Marshal Thomas Jefferson Packard, aged 43, met a tragic end on April 19, 1903, in Bakersfield, California. Packard, who served as the City Marshal of Bakersfield, was involved in a deadly shootout while attempting to serve a murder warrant on the notorious outlaw Jim McKinney. The confrontation took place in the backyard of a location known as the Hop Joint on L Street. Packard, along with Deputy Marshal William E. Tibbet, was part of a larger posse that included Sheriff Kelly, Deputy Baker, and
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