The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-04-21
Z. .. MIllsr.s sanOuInary career.
Special to the Daily Leader.

Special to the Daily Leader.
Forth Worth. Texas. AprIl AL
3 Miller one Of TIM quarsetta lynch
~ at ada, Okla, Mast Monday. WAS
9orn IN Van nuren county, Arkansas.
lnd when yeer old BIS family re-.
moved % Robertson county whore Ia.
or hts sathes and mother died. He
femalned IN Robertson county until
ie was almost grown anu then went
live ir coryell county. Eighteen
foars ago he WAS married IN McCul.
och county e Miss Salllp Clements.
laughter OF one OK the largest and
pest known cos and horsemen Of TEX
ls In thai day.
Miller was known fll over mex1s
ana Oklahoma as a dangerous man in
. quarrel and g quick, sure shot al
east seven men having died BY his
lana
phlrtyrye years Rgo when miller
vas hui la years old, hts grandfather
ma grandmother we're found murder.
q II their homo az HRant, a little
own IN Coryell county MILLER waa al.
ested and charged with the crime bat
yas aetnr tried Later. II Is renoft.
d he killed a Mexican near the south.
rn border and rescued white boy
yho had been kidnapped by a wander
ng Mexican band
As the result Of feud orielnat.
ng early IN the year 1904 Miller was
wiee dangerously wounded hy riBe
alis IN Toyah, Texas. and later killed
llex (Budl Ff8zler. deputy sheriff OF
'ec0s county whom Miller charged
With being responsible for The Two
ittempts made upon his life from an,
push. Tie attempt 0h Mlllefs NE
Fas made In May. 1903. The rino
idll glaieed from q suaDander buckle
nd piercing his body emerged with.
sh inch of the spinal column. after
% Illness Of three months, Miller
eooverei and IN December Of The same
ear was again shot from ambush the
lall striking the hroasf bone md tear
ng the llesh pierced the LETT arm and
merged through The shoulder 0nly
= maenibcent constitution pulled Mil
Yer through + taking many month
ior iae wound to heal Again on hi.
cet Niller at daybreak cno mofnlnr
encountered Hfasier Isl saloon ns
poker game was breaklng up enc
illed BIS man
This frank Fore Tragedy
IN 1904 Miller killed FranK eorl
q The waahraum of the Delaware Mo
iel IN this city. while Inc cattlemens
0nventlon WIS in session Bad leol
Ing had existed between The Two mer
lor eonle time and lhe death Of on,
Dr the other Was openly predicted bl
The friends Of each Meeting in III
Mushroom Miller drew 8 revolver from
his Ade trousers pocket and killei
Fufe with single shot n April D
he following year he was tried z
The district court oi this county ani
after . long drawn cut leaai battle
was acquitted
Two years later In the snmmc
llme. Miller killed iEO men on fancl
un The pscnH river near the teWn o
pec0g Miller claimed that he cam
upon tho men as they were endeag0I
ling 10 get away with : bunch Of slcl
en- cattle, and that they lmmediaiel
opened Are Three men composed th
party. Jii two fell dead with ball
from Mlller's uncfring Winchester, Il
their brain. while the third aerlousl
wounded oiung 70 his horse and n
capped and VAS never apprehended
Miller Al the time was acting As aps
eiai Texas ranger
4 year and half ago Miller wa
Easalu mixed ~ lii tragedy whe
PEI unrgeEl. former collector 81 eu'
toms a. El faHo. noted as the slafe
m IlllIy lhe kld H. Apache OIL