On the evening of April 19, 1908, a violent confrontation erupted at the Hotel Estes in Warrensburg, Missouri, involving local law enforcement and a disturbed gunman. James E. Basham, a 47-year-old Night Marshal for the Warrensburg Police Department, responded to the hotel situated at South Holden and Grover streets following reports of a man brandishing a firearm in the lobby. The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Byron Hall, was reportedly in an agitated state, believing he was being pursued
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