The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-08-18
MADISON COUNTY
HAS A MYSTERY
AGED WOMAN OF MEANS HAS
DISAPPEARED; NElGHBOR
IS UNDER ARREST
Told Her Friends that IL She Should
Disappear, to Arrest Charles Bo.
den, Old Time Trapper, With
Whom Mrs. Miller Had Quarreled;
Was . Fighting Woman.

A weeks search ON the part of
county officials and residents OF
Norris. q little town at the end Of
the Northern Pacific railroad in
the Madison valley, has failed to
throw any light on the disappear
anec Of Mrs. Louise Miller, who
was last seen in July. Prospect
holes and the canyons in the vtctn.
ity Of the little cabin where Mrs.
Miller had made her home for 80
years have been fine-tOOth.combed
in vain. Not the slightest trace
Of the woman has been found.
She did not leave to visit relatives,
according to A. l.. Huston, her bro
ther-in-law, who came from Canada
to direct the search, when he was no.
titled that there was considerable
mail at the Norris postoffice waiting
for Mrs. Miller. So far as is known,
Huston's family are the only rela-
tives.
Held at Virginia City is Charles
Boden, aged 60 years, an old-t1me
trapper, who has made that section
his home for many years. There
isn't any charge against Boden. He
is detained merely while the investi-
CATION is being conducted because he
and Mrs. Miller had not been friendly.
In fact, they were known to have
Quarreled frequently as a result Of
disputes over their adjoining proper
ties. Boden protests that he knows
nothing about Mrs. Miller's disap-
pearance.
Peculiar Case
It is a peculiar case and one that
has aroused the entire neighborhood
where Mrs. Miller, who is nearly so
years of age, has conducted her little
ranch and fought her own battles for
many years. Her cabin is about two
and a half miles northeast of the
Revenue mine, which is six miles
west of Norris. 1t stands in a
little gulch and is about three-quar-
tiers of mile from Boden's place.
Boden and Mrs. Miller had not
been friendly for long time. accord
ing to officials. Last spring Mrs.
Miller had Boden arrested. claiming
that he was trying to poison her. The
charge was dismissed at a hearing
held at Virginia City. Since that time
they had quarreled constantly.
It was about the first of July that
Mrs. Miller went to Alder and there
purchased ticket for Portland. She
said then that she planned to go to
Germany. get her aged mother and
bring her to this country. 1t was
about that time she said to Sheriff
Hungerford:
IF I disappear, arrest Boden."
Knowing the feeling that she had
for her neighbor the sheriff paid lit
tie attention to it.
Did Disappear
Mrs. Miller did disappear. She
is known to have returned to her
cabin and was last seen in Norris IN
the second week of July. Then mail
accumulated in the Norris postoffice.
Inquiry showed that she was not at
the cabin. Her brother-in-law, the
only relative known to the people
here, was notified. With his coming
active search was begun for some
trace of the missing woman.
There are many prospect holes
about the Miller cabin. Some OF
them have caved in recently. Some
are filled with water. About these
places the searchers bent their ef-
forts, but without results. The only
thing unearthed was bundle of Mrs
Miller's clothing tied up in an apron
which had been thrown into clumr
of bushes some distance from the
cabin.
Mrs. Miller was known to have had
some property. She had an account
in a Butte bank and also one at &
bank in Virginia City. Neither of the