 A plaque at the Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park listing the names of the men legally hanged in Tombstone. | |
| Date | April 7, 1899 |
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| Location | Near Pearce, Arizona Territory, United States |
| Deaths | 2 |
The Shootout at Wilson Ranch resulted in the final and most famous hanging in the history of Tombstone, Arizona. On April 7, 1899, the brothers William and Thomas Lee Halderman were confronted by two lawmen at a ranch located in the Chiricahua Mountains. A brief gunfight ensued, during which Constable Chester L. Ainsworth was killed and his deputy, Teddy Moore, was mortally wounded. The Halderman brothers then fled to New Mexico, but they were captured shortly thereafter and executed on November 16, 1900, following a hasty trial in Tombstone.[1][2][3][4]
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