1870-The opening round of the El Paso Salt War erupted in Ben Dowell’s saloon when a local lawyer named B.F. Williams killed Judge Gaylord Clarke and wounded politician Albert Jennings Fountain. Fountain brought Williams down with a rifle shot, then state police Captain A. H. French dashed in and finished Williams off with a shot to the head.
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