Franklin-Wake County NcArchives News.....Miller Poisons Self to Avoid Hangman November 1836
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Nov.18, 1836   Charlotte Journal November 1836
   SUICIDE -- On Thurday morning last, MERRIL MILLER, who was to have been 
hung the next day for the murder of JOHN WHITAKER, was found in his cell, in 
the Jail of this City, about day-break, in the agonies of death. Medical 
assistance was promptly obtained, but to no purpose. It is not certainly 
known, in what matter his death was produced; but the belief is universal that 
he died in consequence of some poisonous portion which he had taken.
   LEVI MILLER, the son of the deceased, now lies in the Jail of Franklin 
County, under sentence of death, as an accomplice in the same crime. Friday 
next is the day appointed for the Execution. -- Raleigh Register

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