The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-11-22
THIS MIGHT Be so
The Likely Return Of Harry
Miller Next Year.
A PROBABLE ACCOUNT OF IT
An Accident at ST. Louis-Daz ed
BY Blow in the Head-Finds His
Way at Last tolSan Francisco.
(San Francisco Daily, 1889

(San Francisco Daily, 1889
There leaves for Honolulu today, per
S. S. Pacific Paradise, the new local
boat, a man who will be looked upon
as one risen from the dead, when he
appears in the capital of the Islands.
His name is Harry Miller and his story
may be classed companion piece to
any one Of the most interesting ac-
counts of mysterious disappearance.
Harry Miller was, up to about the
middle of last year, bartender in the
Pantheon saloon at Honolulu, and was
the confidential man of Jas. Dodd. the
proprietor Miller was known to every
bluejacket and sailor in the Pacific. az
we'll as to tourist and the public gen.
orally. He was of even temper and
was very well liked. At times he
drank His employer and friends
made every effort to reform him. He
would leave off liquor for months, but
would break out on spree when leas;
expected He tried several cures, but
relapsed in due season from each treat
ment At last he somehow had the
idea that a course at the Arkansas Hot
Springs would boil the appetite out OF
him. Miller talked of this SO earnestly
that he convinced his friends an
avenue of ending with whisky was
open to him. He was given a leave of
absence and furnished with funds.
A fine ''send-off'' was given Miller
when he left his island home for the
Coast. He went direct to the Springs.
A month or so there and he reported
that he had soaked out" the appetite
and would return to prove that never
again would he touch liquor. He did
not follow his letters and no more let
tiers came. Inquiry was set on way.
1t was learned that Miller had failed
to call at San Francisco for REMIT
ances awaiting him. He was located
last at ST. Louis, where he had made
acquaintance and where he had pur-
chased, ticket for Ogden. Rewards
were offered and diligent hunt made
Not the slightest trace of the man
could be found. Mr.. Dodd and his 9TH
er friends gave him up. Obituaries
were published in the Honolulu papers
At one time it was believed he had
been killed in a railroad accident, but
the hope thus raised of ascertaing de-
finitely his fate was disappointed
Miller was not among those lost in the
big fatality.
Two days ago Miller called on the
San Francisco people with whom his
remittances were placed last year
They did not know the man, but sup
posed he was dead Miller convinced
those interested that he was the miss
| ing Honolulu party, and this was the
story he told:
81 feel like a dead man brought tc
life again left the Hot Springs just
as 1 expected and bought my ticket a,
st. Louis for Ogden. 1t was my lnten-
/ tion to stop in Salt Lake a few days
| There being some time to spend before
/ the train started from st. Louis, L toof
! turn around the place. After riding
| in cars an hour or so, l decided to wall
little. | was crossing street out II
| the suburbs when | was run down by
delivery wagon. The end of shat
! struck me in the head. They carries
me to a residence The people wer
very kind, though they appeared poo
and l could not understand their Ian
guage. In fact, 1 did not realize wha
was going on. / was dazed. The la
borer's family nursed me several days
| began to think they had made pris
oner of me. Anyhow, one night / ra
away from them. I went through
window and / guess / must have bee
almost entirely without clothes. Th
police picked me up. | was given
suit, hat and shoes and turned loos
For a few days | wandered around an
: was nearly dead from hunger and e1
posure, when I went to work as porte
, in hotel. In a short time they put m
at the bar. John was the name the
called me. | was all the time trying
collect my thoughts. / was ration;
enough. | guess, but | had no one
: help me out. One day [ became seize
; with the idea that | wanted to go
: San Francisco. This city seemed al
solutely the only thing Of my past tn;
| could recollect in any way We'll,
came on here and was no better off II
Honolulu man woke me up on tt
E. street a few hours ago. He asked n
5 if l wasn't Harry Miller who used
; work for Jim Dodd down in the Is
2 ands. | wanted to jump in the air an
f yell, for the question brought ever.
thing back to me. / want to get hon