In the spring of 1891, the community of Jerome, Arizona, was unsettled by a sudden act of violence that claimed the life of one of its own lawmen. James Gabriel Hawkins, a 30-year-old White male, had been a Constable with the Yavapai County Constable's Office for only three months before his untimely death on Sunday, April 19, 1891. His death came at the hands of a prisoner in his custody, a local bookkeeper named Tom Gallagher.
The events leading to the fatal encounter began the day befo
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