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John Wesley Hardin, the west's most feared gunman and the killer of at least 26 men, was shot dead in the Acme Saloon on this site on Aug. 19, 1895. Hardin was shot in the back of the head by El Paso constable John Selman. At Selman's trial, witnesses testified, "If Hardin was shot in the eye it was excellent marksmanship, if he was shot in the back it was excellent Judgment." Selman, out on bail, was killed in a gunfight a few months later.
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El Paso, Texas · United States
