Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1892 — SHE IS DEAD GAME. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SHE IS DEAD GAME.

Fannie Miller, the Deputy Sheriff at Muskogee, Indian Territory. Fannie Miller, Deputy United States Marshal at Muskogee, Indian Territory, is one of the bravest women in the West. She was born twenty years ago near St. Joseph, Mo., of respectable parents named Johnson. When 4 years old she moved to Sherman, Texas, and at the age of 18, in company with an experienced officer, went to Mexico to aid in ferreting out the perpetrators of a series of crimes along the border. After two years of al’.venture she married and moved to Talahana, I. T. This little woman is nervy and has remarkable powers of endurance. She rides with Deputy B. C. Cantrell, a cousin, having accompanied him on

many expeditions of danger and fatigue. She and her cousin trailed Fagan and Ed Kinsley, noted cattle thieves, flva days In the mountains of the Cherokee Nation, last fall. Mrs. Miller was riding alone when, to her surprise, she came face to face with Fagan, whom she placed under arrest liefore he could realize that she was an officer and in earnest. Kinsley’s hiding place was soon found, and in securing his arrest several shots were exchanged. Mrs. Miller also arrested the Warren brothers, noted whisky peddlers. This remarkable woman seems delighted with her perilous work, and being well educated, is anything but bold and brazen. Deputy Cantrell has been on the Marshal’s force for eight He says Fannie Miller’s services are almost indispensable.

DEPUTY FANNIE MILLER.