The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-28
INDIANAPOLIS SCENE OF SEN
sATI0NAL KIDNAPPING.
CHILD STOLEN BY MOTHER
Mrs. Miller's Successful Resort to
Strategy Battles Father
and Police.

indianapolis, Dec. GA sensa
tional kidnapping, involving the fam
ilv Of ex-United States Attorney Gen
eral Miller, occurred this afternoon
and led to q hot chase a few minuteI
later across the state to overtake thu
wife of Samuel D. Miller, son of W
HI Miller, who was supposed to b
flying to New York with her stolel
sou.
Samuel Miller and wife have livet
in New York for several years anl
last summer he came west to go int
his fathers office. His wife stayed il
New York. Last Friday she cam,
here to remain with her son, whom
the father had brought west with hin
and who was living with him at hi
grandfather's w. H. n. Miller, at No
1927 North Delaware street. The
husband and wife had a consultation
at the wife's apartments in the Deni
son and she agreed that if the boy
was allowed to be sent to her daily
with a nurse she would not attempt
to kidnap him.
This afternoon the boy and nurse
called on Mrs. Miller at the Denison.
She sent the nurse out to get a check
cashed and while the governess was
gone ordered a carriage and made ar
rangements to leave. When the gov
erness returned Mrs. Miller announced
that they were going for a drive.
Tlo~- c%o~koI ~ n o1@eo1 ~,o oro lOxr,,
South Meridian street towards the
depot. The German g%overness, sus-
pecting foul play, jumped out Of the
carriage while it was on the run, raj
to a telephone and notified the father
and grandfather. Mrs. Miller i'm
mediately ordered the carriage driven
to Brightwood, and when the two Mil
was no trace of the woman and boy.
Two hours later they learned from the
hacklnan where he had gone and it is
believed she intended to take the Big
Four accommodation train at Bright
wood and then take the Knickerbocker
train at Anderson or Muncie.
At $40 the two Millers started on
the Knickerbocker train to run her
down before she got u of the state.
Mrs. Miller was Helen K. Archer of
Pottstown, Pa, and Samuel Miller
met her 10 years ago in Washington,
when his father was United States at
torney general. They were married a
year later and the boy Sydney is now
seven years old. Samuel Miller came
back to Indianapolis with his father
and subsequently, joined in forming
the law firm Of Hord, Perkins &
Miller. Five years ago he went to
New York and Joined the law firm of
Heating, Walrat & Miller. He and
his wife lived at Rutland, near Cen
trail Park. Mrs. Miller still lives there.
Last summer Miller was offered an
opening in his fathers Office and came
west. Mrs. Miller refused to come
and since that time has lived in New
York. There has been no divorce and
Miller has been sending her an allow
auce.
W. H. H. Miller and son re-
turned at lO:4O O'Clock tonight from
points along the Big -Four. No trace
of Mrs. Miller and the stolen boy
could be secured. From the ticket
agent at Brightwood it has been
learned that the woman and boy did
not buy a ticket or take the train
there.
The two Millers were met at the
union station on their return by three
detectives and all went to Miller, Sr. s
office, It was learned that George
Sanburg was the hackman engaged
and he has disappeared after returning
the hack to the barn. The entire po-
lice and detective force of the city was
employed to search the city for the
woman and boy and every officer in
the city is now at work.
At midnight w. H. H. Miller and
his son were at his Office awaiting
news of the detectives work. W. H.
III. Miller says: "She has always said
she would under any circumstances
not live in indianapolis. Sam tried
to have her come here many times and
I have wanted him to come with me
as my partner here for years. 1t is a
clear case of kidnapping. I have
nothing to say as to the future"
The police say she is either hiding
in the city waiting a chance to break
for the east or has already eluded
them by getting out on the Pennsyl-
vania or Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day
ton. It is believed possible she has
started east over the Cincinnati g.
Chic.
VILLAIN OR LIAR.