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James Brown Miller (October 25, 1866 - April 19, 1909), also known as "Killin' Jim", "Killer Miller" and "Deacon Jim", was an American outlaw and assassin of the American Old West said to have killed 12 people during gunfights - perhaps the most of his era.〔 〕 Miller was referred to by the alias Deacon Jim by some because he regularly attended the Methodist Church and he did not smoke or drink. He was lynched by a mob of angry citizens because of his assassination of a former deputy U.S. marshal. Miller was married to the cousin of another famous old west outlaw, John Wesley Hardin. ==Early life== Miller was born in Van Buren, Arkansas but moved with his parents to Franklin, Texas at one year of age.〔 Miller's father, Jacob, was born in Pennsylvania in 1801, was a stonemason, and helped build the first capitol building in Austin, Texas. Miller's mother, Cynthia Basham, was born in Tennessee in 1827. Just a few years after the move, both of Miller's parents died, and he was sent to Evant to live with his grandparents. At the age of eight, Miller was again orphaned after his grandparents were found murdered in their home. Miller was arrested, but was not prosecuted for the crime.〔 His sister, Georgia and her husband, John Thomas Coop, accepted him onto their farm at Plum Creek near Gatesville.〔 The 1880 census records him as being nineteen years old, living in Coryell County, Texas, with his siblings and widowed mother. On July 30, 1884, Miller shot his brother-in-law, with whom he had an argument, with a shotgun while the latter was sleeping on his porch. Miller was arrested for the murder, convicted and sentenced to life in prison; however, the conviction was overturned on a technicality.〔 After leaving the Coop farm, Miller became a hired hand on the McCulloch County ranch of John Wesley Hardin's cousin Emanuel "Mannen" Clements.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Emanuel D Clements )〕 Clements was killed by Ballinger City Marshal Joe Townsend on March 29, 1887, during Miller's time of employment at the ranch. Townsend would be later ambushed by an assailant wielding a shotgun, Miller's signature style. Townsend would survive, but lose his arm to amputation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Miller (outlaw)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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