What the records say
- When
- 11 Mar 1884
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 29.43° N, 98.49° W
- Description
- 1884 criminal incident in San Antonio, Texas
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Vaudeville Theater ambush
1884 criminal incident in San Antonio, Texas
The Vaudeville Theater ambush was the ambush and murder on March 11, 1884, by Joe Foster and Jacob Coy of former lawmen Ben Thompson and King Fisher. It took place at the Jack Harris Vaudeville Saloon and Theater in San Antonio, Texas. The ambush was in revenge for Ben Thompson's shooting of Jack Harris two years earlier.
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