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Show RELATIVES WILL TRY TO 5BM5T1 Seldon Miller, Philadelphia Musical Director, Disappears. Dis-appears. By International News Sendee. CHICAGO, Feb. 17. Selden Miller, noted Philadelphia musical director, director di-rector of grand opera and formerly a teacher of music to Philadelphia's ultra ul-tra fashionables, is working on a farm near Wilwaukee, or is his body lying in a pauper's grave in Kenosha, "Wis.? His Brother, Dr. Emlen Hare Miller of Philadelphia, is in Chicago tonight preparing to solve the mystery of his brother's life or death. If Selden Miller Mil-ler is alive, it is important that he be found. It is just as important that his death be established, if ho is dead. His mother, who died recently from grief and worry over his disappearance, left a large estate 'which cannot be settled set-tled uutil the musician's status be established es-tablished before the probate courts of Philadelphia. , Miller's disappearance created a furore fur-ore among tho fashionables of the Quaker City. On November 23, 1913, he walked from home, 312 South Tenth street, telling his butler that he might not return for luncheon. He never returned. re-turned. Soon after that a man marked by dissipation asked for a job as a piano player in a Milwaukee moving picture house. He played for the manager, who, overwhelmed by the brilliance of the trial performance, instantly gave him the place. The man said his name was Freeman. One day he disappeared as abruptly as he had come. Many days later his body was found in Pike river, three miles north of Kenosha. Xo relatives could be found and "Freeman" was buried in Kenosha's potter's field. All this time Selden Miller's family was seeking him. His mother was in Italy. His brother was traveling all over the United Slates and detectives were searching in every city. A newspaper account of the finding of "Freeman's" body reached Philadelphia Phila-delphia and Dr. Emlen Haro Miller went to Kenosha, lie had tho body disinterred, recognized it as that of his brother and had it sent to Philadelphia. The mother, heart-broken over the story of her son dying among strangers anil being buried in a pauper's grave, died. Plans were made to bury her and the wanderer in the same grave. But when the body from Kenosha reached Philadelphia.' l'r. Miller repudiated re-pudiated it. He declared that the body-was body-was not the one lie had identified, was not his brother's, and refused to accept ac-cept it. He scut it back to Kenosha, where the indignant 'ity officials had to burv it a second time. From that dav there has been no news of Selden Mdler, until a week ago someone sent word to Philadelphia that a man stranaelv rescmblit'ff him was work'ma on a farm near Milwaukee. So Dr Mil'cr and his wife came n Chicago. Chi-cago. Thev are gniri" to establish, if possible, for once and all whether the musician is living or dead |