Sheriff Ruben S. Thomas

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Years of Service

1879-80

Ruben Thomas conducted the county’s only legal execution. He came to Phoenix while the superintendent of Wells Fargo. Stage robberies were weekly crimes in those days. He later served in the 11th Territorial Assembly.

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