Western Gun-Fighters.

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From the Encyclopedia that I got from the University of Oklahoma.
 
James B. Miller(AKA Killin Jim ,Killer Miller 
Born,Oct 24,1866, Van Burn, AK
D,April 19,1909, Ada OK
(Cowboy, rustler, law officer, saloon keeper, gambler, hotel owner, professionel killer.)
Miller moved with his parents to Franklin Texas, When he was one year old. A few years later Jim's parents died, and he was sent to live with his grandparents in Evant. When he was eight the old couple was murderd in their home; Jim was arrestd for the crime but never prosecuted. He was sent to live with his sister and her husband, J.E. Coop, on theis farm near Gatesville, and the hot tempered boy frequently clashed with his brother-in-law. At seventeen Jim murderd Coop, but he was acquited and soon became a cowhand on the McCulloch county ranch of Mannen Clements. Clements was killed in 1887 and his slayer was promptly ambushed in the Miller style.
For a couple of years Miller drifted around the Mexican border country, ran a saloon in San Saba, then begain wearing a badge. He was a deputy sheriff of Reeves County and later became a town marshal of the county seat,Pecos.
During this period he reputedlt killed several Mexicans while they were "attempting to escape" "I have lost my notch stick on Mexicans that I killed out on the border," he bragged.
In 1891 Miller married Sallie Clements,daughter of Mannen,and became such an outwardly devout Methodist the he was dubbed Decon Jim. While in Pecos, Miller became involed in a feud with Sheriff G.A.(Bud) Frazer, who accused Deacon Jim of stealing a pair of mules.  The two lawmen exchanged shots in the stree of ,Pecos,and Miller later ended the feud by murdering Frazer.
Although he eventually won acquittal on grounds that "he had done no worse than Frazer,"
Miller soon ambushed and killed Joe Earp, who had testified against him.
Soon there after Judge Stanley, the district attorney who had vainly prosecuted Miller, died in Memphis, texas, of supposed food poisoning, Nevertheless, Jim somehow wagled his way into the Texas Rangers, becoming resident ranger at Memphis.
Later he served as a ranger in Hill County,and while ther,he killed a man in adjoining Collingsworth County. in 1900 the Millers moved to Fort Worth; Sallie opened a rooming house,and Jim became known as a killer for hire. He killed two men near Midland,and the score mountrd as word spread that his services were available for $150 per victim; between jobs, however, Deacon Jim spoke regularly at paryer meetings.
Perhaps Miller most famous victim was Pat Garrett,whom Miller supposedly bushwhacked in 1908. The following year Killer Miller was paid his highest fee-two thousand dollars-to dispatch rancher A.A. Bobbitt in Ada, OK.
The contract was successfully completed, and Miller returned safely to Texas,but he was extradited back to Ada, where he was promptly lynched along with the three men who had hired him.

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Interesting read, thanks for posting it!

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Hope you like this one.
 
John Wesley Hardin.
AKA Wes, Little Arkansas.
Schoolteacher,famer,cowboy,businessman,,convict,lawyer.
The son of a Methodist circuit preacher.
 
GUNFIGHTS.
NOV,1868, near Moscow, Texas. Wes, visting an uncle's plantation near Moscow, got into a wrestling match with his teen-aged cousin and a former slave Mage. Mage became angered and theatened to kill wes, and the next day as Hardin was riding home, the Negro stepped into the road with a stick in his hand. Wes pulled his .44 and pumped three slugs into Mage, Who dide a few day's later.
 
Nov,1868, Near Sumpter, Texas
While hiding at the farm of a friend, Wes learned that three solders were approaching to arrest him for the murder of Mage. Armed with a shotgun and a pistol, Wes set an ambush at a creek crossing. as the soldiers rode by, Wes fired both barrels, killing two of the men. The third solder fired back, nicking Wes in the lest arm. Hardin then drew his .44 and killed the man with pistol fire. several former confederates of the area concealed the bodies, and Hardin fled the scens.
 
DEC 25, 1869, Towash, Texas.
While playing cards in towash, Wes who was a big winner, was threatened with a knife by a hard case named Bradly. Wes who was unarmed, left the game and got his six-gun. Laterthat evening he encountered Bradly on the stree. Bradly cursed Wes and fired a pistol shot at him, Wes shot twice, striking Bradly in the head and chest, the galloped out of town.
 
Jan,1870, Horn Hill, Texas.
On the run because of the bradly killing, Wes and a companion decided to spend the night at Horn Hill, were local townspeople had clashed the afternoon with members of a circus troupe. Wes naturally was attracted to the circus and just as naturally he got into a quarrel with a burly circus man. The man staggered Wes with a punch and reached for a pistol, but Wes already had his weapon out and shot his adversary in the head.
 
JAN,1870, Kosse, Texas.
Continuing on alone, Wes encountered a girl who, assisted by a male confederate, tried to roll the youth that evening. wes threw his money onto the floor, and as the man stooped to pick it up, Hardin drew his six-gun and shot the thief between the eyes. retrieving his money Wes galloped out of town as usual.
 
Jan,1871, near Marshell, Texas
In the custody of two state policemen, Wes and several other prisoners were being transferred from Marshall to Waco. The second night out, one of the guards went to a nearby farmhouse to procure feed for the animals. Wes produced a gun that he had obtained from a fellow prisoner in the Marshall jail, shot the remaining guard, and fled the camp on horseback.
 
 
Feb,1871, Gonzales county, Texas.
Wes, cousin Mannen Clements, and sevsral other cowhands stopped at a Mexican camp to play monte. the dealer quarreled with wes, who slugged him on the head with his gun barrel. When two other Mexicans went for their knives, Wes opened fire, wounding one in the chest and one in the arm.
 
May,8171, Indian Territory.
Wes stray'ed away from the cattle heard to hunt wild turkey and encountered an indian, whom he shot in cold blood. His cousins and fellow cowboys helped him bury the body, hoping to avoid retibution by the dead man's tribes men.
 
July 6, 1871,Abilene, Kansas.
On the verge of leaving Abilene with a man-hunt, Hardin fell into a quarrel with one Charles Cougar. With his usual murderous aggression, Hardin pulled a gun and shot Cougar to death.
 
I'll post part two (10 more), tonight.:D

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cold blooded killer is what I remember reading when I was a kid...not many details though

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:) Part Two, John Wesley Hardin.

July 7th, 1871, Bluff City, Kanasas.
Two day's earlier a Mexican named Juan Bideno had killed cowboy Bill Cohron, Who was a frined of Wes Hardin, Jim Rodgers and Hugh Anderson. This trio, Armed with a warrant and accompanied by John Cohron, brother of thr dead man, pursued Bideno until they found him at the tiny hamlet of Bluff City in southern Kansas. While the other three surrounded the cafe in which Bideno was eating, Hardin walked inside and ordered the Mexican to surrender. When Bideno teied to resist, Hardin shot him in the head at point-blank range.
 
September,1871, Smiley, Texas.
Green Parramore and John Lackey, a pair of Negro state policemen, had been searching Smily for Hardin. Hearing of the searc, Hardin boldy walked up to the lawmen while they were eating crackers and cheese in the general store. Wes asked the unsuspecting pair if they knew Hardin, and replied that they had never seen him, but intended to seek and arrest him. "Well, said Wes drawing his gun "you see him now!" He emptied his gun at the officers, killing Parramore and wounding Lackey in the mouth, Lackey dashed out of the store and lived to see Hardin on another occasion.
 
June, 1872, Hemphill, Texas.
Hardin in town to sell a herd of horse, had a quarrel over a count case with a state policeman named Spites. Spites, who did not know Hardin's identity, warned him to back off or face arrest. Wes then palmed a derringer with his left hand and shot Spites in the shoulder. Spiters ran away, and Wes spurred out of town with a posse on his heels.
 
July, 1872, Trinity City, Texas.
Visiting relatives near his boyhood home, Wes and a cousin engaged in a bowling match, which Hardin intentionally lost. A bystander named Sublett challenged him to a series on matches at five dollars per set. After Wes won six games in a row, Sublett realized that he was being victimized, and he berated Hardin. Wes forced Sublett to finish the game at gun-point, then generously bought him a drink.
Sublett stomped out of the building,returned a few moments later with a shotgun, and discharged a blast at Hardin. Struck in the side by buckshot, Wes drew his gun and staggered after Sublett, wounding the fleeing man in the back. Doctord dug out the buckshot,and friends carried Hardin into hiding.
 
August, 1872 Angelina County, Texas.
Two state policemen rode up to a farm house where Wes, still recovering from his wounds, was hiding. Armed with rifles,the officers crept up to a window and fired into the room, wounding Wes in the thigh as he lay on a pallet. Wes crawled to the door and drove the men off with a shotgun.
 
April,1873, Cuero, Texas.
In Cuero to sell cattle, Wes visited a local saloon and began quarreling with a belligrent, half-druck deputy of Jack Hem's named J.B. Morgan. When wes left the saloon, Morgan followed him out and went for his gun and he was shot dead by Hardin.
 
July,1873, Albuquerque,Texas.
While having a horseshoe replaced, Wes and Jim Taylor met Jack Helm, who was a leadre of the Sutton faction in Sutton-Taylor feud. Helm and six cohorts were passing by the blacksmith shop when he spotted Hardin,and impulsively approached them. Hardin abruptly blasted Helm in the chest with a shotgun and Taylor emptied his pistol into the fallen man's head. Hardin and Taylor then frightened Helm's startled companions away from the scene.
 
May 26, 1874, Comanche, Texas.
After celebrating his 21st birthday by winning heavily at horse racing, Hardin had words at a saloon with Comanche County Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb.
The two men drew their weapons and fired. Hardin took a bullet in the side,and Webb was struck in the head. Webb jerked his trigger again when he was hit, and Hardin's two companions-Jim Taylor and Bill Dixon-pumped slugs into him as he went down. An enraged mob chesed Wes and his party out of town, and even though wes escaped, his brother Joe and Bud and Tom Dixon were soon caught and lynched in Comance.
 
August 23, 1877, Pensacola, Florida.
Hardin had been to Pensacola on business and intended to return with four cohorts to Alabama by train. Texas Ranger John Armstrong and several other officers gathered at a station just outside Pensacola to intercept the fugitive. Armstrong limped into Hardin's coach, supported by a cane because of a previous wound. The Ranger pulled his .45, and Hardin shoutrd, "Texas, by God.' But when Hardin went for his gun, the weapon, concealed in his waistband hung in his suspenders.
Nineteen-year-old Jim Mann, sitting beside Hardin, drew his pistol cleanly and put a bullit through Armstrong's hat. Armstrong then shot Mann in the chest,and the youth jumped out the train window, ran several steps,and fell dead. In the meantime, Armstrong had grabbed Hardin's gun and after a fierce struggle the ranger clubbed wes senseless with his long-barreled .45 Hardin was whisked by train back to Texas.
 
August 19, 1895, El Paso, Texas
Wes had had trouble with John Selman and John Selman Jr,. both police officers in El Paso. Hardin had been seeing a married woman, a former prostitute named Mrs. Martin Morose, who recently had been arrested by John Selman, Jr. A short time later, Hardin encountered the elder Selman in the streets, tongue-lashed him,and threatend to kill him and his son.
Wes spent the evening of august 19 drinking and gambling in the Acme Saloon. Shortly after 11:00 p.m. he was shooting dice with H.S. Brown, a local grocer; Hardin's back was to the door. The senior Selman, a veteran gunfighter,walked inside and shot Wes to death.
Hardin had just told Brown, "you have four sixws to beat," when a slug crashed into his head. As hell fell, Selman fired again, but the bullet struck the floor. Selman then walked to the prostrate Hardin and fired two more shot's One hit Haedin in the arm, and the secound strouck him in the right side of the chest. According to the coroners's report, the fatal bullet had entered the back of Hardin's skull, torn through his head, and emerged from his eye; Selam, however, claimed that he had spoken a word of warning and that the slug had entered Hardin's eye. At any rate, neither of the two pistols found on Hardin's body was fired. Hardin was dead at age 42.
 
(When Hardin was sentenced to the penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. He studied for the Bar, when released from prison, Opened a Law Office in Gonzales).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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