The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-30
Mrs. miller WAS
A RICHMOND LADY
Took Carbo|ic Acid in the
City Hall in Chicago,
ARRESTED BY HER CABBy
Did Not Pay Whsn Her Pocket
Was FuI! of Money.
SEARCHING FOR A HUSBAND
SEARCHING FOR A HUSBAND
They Were Married IN This City and
Lived Like a Happy Dream Until
He Turned to Another Woman.
For Ten Years His Rich
mond Wife Hunted for
Her Husband.
Especial Dispatch to The Tfnes.)

Especial Dispatch to The Tnes)
LA PORTE, IND, Sept. 29.-With the
recovery of Mrs. l. Miller, formerly Miss
Ainslee, of Richmond, Va, who at
tempted to commit suicide in the City
Hall in Chicago Saturday, when threat
ened with arrest for refusing to pay
bill for cab hire, there has come to light
the strange story of a man, also at one
time resident of Richmond, whose path
has crossed the lives of two women and
brought bitterness to both.
Mrs ..iiller is now at the Samaritan
Hospital recovering from the effects OF
a dose of carbolic acid which she took.
In relating the story of her life, she
said She was married at Richmond to
John w. Miller ten years ago For the
past five years she has posed as a widow,
because she has not known where her
husband was. She has had letters from
him in the meantime but the latest was
written nearly three years ago.
ALWAYS TRUE.
Yet his desertion has not driven him
from her heart, and when she received
a forcible reminder last week that he was
still alive her one thought was to find
him again. This reminder was in the
form of a private detective, acting at the
request 4of a Philadelphia woman, who
also claims, Miller as husband. and who
says she is able to prove she was mar
ried to him January 16. 1901.
She had learned cf the first wife, but
believing that she herself was the true
wife, she wished to gather evidence that
she might take legal action TO prevent
Richmond woman from posing as
Mrs.5SNIiller. If the latter Mrs. Miller
was stunned with the news that her hus-
I,or, ~, st,a !, tI1.
satisfartien of knowing that he had also
Edesss Esst Mrs. Hfillar,@of No. 35i Eleventh
Street. philadelphia.
SEARCHED FOR HER HUSBAND.
After thinking it over the Richmond
Mrs. Miller concluded to start in search
Of her husband. She knew that during
the Worlds Fair her husband as she
discovered shortly after the maria ge,
who was~a gambler, and who had been
attracted to Chicago. had been known
TO the sporting fraternity in general.
She resigned the position she had held
with dry goods concern In Chicago for
the past two years, where she had made
her home with her mother: and began a
canvass of the men who had known John
w. Miller. She engaged a cabman, who
took her from one resort to another. She
was dressed in the height of fashion,
wore fine jewels, and had a roll OF bills,
DIS Inc CdDlIldn saw.
She only got one clue to the where
abouts OF her husband, and that was
about the time the cabman became suspi-
cious Of his fare and demanded his pay.
which resulted in drive to the City Hall
and the sensational attempt at suicide
when the former Richmond woman real
ized that she was about to be arrested
for not paying her cabby when she had
the money to do it with
SHE Had FRIENDS.
Since being taken to the hospital friends
have settled the hacknlan bill and when
she RECEIVERS from the effects of acid she
will be released to again take up the
search for the husband who deserted her.
nut TO whom size still clings, although
she will go South first to recuperate
we were so happy when we were mar
ried," she said the tears rolling down Ter
checks. Even after l found out he was
a gambler which was a great shock to
me- did not care less for him Every
thing | wanted, everything evep%I adj
mred, he bought for me. We travelled
from one end of the cuntry to the other.
Other women envied me because of my
handsome and attentive husband. and
told me my happiness would not last but
1 never believed them.
END OF \ DREAM.
Then one day I found out it was all
true. My husband was spending a great
deal of time with another woman. I ac-
cused him. and we quarrelled That was
the beginning of the end. Within few
weeks we scarcely spoke to each other,
though 1 still love him with all my heart
I woke one morning to find hlm gone.
He had arisen during the night and
slipped away There was not even one
word of farewell. Several times received
letters from him, but they never gave any
address and always We're mailed on
trains, so that could not trace them.
I never have heard from this woman
who thinks she was legally welded 10
him in philadelphia, but from the bot
+o,, of nv heart I feel sorry for her.