The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-11-12

Mrs. Miller refused to be d party TO
his crime, he sunk in his chair and
meekly asked TO be taken back to
the railroad Office.
HEAVY DEFALCATIoNs.
The clue once struck the expert at
work on Miller's books rapidly I'M
earthed q deep mine of rAscality.
The original $4,000 defslcatiOn
grew in an hour to 100000. The
next day ii sweIled to $250,OO0, and
the affair became the sensation OF
the hour. Finally, Miller confessed
all, and set about making restitu-
ton. He turned over hundreds OF
thousands of dollars, but still the
daily reports of the expert called
for more. Finally the new house
went, and block after block of city
real estate, improved and unimprov-
ed, was made over to the railway
company. When the expert had
finally finished his work it was
found that the extent of Milleps
populations exceeded $I,900,000 in
the space OF five years. The amount
of property offered in restitution
exceeded one million and 3 half,
but as most of it was real estate in
rapidly improving localities the
company accepted it in full reim-
bursement of their loss. They al
so, as far as was in their power,
granted immunity to the defaulter,
this being done to prevent the pos
sibility of exposing the affairs of the
Contract and Finance Company in
court-an event likely to prove dis
astrous to more than one reputation
on this coast.
THE ROMANCE OF MILLER's CAREER.
Thus far the history of this de
fauIter differs but little from that of
other gentry of the same ilk. But
in 1ther crimes-bigatny and that
OF living for years under u bogus
identity -MiIler's case surpasses
IhaI at ANY other in Col uudicItN
and boIdnrs- of 4, siyn.
simultaneously with the di~cnV-
rry az hi> regulations came that OF
the fact that his uame wH- not john
Miller, but A. r Woodruff. and
hat hr InruIerly lived in LS nch
burg, Va, where he had u wife and
one nr two children. His family
ing in San Francisco as John Mil
lei, but believed that, as A. Il,
Woodruff, he was a prosperous
wool grower in Australia, tor
every Australian steamer brought
them a letter full of love and afiec-
lion and a fifty pOnnd note. By
means of a friend in Australia, Mil
Ter kept up this deception without
difficulty.
HIS TWO WIVES.
One day he and wife No. 2 were
returning from Lake Tahoe. They
had a compartment in the palace
car from Summit. The station
there is in the snow sheds, and
therefore the interior of the car was
somewhat dark. The train ran
down the mountain for an hour or
SO and presently left the snow
sheds behind and emerged into the
light. Miller left the compartment
to get his wife glass of water. AS
he passed through the car he saw in
q section wife No. l, with her ia
Their and sister, on their way to San
Francisco on a pleasure trip. The
recognition was mutual. Wife No.
l nearly tainted with delight.
Quick as flash, Miller formed his
determination what to do. Two
circumstances favored him. Wife
No. 2 was in her stateroom reading
book and out of sight. Nobody
in the Car knew him, and this for
titled him. He kissed wife No. i
with great ardor and shook hands
with the OLD gentleman. Then he
asked to be excused for just an in
slant. There were some gentlemen
in another part of the car with
whom he had left some unfinished
business. Then he went to wife
No. 2 and soon made an excuse for
another brief absence. Then he
went back and sat down by wife
No. i, and happy reunion was en-
acted. lie said that he had arrived
from Australia only a few days be-
fore; that he had some business
with some California wool men
which had detained him for few
days; that he was then going home
10 surprise and delight his wife and
make her comfortable and 1appy
for the remainder of her days. He
had not written her because he
wanted TO surprise her. lie had got
rich in Australia, but still he had to
return as soon as possible. Her
coming to California was fortunate
circumstance, for now he could see
her without going East. They
could be happy for q week or ten
days, and then he could sail on the
same steamer he came on instead OF
waiting for the next, which left a
month later. Wife No. delnurred
at this, but Miller, knowing that he
could not keep up the deception for
q month, insisted that he should sail
in ten days.