Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-28
A WESTERN BAD MAN.
Capt John Miller had Killed Thirty NJ en-
During His Lawless Career,

| 'o"n, L. l., on MONDAY last by one Of his ten
ants named Jim Ables had remarkable
criminal career, having killed thirty men at
different places and under different c,rcum-
stances. His death was the result of a dispute
with Ables concerning the disposition of some
cotton which the latter claimed had been
! stolen. Miller made a suspicious movement,
as II to draw revolver, when Ables shot him
dead.
Captain Miller was born in Choctaw county.
Miss, in 1916, and was seventy-two years of
age, yet no one would have taken him for more
| than fifty. Few men have led more adyentur-
| GUS life than he. According to his own state
ment the first man he ever killed was named
Zones lone and the killing took place at Columbus,
Miss He was tried for the crime and ACQUITTED.
This was when he was quite young.
In lS4S, at New Orleans, Miller and two
marcy Drotners Henry and John, killed the
tnree TURK brothers. Miller was member of
t; !. company In the flibustering expedi-
uon 70 Cupa, when Lopez was guillotined and
Capt John j. burlington and fifty-two men
shot. The difficulty with the Turk brothers
| occurred just after his return from Cuba. He
was tried at New Orleans for the Turk killing
| and again acquitted
In lS49, in difficulty near Shreveport. La.
ne killed three men-Murphy, Mysick and one
| Carroll. He was tried at Shreveport and ac-
| Quilted on the ground Of self-defense. He cut
the next two notches on his gun at LickspilIet.
La, IN 1850, when he and Alex. Rides followed
two horsethieves from Texas, and Miller killed
| them both in fight they made while resisting
| arrest.
In 1857 he killed man named TAYLOR at
SIatesvliie, Tex, with knife. Taylor struck
nlm on the head with rock. He was also tried
| for this murder and acquitted
In 1866, while en- route from Chickasaw ma.
| ton to Mexico, he, with six companions was
camped near Spiveys ferry, on Red river when
general row took place not far from his camp
between five white men and crowd of negroes
after the five whites were wounded and opened
hre on the negroes, killing twelve of them
For this he was tried before Gen. REYNOLDS at
Austin. Tex, and released,
In 1871 he pursued three horse-thieves from
the Indian territory into Texas and all three
OF them were killed. For this he stood trial
| at Cranberry, and was turned loose.
IN 1919 he Killed, or was charged with killing
Mathew Fletcher on his (Miller's) own farm.
near Jlmtown. For this he was arrested and
lodged In the United States Jail at this place
where he remained eight months, and in 1880
was tried and acquitted. This, he says was
the hardest trial he ever had during ali his ex-
perience.
He also killed three other men in the Indian
country, whose names he declined to mention
for the reason, as he said. that they had grown
up children in that country, and he didn't care
TO have the matter resurrected.
In May, 1886, he was brought to Fort Smith
to stand trial for killing a prominent young
ChOctaw, in January of that year. in his
(Mlilers) own house. This killing. he claimed,
was an accident; that Fulsom was drunk and
drew pistol for the purpose of killing him.
that In trying to wrench the pistol out of Full
SONS hands it was discharged, the bullet enter
ing Fulsoms side, killing him. No one saw the
killing except Miller's wife.
Miller served throughout the Mexican war in
capt Ii. ID. COOPER company, JEFF Davis regi-
ment, and participated in the battles of ORR
zaba, Monterey and the city of Mexico. At the
close OF the war he returned to the Choctaw
nation, and, living on the outskirts of civiliza-
ton, engaged to some extent in fighting In
dians.
During the war between the states he was
captain in Gen. B. H. Cooper's command (same
Cooper mentioned above being CAPTAIN in the
Mexican war;, during which time he took a
hand In the battles Of Wilson's Creek, Elk
Horn, Prairie Grove, Gibson, Cabin Creek and
numerous small skirmishes, being most of the
time In command of scouts, and saw much
rough service.
In fact. his company was recognized as sin
dependent, going where and when they
pleased. He was quite notorious as a raider
and was constantly on the 60.
AT the close of the war he surrendered with
Cooper at Fort Washita, Chickasaw nation. but
had made such a record during the war that for
long time after the surrender he remained on
the scout living in Mexico for quite while.
Facts About Table Linen.
FRUIT NAPKINS SHOULD BE CoLoRED BUT THE
PURE WHITE is STILL POPULAR.
From the n. Y. Mail and Express
writer who has paid close attention to the
subject of table linen writes as follows.
Fine white damask is always fashionable and
In good taste for all meals and is everywhere
used for dinner. 1t may be handsomely en-
broldered. fringed, or edged with lace; It NAV
fall quite to the floor or just half yard over
the edge OF the table, which is often done to
should always be white. Napkins for the din
ner-table should match the cloth, should be
large and fine. and laundered without starch
No needle-work or edgiHg is allowed upon
them, but those for tb@ breakfast-table are
half an inch wide-,Gth sometimes bit of open
work or hemstitch finish. White napkins should
be used with white cloths.
Fruit napkins are always colored, and should
be as handsome as will wash. The colored nap
fully Numbered will keep its color and look
well through more than one season.
Even the old-fashioned turkey-red cloths
and napkins are very much used for lunch and
tea and the pink, yellow, light blue and white
or drab sets are lovely. Besides these there
are sets of beautiful open work, the table cloth
OF which Is used over a colored lining exquisite
Russian embroidered sets, and others of the
nnest linen and trimmed with lace, while some
are OF 1ne damask with the family's monogram
wrought in colored threads either at one cor
ner or on the middle of the cloth Just six inches
from the center fold. At the same time there
Is nothing handsomer than the knotted fringe
and lace effects of the South Kensington school
embroidery. Under the head of table fur
nlshing are grouped lot of useful and orna-
mental napkins which are worth the house-
Keepers attention, such as fnger-bowl doylies.
taDie-runners, egg, hot waffle napkins, corn
and bread cloths, among which is also classed
the tea-tray and carving napkin.
Finger-bowl doylies are lust six inches snuare
including the fringe or hem, and thew NAV be
made OF nice cloth, linen, lace, or the richest
silk, colored or white, and decorated either
with embroidery, sketching, painting or Span
ish work.
Napkins for eggs, rolls, corn. and so on. are
generally about half yard long as the arti-
cles are laid inside and room must be allowed
to fold over. Some are envelope shaped. while
others have one end turned under the other
being ornamented to lay over the article. They
can be bought ready stamped in appropriate
designs either for outline work or embroidery,
for about 80 cents each. They should be made
OF coarse linen and hemmed rather than
fringed
The tray napkins and the carving napkins
which come both for fish and meat suggest of
themselves both designs and size and can be
purchased fringed or banded with quaint de-
white or colored wash silk thread White ia
IS cents to % apiece.
Table runners or center mats are from one
and half to two yards long, but of course the
length is determined by the LENGTH NJ tba tahIo