Roll of Honor
Tom C. Hall
Incident
Deputy Marshal Hall was shot and killed near Silver City, New Mexico. He was en route to Pinos Altos on business when he encountered a man with a young Mexican girl. Unbeknownst to Marshal Hall the man was a noted Mexican bandit, Perez Pilar. He and two companions had abducted the girl, 14, from her home near Silver City several days earlier. Before riding away they shot and killed the girl's brother and stole two horses. As Marshal Hall road his horse away from the two after talking to them, Pilar shot him in the back. The girl managed to get away and fled to Silver City. A search had already began for Marshal Hall after his horse came into Silver City alone just before the girl arrived. Marshal Hall was found barely alive and died the next day. Pilar and his gang were wanted in Mexico for the murder of four families. They were wanted in New Mexico for the murder of three men, several armed robberies, and horse theft. In 1887 Pilar was recognized by a man in a bar in Flagstaff, Arizona. The man, was with an officer, and both had to fight him but took him into custody. He was transported to Silver City and hanged there on July 6, 1888. In 1931 a man living in Hillsboro, New Mexico, displayed a rope that was used to hang Pilar. He said he lived near Silver City and saw Pilar and the girl pass by his home just before he killed Marshall Hall. He said he was present and saw his hanging, and then took the rope.
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Deputy U.S. Marshal Hall served with the United States Department of Justice.
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Incident Details
Deputy U.S. Marshal Tom C. Hall is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In DC, 754 of 1,419 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.
At United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, 251 of 313 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 80.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Tom C. Hall's cause is highlighted.
How Tom C. Hall Compares
Offender Outcome
Executed in 1888
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Tom C. Hall is highlighted in Mar.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Tom C. Hall was killed by gun; unknown type.
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