The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-10-25
back and finish him, meaning Thompson,
and want off

and went off.
Thompson, in rising from his chair
when struck. said to Parish, 81 don't
want to fight you." and after being cut
repeated the remark. The cutting took
place about 4:3O o'clock Sunday morn
ing and Thompson was immediately
brought to town and placed nnder doc.
torscare. II was found that his intestines
were badly cut. and the escape of focal
matter therefrom resulted in peritonetis,
from which, after great suffering. the
wounded man died the following Thurs.
day evening.
PARrsH's CAREER.
The murder Of Thompson is but one of
a number Of such affairs which Parish
has committed. His mania for many
years has been to kill men, and his only
satisfaction for an assumed injury or in.
suit was to kill the object of his dis
pleasure, and when under the influence
of liquor he proudly boosted of the mum.
Der of his victims. He no doubt mag
nifed the number. One remark which
he made after killing Thompson was,
"that if the son of b--h died it would
make the eighteenth man he'd killed. >
The exact number he has killed is not
known with certainty but few are.
About 1879 Parish lived at FL 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
man Immediately left. crossing the Col
orado river to the Arizona side and
started off foot. Parish, with another
man, [pursued him on horseback and
overlook him eighteen miles in the des.
ert. The man had emptied his revolver
at rabbits to obtain their blood in order
to assuage his thirst. On seeing his
pursuers he Immediately held up his
hands and offered to surrender, when
Parish rapidly Erode up, and delib-
erately emptied his revolver into him.
shooting Thin to death. For this he Of
course twas wanted in Arizona but has
never been tried.
Sometime after this, at Ell Dorado
Canyon, Parish shot one ]. B. Greenwood
and negro named Clark. They, with
another man were gambling in tent sa.
loon at night. Parish went broke, and
accused the others of cheating him, and
going out, said she'd come back shoot
ing" He was gone short time when
he returned, opened the door of the tent
and began shooting at the parties.
Greenwood and Clark were both serious
ly wounded, but nothing was done about
the affair, the remoteness Of the section,
roughness of the crowd and poverty Of
the county no doubt having something to
do with letting the matter drop.
At Mineral Park A. 7. he also at one
time had quarrel with a man. On the
afternoon of the same day the man lay
asleep at the outer edge Of the sidewalk
of the Main st. dead drunk, and Parish
seeing him there got large rock weigh.
ing some thirty pounds. He was in the
act of dropping it on the head Of the
PROSTATE man when a miner, named
Smith, leveled pistol at him and threat
ened to shoot him if he let the rock fall.
Parish Immediately cleared out.
Again at Tintic District, Utah, some
three years ago, Parish quarreled with Q
cripple over game Of cards. Parish &C.
cused 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 9
double barreled shot gun into him kill
ing him. For this he was tried and &C.
quilted, some of the jury arguing that
the cripple had gone to get a gun with
which to kill Parish.
These instances show the character
and nature Of the man fully. He is said
to have been implicated in number Of
other killings.
There are no extenuating circumstances
connected with the murder of Thompson
and for which Parish is sentenced to
hang, and his execution for that crime
will be but the melting out Of that justice
which he should have received years ago.