Fergus County Democrat., 1911-05-16
BODY OF man FOUND
near MUSSELSHELL
SUPPOSED TO BE THAT OF
ABLE MILLER, WHO DISAP-
PEARED LAST OCTOBER.

About 8 o'clock this morning NJ
Chandler came to town and reported
that he had found the body OF a dead
man laying face downward about
three miles south OF his place in a
coulce in section lo, says the Mus
scl,hell Advocate. The dead BODY is
supposed to be that Of Able Miller,
who suddenly disappeared last
October from the ranch Of c. w. Nc
Lean. for whom Miller had been
working, and from that time TIP to
the present no trace or sight Of Miller
has ever been found.
Shortly after Miller disappeared,
his father and brother came here
from the east (some point in Mime
sofa. we are informed) and a search
was made for the missing man, but
it availed nothing, and the relatives
returned home.
Since that time the disappearance
OF Miller has partly been forgotten
until the dead body was found this
morning by Mr.. Chandler as stated
above, and while it is not positively
known at this writing, today at noon,
whether the body found is that Of
Miller or someone else, the circum-
stances indicate that it is.
The coroner at Roundup was no
tifed and he is expected down this
afternoon to make an investigation.
According to the story told by
those who knew Miller and were ia
miliar with his private affairs, is that
he was depositor in the First Ma
tional Bank at Billings at the time
the bank busted early last July and
had on deposit at that time about one
thousand dollars 1t is believed that
this had to do with Miller's sudden
disappearance; that he became tenn
porarily insane brooding over the loss
OF his money and committed suicide
in some out-of-the-way place, which
adds some weight to the theory that
the body found is that Of Miller, al
though it may be of another party,
John II. Warner, who suddenly dis
appeared from this locality little
over a year ago and has never been
heard Of since in this section. 1t is
possible. however, that someone Will
be able to identity the dead body and
the mystery cleared up when the
coroner arrives
Able Miller was a man about &C
years older
Frank Griggs, who is now tending
bar for Hank Martin, was deputy
sheriff at that time and aided i'll the
search for Miller. He states that il
was September 10. last, that Miller
disappeared. On the day that Grigg.
Went out. or the night before. it had
rained quite heavily and mans foot
prints We're found III the road, which
lead the officer to the Junction, but
nothing had been seen of the missing
man there.
| When Miler's brother arrived, {
search was made OF Able Miller:
trunk and a certificate of deposit fo1
$1,000 on the Billings bank wa:
found in a cigar box in the trunk
The certificate had been endorsed BY
Miller. which led Mr.. Griggs to be
lieve then that Miller had committed
suicide The eastern brother who
was here gave his name as Waite
Miller Strum, Wisconsin.
At ? O'Clock this afternoon Corone
Brissenden and Sheriff Fisco arrived
here on the local freight from Round
up and i'll company with NJ w Stock
we'll went out to the place OF tn
dead body. If they return i'll tim
|, the Advocate may be able to give tn
details of the officers findings III thi
issue.