Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-06-03
LOUIS O. MILLER
 HAS PRISON RECORD
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 sentence in the territorial penitcntiary from this county in 1897 for complicity in the murder of Assistant District Al torncy Lee Norris, now on parole, was arrested in Bisbce recently on war. rant charging him with false registra ton in connection with the Bisbce city election. Miller was paroied from the prison a year ago on account of good behavior. It is claimed that he had not been q resident of Bisbee long enougn to bc entitled to vote in the coming city election.
 With James Parker, accused of train robbery, and Mexican, Miller, who was being held on n forgery charge. cs capped from the county jail here, Sun day, May Q, ls97, shortly after noor. Jailor Mcador was in the act of open. ing the jail door to allow the Mexican to enter with bucket of fresh water, when the Mexican grapplcd him from behind Miller and Parker pushed their way through the open door, Parker go ing into the iailor's room, where hc sc cured n shotgun loaded with buckshot. .Jailor Mcador, while wrestling with the Mexican, called for help, and As. sistant District Attorney Lee Norris, who was in the district attorney's of fee at the time, rushed down to tho jail to assist him. Parker shot Norris in the back, the charge ranging up. ward, lodging in the region of the heart, death ensuing nine hours later. As Parker, Miller and the Mexican ran upstairs .Iailor Meador fired three sho:s at them but without effect. They ran across the plaza to the barn now own, | by the city, then run by George Ruif. pcr, who was sheriff at tae time.
 Parker found the sheriff's favori Q horse. "Sureshot,' standing saddlcd Ih the barn He mounted the steed and rode south through the valley, follow cd by Miller and the Mexican riding bareback on another horse. Three hours later Miller and the Mexican were dismounted by Deputy Sherih John Munds while riding over the Lynx Creek and Big Bug divide, Munds shooting their mount. Munds also fired at Parker, but was loath 10 kil' Sureshot, as the horse was then one of the best saddle animals in the county Miller was captured later near Jerome Parker was also captured in the north ern part of the territory by an Indian posse led by an Indian agent Th' Mexican escaped Co Mexico.
 Parker was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree aud hanged later. Miller was also found guilty oi murder of the shooting of Norris by Parker, but inc death penalty was mol imposed by the jury. Ex'Associat' Justice of the Supreme Court J. ! Hawkins, then district judge. sentenc ed Miller for life to the territorial pen itentiary at Yuma. In sentencing Mil Ter, Judge Hawkins is quoted as saying that he hoped Arizona would never b' cursed with an executive that woul grant him a pardon.
 Miller escaped from the pcniten,iar, after being inearcerated there tw' years. He was recaptured. After hi recapture he gave up hopes of escap and commenced the study of engineer ing. He graduated from one of th correspondence schools. His parole fol lowed with . number of other prison CTS who were granted immunity iron Imprisonment on account of good b, havior.
 While serving as constable of thi precinct many years ago, Miller sho and seriously wounded a man who r' sisted arrest on Granite street. He va , exoncrrtcd by a jury of the shooting ' we'll as of the shooting of Chief of Ps lice Miles Archibald, who he seriousl !, wounded in n quarrel over the clectic ! of chief of police, in which he and A, < ehibald received the same number q , votes.