THIS DAY IN HISTORY
FEBRUARY 17--- This was the day Goliath's Legal Counsel, Famed Gunfighter, and current resident of HELL, John Wesley Hardin, was released from prison. Goliath quote Wikipedia:
Hardin was released from prison on February 17, 1894 after serving nearly 16 years of his 25-year sentence and being behind bars for 17 years since his capture. He promptly returned to Gonzales, Texas, as a 41-year-old widower who had three children who did not even know what he looked like. Within six months of release, two significant events occurred in Hardin's life. First, on March 16, he was pardoned, and then on July 21 he passed the state's bar examination, obtaining his license to practice law.[23] On January 9, 1895, he married a 15-year-old girl named Carolyn "Callie" Lewis. However, the marriage did not work out, and it quickly ended, albeit never legally dissolved. Neither Hardin nor his wife ever disclosed why the marriage failed so abruptly.[24] Ill feelings about his failed second marriage probably contributed to Hardin's desire to move west, specifically to El Paso.
El Paso lawman, John Selman Jr., arrested Hardin's friend, the widow M'Rose (or Mroz), for "brandishing a gun in public." Hardin confronted Selman, and the two men had a verbal dispute. On being told of the argument, John's 56-year-old father, John Selman Sr., a constable, approached Hardin on the afternoon of August 19, 1895, and the two men exchanged words. Later that night, Hardin went to the Acme Saloon, where he began playing dice. Shortly before midnight Selman Sr. walked in and saw Hardin with his back to him, and shot him in the back of the head, killing him instantly. As Hardin's body lay on the floor, Selman fired three more shots into him.[citation needed]
Selman Sr. was arrested for the murder and stood trial, where he claimed he had fired in self defense. A hung jury resulted in his being released on bond, pending retrial. However, Selman was killed in a shootout on April 6, 1896, by US Marshal George Scarborough.
John W. Hardin wrote an autobiography (apparently while he was doing hard prison time) wherein he explained
how, actually, he was a really nice guy what was always honorable and brave and never done nobody wrong..not really. He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time...about 41 different times. That's why Hardin is GOLIATH's Lawyer.. TIMING is EVERYTHING IN LIFE!!
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UPDATE: Goliath here post link to very very good news article written 1877. As any and all can
see from comments of JW, he was TOTALLY INNOCENT of all Charges!!!! Never has Goliath seed
such injustces. Also, note well, JW use very same inimicable style of speech then as he now use when he
write for GAW ...from HELL: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n6pPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ElMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6418,654655&dq=john-wesley-hardin&hl=en
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UPDATE: Goliath here post link to very very good news article written 1877. As any and all can
see from comments of JW, he was TOTALLY INNOCENT of all Charges!!!! Never has Goliath seed
such injustces. Also, note well, JW use very same inimicable style of speech then as he now use when he
write for GAW ...from HELL: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n6pPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ElMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6418,654655&dq=john-wesley-hardin&hl=en
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