The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-10-10
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George Miller Talks.
Public rumor Immediately connect.
ed the killing of Montgomery with
the trouble the detective had some
time ago with cowboys and employees
If the Miller brothers, when Mont
somery boldly defed and stool off a
lot Of the ranchmen. George Miller,
owner of the ranch, was in the cit5
for a few hours and to a reporter
said:
"Snce Montgomery's death the
talk of our old trouble with him has
revived. They say he left a note in
his pocket saying II he was killed it
would be either one of my three boys
or Frank Potts, or one of the other
boys employed on oar ranch who did
the business. The sheriff was out to
the ranch before daylight sunday
morning and found the boys all there.
Everyone OF them had gone to bed
early the night before and was up
early because there were a couple of
Kansas City commission men there
to count cattle. Cattle paper seems to
be a scarcity up there and they had
some of ours, but they were pleased
with the result of their count Of ours.
We had a hundred head more than
the papers called for and the agent
said that was mighty unusual in
these times.
about the trouble with Montgom-
cry. He arrested one OF my boys and
Frank Potts and accused them of
stealing cigars from the train boy. He
brought a niger and the train boy to
swear to lies against them, and my
ION Joe told him it was all lies. Mont
yomegy struck him when he was half
turaed around to go away Frank
Potts licked the porter and the train
boy for swearing to lies. Montgomt
cry struck me, too. He was walking
around me on the depot platform blur
fling when told him his testimony
was periured. He made as though he
was going to strike me and l dug out
my knife. but before I could open
It he knocked me down with six
shooter"
Mr.. Miller showed a scar on the
left side Of his head The hair had
grown over most of it, but it showed
that he had received a hard blow.
"The boys did go after him sure
'nough, but he got the drop on 'em
and stood EN- off. He had two big
revolyers and stood on the platform,
where there were other people, and
they cou,d not have shot without dang
er Of hurting someone else if they had
wanted to- That was right after be
hit me with the six shooter. don't
know what they might have done that
tine.
without much questioning he relat-
cd other details of the troubles with
Montgomery.
Il never threatened Montgomery's |
life", he said, but it may be that
Potts or some of the boys made
threats as boys win when they get |
mad at a man."
who is Potts?"
He's a young bull whacker that
works for me en- the ranch. He was
arrested when my boy was and was
pretty sore at the detective for get
ting those boys TO lie in the case the
way he did but he couldn't have kill
ed Montgomery. He was forty-fye
miles away at the time went to bed
early and slept with a boy that was
raised at Winfield They thought we
ran up there with team and came
back taht night. Pretty long drive,
ninety miles don't you think? l sup
pose it's just the same as though we
had killed him. He expected us TO
10 It anyway"
Mr. Miller is a tail man with the
an deye of niaa of the from
-ier He is a fun six foot in height,
we'll preserved for a man whose hair
Is gray and whose sons are men, some
1f them almost OF middle age. He
wore a brown suit of clothes with
black braid trimming and a light felt
lat with a brown border. He showed
feeling against the Santa
Pc as VII as against its detectives.
He said ne had a number of law suits
With the company
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