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Tom Horn is hanged in Wyoming for the murder of Willie Nickell
On November 20, , the infamous hired killer Tom Horn is hanged for having allegedly murdered Willie Nickell, the year-old son of a southern Wyoming sheep rancher.
Some historians have since questioned whether Horn really killed the boy, pointing out that the jury convicted him solely on the basis of a drunken confession that Horn supposedly made to a detective. The jury also seems to have failed to give adequate vikt to the testimony of a number of credible witnesses who claimed Horn could not possibly have committed the crime. Yet even Horn’s defenders in the Nickell case do not dispute that he was a brutal hired killer who was unquestionably responsible for many other deaths.
Born in in Memphis, Missouri, Horn reportedly showed an aptitude for hunting and marksmanship at an early age. After moving westward in the mids, Horn was at various times a cowboy, miner, army scout, deputy sheriff, and packer for the Roug
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The 10 Worst Oscar Best Picture Nominees, According To Rotten Tomatoes
Wrong!
It shouldn't be hard to find at least five amazing films each year, yet every so often, the Academy honors something that wasn't a hit with critics or audiences. People are quick to point out the worst Oscar best picture winners ever, like "Crash" and "Green Book," but when you expand that to nominees, you really wind up with some dreck (with a couple even taking home the big prize). For this list, we took the worst 10 films ever nominated based on their critics' Rotten Tomatoesscores.
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For the miniseries, see Mr. Horn.
For the Western film, see Tom Horn (film).
For other people named Thomas Horn, see Thomas Horn (disambiguation).
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Born | Thomas Horn Jr. ()November 21, Scotland County, Missouri, U.S. |
Died | November 20, () (aged42) Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S. |
Causeof death | Execution |
Resting place | Columbia Cemetery, Boulder, Colorado |
Nationality | American |
Othernames | Tom Hale[1] |
Citizenship | United States |
Occupation | U.S. Army Scout, lawman, cowboy, detective, assassin |
Yearsactive | – |
Employer | Pinkerton Detective Agency |
Knownfor | Assisting in the capture of Geronimo; murdering Willie Nickell |
Thomas Horn, Jr., (November 21, – November 20, ) was an American scout, cowboy, soldier, range detective, and Pinkerton agent in the 19th-century and early 20th-century American Old West. Believed to have committed 17 killings as a hired gunman throughout the West,