Unnamed Parchman Trusty
Character Key Number:
3571
Display Name:
Unnamed Parchman Trusty
Sort Name:
Unnamed Parchman Trusty
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
This is the "trusty" who leads Mink out of the state penitentiary in The Mansion; he is in Parchman as a "lifer" who "killed his wife with a ball peen hammer" but according to the Warden "was converted and received salvation in jail" (423) - which explains why he would have been made a trusty, that is, a prisoner entrusted by the authorities with various kinds of responsibilities.