Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1900-12-28
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Story of the Marriage and Separy
of the Husband and Wife.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 27.-A sensation
kidnapping, involving the family of
United States Attorney General WV
liam H. H Miller, occurred last afterN
noon and led to a hot chase across the
state to overtake the wife of Samuel d.
Miller, son of w. II. H Miller, who
was supposed to be flying to New York
with her stolen son.
Samuel ID. Miller and wife have live
in New York for several years and
summer he came west Co go intN
fathers office His wife staid in "
York. Last Friday she came here e.
demand possession of her year old sofS
whom the father had brought west with
him and who was living with him at
the grandfather home.
The husband and wife had a consulta-
tion and she is said to have agreed THAI
if the boy was allowed to be sent to her
daily with the nurse she would not at
tempt to kidnap him The boy and
nurse called on Mrs. Miller at the hotel.
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
they were going for a drive. They
started in a closed carriage down South
Meridian street toward the depot. The
German governess, suspecting foul play,
jumped out of the carriage while it was
on run, ran TO telephone and notified
the father and grandfather.
Search was at once instituted, and
continued throughout the night.
Mrs. Miller and the child were found
at Lawrence, about o'clock, asleep in
the house of a man named Marshall,
where they had obtained lodging for
the night. The police reached the place
at daylight.
Mrs. Miller gave up the child and was
not placed under arrest.
The entire police and detective forces
were called into the case.
The detectives and other Searchers
were unable to find any trace of the
eabman, George Senour, until early this
morning. Senour said he was ordered
to drive to the Massachusetts avenue
station after going to the union station.
He did not notice, he said, that the girl
had left the carriage At Massachusetts
avenue Mrs. Miller seemed to change
her mind and ordered him to go on TO
Brightwood. At this station it was as
certained that the train which Mrs.
Miller had counted on taking had left.
Senour left her at Twenty fifth street,
arranging with a liveryman to take her
to Lawrence. When the police arrived
they had but little difficulty in finding
the mother and her child.
Mrs Miller was Miss Helen Karcher
of Pottstown, Pa. Samuel Miller first
met her nine years ago at Washington,
when his father was President Harri-
SON. s attorney general They were mar
ried year later and their son, Sydney,
is now years old.
Samuel Miller returned to Ind1anapo-
lis with his father and subsequently be-
came a member of the law firm of Hord,
Perkins g Miller. Five years ago he
went to New York.
Last summer, when he returned to
Indianapolis, Mrs. Miller refused to go
with him. There has been no divorce
and Mr.. Miller has been sending her an
allowance.
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