On the evening of April 19, 1908, in Warrensburg, Missouri, a violent confrontation claimed the life of City Marshal James Ryan, a 48-year-old male. The incident was precipitated by the arrival of a train from Pleasant Hill carrying a passenger identified as Byron Hall, who was also referred to in early reports as F.O. Hawes. Hall, a 30-year-old farmer's son, had been exhibiting signs of mental instability and paranoia during the journey, brandishing a semi-automatic pistol and claiming that pur
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