Old Bill Miner

Description:

***Bill Miner, the gentleman bandit, enjoyed more popularity in his day than Jesse James or Billy the Kid.*** He robbed stagecoaches and trains across California, Colorado, Arizona, Georgia, Washington State and British Columbia until just before the **First World War**, by which point the public actually wanted him to escape the police. ***Reporters visited him during his time in jail and dubbed him “Old Bill Miner.”*** When he died in Georgia, where he had committed the state’s first train robbery, locals chipped in to pay for his funeral. **Described by some as North America’s Robin Hood,** Bill Miner’s character has starred in folk songs, stage productions and movies. He is also credited with the invention of the phrase “Hands up!”

subjects: BFrank W. Anderson,  Bill Miner,  Billy Miner,  1846-1913,  North America's Robin Hood,  Non-fiction,  Literature,  Robbers,  Bandits,  Brigands,  États-Unis Biographies,  Brigands and robbers,  Train robberies,  Biography,  Bandits et brigands,  Biographies

Places: British Columbia,  Canada,  California,  Colorado,  Arizona,  Georgia,  Washington (State),  United States

Times: Late 1800s to 1913