July 17, 1873: Hardin killed J.B. Morgan in Cuero, Texas. John Wesley Hardin, one of the deadliest men in the history of the Old West, arrives in Abilene, Kansas, where he briefly becomes friends with Marshal Wild Bill Hickok.. Hardin revealed a tendency . The two entrepreneurs had painted a picture of a bull with a large erect penis on the side of their establishment as an advertisement. John Wesley Hardin, (born May 26, 1853, Bonham county, Texas, U.S.died Aug. 19, 1895, El Paso, Texas), most notorious killer and quick-draw gunman of the Texas frontier. Produced by Bob Johnston, the album marked Dylan's return to semi-acoustic instrumentation and folk-influenced songwriting after three albums of lyrically abstract, blues-indebted rock music. He claimed credit for many murders that cannot be corroborated. [34] Couger was hit in the heart by one of the bullets as he lay in bed and was killed instantly. City & Area Directories. A state famous and notorious in equal measure for its outlaws. Jim Taylor was shot and killed January 1, 1875; Bill Taylor was tried twice and acquitted-one report is that he died about 1890 in Sonora Texas another report is that he was reportedly killed about 1895 in Oklahoma. John Wesley Harding discography and songs: Music profile for John Wesley Harding, born 22 October 1965. Within a year of his 1894 release from prison, Hardin was killed by John Selman in an El Paso saloon. Pursued by lawmen for most of his life, in 1877 at the age of 23, he was sentenced to 24 years in prison for murder. Hardin drew his revolver and shot Maje five times. He was shot by Phil Sublett, who had lost money to him in a poker game. Later that year, on March 16, Hardin was pardoned, and, on July 21, he passed the state's bar examination, obtaining his license to practice law. In May 1874, while in Gainesville, Florida, Hardin confessed to having knocked down a black man and shooting another during a disturbance outside the, Hardin claimed that on July 1, 1874, he drove off 17, Later, Hardin and Mac Young were supposedly stopped near, Hardin claimed to have been involved in the killing of two. "Now, I believed," Hardin wrote, "that if Wild Bill found me in a defenseless condition he would take no explanation, but would kill me to add to his reputation. John Wesley Harding is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on December 27, 1967, by Columbia Records. He claims he was left alone with Smalley, who began to taunt and beat the then 17-year-old prisoner with the butt of a pistol. In May 2002, Disney pulled the plug on Mammoth Records just weeks before the June 25th release date of John Wesley Harding's The Man with No Shadow. "[7]:44 Later that night, Hardin was confronted by Hickok, who told him that he was wearing guns in violation of town ordinance and ordered him to hand over his guns, which he did but in a quite surprising way:[32] Hardin reached down, picked his revolvers up from the holsters, and handed the guns to Wild Bill butts forward, then swiftly rolled them over in his hands and suddenly Wild Bill was staring right into their muzzles. Order your copy of "Texas Depression Era Desperadoes." by mailing a check for $24.00 to Bartee Haile, P.O. Index to miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the Second Session of the Fortieth Congress 1867-68 .p.18 {Texas} 1868", Hardin misspells Stakes name as "Stokes" and Smalley name as "Smolly". May 26, 1874: Hardin killed Brown County Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb in Comanche, Texas. When he refused to obey Hardin's demand to stop, Hardin hit him over the head with his pistol. I was as amazed as anybody."[11]. John Wesley Hardin was a notorious Old West outlaw and gunslinger, hailing from America. [6]:238. [79][102], In 2002, an auction house in San Francisco, California, auctioned three lots of John Wesley Hardin's personal effects. The letter mentioned that Hardin was hiding out on the Alabama-Florida border using the name "James W. Swain". The marriage ended quickly, although it was never legally dissolved. [58] Hardin made several attempts to escape. Hickok had no knowledge that Hardin was a wanted man, and he advised Hardin to avoid problems while in Abilene. After being wounded by Sublett in August 1872, Hardin claimed that in September he either killed or drove off one or two members of the. Evans died of his injuries and Ruff was jailed. See more John Wesley Harding by Bob Dylan (CD, 1989) Share | Add to Watch list. In mid-1877, two former slaves of his father's, "Jake" Menzel and Robert Borup tried to capture Hardin in Gainesville, Florida. [7]:3334, In the summer of 1871, while driving cattle on the Chisholm Trail to Abilene, Kansas, Hardin is reputed to have fought Mexican vaqueros and cattle rustlers. Trilogy of Bloody Guts DVD Alex Wesley gore horror Legless Corpse Films ltd. ed. Residence. [35] Although Hardin may not have intended to kill Couger, he had violated an ordinance prohibiting firing a gun within the city limits. The bullet that killed Hardin sold for $80,000.[103]. "I didn't intentionally come out with some kind of mellow sound," Dylan said in 1971. Genres: Singer-Songwriter, Pop Rock, Alternative Rock. After hearing of Woody Guthrie's passing (two weeks before John Wesley Harding's first session), Dylan contacted Harold Leventhal, Guthrie's longtime friend and manager, and extended an early acceptance to any invitation for any memorial show that might be planned. Simply put, he is an amazingly talented artist. I said fine, but also suggested we add a steel guitar, which is how Pete Drake came to be on that record. https://www.wildwestextra.com/I. Subsequently tried, Selman was acquitted of murder. That same month, Hardin may have wounded three Mexicans in an argument over a Three-card Monte card game, pistol-whipping one man over the head, shooting one man in the arm, and shooting the third man in the lung. [3] According to Hardin, the following day, Maje "ambushed" him as he rode past shouting at him and waving a stick. A long contract negotiation ended in a lucrative new deal, allowing Dylan to stay with Columbia Records. The other group, consisting of locals from El Paso, sought to prevent the move. [2][5]:108100 He was named after John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist denomination of the Christian church. Follow Author John Wesley Hardin > Quotes (?) [7]:30 Following his arrest, he was held temporarily in a log jail in the town of Marshall, awaiting transfer to Waco for trial. Bradley drew a knife and a six-shooter. While the media would never lose interest, Dylan maintained a low enough profile that kept him out of the spotlight. [39], Following his escape, Hardin claimed to have been involved in the following gunfights:[7]:6267, In early 1872, Hardin was in southcentral Texas, in the area around Gonzales County. The Colt's serial number was 84304: the gun was recorded in Colt factory ledgers as shipped on July 16, 1891, to Hartley & Graham, New York City. "[7]:1011, On February 17, 1894, Hardin was released from prison, having served seventeen years of his twenty-five-year sentence. There are conflicting accounts of Hardin's death Wikimedia Commons He then ordered the two men to join the other members of the posse at Jim Page's and wait for him to come along, stating, "I reckon they are waiting for me yet. Hardin fled Abilene to the Cottonwood Trail. One, Volumes 13 (Rare & Unreleased) 19611991, Vol. It was war to the knife for me, and I brought it on by opening the fight with a double-barreled shotgun and ended it with a cap and ball six-shooter. Pursued by lawmen for most of his life, in 1877 at the age of 23, he was sentenced to 24 years in prison for murder. John Wesley Hardin ( Bonham, Texas, [ 1] 26 de maio de 1853 [ 2] - El Paso, Texas, 19 de agosto de 1895 [ 2] ). Hardin claimed that in a saloon on election night in November 1876, he and a companion, Hardin claimed to have met two notorious fellow outlaws during his life: in 1870, he supposedly gambled with, James "Gip" Hardinhis brother-killed Deputy Sheriff Deputy Sherriff John Turman March 28, 1898, for which he served a jail term, Bourne, McNeal. "I would have liked more steel guitar, more piano. John Wesley Hardin was born on May 26, 1853 in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas, the second of James Gibson and Elizabeth Cartwright Dixon Hardin's eight children. November 19, 1872: Hardin mysteriously escaped from the sheriff of Gonzales County, Texas, despite a guard of six men. 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He was plagued by recurring poor health, especially when the wound he had received from Sublett became re-infected in 1883, causing him to be bedridden for almost two years. If you wish to be successful in life, be temperate and control your passions; if you don't, ruin and death is the result. Hardin then claimed that while on the run he was "arrested" by three men named Smith, Jones, and Davis; but in Bell County, Texas, he killed all three with their own guns, after they became drunk and careless, and escaped again. June 19, 1872: Hardin is wounded in a gunfight in. in Hill County, Texas. Someone had discovered little pictures of The Beatles and the hand of Jesus in the tree trunk. John Wesley Hardin was one of the Old West's most notorious killers: a ruthless outlaw who once killed a man just for snoring. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Hardin said he was unarmed and excused himself but claimed that later that night, Bradley came looking for him. John Wesley Hardin earned himself a reputation as one of the Wild West's most pernicious killers. Kill the Messenger. The argument against. Johnston recalls that "he was staying in the Ramada Inn down there, and he played me his songs and he suggested we just use bass and guitar and drums on the record. "[24], The critical stature of John Wesley Harding has continued to grow. Years later, Hardin referred to the episode: [17] Hardin also briefly taught school in Pisgah. Hardin claimed he ambushed lawman Tom Carson and two other deputies there. They played only three songs ("Grand Coulee Dam", "Dear Mrs. Roosevelt", and "I Ain't Got No Home"), and it would be another eighteen months before Dylan would again perform in concert.[25]. John Wesley Hardin, one of the bloodiest killers of the Old West, is murdered by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete. John Wesley Harding (1967). Born May 26, 1853, in Bonham, Texas, John Wesley Hardin was the son of a Methodist preacher and schoolteacher. The liner notes tells the story of three kings and three characters (Terry Shute, Frank, and Frank's wife, Vera), incorporating details from the album's songs. Most of all he was a coldblooded killer. Well, I had a proof of the cover on my wall, so I went and turned it upside down and sure enough . Sometimes disparaged for his striking vocal similarity to Elvis Costello who has, himself, expressed displeasure with the uncanny likeness Wesley Harding Stace boasts many appealing virtues that belong to him alone. Hardin was convicted of murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Hardin's violent career started in 1867 with a schoolyard squabble in which he stabbed another youth. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue, Vol. Hardin says he feigned crying and huddled against his pony's flank. John Wesley Hardin Jr. was a notorious outlaw and gunfighter in the American Old West. Texas Convict Ledgers and Conduct Registries, 1849-1970; An Urban legend claims there was a question if Hardin was shot first in the back of the head or in front in the chest: supposedly the answear was: If he was shot in the chest it was good markmanship; if he was shot in the head it was good judgement, Texas State Police arrest reports for 18701871; he is listed as "Hardin, J.R.", "Executive Documents Printed by order of the House of Representatives, 18681869"; Summary of Reports for the, On December 9, 1868, Lt Charles Schmidt, the. Stakes and 12 citizens in, July 26, 1872: Texas State Policeman Sonny Speights was wounded in the shoulder by Hardin in. Five Bloody Graves - Al Adamson DVD - John Carradine. This was his sixth murder. "[7]:22, Later that month, on January 20 in Horn Hill, Limestone County, Texas, Hardin claimed he killed a man in a gunfight after an argument at the circus. p. 238. [7]:4649[notes 4]. Hardin's father was a circuit-riding Methodist preacher and named his son after the founder of the Methodist sect. Mid 1877: "Jake" Menzel and Robert Borup tried to capture Hardin in. See Chuck Parsons "A Lawless Breed: John Wesley Hardin, Texas Reconstruction, and Violence in the Wild West ".p.25. Finally, in flight from Texas, he was caught in a Pensacola, Fla., train depot and returned to Austin, Texas, for trial in September 1877. $7.00 + $4.50 shipping. Robbie Robertson, the guitarist and principal songwriter of The Band, recalled that "it was just on a kind of whim that Bob went down to Nashville. At the time of sentencing, Hardin claimed to have killed 42 men,[3] while contemporary newspaper accounts attributed 27 deaths to him. 1891-1898, May 03, 1895, MAILABLE EDITION., Image 8", "The Law Catches Up with John Wesley Hardin", "Nogalus Prairie Texas, Nogales Prairie Texas, Nogallis Prairie Texas", Website, Early Hernando County History. Hardin killed his first man at age 15. Hardin hit over the head an Indian who he claimed had stolen a silver bridle from him. Residence. Hardin confronted Selman and the two men argued. Intro: D D John Wesley Harding A Was a friend to the poor, D He trav'led with a gun in ev'ry hand. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. "Destroying the Hardin Gang. His songs continued to be a major presence, appearing on landmark albums by Jimi Hendrix, the Byrds, and the Band, but Dylan himself would not release or perform any additional music. A truce was declared, and both parties went their separate ways. Hardin was born in Bonham, Texas in 1853. City & Area Directories. John W Hardin Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). In November 1876, in Mobile, Alabama, Hardin was arrested briefly for having marked cards. [8] Sloter charged at Hardin with a knife, but Hardin stabbed him with his own knife, almost killing him. [citation needed], "One day I was half-stepping, and the lights went out," Dylan would recall ten years later. Dylan went to work on John Wesley Harding in the fall of 1967. Dylan was once again recording with a band, but the instrumentation was very sparse. Tired of the feuding, the two were planning to leave the area for good. While there, he read theological books, becoming the superintendent of the prison Sunday School, and studied law. 15: Travelin Thru 19671969. Court records show that Hardin carried a Colt "Lightning" revolver at the time of his death. [citation needed], On August 7, 1872, Hardin was wounded by a shotgun blast in a gambling dispute at the Gates Saloon in Trinity, Texas. at Sumpter; p: 1; Dwelling 6, Family 6. John Wesley Hardin (May 26, 1853 August 19, 1895) was an American Old West outlaw, gunfighter, and controversial folk icon. John Wesley Hardin entered the world near Bonham, Texas in 1853. When Webb replied he had not, Hardin invited him into the hotel for a drink. State Seals were found on Joseph Hardin after his lynching. He killed at least 21 men in gun duels and ambushes in the period 1868-77. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack, Vol. John Doe is best known as a co-founder and singer/bassist of the LA punk rock band X. A subsequent lawsuit ruled in favor of keeping the body in El Paso.[64]. Check out my website for more true tales from the wild and woolly west!!! On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Albums include High Fidelity, Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson, and Here Comes the Groom. Hardin claimed that Dixon's mother, sisters, and brother had been tortured and killed by Union soldiers during the Civil War. Produced by Bob Johnston, the album marked Dylan's return to semi-acoustic instrumentation and folk-influenced songwriting after three albums of lyrically abstract, blues-indebted rock music. [7]:73 Hardin made a sick-bed surrender to authorities, handing over his guns to Sheriff Reagan and asking to be tried for his past crimes in order "to clear the slate". John Wesley Hardin's legacy as an outlaw has made him a colorful character and the subject of various media works from his own time up to the present day. It has the feel of antiquity settled on. During that time, he stockpiled a large number of recordings, including many new compositions. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. The album is named after Texas outlaw John Wesley Hardin, whose name was misspelled. [7]:23 Less than a week after this incident, in nearby Kosse, Texas, Hardin was accompanying a prostitute home when they were accosted by her pimp, who demanded money. [20], After killing Bradley, Hardin claimed that when a posse of fifteen men came after him, he captured two of them and took a shotgun, two six-shooters, a rifle, and two derringers from his captives. After Bowen's execution in the summer of 1878, Hardin was implicated in Holderman's death as well. [7]:60 The next day, Hardin left for Texas, never to return to Abilene. In Hardin's autobiographical version of the gunfight, he claims the first fatality was the Mexican he had previously wounded, "Hosea", and that he was the boss vaquero. As for Hardin, History claimed he took pride in his newfound association with an older, more famous gunslinger. [7]:13[notes 1][See [11]][12] Hardin further wrote that his father did not believe he would receive a fair hearing in the Union-occupied state (where more than a third of the state police[13] were former slaves), so he ordered him into hiding. Harding recently launched a side career as a novelist, for which he uses his given name: Wesley Stace. by Robert Walsh T exas. At least two other relatives of Hardin were also killers: One relation was a law officer killed in the line of duty: The memorable circumstances and the sheer number of Hardin's life events, real or exaggerated, made him a legend of the Old West and an icon of American folklore. He killed at least 21 men in gun duels and ambushes in the period 186877. U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019. [22] After the Bell County shootings, Hardin found refuge with his cousins, the Clements, who were then living in Gonzales, in south Texas. Blair prevented a gunfight between two well-armed parties, one of which was headed by John Hardin and the other headed by Capt. The album was remastered and re-released in 2003 using a new technology, SACD. [notes 12] He also carried an Elgin watch[101] when he was shot and killed. El Paso may not have been big enough for both of them, but the graveyard had room to spare. Born in central Texas on May 26, 1853, Hardin killed. John Wesley (Wes) Hardin, outlaw, son of James G. and Elizabeth Hardin, was born in Bonham, Texas, on May 26, 1853. A group of local men broke into the jail in July 1874 and hanged Joe and the two Dixon boys. wesley stace. These men constitu'ted themselves into a court 'and hanged a negro boy." He hit the Mexican in the thigh. As 1967 came to a close, Dylan's lifestyle became more stable. He is an accomplished musician, actor, and poet. xxx xxxx. C $12.21 + C $19.76 shipping. The next year, when he was nine, he tried to run away with his cousin and join the Confederate army. [26], Regardless of when this session actually occurred, the Band did accompany Dylan for at least one performance in the months following John Wesley Harding. Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding, The Definitive Collection Part 8 Sealed Vinyl. Dylan returned for one last session on November 29, completing all of the remaining work. A man called "Judge Moore", who held Hardin's stakes of money and a pistol, refused to give them up without Bradley's consent and later "vanished". The album was released at the end of a year marked by what came to be known as the psychedelic era of contemporary rock and, in in its spare instrumentation and tradition-influenced songwriting, was diametrically opposed to the kaleidoscopic likes of Jimi . De ese disco de Bob Dylan. Hardin was a prime example of that special breed of men known collectively as "gunfighters." Given the . Half-dressed and still drunk, he and Clements exited through a second-story window onto the roof of the hotel. Bradley allegedly fired a shot at Hardin and missed; Hardin drew both his pistols and returned fire, one shot striking Bradley in the head and the other in his chest. [65][66], Selman Sr. was arrested for murder and stood trial. He eventually submitted nearly all of them for copyright, but declined to include any of them in his next studio release (Dylan would not release any of those recordings to the commercial market until 1975's The Basement Tapes, by which time some of them had been bootlegged, usually sourced from an easy-to-find set of publisher's demos). To-day as a train was leaving Pensacola, the sheriff, with a posse, boarded the cars to assist Texan officers to arrest the notorious John Wesley Hardin, who is said to have committed twenty-seven murders, and for whose body $1,000 reward has been offered by an act of the Legislature of Texas. "Cases argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of the State of Texas, Volume 4", during 1878 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Wesley_Hardin&oldid=1142285787, In September 1871, Hardin was involved in a gunfight with two, On June 19, 1872, Hardin was involved in a gunfight in, On July 26, 1872, Hardin wounded Texas state policeman Sonny Speights in the arm with a derringer pistol, in, January 9, 1871: Arrested by Constable E.T. [7]:105107 [50] On November 18, 1875, the leader of the Suttons,[51] ex-Cuero, Texas, town marshal Reuben Brown was shot and killed by five men in Cuero along with a negro named Tom Freeman, with another negro being wounded. 25-Sumpter, Trinity County, Texas; 12 June 1860; P.O. His last murder in Texas was the killing of the sheriff of Comanche county. He crossed his arms to draw. Hardin spotted Brown County Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb entering the premises. After he was pardoned in 1894 he moved to El Paso, Texas, to establish a law practice. The Bull's Head Tavern, in Abilene, Kansas, had been established as a partnership between ex-lawman Ben Thompson and gambler Phil Coe. A Savannah newspaper claimed the killer was John Wesley Hardin on a cattle drive in central Florida but offered no proof Hardin was involved. [7]:101[49][notes 5] After this, Hardin and Jim Taylor parted ways for good.Hardin would claim that he twice drove away men connected to the feud who had come after him, killing a man in each encounter. John Wesley Harding iTUNES 2. In the song, Dylan accepts Hardin's own account of himself as a good citizen who was more sinned against than a sinner: As Dylan sings, "He was never known to hurt an honest man." [7]:20 Dozens of people saw this fight, and from them there is a good record of how Hardin had used his guns. 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