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Jim Parker’s Last Night

by | Apr 27, 2017 | True West Blog

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This much is known:  Jim Parker was hanged in Prescott, AZ on June 3, 1898, for the murder of Assistant District Attorney Lee Norris during a jailbreak.   One of the great legends around Parker says he asked for a little female companionship on the night before his execution—and his longtime friend, Sheriff George Ruffner, brought a local hooker to Parker’s jail cell to fulfill that last reque


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