, 1875-10-25
AN UNCOMMON DEFAULTER.
Iiie Downfall and Adventures or
Trusted Servant.
marrying Two Wives, Living Two ll,r,,
and Stealing Two Millions.
a Commotion in the Central Pacific
Railroad.


naw, and built Of wuod like most hot,sos hnrn
but te impoaag in architecture aud maeriilcon
III hn'sh. 1t ssrikos ono AZ being tho rcsidenc
OF gentleman Of unlimited means and totnc
ment. Erofythlng about 1t Ia neat. The fnru,
sers ts rich erd elegant but quiet in donigu an,
color; tho library ts filled with wol. .solacte,
nooks' and tho pictures arc works OF art. 1h
only enort At display that scems to havo bcou
made Ia observable In a carriRko-block nh,cl
atande on Tho curb In front of tho grand door
way. Ihia block Is Of wllito marble, and bear
In Elaring gilt tastofully-azraugcd monogram
formed Of tho letters
| I'll. H."
ID. a." stands for John Miller, late Bccre
tafy Of the Contract and Finance Conpauv
whose remarkable lotalcations, running tirouai
a aaeftes OF yoars, have boen tho talk OF tho IL.
citio Colse for month rhst.
10 many tespoots Miller ia one of the n,ost RI
mArKable criminals on record. mud certainly ono
ot tno most audacionB ecamps over fostorcd hy
1a ho rac,tio tis Coast scrars Of bis history lavo
lko connected narrative OF his riitatuy has vat
appeared. lilo had lived hero from cight to len
yeats, highly respected and co,lrtct by Tho beat
socsesy; 10 "as RontlenanIy In his manners
tn ono Of our leading churches, and d fow wcaka
befors tho crash cams which hurled him from
nla PedoHtat. Tas chosen Superintendent OF j,s
SiHasy7eooI eia1H y; s, Ho had worked his way from
| ~AN @oA4tl Hlk -huu E1L4QCG COMPANY TO
tho Office Of Secretary, At saisrJ OF sl0 600 =
yosr. gold, and was regarded In a business
polns or WOW ha tho poor OF Stanford, Hopkins,
| Gfoeksr. and othoEs, who form the Central Pa
bosdea bis slo.o coo income, hs wau known to
oe I1eh, and to hare married lady In sscra-
mento who had l3kewiao largo fortune. Honco
nas M3ur!ous homo and Tho evidence OF wealth
afouha INN excited no othor comment on tue
part Of LIN ncighbors than tia. MllIer's lines
more cast In pleasant p]aceB.
AaCDDEN CRASH.
q, one Jay thore came little voico into Toland
two into bis car. Before tho evening Of tho
no1t day Mr. Stanford know that John Aliller's
name MAS mt John Miller, hut A. II. Woodruff
thae M ho had wife Irving in Lynchburg. Va and
stolen from the Contract and Finance Compsny.
Such revelation created flutter In tho Can
tral Pacific Office, but tho secret was we'll guard
90. stanford aud crocker at onco went 10 work to
They hoped to do this without nrors!ug lfiIler'a
stapicion, but failod. Ono day he catnc to aIr.
Stanford and said quietly that he was not feeijuE
vol, and he believed that he'd run up to TIC
hGCioul River and catch some trout.
Kcpairng to hia mansion, he packed a small
valise and asked ls wifo 10 mako ready to az
company him as far as Sacramento, TIo ne1t j
1nofnlng both wont to Sacramento.
NeauWhila nn examination of AIillcr's &C.
counts Was begun, and tho first thing tho export
struck Was false entry Of $4,000. Thau Stan
knn hat - H,,t.i
tseaa1 SUI" .nas Ine iishlng trip waB blind. Tho
IT, h'a'u "hs sol % Work to capture tho fugi-
p.c;ec sos.i ,1ata On every ROAD uudor Coutral
1faH .,.,I 10y "as ooalaea' bnt for long tmo
hro"at Iouta no9 90 1ousia; Accident however,
si.rss.., nn ~ CONTACT WIN baggage nAstera at
naalyssn!o - nv rue VINO Knew him and poatcd him out
Ha tnois ,na1,no ms srfsst quickly followed
ther .px s,,a, very oooty saying he gnossc
Nv ras;, uss oe sonno m'ssako. lie vas taken to
1cts Isanclsco aad confrouted with Stanford and
nm H. ,,,n "'se1 15iet interview, no asked to
~ I'm ~ ~ Mn. An otcer was detailed to escort
~ sa! ~ n.s house; arriving thoro, Miller nskod
faturnnd u. 10 ahsao II,a1o ,of moment When he
btokeo via snd m'o aia o,a,, moru 70 n!a heart
~ 0 49,. ~ s,, momeut ai,c returned, and, to Mil
a},ceEE nj Ets1. aLamay, exhibited and gave to tho
acha as packago oc oeontal9'n9 Sl3. .ooo IN groen
iot =, WET t9uuo IN unitod stAsos bonds, md
asr,. ~ " va,uape paposs be!onglug to tho Com
III liz snon ;ta 10 oaa taRon from hlB peraon aud
~ w rue 70 sooule- Aitor this evidence that
,iIor snnk iS'seo i s obee 10 o. party 70 hs crime
ahnn bssn ~ -, ts us coala aaa mcckly asked to DO
'AAeo osea 70 tne railroad otsco
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