John Daniel Parker, City Marshal
City of Krebs
Early the morning of Sunday, December 31, 1933, Marshal Parker was making his rounds accompanied by Lee Parker, his nephew whom he had deputized. Marshal Parker went into the place of Clifton Logan, a local bootlegger. Finding Jack Winningham drunk, the marshal arrested him. Winningham resisted and Parker struck him in the head with his pistol. The marshal then took Winningham to a local doctor’s office to have him treated for his injuries.
While at the doctor’s office, Clifton Logan arrived, furious that the marshal had arrested Winningham in his place. The two argued, Logan drew his gun and the marshal began struggling with him. Witnesses said Lee Parker fired at Clifton Logan and accidentally hit Parker as well as Logan. Marshal Parker died from his wounds. Logan was critically injured. The county attorney’s office indicated that no charges would be filed against young Parker.