Evening star., 1936-07-05
THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON 5,
WOMAN, DRIVER
HELDFOR MURDER
Former Singer, Long Re-
cIuse, Accused Of Staying
Wealthy Brother.
Ry the Associated Press

Ry the Associated Press W.
CINCINNATI, July A former
opera singer and her chauffeur were
charged today with the staying OF her
brother, Capt. Harry r. Miller, wealthy
retired Cincinnati fireman. and the
dismembering Of his body.
Deputy Sheriff D. c. Bakes OF Car
roll County, KY, brought the murder
warrants to Cincinnati as Indiana
State police held for questioning Miss
Flora Miller. 66, and the chauffeur,
Herber L. Hicks, both Of Cincinnati.
Bakes also had four John Doe
murder warrants In the case. He said
he had obtained them as a precaution
in searching for other persons he be-
lieved might be involved.
I'VE have new evidence to
strengthen our belief that the crime
was committed in Carroll County"
Bakes said as he prepared to leave
for Carrollton. where tomorrow he will
confer with Capt. Matt Leach. head
Of the Indiana State police.
The filing of murder warrants cli-
NAKED an extensive investigation
started by Bakes when a head and
pair Of hands were found in a small
lake two miles from Carrollton, KY,
last Sunday by two farm boys.
Body Found in Culvert.
On June 10 a headless and hand
less body had been found stuffed In
a cuivert and trussed up with clothes
line near Eminence, 20 miles from
Carrollton.
Three friends of Miller identified
the head as that Of the former fire
captain. while DR.. c. T. Bauer, q
Harrison, Ohio, dentist, identified
bridgework in the mouth as that he
had done for Capt. Miller two years
ago.
A Covington, KY, attorney, Ste
phens L. Blakely. left late today for
Indianapolis with the announced in
tention Of seeking a writ Of habeas
corpus in Federal Court for the re-
lease Of Hicks and Miss Miller, both
Of whom denied any connection with
the disappearance of Capt. Miller on
June II or the subsequent discovery
Of his dismembered body.
Hiss Regina Huelefeld of Cincinnati
disclosed today that she and Capt.
Miller were to have been married Sep
tember 90 She also said she under
stood Capt. Miller had intended max
ing a new will shortly. Contents Of
his present will were not disclosed.
Friends declared they believed him to
have an estate Of about 100000, al
though they were not positive of this.
Miss Miller had lived the life of a
recluse. disdaining modern clothes
She kept IS trunks filled with her old
stage clothes in the attic and often
wore her brothers discarded clothes
and shoes.
She asserted: IT don't know what
this is all about"
Sang In Opera Company.
Records Of the Cincinnati City We'll
fare Department disclosed Miss Miller
sang second soprano in a grand opera
company that toured the United
States, Canada and Europe many
years ago.
After an unhappy love affair. well
fare workers reported. Miss Miller
kept her bed room locked and the
shutters closed for Is years, sleeping
on boards laid between two chairs
in the kitchen.
The welfare report. made In 1929,
said Miss Miller's stage name was
Florence D'Ephia and that she re-
tanned 1t for many years after leav-
ing the stage Workers found Is
trunks filled with stage clothes in
the attic and in the basement found
several truckloads of marble which
Miss Miller said she intended to use
to build a marble house for herself in
the back yard.
The report said Miss Miller became
angry at her brother when he CO.
operated in cleaning up conditions
about her house which had brought
complaints by neighbors.
Woman Heard Shots.
Bakes, detailing q mass of infor-
nation he had gathered, said a woman
reported hearing three shots fired at
a spot two miles from Mill Greek the
night of June IL. A homemade piece
of wearing apparel worn by Miller
was found there.
At Mill Greek, which is seven miles
from Carrollton, were found an ak,
fishing pole, blood stains, a handker-
chief covered with cement and a
slightly rusty meat cleaver.
In the lake, two miles from Carroll
ton. the head and body were found
in a box of cement last Sunday. The
head bore two bullet wounds.
Bakes said he believed Miller was
shot and killed two miles from Mill
Greek, the body dismembered at Mill
Creek and then disposed of in the
lake near Carrollton and Culvert near
Eminence, which Is 20 miles beyond
Carrollton.