Dan Tucker, Deputy Sheriff of Deming
He was considered the right man for the job, as he was sure to either arrest a desperado or kill him [1][2]. During his tenure, a number of “bad men” were either killed in quarrels among themselves or by the deputy sheriff [2].
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- afterwards… (1891)afterwards. What a change I found, a deputy sheriff had been appointed, his name was Dan Tucker and he was certainly the right man, for if he wanted to arrest a desperado he was sure to either arrest him or k…
- Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-03-20 (1891)not mo- lested. I returned to Doming about three months afterwards. What a change I found, a deputy sheriff had been appointed, his name was Dan Tucker and he was certainly the right man, for if he wanted t…