19 Facts About John Selman

John Henry Selman was sometimes identified as an outlaw and sometimes a working lawman of the Old West.

John Selman is best known as the man who fatally shot John Wesley Hardin in the Acme Saloon in El Paso, Texas, on August 19,1895.

The Selman family moved to Grayson County, Texas, in 1858.

John Selman went into hiding during this time, as he was facing charges stemming from his desertion from the Confederate Army.

However, the end of the war and the resulting dissolution of the Confederacy rendered any prior charges null, and John Selman was free to return to the United States.

John Selman's wife died in 1879, while giving birth to a stillborn child.

Roscoe "Rustling Bob" Bryant was involved with John Selman's cattle rustling operation.

John Selman's body was found near the corpses of Reese Gobly and James Irvin.

John Selman was captured shortly thereafter by Texas Ranger Joe McKidrict, and taken to Shackelford County for trial.

John Selman escaped, and fled again to Chihuahua, Mexico, where he hid out until around 1888, when his name was cleared and all charges against him were dropped.

John Selman then moved to El Paso, Texas, and on August 23,1893, he married Romula Granadine.

John Selman began working as a constable, and spent time gambling.

John Selman, encountering an inebriated Outlaw, had suggested that Outlaw needed to go home and sleep it off.

John Selman drew on Selman, who was shot and wounded twice in the thigh.

John Selman was not arrested for the shooting, which was ruled justified.

Shortly before midnight John Selman walked into the saloon to confront Hardin.

John Selman testified that he realised that Hardin had noticed him enter in the mirror and that Hardin had gone for his gun.

When it was found that John Selman's gun was not at the scene Scarborough was arrested for murder.

John Selman was originally buried in an unmarked grave in the Catholic section of El Paso's Concordia Cemetery, although he was not known to be Roman Catholic.