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 Jack Harris Vaudeville Theater | |
| Date | March 11, 1884 |
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| Location | San Antonio, Texas, United States |
| Participants | Ben Thompson and King Fisher vs. Joe Foster and Jacob Coy |
| Outcome | Ben Thompson and King Fisher killed outright; Joe Foster wounded and died; Jacob Coy crippled for life. |
| Deaths | 3 |
The Vaudeville Theater ambush was the ambush and murder on March 11, 1884, by Joe Foster and Jacob Coy of former lawmen Ben Thompson and King Fisher. It took place at the Jack Harris Vaudeville Saloon and Theater[1] in San Antonio, Texas. The ambush was in revenge for Ben Thompson's shooting of Jack Harris two years earlier.
Fisher (left) and Thompson (right)
- ^ Selcer, Richard (2004). Legendary Watering Holes: The Saloons that Made Texas Famous (2004 Hardcover; First ed.). College Station, Texas: Texas A & M University Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-1585443369.