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Dunstan Times, Issue 693, 30 July 1875, Page 4

Several years ago, while the Tom Thumb troupe were travelling through New York, the cash box, containing several hundred dollars of the funds, was stolen. William P. Miller, who was then treasurer of the troupe, suspected a girl who was employed at the hotel in the place where they then were, hisj suspicions were confirmed by her sudden disappearance. He managed, however, to get track of her, after some time had elapsed, and worked up the case so well that she confessed to him that she had taken the money to purchase a wedding outfit, and that the marriage was soon to take place. She refunded half of the stolen money, and Mr Miller decided not to prosecute her for the balance. Shortly after she married a wealthy English gentleman, who was engaged in the lumber business in Chicago. Not many years had elapsed when the husband died, leaving her all his property. A few months ago she also died, and in her will she left to Mr Miller the sum of 300,000 dollars, as an expression of her gratitude for not having prosecuted her when in his power. Jenkins says his wife is a hard person to please. He never sooted ber but once, and that was when he shut the damper in the kitchen chimney.