[6][7] In 1896, Hicks was again selected by the Democrats to run for probate judge, this time by acclamation.
[10] The Democrats once again chose Hicks for their probate judge candidate in 1898, and he won in a landslide in November's general election.
[15] The child had been abandoned by her parents the week before by being dropped off on the bar of the Cabinet Saloon in Prescott, with a note.
Judge Hicks took the child home, and immediately began the process to adopt her.
[18] In February 1900, Hicks' wife became quite ill with dual bout of rheumatism and pneumonia.
[30] Both Hicks and Johns won in the November general election, defeating Republican Charles Mullen and Socialist A. J.
[33] Hicks died in his home in Prescott on December 24, 1929, from pneumonia, after a short illness.