Lure of the Desert Is Too Much for Prospector

Posted on January 10, 2010 by lmharnisch
Jan. 10, 1920, Briggs

“That Guiltiest Feeling,” by Clare Briggs.

Jan. 10, 1920, Bandit

Jan. 10, 1920: The old prospector just wanted some money for a grubstake to go back to Mexico. "The lure of the desert proved too much for me," says James Barker, 70, a man with long prison record who tried to hold up an  auto accessory store at 1227 S. Main St.

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