that in case of my death while in prison, I want to 
be buried at Hardinsburg, with a plain marble slab over my grave with this 
inscription upon it,  'A. M. PULLIAM, died a Martyr for home sanctity, and for 
trying to save his children from shame and disgrace.  Was born September 15, 
1840, and was sent to the Kentucky Penitentiary for fifteen years, August 28, 
1889, for killing James MILLER, July 6, 1888, because he believed beyond a doubt 
that he had debauched his wife, and alienated her from his bosom'."
     "I want this inscription to stand and be now recognized as a witness which 
will appear in the heavenly court and there testify as to who swore the truth at 
the earthly trial.  I would rather have this epitaph upon my grave than a 
monument which might cast a million dollars, and be covered with inscriptions of 
wordly fame."





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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