Edward J. Miller

Edward Joe Miller, (born May 7, 1898, died December 13, 1959), also known as E. J. Miller, was an American prison administrator. A native of Kansas,[1] he was the second Associate Warden of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary under James A. Johnston in the late 1930s and 1940s. Both men were known for their strict discipline.[2]

Edward Miller
From left to right: Warden James A. Johnston, Associate Warden E. J. Miller, District Attorney Frank J. Hennessy
Born(1898-05-07)May 7, 1898
Leavenworth, Kansas
DiedDecember 13, 1959(1959-12-13) (aged 61)
Leavenworth, Kansas
OccupationFederal Bureau of Prisons administrator
Known forAssociate Warden, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (1937–47)

Miller arrived on Alcatraz on June 23, 1934 as a Correctional officer. By the end of the decade had been promoted to Associate Warden.[3] Miller was Associate Warden during numerous escape attempts at Alcatraz. He was once challenged by Henri Young who complained to Miller that the Alcatraz rules which he and Johnston insisted upon were violations of Bureau of Prisons guidelines. Miller responded, “You don't run Alcatraz. I run Alcatraz", and later angrily refused Young a bible when he was in solitary confinement in D-Block.[4]

He departed Alcatraz in 1947 and was transferred to Leavenworth.[3][5] He was married to Rosine (née Wahler) and lived on Alcatraz during his time as Associate Warden.[6]

References
  1. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-27792-1624-14?cc=2000219&wc=MMYH-LXD:n1281349242
  2. United States. Court of Claims; District of Columbia. Court of Appeals (1948). The Federal reporter. West Pub. Co. p. 986. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  3. Wellman, Gregory L. (28 May 2008). A History of Alcatraz Island:: 1853-2008. Arcadia Publishing. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-7385-5815-8. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  4. Ward, David A.; Kassebaum, Gene G. (19 May 2009). Alcatraz: The Gangster Years. University of California Press. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-520-25607-1. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  5. Johnston, James A. (1949). Alcatraz Island prison: and the men who live there. C. Scribner's Sons. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  6. Babyak, Jolene (July 1988). Eyewitness on Alcatraz: interviews of guards, families & prisoners who lived on The Rock. Ariel Vamp Press. ISBN 978-0-9618752-0-6. Retrieved 8 September 2012.


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