The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-18
INDIAN MAIDEN's REVENGE.
Rejected, She Betrayed Her Outlaw
Lover, Nose Miller
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.

From the ST. Louis Glohc-DemoCrat.
Nose Miller, the Cherokee outlaw,
who was captured last week in the
Greonleaf mountains about fifteen
miles southeast of Fort Gibson. al
though a refugee from justice for the
last three years, has not been dead to
society. In the fastness of those hills
and mountains. where nature has so
lavishly provided natural means of
COnCCalment, he was comparatively
safe surrounded as he was by friends
who inhabited the scattered settle
mentS. living free and easy life, never
coming in contact with the outside
world, except at his own pleasu! :.
Three wears were spent in tha midst
of these surroundings, battling the skill
and daring Of the United States deputy
marshals in their efforts 20 capture
I'm, for he had friends who warned
him of any impending danger and kept
him posted on the movements of every
suspicious appearing stranger in the
n"ighbCrhoOd. Naturally. he was not
a bad sort of fellow, and mad friends
everywhere in the hils-cspeciallv
among the women, who appeared to
admire him for his reckless bravery.
During the past fall and summer ne
made numerous trips to BraGgs, the
nearest railroad station, VIXEN a large
reward was offered for his head rid
ing leisurely into the town, trading as
he wanted TO, and riding away urmo-
| Tested.
Among Millers female acquaintances
was young and splendid looking
Cherokee girl of pleas%E manners who
had learned to love the outlaw with
| true devotion, and he profcssed ~
reciprocate the passion. After a lit
| tie Miller began to grow cold, and
she learned that he had taken up with
another girl. Then love turned to bit
| ter hate, and she longed for revenge,
| for, as the poet sings, Hell hath no
| fury like a woman ScOrned." She knew
that a big reward was Standing for his
| capture; that the officers were after
| him in earnest and that she could as
| sist them There was TO he Il dance
| i'm the settlement, and she knew that
| Miller and his latest girl would be
therein fact, had assisted in getting
up the alfai. So, when the time for
the dance arrived there was a good
! crowd prescnt-Miller and his new girl
| among them, the very gayest of the
| SiN' II was MS idol NltlllCt'
There was plenty Of "frewater" on
! tap and the outlaw drank heavily--all
the boys seeming to be his friends. He
| carried a huge siX-shooter strapped to
his side and the dance proceeded, while
he considered himself perfectly safe
among his friends.
The rejected maiden was not idle
| during all this time. She sent for the
| officers, who We're in waiting near by
| in accordance with her plans They
! came and peeped in at The windows,
| watching the outlaw in the glory of
his revelry. but thought it best to bide
| their time until a favorable OppOrtun-
| ity should arrive--which they well
| knew was not far off-when they could
bag him without bloodshed, for they
| knew that if they attempted to take
him openly some one would get badly
hurt or killed. Toward morning he
| became rip-rOaring drunk. Then his
friends took him To a house close by
and put him in bed to sleep off his
spree, never once dreaming that he
| was doomed to awake bound hand and
foot Ii was then that the marshals'
| opportunity came. They broke in upon
| him, and before he could realize the
situation he was securely bound and