Can you tell me more about Bill Miner, whose life story is the basis for the Canadian film The Grey Fox?

Susan Riding Loveland, Colorado Bill Miner had quite the criminal career. He was raised in California and joined the Second California Cavalry in 1864. But military life didn’t suit him, so he soon deserted. Two years later, he was a convicted horse thief, spending four years in San Quentin. Six months after his release, Bill and a few friends pilfered a Wells Fargo strongbox from a stagecoach. He and “Alkali Jim” Harrington were captured and tried in Calaveras County. They appealed their