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Joe Brown’s murder trial

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Joe Brown’s murder trial

August 21, 2026

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Mannie Clements, Jr., a former El Paso police officer and constable remembered as the town’s last major gunfighter, was shot to death in the Coney Island Saloon on December 29, 1908, ending what historians called El Paso’s “Six Shooter” era. Clements had a violent reputation, family ties to John…

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