Perpetrator
John Wesley Hardin
- Born
- 26 May 1853
- Died
- 19 August 1895, aged about 42
- Record
- Wikidata Q2460778 · Wikipedia
Perpetrator in John Wesley Hardin
Gunman convicted of the second-degree murder of Charles Webb; killed in El Paso the year after his release.
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
John Wesley Hardin is born near Bonham, Texas.
Hardin kills Texas State Police officer Smalley and escapes custody.
Texas Rangers arrest Hardin on a train at Pensacola, Florida.
Hardin is sentenced to 25 years in the Huntsville penitentiary for Webb's murder.
Hardin is released after about sixteen years; he is pardoned on 16 March.
Constable John Selman shoots Hardin dead in the Acme Saloon, El Paso.