Clarendon D. Miller

Sheriff C.D. Miller suffered a fatal heart attack while trying to stop a gang fight at a barn dance near Pukwana, South Dakota. It was first thought that he sustained a fatal blow to the head while he tried to break up the fight. But an autopsy revealed that he died from a heart attack. Sheriff Miller had made several requests to the county commissioners to revoke the license of the dance hall, as he reported numerous times that it was a "breeder of lawlessness of all kinds." A suspect was tried but acquitted in connection with Sheriff Miller's murder. Sheriff Miller was survived by ten sons and three daughters. One of his sons was appointed sheriff after his death.