Killer started his career by murdering kin. Jim Miller’s first of many killings was close to home. In July 1884, he attended a tent revival meeting...
All in the Family
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Do it Yourself
Hired assassin Jim Miller (photo) sometimes sublet his killing contracts. In 1896, he sent John Denson and Bill Earhart to kill Barney Riggs, a...
Any Publicity is Good Publicity?
John Denson showed a newspaperman what he thought about his writing. John Denson was the cousin of John Wesley Hardin and kin to Killin’ Jim Miller,...
The Fatal Favor John Denson mistakenly tried to help a relative…
John Denson was a kinsman to both John Wesley Hardin and Jim Miller. And he apparently helped the latter with some of his illegal activities. But...
Picked The Wrong Man A killer for hire had the tables turned.
Bill Earhart was a shootist who helped out “Killin’” Jim Miller on occasion—either as a lookout or assassin for hire. Miller wanted him and a cohort...