J. Willet Miller, a 34-year-old male police officer from Blowing Rock, North Carolina, died on July 6, 1909. He was shot and killed while attempting to serve a warrant on a subject for possessing whiskey. Miller had initially gone to the subject's home around 4:00 pm to serve the warrant, but the man wasn't there. As Miller walked down Main Street, he saw the man exiting a store and called out to him, but the man ignored him. When Miller caught up to him, the man suddenly turned and shot him fou
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