A Funeral Crowd Calls for a Killer's Neck

The conclusive evidence unearthed by Chief of Police Rogers and Detective Cudlihee, going to show that Henry Craemer is the murderer of Mrs. Philipina Miller and child, has served to intensify the feeling against the murderer, and the increase of this feeling among Miller's neighbors and compatriots has led to the action of the authorities in removing the accused to the county jail as a precaution against a possible attempt at lynching.

This feeling was strikingly demonstrative at the funeral of Mrs. Miller and her child, and there is little doubt that if the vast crowd collected at Third and Columbia streets yesterday afternoon could have laid hands upon Craemer he would have been hanged with the scant ceremony characteristic of lynch law.

The feeling against Craemer has been extended to August Rother, who was arrested as an accomplice in the crime. A rumor gained credence Wednesday night that Rother had made a full confession, implicating himself and fastening the murder upon Craemer. This rumor was followed by the declaration of the chief of police that he is convinced of Rother's innocence. Nevertheless the feeling against him is violent, and he is still held in custody to preserve him from the fury of a mob.

Craemer was hurried to the county jail, evidently in order to place him where he would be secure from a threatened attack by the enraged friends of Miller. The county jail is a fortress in itself, and Sheriff Woolery would be able to protect it against a multitude, while the city jail, being largely built of wood, could be more easily broken into.

A vast crowd had gathered at Third and Columbia streets before 1 o'clock, at which hour it had been announced that the remains would be open to public view in Bonney & Stewart's chapel. For an hour and a half a continuous stream of people, in ranks four deep, poured through the chapel, each one pausing an instant before the casket. Some were impelled by curiosity, some were friends of the deceased, but all turned horror-stricken from the coffin and, with faces depicting sorrow for the slain and pity for the husband, muttered imprecations upon the murderer. As the flood of people was discharged upon the street men with clenched fists and tears in their eyes gathered in little knots here and there, and everywhere was heard that intense undertone that often is the premonition of a storm.

At 2:30 the services began, continuing for nearly an hour, and after they had been finished, again the doors were thrown open, and for another hour people passed before the coffin.

The remains of mother and child, clothed in white, lay together in a large broadcloth casket. The babe lay in its mother's arms, one of its hands tenderly clasping her left wrist and the other lying upon the back of the fingers in such a way as to show the battered wedding ring. The child lay on its left face, and the wounds made by the hammer were hidden so as not to intensify the mourners' grief. It was a pretty child, and lay as if asleep upon its mother's breast.

Despite the undertaker's art, the face of Mrs. Miller showed the murderer's atrocity. The features, as nearly as possible, had been restored to their natural comeliness, but nothing could avail entirely to remove the cuts and bruises made by the hammer. The sight was one never to be forgotten.

The casket was literally buried in flowers. There were numbers of anchors and crosses, but the most artistic pieces were two pillows, inscribed 'Mother' and 'Baby.'

Services were opened with a hymn. The funeral address was made by Rev. Mr. Knappe, pastor of the German Lutheran church, of which both Mr. and Mrs. Miller were members, and was very impressive. He spoke in German. The music was furnished by the Seattle Maennerchor.

For at least an hour after the service was concluded the chapel was crowded by people anxious to view the remains. Finally the casket was taken to the hearse, the pallbearers all being members of the Firemen's Union, and the procession to the grave was formed. At least twenty carriages followed the hearse, and large numbers of people went to the cemetery by way of the Broadway car line. Mr. Miller, the murdered woman's husband, was completely overcome with grief and was assisted to his carriage by sympathetic friends. At the grave Mr. Knappe conducted the committal service.

At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon Prosecuting Attorney Miller and Chief of Police Rogers met in the private office of Justice Caldwell, in the Seattle National Bank building, and the chief swore to a complaint charging Henry Craemer with murder in the first degree. This was a definite step toward the preliminary hearing. The complaint was then placed in the hands of Constable Terry King, who, accompanied by the prosecuting attorney, the chief of police, Justice Caldwell and Detective Charles Philips, went to the county jail to obtain service upon Craemer. The party was admitted into the jailer's office by Sheriff Woolery and the prisoner was at once brought in by Jailer Monroe. Constable King read the warrant, which charges that Craemer:

'Then and there being the said Henry Craemer, in King county, state of Washington, on the 15th day of August, 1894, purposely and of his deliberate and premeditated malice did kill one Philipina Miller, then and there being, by striking and beating and thereby mortally wounding the said Philipina Miller with a hammer then and there had and held in his hand.'

After the reading of the warrant Justice Caldwell and Prosecuting Attorney Miller instructed the prisoner as to his rights under the law, that he was to be secured in all those rights, paramount among which was the privilege of counsel. Craemer was asked what attorney he preferred to have represent him. He answered:

'I don't know any attorney in Seattle.'

He was next asked if he had a friend who might be able to help him. He replied:

'I don't know of anybody.'

Upon these unsatisfactory answers some discussion ensued among the officials present, and finally the suggestion was made that Fred H. Peterson, who speaks German, take the case. Craemer did not know Mr. Peterson, but after considering the matter a few minutes he said:

'Well, I'd like to have Mr. Peterson for counsel.'

The prisoner was then committed without bonds.

All through the trying interview with the officers of the law Craemer's large, pop-eyed eyes wandered restlessly about the room. He seemed to realize fully his situation, and as carefully weighed every word he uttered. He answered all questions as briefly as possible, and most of his replies were in monosyllables. In appearance he is haggard, and his eyes are inflamed and bloodshot, indicating sleepless anxiety as to the outcome of the predicament in which he finds himself.

No definite intimation as to the time or place of holding the preliminary examination could be obtained, but the impression is Craemer will be arraigned some time this afternoon, probably at 1 o'clock, and that the examination will be conducted in Jailer Monroe's private office in the courthouse building.