Justice of Peace Miller Dares Not
Leave Jail on Bail and Remains.
This was a small frontpage article in the Friday, Nov. 25, 1910, Alva Pioneer - Vol. 18, No. 9. May need to see what the Wichita Beacon morning paper said about the case around Nov. 16, 1910. Was Justice Miller really fearful of his life? Was someone using this affair with Mabel to setup, control this Judge?
"Alva, Okla., Nov. 16. -- N. L. Miller, justice of the peace, in jail here charged with the murder of Mabel Oakes, 19 years old (newspaper misprint of Mabel's age), refused bail, today, saying he feared the people of the town would attack him if he appeared on the streets. Miller's bail was fixed at $5,000." -- Wichita Beacon.
The above article is without foundation, and is a lie on its face, and the act of the designing writer is condemned by our people. The Pioneer intends to keep the public posted on the procedure of this case, and it will be our aim to give a full and true account of the evidence as the testimony is taken.
Alva Man Fears Violence - news article dated 25 Nov. 1910
The Miller Case Continued - news article
In the case of N. L. Miller, charged with the murder of Miss Mabel Oakes, the preliminary was set for 10 o'clock this morning, but by mutual consent of the attorneys the case was postponed until December the first. (Dec. 1, 1910).
J. N. Tincher, one of the leading attorneys of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, is in the city assisting in the prosecution. We gave a full account of the case November the 4th (think this date is a typo because the death occurred on the 9th), including the finding of the jury impaneled at the coroner's inquest.
A few days later the Oklahoma City paper came out with a report written from Alva, which boistered up a false impression, and in the Wichita Beacon this morning, appears an article which was no doubt penned by the same hand and which we publish below:
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