Joe Prudum (Desperation)

What they’re waiting for is their turn to go into the dark. Tak begins to laugh with Cary Ripton’s vocal cords. “What a hoot!” he exclaims. Then he drives on to the field office, unlocks the door with Ripton’s key, and kills Joe Prudum, the night watchman.

Tak, using Cary Ripton’s body, shoots the mine’s night watchman Joe Prudum in the throat. This watchman is kept separate from the embedded Western name in The Regulators.