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Lincoln Co. War - Pat Garrett Killer's Sig & Hanging PC 1893/1909 [182724]

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Lincoln Co. War - Pat Garrett Killer's Sig & Hanging PC 1893/1909  [182724]
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1893 Report of inspection of hide, signed in upper and lower right by James B Miller. He was also known as Killin' Jim, Killer Miller or Deacon. Perhaps his most famous victim was Pat Garrett, bushwacked near Las Cruces,NM in 1908. Miller was hung in Ada, OK along with 3 others whom he hired to murder a local rancher. "Ada residents knew that the evidence against the four suspects was not considered strong, leaving open the chance for acquittal. Because, weeks earlier, a man named Stephenson (a suspect in the November 3, 1907 murder of Town Marshal Rudolph Cathey in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma), had been acquitted on murder charges, some decided to take things into their own hands. A lynch mob, reported by The Daily Ardmoreite as numbering 200 and by Associated Press as "...estimated from 30 to 40 in number..." broke into the jail "...between two and three o'clock..." on the morning of April 19, 1909. They dragged the four suspects outside to an abandoned livery stable behind the jail. Miller remained stoic while the other three reportedly begged for their lives. Miller made two final requests: that his diamond ring be given to his wife and that he be permitted to wear his black hat while being hanged. Both requests were granted. He also asked to die in his black frock coat; this request was denied.Miller is reported to have shouted, "Let 'er rip!" and stepped voluntarily off his box to hang. The bodies of all four men were left hanging for several hours, until a photographer could be brought in to record the moment. These photos were sold to tourists in Ada for many years." from wikipedia. A postcard of his hanging is also in this lot. Document 17x14" with a few chips,professional repair to upper center, small right tear with some paper loss, some toning. Please inspect. New Mexico