Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15

therefrom resulted in peiitouesis, IRON
which, after great suffering, the wounded
man died the following Thursday after.
noon.
PARisu's CAaEsR.
The murder OF Thompson Is bnt one oil
q number OF such affairs which Parish
has committed. His mania ior many
years has been 10 kiIi men, and his only
satisfaction for an assumed injury OF in
suit was 10 kill the object OF his dis
pleasure, and when under the influences
Of liquor he proudly boastsd Of the num-
Der of his victims. He no doubt mag.
nifed the number. One remark which
he made after killing Thompson was
"tbat II the son OF b--h died it would
make the eighteenth man he had killed. +"
The exact number he has killed Ii NOD
known with certainty but few are.
Abont 1879 Parish lived at II Dorado
Canyon, this county, and had mining
partner named Paddock. Paddock quar-
relied with some man, fire arms were used
and Paddock was wounded. The mar
immediately left, crossing the Colorado
to the Arizona side and started of foot
Parish. with another man, pursued him
on horseback and overlook him eightssr
miles in the desert. The man had
emptied his revolver at rabbits TO obtain
their blood in order TO assuage his thirst.
On seeing his pursuers he immideately
held up his hands and offered 10 sur
render, when Parish rapidly rode up, and
deliberately emptied his revolver into
him, shooting him 10 death. For this
he Of course was wanted in Arizona but
has never been tried.
Sometime after this, at FL Dorado
Canyon, Parish shot one J. B. Geenwoo|
and negro named Clark. They, viii
another man we're gambling in tent sn--
loon at night. Parish went broke, Al d
accused the others Of cheating him. and
going out, said "he'd come back sh' OF
ing" He was gone short time whef'
he returned, opened the door d tho tent
and began shooting at the parties. Green
wood and Clark were both seriousl,
wounded, but nothing was done about
the affair the remoteness OF the section,
roughness Of the crowd and poverty of
county no doubt having something TO do
with letting the matter drop.
At Mineral Park Ariz. he also at one
time had quarrel with man. On the
afternoon Of the same day the man lay
asleep at the outer edge OF the sidewalk
dead drunk, and Parish seeing him there
got a large rock wheighing some thirty
pounds. He was in the act OF dropping
Il on the head Of the PROSTATE man when
miner, named Smith, leveled = pistol At
him and threatened TO shoot him II no
let the rock fall. Parish Immediately
cleared out.
Again at Tintic District, Utah. some
three years ago, Parish qusrreled with q
cripple over game Of cards. Parish &C.
eused the cripple Of cheating him and
threatened to kill him then and there.
The man was not armed however, and
was ordered to go and arm himself. He
went away and Parish saw him on the
street and emptied the contents Of 8
double harrele1 shot gun into him killing
him. For this he was tried and aquittsd
some Of the jury arguing that the cripple
had gone TO get gun with which 10 kill
Parish.
These instances show the character
and nature Of the man fully. He 10 said
TO have been implicated in q number Of
other killings.
There are no extenuating circumstances
connected with the murder Of Thompson
and for which Parish was sentenced to
hang, and his execasion for that crime
will be but the melting out of that justice
which he should have received years ago.