Fleming “James” Parker was a career criminal, primarily a rustler, but in 1897, he took a step up to train robbery near Peach Springs, Arizona. It was a disaster; his partner died and Parker vamoosed without the loot, setting the stage for the final tragic acts.
In his biography of outlaw Fleming ”James” Parker, Prescott,

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