A few months ago a friend up in Yukon Territory wrote asking for some information on a lady of the evening who resided in the red light district of Dawson City and was later hanged in Arizona for murder.  She called herself “Claw-Fingered Kitty.” My friend was wondering who she really was, her real name and any information I could find on her. The detective work was pretty easy since only one woman in Arizona was ever legally hanged for murder, Miss Eva Dugan. Turns out as a young


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