Thomas Hall: Deputy Sheriff Murdered by Pilar Perez
Lead
LEAD: Thomas Hall was a deputy sheriff under Jim Woods who was murdered by Pilar Perez on the road from Pinos Altos, about two years before Perez’s execution [1][2].
The murder occurred at night on the road coming from Pinos Altos; Hall encountered Perez and was shot dead from his horse [1]. Perez later claimed Hall had shot twice at him, but the condition of Hall’s revolver and the testimony of a Mexican maiden disproved that story [3]. Hall was described as an old timer and as brave a man as ever walked [1].
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- The man Campbell, superintendent of the… (1891)girl on the Mimbres and that Thomas Hall, an old timer and as brave a man as ever walked, a deputy sheriff under Jim Woods, was looking for him. Hall fell in with him on the road at night coming from Pinos…
- The detailed history of the murder of… (1888)The detailed history of the murder of Deputy Sheriff Hall two years ago by Pilar Perez, has been published so often of late in connection with the trial and sentence, that no extensive account will here be g…
- elopement of the girl… (1888)jail at Flagstaff, he acknowledged the killing, saying that Hall shot twice at him. This was easily disproved by the condition of Hall’s revolver when found and the testimony of the Mexican maiden. However, the…