On August 24, 1881, Silverton Town Marshal David Clayton "Clate" Ogsbury was killed in the line of duty in a shootout with members of the Stockton-Eskridge Gang outside the Diamond Saloon at the corner of 11th and Greene streets. The gang had come into town after a breakout at the Durango jail, with La Plata County Sheriff Luke Hunter pursuing them. Ogsbury had been town marshal for only three months and was waiting for arrest warrants from La Plata County. The warrants arrived at 11 PM when Sheriff Hunter reached Silverton from Durango and joined night marshal Emerson Hodges in waking Ogsbury at the rear of Goode's Saloon. The three officers then went to the Diamond Saloon, where they believed the outlaws were. As they approached, Ogsbury saw a man leaning against the saloon in the dark, and before he could speak, the man fired and mortally wounded him. The outlaws then came out of the saloon firing and forced the other officers to retreat. A dozen or more shots were fired in the encounter, injuring at least two other people, and one shot struck the First Congregational Church at the corner of 11th and Reese. Burt Wilkinson was identified as the gang member who killed Ogsbury. Two gang members, Burt Wilkinson and Kid Thomas, were later captured and lynched by vigilantes in downtown Silverton, the last lynchings in the town.