Perpetrator
John Selman
- Born
- 16 November 1839
- Died
- 6 April 1896, aged about 57
- Record
- Wikidata Q6257271 · Wikipedia
Perpetrator in John Wesley Hardin
El Paso constable who shot Hardin; his murder trial ended in a hung jury, and he was killed before a retrial.
1868–1895 · Texas; Abilene, Kansas; Pensacola, Florida; El Paso, Texas · Convicted
A preacher's son who killed a deputy on his 21st birthday served sixteen years, came out a lawyer, and was shot from behind in an El Paso saloon in 1895. Read the case.
Dated events
Constable John Selman shoots Hardin dead in the Acme Saloon, El Paso.
Selman, awaiting retrial, is killed by Deputy US Marshal George Scarborough.