State v. Miller

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, C. J.:

About 10 o’clock the morning of February 3,1947, the appellant, George Miller, a colored man, shot and killed M. F. (Mike) Churchill, the chief of police of the city of Osawatomie, and promptly fled the scene of the homicide. News of the tragedy spread rapidly and police officers, deputy, sheriffs and citizens searched for Miller. Some two and one-half or three hours later they located him in the loft of a garage about three blocks from the scene of the homicide, and the officers took him into custody. Perhaps 75 to 100 persons, some of…