Show GIVEN THIRD DEGREE prisoner toner ch charge ages terrible brutality against prison seattle wash peter miller elan clan lecturer on economics and holder of degrees from european colleges who la Is on trial for burglary took the witness stand in his own defense on monday and told a horrible story of beatings administered to him by the police in order to extort a confession miller Is his own attorney he ile charged a of detectives charles tennant with assaulting him and kicking him in the face after knocking him down with a bludgeon in order to obtain a confession iio said that finally prosecuting attorney george F came to the assistance si stance of tennant and by threats and intimidation sought to male make him admit something of which he was not guilty he ile steadfastly refused until after ten days of torture he said when he cleade guilty to anything tho police ached him |