Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-02
PARKER AND MILLER.
Lodged in ihe Prescott Jail Again at an Early Hour Sunday
 Morning.
A Big Crowd Gathers Out of CuriOsi. ty, But no Demonstration Four Prisoners Shaekled
 Yesterday.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
 It was just three weeks yesterday that three desperate men succeeded in making their escape from the county jail.
 A little after midnight yesterday morning, two of them, Parker, the train robher and murderer of Lee Norris, and l.. C. Miller, the alleged fcrger, were returned to their old quarters. They were brought in by Sheriff Ruffner, of this county, and Sheriff Cameron, of Coconino coun- ty, both of whom have been in pur- suit of the former ever since their escape.
 The story of Parker's capture by s. $. Preston and ten Navajo Indians has already been told in these col umns.
 It became noised around on Satur- day evening that the prisoners would be in on the train due at 10:30 D. m. and it naturally attracted large crowd to the depot. It went there solely out of curiosity, though, and not with any designs against the prisoners.
 While Under Sheriff Dillon felt reasonably confident that no dem- onstration would be made against the outlaws, he took the precaution to adylse the officers to have the train stop near the Half Way House, where carriages were in waiting for them.
 The train was an hour and a half late, and it came through Whipple at low rate of speed, and without whistling as usual. The prisoners were transferred to the carriages, and a hurried drive made for the jail. The train was detained there until the carriages had reached the corner of Mt. Vernon avenue and Gurley street, when it pulled into the depot.
 The crowd, however, had been advlsed in the meantime of what was going on, and started for the court house. As the sound of foot steps were heard coming up the street, Miller remarked, My God, they're coming to hang us Parker fired of a volley of profanity, coupled with an obscene epithet at him, reproaching him for his cow ardice, at the same time remarking, "You can't die but once any way" As the prisoners were taken through the entrance leading through the jail, Parker cast rather sensitive look up the stairway, where he had SO cruelty shot down Lee Norris. and where a big crowd of people had assembled. Aside from this, his ac- tions were cool, and before being taken from the carriage, he even requested the officers to take them for drive around town to give them some fresh air.
 Parker, it IS said, expressed to Sheriff EuTner, very forcibiy, his regrets at not getting an opportu- nity 10 shoot him. He also told him that had not the sheriff reached the camp ot his Parker's captors at the time he did, he would have made another break for liberty, and confidently believed he could have succeeded in getting away from them, as he was not tied and had an opportunity to get gun. He was only waiting, he said, to get his sup per and to be sociable with his cap tors before making the attempt.
 He told Sheriff Cameron that he will not be hanged, neither will he be at court when his case comes up, but just what he meant by this re- mark is not known.
 In the Lynx creek fight on the Sunday evening that they escaped, Parker was shot in the leg below the knee. 1t was a spent ball that struck him and produced only a flesh wound which has about healed up. He says that the Mexican was more seriously wounded, having been shot through the feshy part of the thigh. Miller was not shot at all, and none of the shots tired by Jailor Meador took effect.
 Yesterday morning F. G. Brecht and one of his employees went to the jail, at Sheriff Ruffner's request, and riveted heavy steel shackles on Parker and Miller and on Rogers and Thompson, charged with com plicity in the train robbery, and they will heresfter be closely guard ed. Parker complained that he was given an old and rusty pair of leg bracelets, while the others were shining ones, but beyond this he was silent and uncommunieative.