Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....MILLER, James July 6, 1888 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com July 22, 2020, 9:00 pm Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky., September 4, 1889 (4) Newspaper articles pertaining to the trial of former Judge Alanson Madison "Matt" (A. M.) PULLIAM, for murdering James MILLER in July 1888. "Now, I wish to say to everybody, that my dear, innocent children are left in the world, far worse than orphans, penniless, homeless, and bowed down with grief. The vicious prosecution has not only crushed and ruined me, but has done all in its power to disgrace and forever ruin my children because they have dared to be honest and true to the cause of justice. Therefore, I do earnestly request all good people to extend to them Christian sympathy and give them pecuniary aid to help them up the hill of life which they will have to walk alone, and to give them all possible aid to the higher life beyond. They are good and innocent children, and are not responsible for this unfortunate trouble. Left in the world without a protector, inexperienced, penniless and helpless, and I now give them over unto the hands of the Lord with my humble prayer that His people will be as fathers and mothers to them, and that He will at last save them in His kingdom, and that we may be a united family in heaven which has been my daily prayer since the happening of this unfortunate affair." "I will again say that I think the verdict unjust. I aught to have been hanged or acquitted. If guilty killing that man without a cause, as charged by the commonwealth, I aught to be hung, but as it was for debauching my wife, destroying my home and bringing about all the ruinous results, I aught to have been acquitted, but as I have said, the evidence was misleading, and I do not blame the jury. In conclusion, I want to thank my friends who showed sympathy in my behalf; thanks to the court for his honest efforts in my behalf; thanks to the officers of Meade and Jefferson County jailer for their kind treatment of me, and above all, thanks to the gread God that we are all yet on praying grounds and within the reach of mercy, and my humble prayers to God is that He will forgive all the wrongs and save us all at last in his kingdom. May the Lord ever protect my children and I call down upon them the blessings of a broken-hearted father." There was silence in the court-room while Judge PULLIAM read the paper, and when he had concluded he remained standing with uplifted head, while Judge McBEATH pronounced the sentence of the court upon him. Judge PULLIAM immediately left the court-room, and on the noon train, in charge of Sheriff HARDIN and Deputy WOOLFOLK, he was taken to Louisville. On the same train going up and in another coach were Judge PULLIAM'S wife and four young children. The Sheriff asked the mother to let the children take a last farewell of their father, but Mrs. PULLIAM refused. She was going to Indianapolis with her children, where in future, she will reside. Judge PULLIAM'S sister and daughters were at the Seventh Street depot to meet him and accompanied him to the jail where two hours were spent waiting for the Frankfort train to leave. The parting between the prisoner and his two daughters was most sad and pathetic. Jailor BAILEY and Judge PULLIAMS attorneys will make an effort to induce the warden of the penitentiary to make PULLIAMS task as light as possible. He was shot through the lungs during the war (Civil War), and anything but clerical work would speedily result in his death. And so ends one of the most sensational murder trials ever held in this part of the state. 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 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breckinridge/obits/m/miller11000gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/