HANK PARISH
Gunfighter,
Horsethief,
Murderer
By Cowboy George
Thirteen knots on the hangman rope and thirteen steps up to the gallows marks the end of a life of crime for Henry "Hank" Parish.
It seems to this writer that when a man is rotten, he is rotten to the core, and so was the case with Hank Parish. The earliest records we find about Parish were in 1879 at El Dorado Canyon. While working as a miner at the new boom camp, Parish shot a man named Taylor. No punishment for this crime was ever recorded. At this time, El Dorado Canyon was still in Lincoln County, Nevada.
In 1881, Parish shot Jimmy B. Greenwood and N. Clark, after losing a pile of money to Greenwood in a card game. Parish fled the scene, but when he heard Greenwood was still alive and waiting by the river for a boat to take him to Fort Mojave for medical treatment, Parish decided to return to finish the job unless he got his $100.00 back.
Parish found Greenwood and at gunpoint demanded $100.00 "right now or else." He told him that he would never live to be taken on the boat. Andy Fife, who was a friend of Greenwood, gave Parish the money to prevent the murder.
And now...for the rest of the story...
02/01/06 07:49 PM