Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-12-12
BROUGHT SHAME ON HER FRIENDS.
4 Milwaukee Society Woman Abandons
Home Cor Low Resort.

/ 4 MILWAUKEE, Society hOAhah <AD@iNN.AH
Home Cor Low Resort.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, December Ii
Mrs. Florence Miller, beautiful
woman about % years old, deliberately
left her home unknown TO her relatives
last Monday and took up her abode in
| low resort OF this city. Her relatives
are among the wealthieSt and most
prominent society people in Milwaukee.
They have made every effort to reclaim
her in vain.
The young woman is well known In
New York, Washington and other East
ern cities. Her maiden name was
Cooper. Her father was Lieutenant
i'm the United States army. He served
| for some time as Consul at Madeira. lie
Is said to have killed himself in a
gaming place while In Europe.
About two years ago Mrs. Cooper,
Mrs. Mlller's mother, who had secured
divorce from her husband, married an
Italian Count. She now lives in Rome
Mrs. Cooper Is daughter OF the late d.
3. Martin, of this city, VINO was one OF
the pioneers and one Of the wealthiest
men OF Milwaukee.
While in Europe and when but SIX
teen years old Florence Cooper was mar
ried 10 a young ScOtchman OF Aberdeen,
named William Miller. The marriage
was unhappy. and after few years
Miller deserted his young wife. Sew
eral years afterwards they were re-
united in this coutry and lived for some
time at Winnipeg, Manitoba. Miller
again deserted his wife, according 10
her story, and then she came to this
city and lived with her grandmother,
Mrs f. G TibbttS.
Before her marriage and when living
in Washington with her parents scan
dalous stories were circulated about her.
Miss Cooper told her father that Sena-
tor Ferry, OF Michigan, was the author
of the stories, aud Lieut.. Cooper horse
whipped the Senator. This caused a
great sensation, but did not serve to
quiet the stories.
Mrs. Miller seems to have decided
some time ago to abandon respectable
society.
About two weeks ago she asked an at
torney what her relatives and friends
could do in case she entered a diSreput-
able house. The lawyer told her that
they might attempt to have her placed
In an insane asylum.
Dwell, | am determined to lead such
life, and il they trouble me | will go TO
London, where they cannot harm me,
was the reply.
Mrs. Miller is said to have told an in
innate friend that when she was in Lon
don she moved in the prince of Wales
set" and that she intends to go to
Europe.
The escapade of Mrs. Miller is the
talk Of the town tonight. 1t has cauS-
ed a greater sensation than the robbery
of the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul
express car by masked dynamiters did
few weeks ago. She is related to over
half a dozen of the first families in the
city. Ole OF her near relatives is one
of the proprietors of well-known daily
newspapers in this city.
IL is understood that her relatives
haye consulted lawyer and will attempt
to have the wOmanS sanity inquired
into.
Mrs. Miller speaks German, French
and Spanish fuently. She Is fond OF
literature aud has contributed verses to
local newspapers, She plays the piano
and mandolin.
The italian Count referred to in the |
dispatch as the step-father |
81 NIrs. Florence 1Tsilas - Cow. g.
yardi. He married Mrs. Nellie Cooper |
last year. Countess Segardi is several |
years older than her husband. She |
spent several seasons in London after
the death Of Consul Cooper, who
killed himself in Monte Carlo. Occa-
sionally she visited Monte Carlo and
there met Count Segardi. At the time
of their marriage Count Segardi was de-
scribed in London dispatches as ''an i'm