Dave Jim: A Indian With Troubles

Dave Jim was born about 1879 in perhaps Nevada. 



Inmate: 2487 Nevada State Prison
Rec: 23 May 1927 
Crime: Grand Larceny
Term: 2-14 yrs

1913 newspaper article about his Manslaughter charge, he was first charged with murder for killing Yee Yong a Chinaman.

 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47047888/dave-jim/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47047821/dave-jim/



1916 his parole was denied




1918 he was paroled, in 1920 he was charged with burglary, I didn't find that newspaper article, but he was charged again with burglary in 1924.






In 1918 he was badly cut in the face and neck by William Corey.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47047771/dave-jim/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47047988/dave-jim/

Obviously he survived to go on and commit other crimes.
I didn't find any family information on Dave, Ancestry has no early Nevada Census and Family Search also came up empty.

When I look into his eyes I don't see any anger, I see sadness, and loneliness. I also did not find any death for him in the newspapers or on Ancestry, he was 48 yrs old on his last incarceration, and he seemed to live a dangerous life, I wouldn't imagine he lived much past 1930.



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