Climax Jim Chews on the Evidence

Rufus Nephew, better-known as Climax Jim, was the darling of the Arizona press during the late 1890s. Thanks to the fertile imaginations of the old timers who knew him and the newspaper reporters who embellished and enlivened the activities of this likable street-wise kid from the east coast who matured into a notorious escapologist, rustler and rascal. His colorful confrontations with the law weren’t exactly the stuff of legends but they kept readers thoroughly entertained. He picked up