William Miller (criminal) William Miller (criminal) William "Billy the Killer" Miller (1906 – April 16, 1931) was an American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw. In his brief criminal career, he committed numerous bank heists in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Oklahoma, and teamed up with George Birdwell and Pretty Boy Floyd during the early 1930s. Miller was born in Ironton, Ohio in 1906. He first earned his nickname "Billy the Killer" when, on September 18, 1925, the 19-year-old Miller killed his brother Joseph in a fight over a woman. Tried in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, he was acquitted of murder on the grounds that he
Charles Rinaldo Floyd but was dismissed in 1817 for insubordination over what he considered "a point of honor." He received a marine lieutenant's commission nonetheless, as discussed below, but was court martialed and suspended with pay in 1820 for caning a storekeeper who had insulted a sentinel. Charles used the time to travel to Europe and tour Napoleonic battlefields. On May 22, 1823 Charles Rinaldo Floyd married Catharine Sophia Powell in Boston. They had two daughters, both born in Camden County, after Mrs. Floyd moved to Camden County to live with her in-laws. However, she missed her friends and relatives in Boston, so