Faye Prisby

Faye Prisby was a Totenk-hunter and hired gun who lived in Naco, in the Kabranso Territory. She was the killer of Nolan Good. Rumor has it that the lawless element in town, fearing that Good would be appointed marshal, offered to pay Prisby for the murder and then liquored her up to help her get up her courage.
In 1551, in the Grandstand Saloon in Naco, Prisby shot Good in the back of the head with a single-action .45-caliber revolver, shouting "Take that!" Good, in contrast to his normal habit of sitting in a corner to protect his back, on that day sat with his back to the door while engaged in a game of poker. The killing was rumored to have been over Prisby's drunken resentment of an act of generosity by Good, who had offered Prisby money to buy breakfast after Prisby had lost it all playing poker the previous day. Prisby claimed, however, that the killing was retribution for Good having previously killed Prisby's brother. Prisby was captured by Marianne Cobb immediately after the murder and tried by an impromptu court at the Naco Stage and Picture Hall made up of local miners and businessmen. She was found innocent.
Prisby then fled town to the Delcova Territory, where she bragged, at length, about the details of how she had killed Good in a fair gunfight. Unfortunately for Prisby, however, the Delcova authorities refused to recognize the result of her first trial, and found her guilty of the murder. Prisby was hanged in 1552 at the age of 24.
Category:Inhabitants
Category:Deceased People
Category:Born in 1528
Category:Died in 1552
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