Judge Gaylord Clarke
Juez Gaylord Clarke
Judge Gaylord Clarke
He studied law, and was admitted to the bar on July 19, 1869. In July, 1870, Governor Edmund J. Davis appointed him, as a Republican, Judge of the 25th Judicial District of Texas. He was shot dead in the street by lawyer Benjamin F. Williams after a gunfight between Williams and Albert Jennings Fountain in Ben Dowell's Saloon in El Paso. Image Description: Black and white photograph shows a portrait of Judge Gaylord Clarke. The image shows Clarke from chest up wearing a dark coat with a white shirt underneath that reaches his chin. At his neck is a type of ribbon tie, thick with two ends coming down the sides of his chest. His hair appears dark and is long and wavy, combed a bit back reaching to his ears in a voluminous manner.
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