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Sheriff James K. Murphy
(
1893-94
)
Back in 1893 James Murphy had a jail overcrowding problem. He considered sending juveniles to Coconino County and asking the City of Phoenix to house female prisoners. Instead, a new jail was built. He left law enforcement to spend the last year of his life mining.