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3 unusual facts about Johnny Hale


Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight

Gus Krempkau, an El Paso County Constable, accompanied the posse to the ranch of Johnny Hale, a local ranch owner and suspected cattle rustler, who lived some 13 miles northwest of El Paso in the Upper Valley.

Johnny Hale

After fatally gunning down Krempkau, Hale was, himself, also fatally gunned down a few seconds later with a .45 caliber bullet from a newly appointed Town Marshal Dallas Stoudenmire.

Hale was responsible for igniting the bloodiest gunfight in El Paso, Texas which is known as the Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight.



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