Such was the life of Miller he loved kids and alwaysīut his life was not all about hunting down criminals. And Zeke’s letters and the experience of being a prisoner made the kid reform.” But the younger one of the two outlaws, when he went to prison, Zeke wrote letters to him and talked to him about reforming his ways.
He went down, came up behind the outlaws, arrested them and brought them back on the handcar. Zeke went to the station master and borrowed a handcar. marshal wereĪs Outlaw Tales wrote: “One time, Zeke went after some men who were miles away down by a railroad track where no one could sneak up on them. The exploits of the famous black deputy U.S. Never firing a shot during his service, it is documented that “he had a large posse that worked with him and he planned the arrests and directed the captures, but he let his posse do all the shootings.” Miller was first stationed at Alderson, Choctaw Nation, but was later moved to the Central District headquarters at McAlester, according to Oklahoma Historical Society. Marshal, two years before Judge Parker’s death. Starting life as a mine inspector from Ohio, Miller later moved to Indian Territory where he was recommended for the job of Deputy U.S. Then there was his black stallion which historians say he had a rapport with to the extent that “on a number of different occasions the horse saved him from injury or, possibly, death, not just with its athleticism but by warning the lawman of impending danger.” He is also remembered as one who never had to shoot a man to make an arrest during his 19 years of service.
Marshal in the Central District of Indian Territory.īeing a tough man in a tough land, Miller was able to hunt down several outlaws without ever getting injured on duty. Between 1894 to 1907, the African American worked as a Deputy U.S.
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