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Deputy U.S. Marshal

Tom C. Hall

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service — Washington, DC
Felonious
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End of Watch March 18, 1886
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Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 312

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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Department United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service
Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usms.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 18, 1886
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Tom is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1886, 51 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 139th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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When

March holds 7.5% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service has at least 120 officers remembered here, Tom among them.

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Deputy U.S. Marshal Tom C. Hall

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service · End of Watch March 18, 1886

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 62-W

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