Lone Star Gazette (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 29, 2000 Page: 3 of 10
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falling out of bed.”
He went to see his doctor
who prescribed a tranquilizer.
“That helped somewhat, but
the feeling that Hardin was
with me when I was working
than 30 men, claiming he
always shot in self-defense
and never killed anybody who
didn’t need killing.
Leon was in Austin one
time doing some research on
Hardin and after spending
“I was pretty well into the
life of John Wesley Hardin
and gradually it began
dawning on me that this guy
was communicating with me,”
says Leon. “I felt as though
he didn’t like what I was
writing about him.”
Leon got to the point he
was having trouble traveling.
“I would be lying in my hotel
bed at night and get the
I didn’t know what to do. I
tried watching television,
reading, I tried looking out the
window, I even prayed.
Finally I just got out and
walked the streets until at
midnight at which time I was
feeling a little better. I went
back to the hotel, went to bed,
slept pretty good, got up the
next morning, jumped in my
car and drove 600 miles back
to El Paso.
Hardin was killed in the
Hacienda Cafe in El Paso by
Deputy John Selman on
August 19, 1895. He was 42
years old. On the 100th
anniversary of Hardin’s death,
an historical group went to the
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everybody who was there to
Hardin’s grave in Concordia
cemetery, had a drink of wine
and wished him well on his
way. On this particular day, I
wasn’t troubled at all by the
ghost of John Wesley Hardin.”
Leon’s book, “John Wesley
Hardin, Dark Angel of
Texas,” was published about
five years ago. Hardin’s
spirit, or whatever it was,
bothered Leon for over a year.
“Hardin did not begin to slack
offuntil after the book was These scenes, from early Dublin, include an old photo of the “State Guard” in front of the
frishedntegraduallybeanto pub lin Progressbuilding. The photo comes t us courtesy ofJ.w. Davis of Dublin. His
Leon is pretty we« over the father, Jim Rocky Davis, is one of the guardsmen standing nearest the telephone pole,
pretty well over the The bottom photo is an early-day scene of the First Christian Church and the First oni.
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travel much, spot - and are still there today. Photo courtesy of the Dublin Historical Society.
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Kestner, Laura. Lone Star Gazette (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 29, 2000, newspaper, April 29, 2000; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1528121/m1/3/?q=cemetery: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Erath County Genealogical Society.